Charles Selwyn Tompson (1880 - 1930)

Born 15 Sep 1880 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Biography

Charles, son of Charles John Tompson & Diana Elizabeth, was born on 15 September 1880 and baptised on 23 December 1880 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

CATS ENDED MAN'S LIFE Annoyed by cats, which persistently removed the lid from the garbage tin at night, Charles Selwyn Tompson, 49, who lived In Margaret-street, Manly, told his 13-year-old daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, that he "must get out the rifle and shoot some of them." On the morning of July 19 she found him lying In a workshop at the rear of the house. , On a bench was a pea rifle. He died the same day. A ver-dict of accidental death was returned today.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
   Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 992916
   Ancestry Record 9776 #1299476 (accessed 11 August 2022)
   Charles Selwyn Tompson baptism on 23 Dec 1880 (born 15 Sep 1880), son of Charles John Tompson & Diana Elizabeth, in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
2. ↑ 1930 'Rest of the News in a Nutshell', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), 1 August, p. 11. (FINAL EXTRA), viewed 11 Aug 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224260149

• "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTX2-D58 : 31 January 2024), Charles Selwyn Tompson, 1880.