Otillia Ott 1873-1952 and Family in Australia.

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      Otillia OTT 1873-1952. (Photo.)

        Parents – Henry OTT (Miner)/ Catherine KEASLING.
        Born – 10 Aug.1873, Shamrock Reef (near Bendigo).
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Died – abt.20 Oct.1952, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne.
        Buried – 20 Oct.1952 Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne.

      MARRIED.

        7 July 1894, Samuel John TAYLOR, RC Church Lake Boga.
        Witnesses – James D.TAYLOR/ Sarah E.TAYLOR.

      PARENTS.

        Henry (Heinrich) OTT 1830-1908. Miner.

        Parents – Michael OTT/ Mother Unknown.
        Born – abt.1830, Eichach (near Stuttgart), Wurtemburg, Germany.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married – 1 May 1857, Wurtemburg.
        Died – abt.13 Oct.1908, Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo.
        Buried – Eaglehawk Cemetery.

        Catherine (Catherina) OTT 1834-1905.

        Parents – M.KEASLING/ Catherine COPAJAN.
        Born – abt.1834, Maugoldsoll, Wurtemburg.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Died – 1 Mar.1905, Neilborough (near Raywood).
        Buried – Eaglehawk Cemetery.

      Samuel John TAYLOR.

        Parents – Samuel TAYLOR (Farmer)/ Susanne ROCHE.
        Born – 22 Sept.1872, Murrabit Station.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Died – 29 Jun.1967, Lake Boga, Victoria.
        Buried – Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne.

      Children. (7)

      1. Samuel Henry TAYLOR b.25 Mar.1895, Swan Hill, d.13 Nov.1965, Stawell, crem.Springvale Cemetery.
        m.22 Sept.1923, Ada Lilian EASTLAKE.
      2. Ruby Ellen TAYLOR b.1898, Swan Hill, d.abt.9 Jul.1973, Essendon, crem.Fawkner Cemetery.
        m.1921, Alfred George LOVE.
      3. Gladys Augusta TAYLOR, b.1902, Lake Boga, d.abt.29 Nov.1990, Surrey Hills, crem.Fawkner Cemetery.
        m.1925, Harold Alfred DUNN.
      4. John Malcolm TAYLOR b.1905, Swan Hill, d.5 Jan.1987, Swan Hill, bur.Swan Hill Cemetery.
        m.1928, Maud LOVELL.
      5. Eric Charles TAYLOR b.15 Dec.1908, Lake Boga, d.9 Mar.1996, Lake Boga, bur.Lake Boga Cemetery.
        m.2 Apr.1935, Marjorie Irene TRINNIE.
      6. Mary Otillia TAYLOR b.15 Sept.1910, Swan Hill, d.11 Apr.1996, Wycheproof, bur.Lake Boga Cemetery.
        m.(1) 1930, James Henry WILLIAMS.
        m.(2) John Frederick SHARP.
      7. Irene Christina TAYLOR b.1912, Lake Boga, d.abt.8 Sept.1981, Fitzroy, crem.Fawkner Cemetery.
        m.(1) 1931, Thomas Ambrose LYNCH.
        m.(2) Francis Archibald LAVER.

      Siblings. (7)

      1. Henry OTT.

        Born – 12 Dec.1858, Germany.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married (1) – 1892, Jane WEGNER (WILLIAMS), Newcastle NSW.
        Married (2) – 1894, Mary A.EVANS, Lambton, Newcastle.
        Married (3) – 1897, Winifred Catherine EVANS, Sydney.
        Died – 1938, Lambton.
        Buried – .

          Jane WILLIAMS.

          Parents – Edward WILLIAMS/ Eliza ???
          Born – 1864, Newcastle.
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Married (1) – 1880, George Charles Otto WEGNER, Newcastle.
          Died – 1892, East Maitland.
          Buried – .

        Five Children with his first wife:

        1. Mary OTT b.1886, Newcastle.
          m.1919, Albert BARTHOLOMEW, Lambton.
        2. Edward OTT b.1884, Eaglehawk Bendigo, d.1887, Newcastle.
        3. Christina OTT b.1888, Newcastle, d.1888, Newcastle.
        4. Eliza OTT b.1889, Newcastle, d.1889, Newcastle.
        5. Henry OTT b.21 Feb.1890, Newcastle.
          d.1942, Belmont, Newcastle, crem.Newcastle Memorial Park.
          m.1918, Verona THOMAS, Hamilton, Newcastle.

        One Child from his second marriage:

        1. Eveline E.C.OTT b.1895, East Maitland, d.1895, East Maitland.

          Mary A.EVANS

          Parents – Evan EVANS/ Elizabeth ???
          Born – .
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Died – 1895, East Maitland.
          Buried – .

        Ten Children from his third marriage:

        1. John Evan OTT b.1897, Lambton.
          d.4 May 1954, Lambton.
          m.1948, Valerie Dawn MURRAY, Boolaroo.
        2. Gladys Evelyn Elizabeth OTT b.1898, East Maitland.
          m.1923, George OLDHAM, Newcastle.
        3. William Edward OTT b.1900, East Maitland.
          d.1952, Newcastle, crem.Newcastle Memorial Park.
          m.1925, Doris SNEDDEN, Merewether, Newcastle.
        4. Stanley Griffith OTT b.abt.1901.
          d.1968, Raymond Terrace, crem.Newcastle Memorial Park.
          m.1922, Florence May BLAIR, Wickham, Newcastle.
        5. Evan George OTT b.1902, Waratah, Newcastle, d.1917, Wallsend, Newcastle.
        6. Walter Esmond OTT b.1904, Waratah.
          d.1960, Newcastle, crem.Newcastle Memorial Park.
          m.1928, Pearlie PETERS, Wallsend.
        7. Milton Victor Evans OTT b.23 Jun.1906, Waratah.
          d.8 Jan.1974, crem.Newcastle Memorial Park.
          m.1931, Rita Mary DAVIS, Lambton.
        8. Gwenney OTT b.1908, Waratah.
          m.1932, John Robert NELSON, Wickham.
        9. Edward George Evans OTT b.10 Apr.1910, Waratah.
          d.8 Oct.1969, Hamilton, crem.Newcastle Memorial Park.
          m.1938, Frances Ethel PANTON, Hamilton.
        10. Elma OTT b.abt.1911.
          m.1933, Keith NORTH, Lambton.

          Winifred Catherine EVANS

          Parents – Evan EVANS/ Elizabeth ???
          Born – .
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Died – 15 Jan.1949, Lambton.
          Buried – .

      2. Michael OTT.

        Born – abt.1859, Germany.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Died – abt. 10 Mar.1861 (aged 19 months), White Hills, Bendigo.
        Buried – White Hills Cemetery.

      3. George Henry OTT. Ganger, Victorian Railways.

        Born – 6 Nov.1861, White Hills.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married – 4 Apr.1888, Elizabeth Alice HESTER, Neilborough.
        Died – 14 May 1919, Broadford.
        Buried – Coburg Cemetery.

          Elizabeth Alice HESTER. (Photo.)

          Parents – Edward HESTER/ Charlotte JONES.
          Born – 2 Sept.1868, Ondit (near Colac) Victoria.
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Died – abt.30 Apr.1974, Footscray, aged 105 years.
          Buried – 30 Apr.1974, Coburg Cemetery.

        Children. (9)

        1. Lilian May OTT b.1890, Heathcote.
          d.11 Aug.1956, 10 Ovens St.Moonee Ponds, bur.Fawkner Cemetry.
          m.1912, Charles Phillip MAXWELL.
        2. Beatrice Alice OTT b.1892, Heathcote, d.11 Jul.1971, Surrey Hills, bur.Box Hill Cemetery.
          m.1916, Robert James Stirling PEACOCK.
        3. Olive Myrtle OTT b.1893, Axedale, d.19 Apr.1992, crem.Coburg Cemetery.
          m.1914, Patrick Timothy MURPHY.
        4. Ivy Gladys OTT b.1896 Axedale, d.20 Nov.1972, Elesternwick, bur.Altona Cemetery.
          m.1919, Percival Vincent GREEN.
        5. Violet Adeline OTT b.1898 Axedale,
          d.24 Dec.1947, 6 Woolacott St.Coburg, bur.Fawkner Cemetery.
          m.(1) 1916, John Henry PETHERICK (d.25 Nov.1918, bur.Sydney North Head Quarantine Cemetery).
          m.(2) 1920, Nathaniel Philip HART.
        6. George Harold OTT b.9 Sept.1900, Darlimurla, d.1968, Sout.
          m.1925, Alice May STENNING.
        7. Charlotte Hazel Catherine OTT b.1902, Darlimurla.
          m.(1) 1922, Vincent McCANN.
          m.(2) ??? GUEST.
        8. Norman Henry OTT b.1907, Wandin Yalloak, d.1979, Wonthaggi.
          m.Kathrine Mary ???
        9. Iris Irene OTT b.1909, Wandin Yalloak, d.28 Sept.1992, crem.Coburg Cemetery.

      4. Martin OTT.

        Born – abt.1864, White Hills.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married – ???
        Died – .
        Buried – .

      5. Frederick OTT.

        Born – abt.1865, White Hills.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Died – abt.8 Feb.1867 (Aged 2 yrs.), White Hills.
        Buried – White Hills Cemetery.

      6. Catherine Rosina OTT.

        Born – 31 Dec.1866, Sandhurst.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married – 24 Nov.1886, Victor Emmanuel HESTER, Neilborough.
        Died – 5 Apr.1928, 66 Edgar St.Footscray West.
        Buried – Footscray Cemetery.

          Victor Emmanuel HESTER.

          Parents – Edward HESTER/ Charlotte JONES.
          Born – 1 Aug.1866.
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Died – 23 May 1962, Black ???
          Cremated – Altona Cemetery.

        Children. (14)

        1. Edward Henry HESTER b.21 Aug.1887, Eaglehawk.
          d.15 Dec.1966, 134 Roberts St. Kingsville, crem.Altona Cemetery.
          m.1909, Isabella Imarie Morris STEWART.
        2. Violet Christina Augusta Vic HESTER b.11 Nov.1888, Raywood, d.1978, Werribee Cemetery.
          m.1913, Joseph GRABROVAZ.
        3. Herschell Ivy Alice HESTER b.31 May 1890, Raywood, d.26 Aug.1983, Northcote, crem.Fawkner Cemetery.
          m.1921, Ernest Bertie BRAINES.
        4. Beatrice Myrtle HESTER b.22 Aug.1891, Swan Hill, d.13 Feb.1978, Sunshine, crem.Altona Cemetery.
          m.1917, Archibald Ruthben TURNER.
        5. Victor Otto Theodore HESTER b.12 May 1893, Swan Hill, d.28 Apr.1975, Narwee Sydney, crem.Woronora Crematorium.
          m.(1) 1924, Alice Ruby FIRTH.
          m.(2) Emily ????
        6. John Leslie HESTER b.1 Apr.1895, Lake Boga, d.13 Dec.1981, Yarraville, bur.Altona Cemetery.
          m.1918, Clara Agnes HARDY.
        7. George Alexander HESTER b.6 Apr.1897, Lake Boga, d.24 Aug.1980, Footscray, crem.Altona Cemetery.
          m.1924, Louisa Myrtle BONIFACE.
        8. Ernest Arthur HESTER b.4 Jul.1899, Miners Rest.
          d.22 Oct.1981, Park St.St.Kilda, bur.Altona Cemetery.
          m.(1) 1922, Bessie May FIRTH.
          m.(2) Alice Alexandrina PORTER.
        9. Norman Leonard HESTER b.1 Apr.1901, Geelong, d.1981, Mary.
          m.1921, Ellen Martha TOMKINS.
        10. Kitty Hermine HESTER b.18 Oct.1902, Geelong, d.11 Sept.1990, bur.Altona Cemetery.
          m.1919, William Howard NEVILLE.
        11. Daphne Daisy Olive HESTER b.30 Mar.1905, Collingwood, d.
          m.1930, Victor DAY.
        12. Florence Charlotte Emily HESTER b.5 Apr.1907, Cobury, d.19 Aug.2010, crem.Fawkner Cemetery.
          m.1928, George Alfred LEWIS.
        13. Jessie Isobell HESTER b.1 Jan.1909, Footscray,
          m.1934, Harold William SAMUEL.
        14. Dulcie Rita Cynthia Mary HESTER b.2 May 1912, Footscray, d.24 Oct.2009, Geelong, bur.Fawkner Cemetery.
          m.1942, William John HARDING.

      7. Christina Rosina (or Mary) OTT. (Photo.)

        Born – 7 Jul.1870, White Hills.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married – 1890, Charles COOPER.
        Died – 5 Jan.1937, Kangaroo Flat.
        Buried – .

          Charles COOPER. TWIN.

          Parents – Charles COOPER/ Mary HUGHES.
          Born – 1861, Kangaroo Flat.
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Died – 22 Dec.1937, Golden Square.
          Buried – .

        Children. (9)

        1. Joseph Charles COOPER b.1892, Kangaroo Flat, d.13 Dec.1956, Golden Square, bur.Kangaroo Flat Cemetery.
          m.1917, Daisy BEAUDION.
        2. Francis Rupert COOPER b.1895, Kangaroo Flat, K.I.A. 25 Jul.1916, France.
        3. David COOPER b.1897, Kangaroo Flat, d.1927, Bendigo.
        4. Allan Patrick COOPER b.1900, Kangaroo Flat, d.1900, Kangaroo Flat.
        5. Harold Vincent COOPER b.1902, Kangaroo Flat, d.6 Feb.1965, Bendigo, bur.Kangaroo Flat Cemetery.
          m.1920, Elsie Pretoria SCHUTT.
        6. Charles Nicholas COOPER b.1905, Kangaroo Flat, d.1980, Lake.
          m.1929, Florinda May DAVEY.
        7. Gertrude Theresa COOPER b.1907, Kangaroo Flat, d.abt.29 Jul.1986, Nazereth House, Ballarat (late of Maldon), bur.Ballarat New Cemetery (Lawn).
          m.1920, James Charles DARSY.
        8. Beatrice May COOPER b.1909, Kangaroo Flat, d.2 Jun.1944, Bendigo, bur.Kangaroo Flat Cemetery.
          m.1929, Leslie Edward MONRO.
        9. Irene Christina COOPER b.1912, Kangaroo Flat, d.13 Aug.1989, Morwell, bur.Taralgon Cemetery.
          m.1938, William Leonard GRIFFIN.

      8. John OTT.

        Born – 17 Mar.1877, Raywood.
        Baptised – Unknown.
        Married – 5 Apr.1915, Madalana CUSINI.
        Died – 23 Dec.1947, 58 Farmer St. Burnley.
        Buried – Burwood Cemetery.

          Madalana CUSINI.

          Parents – Antonio CUSINI/ Eliza PEDRETTI ?
          Born – 1894, Timor.
          Baptised – Unknown.
          Married (2) – August Paul HOPPE (d.abt.20 Jan.1963 (aged 69), Melbourne, bur.Springvale).
          Died – 1983, Richmond.
          Buried – .

        Children. (2)

        1. Clifford John Beatty OTT b.23 Jun.1917, Golden Square, d.10 Feb.1984, Mentone.
          m.1939, Jean Mary Elizabeth EDWARD.
        2. Allan David Antonio OTT b.1919, Richmond, d.1920, Richmond.

      Notes.

      The OTT family emigrated from Wertemburg Germany, departing Hamburg (16 Apr.1860) on the Magdalena arriving Hobson Bay (19 Jul.1860).
      On board the family consisted of Otillias parents, and her two brothers.
      There was also an Unmarried sister of Otillias mother, Christine, who married George WEISMANN (1860).

      NAME

      AGE

      OCCUPATION

      British Subject or Foreigners

      Heinr Ott
      Catharinia Ott
      Heinrich Ott
      Michel Ott
      Christine Kissling

      30
      26
      2
      1
      22

      Not Recorded
      Not Recorded
      Not Recorded
      Not Recorded
      Not Recorded

      Foreigner
      Foreigner
      Foreigner
      Foreigner
      Foreigner

      Their Names appear to have been Anglicised in Australia.
      Another seven Ott children were born in Australia, George, Martin, Frederick, Catherine, Christina, Otillia and John.
      Two of these died as infants, while Otillias brother, George, was accidently killed in a railway accident at Broadford (1919) while working as a Ganger for the Victorian Railways.
      George had joined the Engineers Branch of the Vic.Railways on 5 Aug.1889, as a Repairer.
      One month earlier (3 Jul.) his brother-in-law (Victor Hester) also joined as a Repairer.
      Victor had married Georges sister, Catherine.
      Georges wife (Alice) died in 1974, aged 105 years and was one of Melbournes Western Suburbs best known identities.
      Also an employee of the Railways, she was the first Railway Station Mistress (1912) in Australia.
      She stayed in the Railways until her 70s, as a Cleaner at the Newport Workshops.
      Her two biggest passions were Gardening and Cricket.
      On her 100th. birthday she was visited by several of the Australian Cricketers of the time.

      Otillias brother, Henry (1858-1938), had five children by a woman, Jane Wegner, while her husband, George, who had been unable to find certain work in Newcastle, had gone overseas to the Cape of Good Hope, to look for work.
      After he had been there for some time, George wrote to his wife, asking her to join him, but she refused.
      It was then that George heard his wife had been in an Adulterous relationship with Henry Ott, and she had several children by him.
      On returning to Australia, George went to Court, and had his marriage dissolved on the grounds of Adultery.
      Henry subsequently married Jane, but she died the same year, in childbirth ?
      And then he married Mary Evans (1894), but Mary died the following year.
      Henry then married his second wifes sister, Winifred Evans, and the marriage produced ten children.
      What became of George Wegner ?
      George returned to South Africa to work as an Undercover Detective in a Diamond Mine. He married in 1895, Antonie Charlotte Bleckmann, in Kimberley, South Africa.
      Shortly after (1896) the couple came to Australia, but returned to South Africa in 1900. George died in the Transvaal on 28 Jan.1905.
      His second marriage produced three children, two born in Australia, and one born in South Africa.
      A son, William C.Wegner, from his first marriage, predeceased him, dying in 1902 (aged abt.21), at Newcastle.

      John Ott (1877-1947) is recorded in the following Electoral Rolls:

      YEAR

      OCCUPATION

      ADDRESS

      1919
      1924
      1931
      1936

      Labourer
      Labourer
      Labourer
      Labourer

      34 Farmer St.Richmond
      76 Fraser St.Richmond
      6 Queen St.Richmond
      6 Queen St.Richmond

      Addendum.

      1. The youngest daughter (child) of Victor HESTER and Catherine OTT, Dulcie, died aged 97 years, Geelong Hospital, late of Peter St.Grovedale.
        Dulcie is buried in the Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne, with her late husband, William John HARDING, who was buried 19 Nov.1974, aged 64 years.
        William and Dulcie are survived by two daughters:

        1. Lynette (Mrs.BLAIR), husband Robert.
        2. Carol (Mrs.LEAVY), husband Raymond.

      2. Catherine Otts (1834-1905) sister, Christine, married George WEISMANN (1860).

        Christina died abt.25 Mar.1909 (aged 70), at North Fitzroy, late of 112 Park St.
        bur.Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton.
        Her parents were recorded as Christian KISSLING and Rosina KOPPENLYON.
        Her husband, George, died 3 Aug.1892 (aged 63), Inglewood Rd. Bendigo. He was a Miner and is buried in the Bendigo Cemetery.
        His parents were recorded as Christian Johann WEISMANN and Maria Dorethea RUDOLPH.
        In Georges Will, Christinas name was corrected to Rosina Christina.
        George was Naturalised on 8 Jul.1880. He is recorded as born in Lindringen Kingoom Wurtemburg Germany, aged 51, a Miner, and in the care of Ludwig Scholtz, Sandhurst.
        Also stated is George arrived in Port Phillip, 10 Nov.1857, on the Lilly, which had depared from Liverpool.
        The marriage produced four children:

        1. George WEISMANN b.1861, Sandhurst, d.abt.13 Dec.1902, North Fitzroy.
          bur.Melbourne General Cemetery.

        2. Christina Catherina WEISMANN b.1865, White Hills, d.8 Jun.1954, Prahran, late of 168 Punt Rd.
          bur.Melbourne General Cemetery.
          m.1884, Reuben Charles COX.

        3. Fredericka Christina WEISMANN b.1867, Sandhurst, d.13 Jul.1949, Alma Private Hospital, East St.Kilda.
          late of 305 High St.
          bur.Melbourne General Cemetery.
          m.(1) 1892, Edward CLARKE.
          m.(2) 1911, Joseph ROBBINS.

        4. Louisa Lily WEISMANN (Music Teacher) b.1882, Sandhurst, d.14 Sept.1959, Windsor.
          late of 168 Punt Rd. (residence of sister).
          bur.Melbourne General Cemetery.

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