Theodore Charles TRAUTWEIN 1869 - 1955

  

Theodore Charles, also known as TC, was born 20 Dec 1869 in Camperdown, Victoria and married Kathleen KANE on 7 Sept 1895 in Sydney. They had two sons who died in infancy, then a daughter, Kathleen Augusta Waverley TRAUTWEIN 1906 - 1996 and a son Theo William Nugent TRAUTWEIN 1912 - 1961, known as Bill.

Theodore was registered in the 1903 Electoral Roll and the Royal Hotel, Auburn Road, Auburn and also in the 1904 NSW Post Office Directory. In the 1903 Electoral Roll his brother William lived at 16 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, with his mother, Annie. William's occupation was Railway Porter. William, Annie and Sydney are listed at the same address in the 1904 NSW Post Office Directory. The 1913 NSW Telephone Exchanges - list of Subscribers, lists Theodore C at "Trautwein's Hotel" King and Pitt Streets, telephone number 3140 City.

TC owned many hotels in Sydney, including the Coogee Bay Hotel. He was able to buy his first hotel with earnings from racehorses. He became a Member of Parliament but did not pay tax for many years as he was friends with the tax commissioner, but was later charged and jailed, bringing shame on the family. Source Sydney Frappell 1998.

In the early hours of 19 January, 1903, Theodore Trautwein, the licensee of the Royal Hotel at Auburn was awakened by a loud noise. The sound had appeared to come from the bar area of the hotel, and taking a revolver with him, Trautwein went to investigate. In the bar he saw and heard a person lying on the floor, apparently in great pain. As other residents of the hotel appeared, a candle was lit and it was found that the injured person was a local constable, Samuel LONG. A doctor was called and it was found that the constable had suffered a severe gunshot wound to his head. He died a short time later, unable to identify his attacker. A lengthy investigation eventually revealed that the Constable had been shot whilst trying to apprehend two offenders, Grand and Jones, whom he had caught after they had broken into the hotel. After the shooting, the offenders had escaped by horse and sulky. Both offenders were hanged on 7 July, 1903. The Constable was born in 1865 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 6 July, 1894. At the time of his death, he was stationed at Auburn.

Political Party Activity - Independent. Community Activity-Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1915.
Qualifications, occupations and interests: Publican and hotel broker. Managing director of hotel at Katoomba, purchased and sold other hotels; became a shareholder in Victoria Park Racing Club; racehorse owner and punter, involved in lengthy legal proceedings over liability for tax on income from betting; bankrupted and convicted in 1940 of making false representations; and in 1942 of contempt of court. Discharged as a bankrupt in 1950.
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 23 Apr 1934 16 Apr 1940 5yr(s) 11mth(s) 25day(s)  A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 7 November 1933. Seat declared vacant on 16 April 1940 under Section 19 of of the Constitution Act.
Personal: Son of Theodore Trautwein and Annie McCarthy. Married Katherine Gertrude Elizabeth KANE in 1895 at Sydney. Funeral at Randwick cemetery from St Mary's Roman Catholic Roman Catholic cathedral. Source www.pariliament.nsw.gov.au

Ethel TRAUTWEIN, nee RAMAGE 1896 - 1950

Ethel Christina RAMAGE was born at Dryfield, Black Mountain near Guyra NSW, on the 27th of October 1896, the eldest of nine children of  of James Thomas RAMAGE and Lillie Maud SPINKS. James grandparents, James Senior and Christina, nee KILPATRICK emigrated from Lanarkshire, Scotland on the St Helena in 1854 and worked ON stations in the New England area of NSW.

Ethel met Sydney TRAUTWEIN, a local school teacher at Conifer, near her home at Green Valley, Tingha, when she was about fifteen years old and they married at Redfern, Sydney in 1914 when Ethel was seventeen.Their son, Theodore Charles Trautwein, known as Theo, was born in Sydney in 1915 and daughter, Hilda Augusta was born at Tingha in 1921. Theo was a merchant seaman and was killed in 1947 at Penrith, in a collision with an Air Force motor vehicle. Hilda met Werner HEILBRUNN at Jillilby where he was farming. They went to the pictures in Wyong by horse and buggy on their first date.
     

Sydney was teacher in charge at Jilliby school from 1933 until he retired in 1949. Ethel taught sewing at the schools that Sydney taught at Kanwal and Jilliby, near Wyong from 1916 to 1949 and died from heart problems at Tingha in 1950. She was buried at Botany Cemetery with her son Theo. Her husband, Sydney, who died in 1963, was buried alongside Ethel and Theo.

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.

Sydney TRAUTWEIN 1886 - 1963  Sydney was born in on 26 Nov 1886 at Marsden Street, Parramatta. His parents were Theodore TRAUTWEIN, an orchardist, born in Germany and Annie McCARTER, born Londonderry, Ireland. Theodore and Annie met and married in 1864 at Camperdown in Victoria. Five children were born there the family left Victoria about 1877 and travelled overland by horse/bullock and dray to Sydney. Augusta was born in Hay NSW in 1878 and baby John was born and died in Cobar NSW 16 Aug 1881. Theodore's occupation at that time was sawyer. Hilda was born in 1883 in St Leonards and when Sydney was born at Marsden Street, Parramatta on 26 November 1885, Theodore was 48 years old and Annie was 38. Sydney was the last of nine children.   The family lived on an orchard named Persimmon Grove Grange Farm at Riverstone and when Sydney's father died in 1902 and he then moved to Great Buckingham St, Redfern with his mother. On the 1903 Electoral Roll Sydney's brother, William lived at 16 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, with his mother, Annie. William's occupation was railway porter. Annie, William and Sydney are listed at the same address in the 1904 NSW Post Office Directory. Syd trained as a primary school teacher in Sydney and met 16 year old Ethel Ramage while teaching at a small country school at Conifer, Tingha, near Inverell. They married on 16 Apr 1914 at Redfern, Sydney. Their son Theo was born in 1915 in Sydney and daughter Hilda in 1921 in Tingha. Syd always dressed well and in a photo of Conifer School, taken in 1925 he is wearing a dark jacket, white trousers and shoes and a bow tie.   His Teacher Record Card from State Records lists Syd’s teaching record: 1908    Watermark                  Salary 138 pounds 1909    Carara and Wandoba  Salary 138 pounds 1911    Conifer                        Salary 192 pounds 1929    Kanwal                         Salary 358 pounds 1933    Jilliby                          Last day of Service 31st Dec 1949 Sydney taught at Kanwal School, Central Coast from 17 Jan 1929 until the end of 1932. During this time he wrote lots of letters to the Department of Education requesting repairs to the toilet block and trees to be planted for shade.  He was teacher in charge at Jilliby School from 1933 until he retired in 1949. Ethel taught the girls sewing and the boys handicrafts. While he was at the school the buildings and grounds were well looked after. Garden beds of petunias, with ivy, bouganvilleas and geraniums covering the walls made a magnificent show. Sydney was presented with a gold watch inscribed "Presented to S. Trautwein as a mark of esteem from the residents of Jilliby 14.12.49." Syd and Ethel’s son Theo was tragically killed in motor vehicle accident at Emu Plains, west of Sydney, on 24 May 1947. Theo’s wife and daughter were also involved but survived. After his retirement Syd often worked for his brother, TC at Bellfields Hotel in Sydney and tutored local children in maths and English. After Ethel died he lived with his daughter, Hilda and her husband, Werner HEILBRUNN at MacPhersons Road, Mardi, near Wyong. Syd loved chocolate and his grandson Dennis remembers getting very ill from chocolate eggs brought home one Easter. He drove a Morris Minor and Dennis would have to find the car after a night out with his friends at the bottom pub, The Royal.   While visiting family in Sydney Syd fell ill on the 21 Nov 1963 in Awatea Private Hotel in Sydney, the and died from myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease. An inquest was dispensed with and Syd was buried on the 25 Nov 1963 at Botany Cemetery, in Lot 686, Section 5, with his wife, Ethel, and son Theodore Charles Livingstone. The informant was Lee VAUX, his former daughter in law of 5/120 O'Donnell Street, North Bondi. Sydney’s usual residence was McPhersons Road, Wyong.  Newspaper cutting found in daughter Hilda's diary:  In Memoriam TRAUTWEIN, Sydney. Treasured memories of a wonderful person, our father and grandfather, called away 21.11.63. His memory is a keepsake, From which we will never part; God has him in his keeping, We have him in our hearts.Hilda, Werner, Dennis and Neil