John Trafalgar FRANKLIN [12017] ³⁶⁴⁹

   Other names for John were Walter John FRANKLIN and William John FRANKLIN.

  General Notes:

3 May 1854 - Born at sea on board the Barque Trafalgar near South Australia

I think this is how it goes, but this is a tangled story. There seems to be some name interchanging.

John married Harriett Lavinia Thompson b.1850 NSW- d.1903 Chillagoe Qld.

Their eldest child died in Victoria, and then they seem to have lived in NSW for some time. John Trafalgar Franklin was bankrupted in July 1893 address given as "The Pocket, Brunswick, NSW". They seem to have moved to Queensland. Births of children do not seem to have findable registrations under the surname Franklin or Thompson. At some stage John's name seems to have been changed to William John Franklin and Walter John Franklin. His children sometimes give his name as John Trafalgar and yet it appears as William John Franklin and sometimes Walter John in other documents. I have been unable to find a marriage for Harriett Lavinia Thompson and a Franklin to date.

1. Alice Emily Franklin 1877-1880 parents given as John Trafalgar Franklin and mother Thompson at death in Victoria, birth registered as Alice Emily Thompson and no father's name mentioned in Australian Birth Register on Ancestry.com

2. John Trafalgar Franklin 1879-1964 no birth found. Death in Qld parents John Trafalgar Franklin and Harriet Thompson

3. Clarence Sydney Franklin 1882-1951 no birth found. Death in QLD parents given as Walter John Franklin and Harriet Thompson

4. Llewellyn James Franklin 1886-1956 no birth found. Death in Qld no parents names given

5. Lavinia Centennial Franklin 1890-1972 married 1926 in Sydney Arthur Charles Leonard Courtney b. England. Lavinia's parents are given as William John Franklin, grazier and Harriet Lavinia Thompson both dec'd at the time of the marriage. No birth found death registered in Qld fathers name given as Franklin no further details given

6. Maud May Franklin abt 1893 -1962 m. to Oscar Marcus Wildrainus August Olesen / Olsen. No birth found. Death in Qld parents names given as Harriet Thompson and Walter John Franklin

7. Walter John Franklin -1931 No birth found. Death registered in Qld parents given as John Trafalgar Franklin and Harriet Thompson.

When John Trafalgar Franklin snr died in 1918, his death is registered in Qld under the name of Walter John Franklin with father given as Walter John Franklin but he is buried at the Cairns cemetery under the name William John Franklin.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Thu 16 May 1918 Page 4
Advertising
CERTIFICATE -OF APPLICATION FOR MINING LEASE.. ,
THIS IS TO CERTIFY "that the undermentioned Persons have made application this day for a Lease, under the Mining Regulations, for Ground known as "New Rosalind," containing five acres, situated about 400 yards in a South-westerly direction from The Irvinebank Company's Battery at Koorboora, on the Chillagoe Gold and Mineral Field, commencing at a datum peg marked D.M.D.H.M.O.B.WJ.F., thence in a South-easterly direction for 7.07 chains, thence in a. South-westerly direction for 7.07 chains, thence in a North-westerly direction for 7.07 chains, and thence in a North-easterly direction for 7.07 chains to the point of commencement.
DANIEL NICHOLSON MACKEY, One-fourth' share.
DAVID HENDERSON, One-fourth share.
MICHAEL O'BRIEN, One-fourth share.
WILLIAM JOHN FRANKLIN, One-fourth share.
By their Solicitor and duly authorised agent,
D. C. MacDIARMID.
The above application and objections thereto (if any) will be heard at the Warden's Court, at Chillagoe, on the Seventeenth day of June, 1918, at 10 a.m.
Dated Chillagoe this thirteenth day of May, 1918.
R. A. DUNLOP, Warden.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wed 10 Jul 1918 Page 4
Death of An Old Pioneer.
Death of An Old Pioneer.
Died at Mareeba on Tuesday afternoon an old identity of North Queensland, and a man of sterling worth, in the person of Mr. William John Franklin, at the age of 64 years. Deceased was for several years connected with the mining and cattle industry in the Chillagoe, Mt Garnet and Bamford districts, where he was highly respected. During recent years he had been a resident of Cairns, where he conducted the business of the Central Hotel in conjunction with his son in-law, Mr. Mark Olsen [Oleson]. The late Mr. Franklin was proceeding to the Tommy Burns mine, where he still held considerable interests, but he was taken suddenly ill on Thursday evening at Mareeba, and became an inmate of the local hospital, where he gradually sank and passed away on Tuesday in the presence of various members of his family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Olsen [Oleson], Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Franklin, and Mr. John Franklin. The remains will be conveyed to Cairns by train this (Wednesday) morning, and the funeral will leave the Central Hotel at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The late Mr. Franklin was renowned for many good actions, and North Queensland has lost a worthy citizen

Newspapers & Gazettes Browse Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Sat 20 Jul 1918 Page 1
Advertising
NOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the publication hereof application will be made to this Honorable Court that Probate of the Will of the above named Walter (commonly called William) John Franklin, deceased, may be granted to Maud May Olesen (wife of Marcus Oleson, of Cairns aforesaid, Licensed,Victualler), a daughter of the said deceased, and the sole Executrix named in the said Will. Any person interested who desires to object to the application, or to be heard upon it, may file a caveat in the Registry at any time before the grant is made.
Dated this Fifteenth day of July, 1918.
MURRAY & MARSLAND.
Solicitors for the said Maud May Oleson,
Spence Street, Cairns.
HOBBS WILSON & RYAN,
Solicitors,
Denham Street, Townsville.

The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903 - 1926) View title info Mon 13 Jan 1919 Page 9
Daily Standard (Brisbane, Qld. : 1912 - 1936) View title info Mon 13 Jan 1919
Page 6
Advertising
Advertising
Name of Deceased. Proprietor.- Walter (other wise William) John Franklin, late of Cairns, hotelkeeper.
Date of- Death. - 9th July, 1918.
Name of Claimant. - Maud May Olesen. wife of Marcus Olesen, of Cairns, licensed victualler, as Devised in Trust.
Description and Situation of Land.- An - undivided moiety in subdivision 1 of section 1 of portion 67v and in the subdivision 1 of subdivisions 1 and 12 of section 2 of portion 71v, county of Cavendish, parish of Cooyar.
Estate Claimed to be Transmitted - Fee-simple.
Particulars of Will or Otherwise, - Will dated 7th March, 1906.
Date Within which Caveat may. be Lodged. - 25th February, 1919.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Wed 9 Jul 1919 Page 4
Family Notices
IN MEMORIAM.
FRANKLIN- A tribute of love to our dear father, W. J. Franklin, who died at Mareeba on July 9th, 1918.
Sleep on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest,
Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast;
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best -
Good-night! Good-night! Good-night!
(Inserted by John and Larry Franklin and family).
IN MEMORIAM.
FRANKLIN- A tribute of love to our dear father, who died at Mareeba, 9th July, 1918.
The years may wipe out many things,
But this they wipe out never;
The memory of those happy days
When we were all together.
(Inserted by his daughters and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Oleson and L. Franklin).

John married Harriet THOMPSON [12024] [MRIN: 2066]. (Harriet THOMPSON [12024] was born in 1850 in , NSW, Australia ⁸⁷⁵⁰ and died in 1903 in Chillagoe, QLD, Austraia.)