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| Frederick Anslow TOMPSON (1814 - 1884) |
| Clerk of Petty Sessions, Postmaster |
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| b. 12 Dec 1814 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 02 Apr 1836 Eliza Ester PEARSON (1817 - 1903) at Windsor, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 08 May 1884 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 69 |
| Near Relatives of Frederick Anslow TOMPSON (1814 - 1884) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father | Charles TOMPSON | 12 May 1784 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 10 Jan 1871 | Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Mother | Elizabeth BOGGIS | 1792 | 19 Mar 1822 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 30 | |
| Self | Frederick Anslow TOMPSON | 12 Dec 1814 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 08 May 1884 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 69 |
| Wife | Eliza Ester PEARSON | 1817 | 1903 | 86 | ||
| Son | Frederick Charles TOMPSON | 22 Dec 1836 | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | 1909 | 73 | |
| Son | Henry Edwin TOMPSON | 19 Mar 1838 | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | 30 Jan 1867 | Gumly Gumly, New South Wales, Australia | 28 |
| Daughter | Eliza Sarah TOMPSON | 22 Sep 1840 | Quakers Hill, New South Wales, Australia | 1899 | 59 | |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Anne TOMPSON | 16 Apr 1842 | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia | 1911 | 69 | |
| Daughter | Emily Clara TOMPSON | 05 May 1844 | Oura, New South Wales, Australia | 1930 | 86 | |
| Son | Arthur William TOMPSON | 21 Apr 1846 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1923 | 77 | |
| Son | Frank Pearson TOMPSON | 31 Dec 1847 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1926 | 79 | |
| Son | Charles John TOMPSON | 14 May 1850 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 26 Apr 1927 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 76 |
| Son | Ferdinand Church TOMPSON | 27 Feb 1852 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1925 | 73 | |
| Son | Alfred Septimus TOMPSON | 04 May 1854 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1927 | 73 | |
| Daughter | Laura Alice TOMPSON | 29 Dec 1856 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1923 | 67 | |
| Son | Ernest Octavius TOMPSON | 06 Jun 1859 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1918 | 59 | |
| Brother | Charles TOMPSON | 26 Jan 1807 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1883 | 76 | |
| Sister | Martha Louise TOMPSON | 04 Aug 1810 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1826 | 16 | |
| Sister | Eliza Harris TOMPSON | 14 May 1817 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1879 | 62 | |
| Brother | Edwin Hervey TOMPSON | 02 Oct 1819 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 29 Mar 1893 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Brother | Alfred Fulton TOMPSON | 21 Jul 1821 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1889 | 68 | |
| Daughter in Law | Diana Elizabeth BEST | 13 Jan 1848 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 20 Nov 1927 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Granddaughter | Claribel Maude TOMPSON | 13 Jan 1879 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Apr 1950 | 71 | |
| Grandson | Charles Selwyn TOMPSON | 15 Sep 1880 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 19 Jul 1930 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 49 |
| Grandson | Cyril Lionel TOMPSON | 23 Nov 1883 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 03 Aug 1957 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Grandson | Clive Henry TOMPSON | 20 Mar 1886 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 10 Jun 1957 | Fairlight, New South Wales, Australia | 71 |
| Nephew | Edwin Bissell TOMPSON | 1849 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 09 Aug 1891 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 42 |
| Nephew | William Hervey TOMPSON | 28 Oct 1852 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1924 | 72 | |
| Nephew | Stephen John TOMPSON | 14 May 1855 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1928 | 73 | |
| Niece | Louisa Anne "Louie" TOMPSON | 11 Dec 1856 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 23 Apr 1902 | Kiama, New South Wales, Australia | 45 |
| Niece | Elizabeth Sarah TOMPSON | 06 Sep 1859 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1931 | 72 | |
| Nephew | Albert Charles TOMPSON | 02 Jul 1862 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1895 | 33 | |
| Sister in Law | Ann Jane PEARSON | 1821 | 23 May 1890 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| Events in Frederick Anslow TOMPSON (1814 - 1884)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 12 Dec 1814 | Frederick Anslow TOMPSON was born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| 19 Mar 1822 | 7 | Death of mother Elizabeth BOGGIS (aged 30) | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 02 Apr 1836 | 21 | Married Eliza Ester PEARSON (aged 19) | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 22 Dec 1836 | 22 | Birth of son Frederick Charles TOMPSON | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 19 Mar 1838 | 23 | Birth of son Henry Edwin TOMPSON | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 22 Sep 1840 | 25 | Birth of daughter Eliza Sarah TOMPSON | Quakers Hill, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 16 Apr 1842 | 27 | Birth of daughter Elizabeth Anne TOMPSON | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 05 May 1844 | 29 | Birth of daughter Emily Clara TOMPSON | Oura, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 21 Apr 1846 | 31 | Birth of son Arthur William TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 31 Dec 1847 | 33 | Birth of son Frank Pearson TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 14 May 1850 | 35 | Birth of son Charles John TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 71 | |
| 27 Feb 1852 | 37 | Birth of son Ferdinand Church TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 04 May 1854 | 39 | Birth of son Alfred Septimus TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 29 Dec 1856 | 42 | Birth of daughter Laura Alice TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 06 Jun 1859 | 44 | Birth of son Ernest Octavius TOMPSON | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 30 Jan 1867 | 52 | Death of son Henry Edwin TOMPSON (aged 28) | Gumly Gumly, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 10 Jan 1871 | 56 | Death of father Charles TOMPSON (aged 86) | Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 08 May 1884 | 69 | Frederick Anslow TOMPSON died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Source References: |
| 76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/ |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197326487/frederick_anslow_tompson (Name, Notes) |
| 90. Type: Book, Abbr: History of Wagga, Title: A History of Wagga Wagga, Auth: Keith Swan, Date: 1970 |
| - Reference = p35, 36-7, 61, 84, 89, 117-8, 128-9 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: The position [of CPS clerk] was eventually filled by the appointment of Frederick Anslow Tompson —he overcame the hoodoo on the name Frederick— on 9 November 1848. This was the F. A. Tompson already mentioned in connection with the Eunonyhareenyha pastoral run, and he was probably more inured to the accommodation difficulties than those appointed earlier. Yet even Tompson found accommodation such a difficult problem that he wrote to the Colonial Secretary shortly after appointment about the building of a house. He said he must build because the inn and the police huts provided no accommodation for him, yet in the absence of a town plan he could not buy an allotment. As building was a necessity, therefore, he requested that his house should be allowed to remain even if its site did contravene the town plan. Tompson's letter bears a minute that no such security could be given, but that the Surveyor-General would be requested to hasten the sale of allotments in Wagga Wagga. Tompson probably did not wait for the first sale of town allotments on 22 November 1849 before building his house Waterview, later the laundry of the Commercial (now Romano's) hotel. His building led to the curious alignment of Sturt Street, which should have been a continuation of Gurwood Street and was long called Little Gurwood Street
Exactly where F. A. Tompson lived in the years 1847-9 is uncertain. Eunonyhareenyha was still a Tompson run and he lived there sometimes (G. W. Rusden's Diary). He was also said to be living in Gundagai (Goulburn Herald, 18 November 1848). At this time he was a J.P. and sat on both the Gundagai and Wagga Wagga benches. On his appointment as CP at Wagga Wagga he ceased to be a J.P. and immediately sought accommodation in the village. E. Irvin's contention in Place of Many Crows that a statement in the Goulburn Herald of 17 February 1849 was enough to send Tompson hotfooting it to Wagga Wagga' is not supported by the available evidence. p61 Another to participate in the business boom was F. A. Tompson. Already he has appeared as a pastoralist at Eunonyhareenyha in the 1830s; and then as the first CPS and Postmaster in 1848 and 1849 respectively. He too, like George Forsyth, had a tremendous influence upon Wagga Wagga at its developmental stage. Public service regulations in the 1850s were different from those of the twentieth century, for although still CPS and Postmaster in 1855 F. A. Tompson established with his younger brother E. H. Tomp-son the business variously known as F. A. Tompson & Co. and the Australian Warehouse. Like George Forsyth & Co. the Australian Warehouse, situated in Sturt Street opposite the Riverine Club's present site, was a multipurpose business. The Tompsons held a wine and spirit licence, advertised that they imported most of their heavy goods direct from England in order to reduce prices and by 1857 followed Forsyth's lead by becoming auctioneers and general commission agents. In advertising this latter function they pointed out that F. A. had known stock for many years because he arrived in the district in 1832 and that E. H. would act as auctioneer. The unique aspect of F. A. Tompson's business was his provision of Wagga Wagga's first banking facilities in 1855. On 16 August he begged to notify all persons desirous of availing themselves of the accommodation, that he has made arrangements for carrying on a limited banking business at Wagga Wagga, and is prepared to cash cheques and orders etc. on liberal terms, but which must necessarily be regulated (to a certain extent) by the risk incurred and facilities of collection which the drafts may offer. Cheques on bankers, will accordingly be exchanged at a less rate of discount than orders on private individuals. To labouring men especially, the subscriber imagines his establishment offers peculiar advantages by affording them the means of regulating their expenditure at will. They may be assured that they will be honestly dealt with. As the Melbourne banks have a large circulation of their paper in this and neighbouring districts, the advertiser informs holders thereof, that he will (with a view of checking circulation of Victorian paper) give Sydney for Melbourne notes, on the bank charge of 1% exchange, and ld in the £l, to meet expenses of remittance and risk. F. A. Tompson influenced the life of Wagga Wagga and district for fifty years until he left in the 1880s, and was frequently the centre of some controversy, even in the 1850s when he tried to contradict the rumours that he would give no credit, and that he discounted cheques paid over the counter. p117-8 F. A. Tompson was a far more controversial figure than George Forsyth, but had also been a leader in town and district-squatter in 1832; J.P. in 1847; CPS in 1848; postmaster in 1849; businessman in the 1850s and 1860s; a director of the Bridge Company in its early days. He had, in fact, influenced almost every aspect of town life. When the borough was incorporated he was almost sixty years of age but still very active, skilled as an administrator and looking for some occupation because his retail store and stock and station agency business was not prospering. So he accepted the appointment as Council Clerk for £100 per annum and successfully undertook the difficult task of establishing municipal administrative services, continuing for twelve years until 1882 when he was sixty-eight years of age. During those twelve years, moreover, he was at one time or another secretary and treasurer of the Wagga Wagga Permanent Building and Investment Society, coroner for the district and secretary of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association; and he still continued to sit regularly on the local Bench. Although quite soon after his retirement from active life he died-at Petersham in December 1884 Tompson led a very active life. For instance, he set out for Sydney by buggy in November 1872; and although both his wife and he were badly shaken when the buggy overturned at Guise Hill about fifteen miles east of Wagga Wagga they continued the journey by coach the next day. His vigour was also proved by participation in local arguments and his frequent long letters to newspapers well into the 1870s. |