 1866 - 1932 (66 years)
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| Name |
Alice Hutchison/Hutchinson |
| Born |
4 Jan 1866 |
Tiaro, Queensland, Australia  |
- Alice is believed to belong to the Badtjala Tribe, their region being the Wide Bay-Burnett area including Fraser Island.
The Badtjala people have lived on the world's largest sand island, Thoorgine (Fraser Island), since time immemorial. By the early part of the twentieth century, however, most of the Badtjala population had been massacred by white settlers and the survivors removed to Christian missions on the island or the mainland.
(From World of Dreamings - National Gallery of Australia
www.nga.gov.au/Dreaming/Index.cfm?Refrnc=Ch8)
Butchulla Tribe
The Butchulla people are the Traditional Owners of K'gari (Fraser Island).
For more than 5000 years, perhaps as many as 50,000 years, Butchulla people lived in harmony with the seasons and the land and sea, maintaining a balance between spiritual, social and family connections.
Today the Butchulla people continue to walk the cultural pathway of their ancestors, whom they believe have lived on this country since the beginning of the Dreaming.
Because the Butchulla language did not come from a written culture, this nation has been referred to variously as: Butchulla, Badjala, Badjula, Badjela, Bajellah, Badtjala and Budjilla.
(For more than 5000 years, perhaps as many as 50,000 years, Butchulla people lived in harmony with the seasons and the land and sea, maintaining a balance between spiritual, social and family connections.
Today the Butchulla people continue to walk the cultural pathway of their ancestors, whom they believe have lived on this country since the beginning of the Dreaming.
Because the Butchulla language did not come from a written culture, this nation has been referred to variously as: Butchulla, Badjala, Badjula, Badjela, Bajellah, Badtjala and Budjilla.
(Queensland Government)
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| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
16 Jul 1932 |
Traveller's Rest , Brooweena, Woocoo Shire, Queensland |
| Death Notice |
18 Jul 1932 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
THOMSEN.-On July 16, 1932, at her residence, Brooweena, Alice, beloved wife of S. C. Thomsen. Aged 66 years.
"At Rest"
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 18 July 1932
OBITUARY
The death, after an extended illness, occurred on Saturday afternoon at her residence, "Traveller's Rest," Brooweena, of Mrs. Alice Thomsen at the age of 66 years.
The funeral will take place this (Monday) afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from her late residence to the Teebar Cemetery.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 18 July 1932
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| Funeral Notice |
18 Jul 1932 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
The relatives and friends of Mr. S. C. Thomsen and family, of Brooweena, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of his beloved wife and their mother, Alice Thomsen, to move from her late residence "Traveller's Rest.
THIS AFTERNOON, at 1.30 o'clock for the Teebar Cemetery.
KIRK & SON, Funeral Directors, Adelaide-street.
Phone 183
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 18 July 1932 |
| Buried |
18 Jul 1932 |
Brooweena in St. Mary`s Anglican Cemetery in the Woocoo Shire |
- INCRIPTION on the grave of Sophus Christian Thomsen And Alice Thomsen in BROOWEENA CEMETERY :
Alice THOMSEN, mum, died 16 July 1932 aged 66 years; Sophus THOMSEN, dad, died 28 May 1943 aged 78 years; Brooweena St Mary's Anglican cemetery, Woocoo Shire
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| Personal |
23 Jul 1932 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
MR. S. C. THOMSEN and family of Broowoona, wish to thank sincerely all kind friends who sympathised and helped them during the time of their great sorrow. They much appreciate the genuineness of the many expressions of sympathy that were extended to them.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Saturday, 23 July 1932 |
| Obituary |
28 Jul 1932 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
BROOWEENA.
July 26
Obituary.
There passed away at her residence "Travellers Rest," Brooweena, on Saturday, 16 inst., an old and highly respected resident of the district, in the person of Mrs. Alice Thomsen, at the age of 66 years.
The deceased who was the daughter of the late Mr. Hugh Hutchinson, of Tiaro, was beloved and respected by a very wide circle of friends to whom the news of her death came as a severe shock.
During her 32 years residence in this district she had intimately associated herself with every movement for its advancement and welfare. All her life she had been a devoted member of the Methodist church and in her later she was an enthusiastic member of the Women's branch of the C.W.A. Of a most generous and kindly disposition, she was at all times willing and eager to lend her assistance, to any good cause, and the community is poorer by her dimise.
Besides a sorrowing husband, Mr. Sophus Thomsen, who has been a valued member of the Woocoo Shire Council for several years. The deceased leaves a family of five sons and six daughters, namely Messrs Albert and Peter (North Queensland), Noble, Sophus and Edward (Brooweena), Mesdames J.J. Bargenquast (Boompa), G. Davies (Babinda), E. Vanderwolf (Deborah), A. Wilson (Hivesville), and W. Dale (Gomerri). One daughter died in childhood. There are thirty grandchildren and one Great Grandchild.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Thursday, 28 July 1932 |
| Notes |
- Alice's story is difficult, There is no birth certificate, as in 1860's aboriginal children were not registered, often Marriage and Death certificates were not issued either. Alice met her future husband after a horse riding accident where Sophus Thomsen was thrown from his mount and was being dragged by the stirrups, She was with a group of Aboriginal people who nursed him back to health, They did not marry straight away, they had Mary, Albert, and Peter before they married officially. There are many family stories about alice so what is true and what is a great yarn is yet to be decided.
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| Person ID |
I3767 |
Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen | Thomsen |
| Last Modified |
23 Jun 2014 |
| Family |
Sophus Christian Thomsen, b. 29 May 1865, Sønderborg , Sønderborg Sogn, Als Sønder Herred, Sønderborg Amt Denmark , d. 28 May 1943, Biggenden Hospital, Biggenden, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
4 Jan 1890 |
Tiaro, Queensland, Australia |
- They were married in the home of Andreas Thomsen, father of Sophus Christian Thomsen.
Andreas Thomsen and Caroline Sophie Thomsen were witnesses to the marriage.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Thomsen, b. 29 Sep 1885, Queensland, Australia , d. 14 Jun 1971, Brooweena, Queensland (Age 85 years) |
| + | 2. Private Thomsen, b. 1887 |
| + | 3. Peter Thomsen, b. 3 Feb 1890, TIaro, Queensland, Australia , d. 8 Apr 1969, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (Age 79 years) |
| + | 4. Sophia (Sophie) Thomsen, b. 16 Feb 1892, Tiaro/Brooweena District, Queensland, Australia , d. 12 Nov 1960, Demaine Hospital, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years) |
| + | 5. Minnie Thomsen, b. 20 Jul 1894, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 26 Jul 1959, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 65 years) |
| + | 6. Noble Thomsen, b. 9 Aug 1896, Tiaro, Queensland , d. 10 Dec 1967, Howard, Queensland, Queensland (Age 71 years) |
| | 7. Ruby Thomsen, b. 22 Jul 1898, Tairo Queensland Australia , d. 13 Apr 1899, Tairo Queensland Australia (Age 0 years) |
| + | 8. Sophus (Dick) Thomsen, b. 26 Jun 1900, Brooweena, Queensland, Australia , d. 19.Sep 1957, Aramara, Queensland, Australia (Age 56 years) |
| + | 9. Alice Elizabeth Thomsen, b. 27 Jun 1903, Queensland, Australia , d. 18 Nov 1971, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years) |
| + | 10. Alvena Christina Thomsen, b. 30 Jun 1905, Queensland, Australia , d. 12 Aug 1996, Ballina, New South Wales (Age 91 years) |
| + | 11. Doreen Nellie Thomsen, b. 4 Nov 1907, Maryborough, , Queensland, Australia , d. 4 Jan 1958, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 50 years) |
| + | 12. Ernest Edward Thomsen, b. 5 Jun 1913, Brooweena District, Queensland , d. Apr 1997, Northern Territory (Age 83 years) |
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| Last Modified |
24 May 2014 |
| Family ID |
F1174 |
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