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Selina Matilda Baumgarten

Selina Matilda Baumgarten

Female 1886 - 1954  (67 years)

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  • Name Selina Matilda Baumgarten 
    Birth 7 Dec 1886  Albury New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 May 1954 
    Person ID I404  Drovers
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2023 

    Father Otto Andrew Baumgarten,   b. 1856, Indigo Creek, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1941, Mullewa Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Clara Walters   d. 10 May 1943, Mullewa Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Jul 1885  Tumbarumba, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • An enjoyable day was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Baumgarten in Mullewa when they celebrated the 55th anniversary of their wedding, which took place at Tumbarumba, New South Wales.

      Mr. Baumgarten, who is 82 years of age, is one of the few surviving members of that band of pioneers known as the "Canning Expedition" who blazed the trail from North to South when surveying the Canning Stock Route.
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Thomas Collins 
    Marriage 1911  Boulder Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • The marriage of Mr. Charles Thomas Collins, of Perth, and Miss Matilda Selina Baumgarten, of President street ,Kalgoorlie, was celebrated in St. Matthew's Church, Boulder, on August 1. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. E. M.Collick. ' The bride looked very nice in a gracefuil gown of white satin, trimmed with silk lace and girdle of silk. She wore a wreath and veil, and carried a shower bouquet of white flowers. 'the bride was attended by Miss Nellie Neill, who wore cream reseda, trimmed with silk all over lace, edged with cream satin; cream hat, with dark red roses, and carried a Shepherd's crook adorned with darg red carnations and red and white ribbons.

      Little Miss Maisie Mitchell acted as train-bearer, and wore a white finely-tucked silk muslin, trimmed with lace. The bride was given away by her father. Her brother (Mr. Otto Baumgarten) acted as best man, and Mr. Clarence Baumgarten acted as groomsman. The bride's mother was dressed in amithyst black hat, with black feathers. The mother of the bridegroom wore a wedgewood blue gown with panels of blue corded silk and cream yoke.

      The bride travelled in a fawn coloured voile, with fawn hat, trimmed with white feathers. After the ceremony the party motored to the home of the bride's parents, where the wedding breakfast was held. The bridegroom's present to the bridesmaids was a gold Southern Cross brooch, set with sapphires, and to the train-bearer a gold necklet and pendant

      The presents were:
      From the mother of the bride, house linen;
      father of the bride, cheque;
      parents of the bride groom, silver teapot and cheque;
      brothers of the bride, silver-mounted epergne;
      Miss Joyce Collins,
      Miss Nellie Neill,
      Miss Maisie
      Mitchell,
      Mrs. Clunes,
      Mr. J. Poad,
      Mrs. Regan,
      Mr. Dan Regan,
      Mr. Kennedy,
      Mr. and Mrs. Ward,
      Miss McNulty,
      Miss Clunes,
      Miss A. Trembath,
      Miss E. McMahon,
      Mr. H. E; Beer,
      Mr. and Mrs. Anderson,
      Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell,
      Mr. and Mrs. Neill, Mr. and Mrs. HIearn,
      Mrs. Ryan,
      Miss Post,
      Mrs. Moffat C
      Mrs. Tremlitt,
      Mr. Vontein,
      Mr. Labitzke,
      Mr. Jack Trethewey,
      Mr. Harris,
      Miss Nancy Banlanm,
      Mr. Correal,
      Mr. W. Collins, and Boulder Girls' Friendly Society.
      Ever yours,
      CARRIE. [2]
    Notes 
    • COLLINS (nee Baumgarten).—On May 2, at Hay-street, Perth, the wife of C. T. Collins a son. Both well. Goldfields papers please copy. [3]
    Children 
     1. Charles Benjamin Collins,   b. 2 May 1912, Perth Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58979896.
      THE SOCIAL ROUNDABOUT. (1940, July 7). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 3 (SUNDAY TIMES WOMENS SECTION).

    2. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33396069.
      A LADY'S LETTER (1911, August 22). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), p. 11.

    3. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23872483.
      Family Notices (1912, May 15). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1.