John Christian Fimmel (abt. 1877 - 1953)

Born about 1877 in Murtoa, Colony of Victoria

Ancestors

Husband of Marion May Potter — married 1913 (to 1936) in Boolite, Victoria, Australia

Died 15 Mar 1953 at about age 76 in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

John was born at Murtoa in 1877^[1].

He married Mariam May Potter in 1913^[2]. They had five children, all born at Warracknabeal:

• Charles Ernest Fimmel (1914)^[3]
• Ida Ellen Fimmel (1915)^[4]
• Ivy May Fimmel (1917)^[5]
• Violet Doreen Fimmel (1919)^[6]
• Elvie Lorna Fimmel (1922)^[7]

He instituted divorce proceedings against Mariam in 1936; claiming she left him in 1929^[8].

He died in 1953 at Warracknabeal^[9]. He is buried at the Minyip cemetery^[10].

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922"
   Pioneer Index, Victoria 1836-1888; Registration Number: 23926
   Ancestry au Record 1778 #1073725 (accessed 8 December 2023)
   John Christian Fimmel born in about 1877, child of Carl Heinrich Fimmel & Matilda Baum, in Murtoa, Victoria.
2. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950"
   The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records; Reference Number: 1956
   Ancestry au Record 61649 #612789 (accessed 8 December 2023)
   John Christie Fimmel marriage to Mariam May Potter in 1913 in Victoria, Australia.
3. ↑ Victoria Birth Registration #8521/1914
4. ↑ Victoria Birth Registration #17355/1915
5. ↑ Victoria Birth Registration #16491/1917
6. ↑ Victoria Birth Registration #23531/1919
7. ↑ Victoria Birth Registration #17725/1922
8. ↑ Divorce: "Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940"
   Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV); North Melbourne, Victoria
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61565 #16654 (accessed 8 December 2023)
   John Christie Fimmel divorce from Mariam May Fimmel in 1936 in Victoria, Australia.
9. ↑ Death Registration: "Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1840-1991"
   The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records; Reference Number: 17543
   Ancestry au Record 61650 #990734 (accessed 8 December 2023)
   John Christian Fimmel death 1953 in Victoria, Australia.
10. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #221438665 (accessed 8 December 2023)
    Memorial page for John Christian Fimmel (1877-15 Mar 1953), citing Minyip Cemetery, Minyip, Yarriambiack Shire, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Kathy & Tony (contributor 49462704).