| [Index] |
| Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Kenneth Oltmann WILKINSON (1889 - 1980) |
Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896) + John WILKINSON (1852 - 1937) |
Oltmann LAMPE (1821 - 1875) | ||
| Sarah BRIDLE (1831 - 1912) | William BRIDLE (1797 - 1873) | |||
| Martha MILES (1807 - 1886) | Edward MILES | |||
| Susannah (MILES) |
| b. 16 Dec 1855 at Cooma, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 16 Jun 1887 John WILKINSON (1852 - 1937) at Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 20 Sep 1896 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 40 |
| Parents: |
| Oltmann LAMPE (1821 - 1875) |
| Sarah BRIDLE (1831 - 1912) |
| Children (1): |
| Kenneth Oltmann WILKINSON (1889 - 1980) |
| Events in Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 16 Dec 1855 | Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE was born | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia | Wambrook Station | 73 | |
| 22 Sep 1875 | 19 | Death of father Oltmann LAMPE (aged 54) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 16 Jun 1887 | 31 | Married John WILKINSON (aged 35) | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 24 Jul 1889 | 33 | Birth of son Kenneth Oltmann WILKINSON | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 20 Sep 1896 | 40 | Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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MARY MARTHA BERTHA WILKNSON nee Lampe
by Val Wilkinson Mary Martha Bertha Lampe was born on 16 December 1855 at Wambroo& Monaro, the fourth child and third daughter of Oltmann Lampe, squatter, and his wife Sarah n6e Bridle' She was baptised on 10 February 1856 by Walter Riky, Minister in the district of Monaro. She was always called Bertha. When Bertha was 10 years old the family made the long arduous journey from Wambrook across the mountains to Talbingo where her grandfather, William Bridle, had taken up Talbingo Station. Three years later in 1869, her father was badly injured in a fall from a horse and became paralysed and blind. With a crippled father and a sickly older sister, a lot fell on Bertha's young shoulders as she helped her mother and eldest sister, Susannah, to run the farm and to keep the house going for the five younger brothers and sisters However, there was friendship and contact with close relatives on neighbouring properties to bring relief to a busy life. A cousin, Thomas Henry Wilkinson' recorded a tamity gatherinion Christmas Day, 1872 at nearby Yatlowin when members of the Bridle, Lirp" and Wilkinson families shared the afternoon together' When Bertha was 20, a cousin, William Wilkinson, provided a "Character Sketch" of her: You have a strongly developed motive temperament which gives you a spirit of energy and dJtermination, and, also having a large share of the. mental, you are very fond of literary pursuits and would enter into them with great ardour, overcoming any obstacles that might be in the way. You are remarkedly fond of home and its associations; would take little pleasure in travelling io see the wonders of creation; be quite content to read the account given by others but you have an eye for the picturesque- and would enjoy it if you could take your home and friends with you. Your feelings are very sensitive, feel keenly an unkind word, have a very good temper, never getannoyed without just cause, and even then you reflect twice before you speak. You are very secretive, and conscientious, have a strict sense of duty. Would make a good wife to a good husband, would love him sincerely but would not be at all demonstrative in your affections, showing your love by deeds rather than words. Would seek a manly energetic, strong-minded man for a husband having a great aversion to anything approaching effeminacy in the opposite sex. you are a true friend to those whom you rank as such and would do anything in your power to assist them should they require your aid but you are very-panicular in your choice of friends, and require to know a person a long time before you would become at all familiar with him or her. You are very orderly in your habits, like to have a place for everything and everything in its place. You are fond of well behaved children and would show much tact and discretion in their management. You have strong religious principles and great respect for anything sacred. You are a keen observer of human nature and a merciless critic, sparing neither friend nor foe, you are fonder of your own sex than the opposite, and look upon the male sex in general as a failure, but don't object to praise even from them, if you feel convinced that it is deserved, but you could not be persuaded to do anything which you thought not quite right, as you always act from a strict sense of duty, independently of praise or blame. William Edward Wilkinson, 28 July 1876. However, it was to be another eleven years before Bertha was tempted into marriage. lt was John Wilkinson, the eldest of her Yallowin cousins, who captured her heart and they were married on 16 June 1887 at her parent's house at Talbingo. Bertha and John Wilkinson made their home al Hillview, originally part of the Yellowin Run and selected by John in 1876. He had built a slab-walled, bark-roofed house at the southern end of his property, and it was to here that Bertha came on her marriage. Two years later, on 24 July 1889, she was blessed with a son, Kenneth Oltmann Wilkinson. Some time in the early 1890's John began to build another house further down the Yellowin Creek, closer to Yallowin homestead. The new house was solidly constructed from bricks manufactured on the property, with the first house being dismantled and used to construct the new detached kitchen. lt could be imagined with what joy Bertha packed her possessions and moved down to the new brick house, closer to her relations and possibly to facilitate obtaining a governess for Ken's early education. However Bertha's life was to be tragically shortened. The circumstances leading to her illness are not known, but Bertha was taken to Sydney for treatment, accompanied by her husband, John. She died at St Kilda House, Woolloomooloo on 20 September 1896 at the age of 40 years from hydatids of the liver. Bertha was brought back to Tumut and laid to rest in the Church of England portion of the Old Tumut Cemetery beside her father, Oltmann Lampe. Bibliography: FRANCIS, Margaret; VERNON, Stella & WILKINSON, Colin (eds), The Buddong Flows On, Volume2 Genuine People. (The Buddong Society, 1993) |
| Source References: |
| 69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 88 (Name, Notes) |
| 73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004 |
| - Reference = 39 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 101 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 39 (Marriage) |
| - Reference = 101 (Death) |