Theodore Trautwein 1837 - 1902

Theodore was born in Lauterbach, Hesse, a small historic village in the centre of Germany. His father was William TRAUTWEIN and mother Augusta SARTONES. Theodore arrived on the  ship "Victoria" in Melbourne on 26 November 1854 from Hamburg, his occpation given was "Kaufmann", at the age of eighteen years to join the gold rush in Victoria. Theodore married Annie McCARTER (an Irish girl who was ten years younger) in Colac VIC 31 March 1864, and together they had nine children.

Sophia's was birth was registered in Camperdown VIC in 1865 and William in Colac VIC in 1868. When Theodore Charles Jnr was birth was registrerd in 1869 at Colac Victoria Theodore's occupation was given as Publican. Annie Blanche's was birth was registered in Camperdown and Florence in Colac.

The family left Victoria in approx 1877 and travelled overland by horse and dray to Sydney. Augusta was born in Hay NSW in 1878 and baby John was born and died in Cobar NSW 16 Aug1881. Theodore's occupation at that time was sawyer. Hilda was born in 1883 in St.Leonards and when their last child, Sydney was born at Marsden Street, Parramatta on 26 November 1885, Theodore was 48 years old and Annie was 38. Theodore's occupation was given as Gardener of Eastern Creek, west of Sydney.  His orchard was named “Persimmon Grove“ Grange Farm.

Theodore died, aged 67, in Windsor Hospital on the 8th of May 1902 of Cardiac disease and was buried 9 May 1902, Minister was SG Fielding. He has a large, well kept grave at St Matthews, Windsor, NSW, on the opposite corner of the church where the tomb of Michael Griffin, his daughter Lydia (sister of Ann Bates, nee Griffin) and her two convict husbands, John Benn and John McDonald lies.

Annie remarried on 16 Jun 1904 in Sydney to Thomas Richard MOZZALL, a builder, and died in 1940 at Kingsford NSW. Annie was buried on the 20 April, 1940 in the Church of England Cemetery, Waverley, with her daughters Hilda and Florence.