Irmgard Karoline Hehl

F, #2294, b. 22 Sep 1921, d. 10 Apr 1999
Married NameFrank. 
Name Variation Irmgard Karoline Hehl was also known as Irmgard Caroline Frank-Czarnecki changed name in 1958 on advice of Dr Frank of Collins St. 
Birth*22 Sep 1921 Germany. 
Marriage*1933 Spouse: Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank. Germany.
 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel12 Nov 1950 To Australia. Ship Carl sent money to Germany and Irmgard came out as a migrant on an assisted passage. She arrived with 50c in her pocket and he had 8 pounds.1
 
(Witness) Land-Note1956 GEM-C-30.31.32 Excerpt from rate book showing sale from Marjorie Brewster to Carl & Irmgard Frank & Cyril Nyren.2
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac31 Jan 1962 GEM-C-31 (part), 28 Leadbetter Road. Transfer from Marjorie Gertrude Brewster to Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank Irmgard Karoline Frank. 9a 1r 21p.3 
Widow10 Jan 1969She became a widow upon the death of her husband Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank.4 
Land-UBeac*8 May 1969 GEM-C-30.31 (part), 28 Leadbetter Road. Transfer from Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank to Irmgard Karoline Frank. 9a 1r 21p - Irmgard Frank is the surviving proprietor.5 
Death*10 Apr 1999 VIC, Australia. 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1968Split Rock Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: cook. With Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank.6
bt 1972 - 1977Split Rock Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: cook.7,8
1980Leadbetter Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: cook.9

Grave

  • Yackandandah, VIC, Australia10

Newspaper-Articles

  • 5 Feb 1965: Record number naturalised: Impressive Ceremony
    ... Candidates: incl Irmgard Frank11

Citations

  1. [S61] Upper Beaconsfield History Archive.
  2. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1956-57 Rate Book.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7570-058 - Marjorie Gertrude Brewster to Karl Frank Cost Clerk and Irmgard Frank Married Woman both of Split Rock Road Upper Beaconsfield - joint proprietors.
  4. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7570-058 - Irmgard Frank of Leadbetter Road Upper Beaconsfield Widow is the surviving proprietor.
  6. [S168] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1968 "as Karol FRANK."
  7. [S172] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1972.
  8. [S177] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1977.
  9. [S180] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1980.
  10. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, https://billiongraves.com/grave/…
  11. [S18] Newspaper - Pakenham Gazette (Vic.), 5 Feb 1965, p2.
Last Edited19 Mar 2023

Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank

M, #2295, b. 24 May 1914, d. 10 Jan 1969
Note Application for Naturalisation - CZARNECKI Karol Joseph born 24 May 1914; Ralph born 6 February 1947. 1955/5929. 
Probate (Will)* 687/014. Clerk. Upper Beaconsfield.1 
Name Variation Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank was also known as Carl Joseph Frank-Czarnecki changed name in 1958 on advice of Dr Frank of Collins St. 
Birth*24 May 1914 Germany. 
Marriage*1933 Spouse: Irmgard Karoline Hehl. Germany.
 
Note*bt 1943 - 1946 Served in the German army in WW2 was a prisoner of war and missing from 1943-1946.2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel1949 To Australia. Ship Arrived in Australia with a 2 year contract to work worked on the railways at Bonegilla - he sent money to Germany and his wife came out as a migrant on an assisted passage. She arrived with 50c in her pocket and he had 8 pounds.2
 
Note1949 CZARNECKI Karol - Nationality: Polish - Arrived Melbourne per Nea Hellas 23 February 1949. 
Land-Note*1956 GEM-C-30.31.32. Marjorie Gertrude Brewster Excerpt from rate book showing sale from Marjorie Brewster to Carl & Irmgard Frank & Cyril Nyren.3
Land-UBeacabt 1960 GEM-C-32. Transfer from Marjorie Gertrude Brewster to Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank. 19a 3r 5p - title did not change hands to Carl Frank, but he paid rates in 1957-60 (may not have fully paid off his purchase?)4,5 
Land-UBeac*31 Jan 1962 GEM-C-31 (part), 28 Leadbetter Road. Transfer from Marjorie Gertrude Brewster to Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank Irmgard Karoline Frank. 9a 1r 21p.6 
(Witness) Land-UBeac15 Nov 1967Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank had an interest in at GEM-C-32; 19a 3r 5p.4 
Death*10 Jan 1969 Richmond, VIC, Australia, #D1033 (Age 54) [par Carl Czarnecki & Anna].7 
Land-UBeac*8 May 1969 GEM-C-30.31 (part), 28 Leadbetter Road. Transfer from Carl Joseph 'Karol' Frank to Irmgard Karoline Frank. 9a 1r 21p - Irmgard Frank is the surviving proprietor.8 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1968Split Rock Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: time keeper. With Irmgard Karoline Frank.9

Grave

  • Yackandandah, VIC, Australia10

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P5, unit 384; VPRS 7591/P4, unit 52.
  2. [S61] Upper Beaconsfield History Archive.
  3. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1956-57 Rate Book.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7570-057 - Francis Menzies Finn of Hastings Road Baxter Contractor.
  5. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1956-57 Rate Book documents the sale of the land.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7570-058 - Marjorie Gertrude Brewster to Karl Frank Cost Clerk and Irmgard Frank Married Woman both of Split Rock Road Upper Beaconsfield - joint proprietors.
  7. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7570-058 - Irmgard Frank of Leadbetter Road Upper Beaconsfield Widow is the surviving proprietor.
  9. [S168] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1968 "as Karol FRANK."
  10. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, https://billiongraves.com/grave/…
Last Edited28 May 2018

Mary Hannay Black

F, #2299, b. 26 Sep 1846, d. 12 Oct 1918
Father*James Black b. 12 Jun 1819, d. 11 Feb 1893
Mother*Margaret Grant b. 9 Aug 1827, d. 26 Mar 1914
Married NameFoott. 
Birth*26 Sep 1846 Glasgow, Scotland. 
(Migrant) Migration/TravelSep 1853 Sailing with James Black, Margaret Black, Dr James Grant Black, Cecilia Brown Black, Henrietta Anne Foott, Thomas Wade Foott, Catherine Tower Foott, Mary Elizabeth Atkin Foott to Port Phillip, VIC, Australia. Ship Ivanhoe
Age 6 - as Mary Hannah BLACK.1 
Marriage*1 Oct 1874 Spouse: Thomas Wade Foott. Dubbo, NSW, Australia.
 
Marriage-Notice*3 Oct 1874 FOOTT—BLACK.—October 1, Thomas Wade, eldest son of the late James Foott, J.P., Bourke, Darling River, to Mary Hannay, eldest daughter of James Black, Warwick-terrace, Drummond-street, Melbourne.2 
Widow2 Feb 1884Mary Hannay Black became a widow upon the death of her husband Thomas Wade Foott.3 
Death*12 Oct 1918 Bundaberg, QLD, Australia, #DC3882 [par James BLACK & Margaret GRANT].4 
Death-Notice*22 Oct 1918 FOOTT-On the 12th October, at Bundaberg, Queensland, Mrs Mary Hannay Foott, daughter of the late James Black, of Melbourne.5,6 

Family

 Thomas Wade Foott b. 1850, d. 2 Feb 1884
Child 1.Cecil Henry Foott+ b. 16 Jan 1876, d. 27 Jun 1942

Newspaper-Articles

  • 10 Oct 1891: QUEENSLAND SOCIAL ITEMS, &c. From our special correspondent in Brisbane.
    A charming little comedy for children, entitled ' Sweep/ by Mary Hannay Foott (Mrs. T. Wade Foott), lady editor of the Queenslander, and author of ' Morna Lee ' and other poems, is being published in the form ot a Christmas booklet by Gordon and Gotch. A great many orders have been booked, and Mrs. Foott is so well known, both in and out of Queensland, through her delightful word pictures, that her name alone will ensure success.7
  • 18 Jan 1909: The author, Mrs. Mary Hannay Foott, was born, in Glasgow. Her father, James Black, was a member of the corporation; her mother was one of the Hannays of Sorbie, one of whom was a poet of the eighteenth century and another, critic and novelist, was editor of the Edinburgh Courant for some years. Coming to Aus tralia in early childhood, Mary Hannay Black was educated in Melbourne. While studying art at the National Gallery, in a fellow-student she met her husband, T. Wade Foott, son of James Foott, of Springfort, County Cork. They were married in 1874, and went to Queensland, the country of the flame tree and blue lilies, to live on Dundoo Station, or run, in which father and husband were partners. Drought, fire, and death left Mrs. Foott desolate in 1884. For 10 years therefrom she was literary editor of The Queenslander (Brisbane), a leading weekly. She has published two books. "Morna Lee," her most artistic work, saw the light in Lon don in 1890. Of her two sons the younger, Arthur Patrick Foott, has found great encouragement from the Commonwealth newspapers as a writer of stories of travel and adventure.8
  • 19 Oct 1918: DEATH OF MRS. MARY HANNAY FOOTT.
    Australian literature has suffered a distinct loss by the death of Mrs. Mary Hannay Foott, which occurred at Bundaberg on Saturday last after a short illness. Mrs. Foott had been walking in the streets of the town on Tuesday of last week, but on the same night contracted pneumonia, and died on Friday evening. Her daughters-in-law, Mrs. C. H. Foott and Mrs. A. P. Foott, had been summoned from Brisbane, but arrived an hour after the end came. Mrs. Foott had no relatives in Bundaberg, her elder son, Brigadier- General C. H. Foott, being absent on active service, while her second son, Arthur P. Foott, was killed in action in France a year ago. The funeral took place at Bundaberg on Sunday, and was largely attended. The service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Beasley. The late Mary Hannay Foott was a native of Glasgow, where she was born on September 26, 1846. She was the daughter of the late James Black, while her mother was of the Hannay family, whose name was well known in literature. Mrs. Foott arrived in Australia in 1853, at the age of 7, and received her education in Melbourne. In 1874 she married Mr. Thomas Wade Foott, and lived for some years on Dundoo station, in South-western Queensland. On the death of her husband in 1884 she came to live at Rocklea, near Brisbane, and there opened a small private school, at which, in addition to the ordinary subjects, she gave lessons in music and painting. Possessing considerable artistic skill, she also gave much attention to literature, to which, indeed, most of her time was devoted, and she soon gave up her school to take the position of literary editor on the "Queenslander," which she occupied for many years. It was under her regime that the publication of social gossip, which has since become an institution in the daily as well as the weekly papers, was initiated. She retired from active newspaper work a number of years ago, and for some years had resided at Bundaberg. Mrs. Foott was the author of many poems, most of which appeared in the "Queenslander." She has published two volumes of verse—"Where the Pelican Builds, and Other Poems" (Brisbane, 1885) and "Morna Lee and Other Poems" (London, 1890).9
  • 9 Nov 1929: Mrs. Mary Hannay Foott was born in Glasgow in 1846; arrived in Australia in 1853; was educated in Melbourne, and married Thomas Wade Foott in 1874. Her husband died in 1884, and for the next 10 years Mrs. Foott was literary editor of "The Queenslander," the weekly illustrated paper of the Brisbane Newspaper Co., Ltd. In the later seventies Mrs. Foott and a baby (now Brigadier-General C. H. Foott, Commandant of the Commonwealth Military Forces in Queensland), drove overland from Bourke (New South Wales) to Dundoo station, on Yowah Creek, a tributary of the Paroo. The property had been taken up by Mr. Foott. A memory of that drive is contained in the poem, "New Country," Conde and Lurline being the two buggy horses. "In Time of Drought" tells the story of the drought of 1883. "Where the Pelican Builds" relates the tragedy of two pastoralists, named Elliott, who were probably killed by blacks. Mrs. Foott was the first of the great women poets of Australia.
    "WESTERNER" (Forest Hill)10

Australian Dictionary of Biography

FOOTT, MARY HANNAY (1846-1918), teacher and poet, was born on 26 September 1846 in Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of James Black and his wife Margaret, née Grant. Her father took his family in 1853 to Melbourne where they lived at Mordialloc. She was educated at Miss Harper's private school and in 1861 attended the Model School as a teacher-trainee. In 1862-68 she was on the staff of the Common School in Fitzroy; in 1867 she had been licensed as a teacher of drawing. In 1869 she was appointed to the Common School in Brighton but soon resigned. In the next five years she spent some time at the National Gallery School, gaining a first certificate in 1874, taught at a Wagga Wagga private school and expressed her literary interests in poems and articles contributed to such papers as Melbourne Punch, the Town and Country Journal and the Australasian.
On 1 October 1874 at Dubbo Mary married Thomas Wade Foott, a stock inspector at Bourke. They lived in Bourke until 1877 when they drove overland to their station, Dundoo, in south-west Queensland. Mary's father was a sleeping partner in the undertaking but the station had its troubles: mortgages were raised in 1880 and 1882. Her husband died on 2 February 1884 after a long illness and in 1885 Mary and her father relinquished all interests in Dundoo. After her husband died she had taken her two young sons to Toowoomba. There she lived until 1885 when she moved to Rocklea, Brisbane. In 1886 she ran a small school and then became editor of the women's page in the Queenslander. By this time she had written most of the poems by which she was to be remembered. They were published in 1885 as Where the Pelican Builds and Other Poems. The title poem, much anthologized, uses the legend that the best land outback is where the pelican builds her nest, that is, at the end of the rainbow. It was possibly occasioned by the tragic fate of the Prout brothers. For the Queenslander she wrote some poems but mostly contributed notes, articles and reports. In 1890 her Morna Lee and Other Poems was published; it included most of the poems in the first volume and added others.
About 1897 Mrs Foott went to Victoria and taught at Trinity High School in Coburg; in 1899 she was teaching in Wagga Wagga. By 1901 she was living with her elder son Cecil who was in the military forces at Townsville. When he married in 1901 she returned to Rocklea and did some tutoring. In 1912 her younger son, Arthur, went with his wife to Bundaberg to join the News-Mail and she accompanied them. She became a governess, kept up her literary friendships, especially that with A. G. Stephens, and did some writing and painting. She died in Bundaberg on 12 October 1918 from pneumonia. Arthur was killed in Belgium in 1917 and Cecil died in 1942, a brigadier-general.
From her letters and the memories of her elder son, Mary Hannay Foott emerges as a woman of great courage and initiative. Despite her hardships and difficulties she preserved a bright vitality. Though a minor poet, she was probably the first woman in Queensland to make a mark in Australian literature.11

Citations

  1. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), B051/006+010 (BLACK Family) & B051 009 (FOOTT family).
  2. [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), 3 Oct 1874, p1.
  3. [S8] Queensland Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes "#D C1349 [par James FOOTT & Henrietta Ann LUMSDEN]."
  4. [S8] Queensland Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 22 Oct 1918, p1.
  6. [S8] Queensland Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes "mother died: Mary Hannay FOOTT [par James BLACK & Margaret GRANT] QLD #DC3882."
  7. [S14] Newspaper - Illustrated Sydney News (NSW), 10 Oct 1891, p4.
  8. [S14] Newspaper - The Register (Adelaide, SA), 18 Jan 1909, p6.
  9. [S14] Newspaper - The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld.), 19 Oct 1918, p12.
  10. [S14] Newspaper - The Brisbane Courier (Qld.), 9 Nov 1929, p18.
  11. [S55] ADB online, online https://adb.anu.edu.au/, Cecil Hadgraft and Margaret Henry, 'Foott, Mary Hannay (1846–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/foott-mary-hannay-3546/…, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 19 March 2023.
Last Edited19 Mar 2023
 

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