Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson (1838 - 1911)

Born 4 Apr 1838 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Frederick Robert Bode — married 1863 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1911 at age 73 in Proserpine, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Rebecca Tompson was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson was born in Windsor, New South Wales on 4 April 1838 and baptised at All Saints Camden, New South Wales on 30 July 1838. She was the daughter of Charles Tompson and Jane Morris.^[1]

Frederick Robert Bode married Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson in 1863 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They had the following children in Queensland:

1. Ida Emily Thompson Bode, born 20 August 1864 in Queensland^[2]
2. George Henry Bode, born 9 April 1867 in Queensland^[3]
3. Amy Martha Louisa Bode, born 31 December 1868 in Queensland^[4]
4. unnamed female Bode, born 13 June 1872 in Queensland^[5]
5. Frederick Charles Dulhuntz Bode, born 4 April 1874 in Queensland^[6]
6. Ferdinand Dangar Bode, born 5 December 1877 in Queensland^[7]

Her husband Frederick died at Bromby Park, Bowen, Queensland on 11 August 1894, aged 64 years.^[8][9]

Rebecca died in Queensland on 28 April 1911 and is buried at the Proserpine General Cemetery.^[10][11]

NSW & QLD BDM Records

NSW Marriage Registration Number : 475/1863 Groom's Family Name : BODE Groom's Given Name(s) : FREDERICK ROBERT Bride's Family Name(s) : TOMPSON Bride's Given Name(s) : REBECCA H S District : SYDNEY

Rebecca Harriet Septima Bode Event date: 28/04/1911 Event type: Death registration QLD Death Registration details: 1911/C/211 Mother: Jane Morris Father/parent: Charles Tompson

Burial

Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson Bode BIRTH : 4 Apr 1838, Windsor, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia DEATH : 28 Apr 1911 (aged 73), Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia BURIAL : Proserpine General Cemetery, Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia PLOT : Monumental Section OP-4, Grave 14 - Middle Section MEMORIAL ID : 186748379 Died - Senile Decay https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186748379/rebecca-harriet_septima-bode

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDQ-HZ6 : 28 January 2020), Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson, 1838.
2. ↑ Queensland Birth registration: Ida Emily Thompson Bode Birth date:20/08/1864 Mother's name:Rebecca Harriet Josephine Thompson Father/parent's name:Frederick Robert Bode Registration details:1864/C/945
3. ↑ Queensland Birth registration: George Henry Bode Birth date:09/04/1867 Mother's name:Rebecca Harriet Septima Thompson Father/parent's name:Frederick Robert Bode Registration details:1867/C/52
4. ↑ Queensland Birth registration: Amy Martha Louisa Bode Birth date:31/12/1868 Mother's name:Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson Father/parent's name:Frederick Robert Bode Registration details:1869/C/27
5. ↑ Queensland Birth registration: Unnamed (F) Bode Birth date:13/06/1872 Mother's name:Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson Father/parent's name:Frederick Robert Bode Registration details:1872/C/51
6. ↑ Queensland Birth registration: Frederick Charles Dulhuntz Bode Birth date:04/04/1874 Mother's name:Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson Father/parent's name:Frederick Robert Bode Registration details:1874/C/42
7. ↑ Queensland Birth registration: Ferdinand Dangar Bode Birth date:05/12/1877 Mother's name:Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson Father/parent's name:Frederick Robert Bode Registration details:1878/C/101
8. ↑ Queensland Death registration for Frederick Robert Bode: Death date: 11/08/1894; Mother's name: Sophia Buxton; Father/parent's name: George Henry Bode; Registration details: 1894/C/176
9. ↑ "Family Notices" The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) 24 August 1894: 4. Web. 26 Nov 2020 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3586000>.
10. ↑ Queensland Death registration for Rebecca Harriet Septima Bode: Death date: 28/04/1911; Mother's name: Jane Morris; Father/parent's name: Charles Tompson; Registration details: 1911/C/211
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 December 2020), memorial page for Rebecca Harriet Septima Tompson Bode (4 Apr 1838–28 Apr 1911), Find A Grave: Memorial #186748379, citing Proserpine General Cemetery, Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by Richie Wright (contributor 48346415) .

• Elisabeth Curtis and Gillian Doyle, "Where honour guides the prow : a story of early settlers of Sydney Cove, Norfolk Island and the Murrumbidgee" (1987)