Alfred Septimus Tompson (1854 - 1927)

Born 1854 in New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Harriett Kate (Mehan) Tompson — married 20 Apr 1881 in Townsville, Colony of Queensland

Died 1927 at about age 73 in Queensland, Australia

Biography

Alfred, child of Frederick A Tompson & Eliza E Tompson, was born in 1854 in New South Wales.^[1]

Alfred married Harriett Kate Mehan on 20 April 1881 in Queensland.^[2]

Marriages. TOMPSON-MEHAN.-April 20, at St. James' Church, Townsville, Queensland, by the Rev. H. Plume (Church of England), Alfred Septimus (Taffy), seventh son of F. A. Tompson, Wagga Wagga, to Harriet Kate, youngest daughter of the late Stephen Mehan, of Drayton, Darling Downs.^[3]

Alfred, child of Frederic Anslow Tompson & Eliza Esther Pearson, died on 7 September 1927 in Queensland.^[4]

The death is announced of Mr. Alfred S. Tompson, secretary of the Queensland Cement And Lime Co., Ltd., at his residence, (Red Hill, Brisbane, on September 7. Mr. Tompson was very well known in the North and in Central Queensland, and had been resident in Brisbane for about 10-years. - He was born at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, in 1854 a son of Mr. F. A. Tompson, J.P., who was a conspicuous figure in earlier days in the sporting, pastoral, and commercial life of the Mother State. Mr. F. A. Tompson was abundantly rich. He kept a pack of hounds at his home at Clydesdale, on Cook's River, near Sydney, and was the owner of three, very big stations in NewSouth Wales, including the famous Wantabadgery. In later years he settled at Wagga Wagga, of which important centre he was described as the "father." Mr. Alfred Tompson came to Queensland as a young man, and lived at Townsville, where he was well known and extremely popular, though always of a retiring disposition. He inherited the family love of horses, and was a good oarsman, being stroke of a successful four, including also D'Ouslcy (A.J.S. Bank), R. Macintosh (Burns, Philp, and Co.), and Browne. At Townsville he married Miss "Hallie" Mehan, a daughter of Stephen Mehan, of Drayton, and a sister of Mr. J. K. Mehan, one of the founders of the 'Townsville Bulletin. He later moved down to Rockhampton, and was very well known there in commercial and financial circles. Ho also was a member of the Rockhampton Jockey Club, for over 20 years secretary of the Central Queensland Racing Association, and secretary of the Goganjo Marsupial Board. On leaving Rockhampton for Sydney Mr. Tompson was entertained by many leading men of Central Queensland, and received numerous tokens of esteem, including a little gift from the jockeys of the Central district, a smoker's outfit. Very complimentaryreferences were made to his high qualities as a business man and a good and helpful citizen. After a. few years in Sydney he came to Brisbane, and as secretary of the Queensland Cement and Lime Co. proved valuable aid to the directors, especially in the early and dif- ficult days of the company's history. Mrs. Tompson pre-deceased him, but two nieces, the Misses Isabel and Bride Price daughters of Mrs. and Mr. Hartley Tudor Price -a well-known English solicitor practising at Cooktown in the late 'seventies-who had been cared for from childhood by Mr. and Mrs. Tompson, lived with him, and are left to deeply mourn their loss. Mr. "Jack" Mehan, of Stanthorpe, is a nephew. Mr.A. S. Tompson in past years was prominent in Masonic circles. Though all through his life particularly retiring, he had many warm friends, who esteemed him for charming personal qualities, and a keen sense of honour and of duty to his fellow Australians.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922"
   The New South Wales Pioneers Index: Pioneers Series 1788-1888; Volume Number: V18541976 42A
   Ancestry Record 1778 #4508889 (accessed 11 August 2022)
   Alfred S Tompson born in 1854, child of Frederick A Tompson & Eliza E Tompson, in New South Wales.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
   Registrar - Generals Office; Registration Number: 001159; Page number: 14868
   Ancestry Record 1780 #401953 (accessed 11 August 2022)
   Alfred Septimus Tompson marriage to Harriett Kate Mehan on 20 Apr 1881 in Queensland.
3. ↑ Family Notices (1881, May 25). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13486252
4. ↑ Death: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
   Queensland Death Index 1925-1929; Registration Number: B002377; Page Number: 1765
   Ancestry Record 1779 #4983373 (accessed 11 August 2022)
   Alfred Septimus Tompson death 7 Sep 1927, child of Frederic Anslow Tompson & Eliza Esther Pearson, in Queensland.
5. ↑ OBITUARY. (1927, September 16). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 17. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21174522