Charles William WELLNER 1852-1939 & Margaret NICHOLSON 1851-1936
South Australia & Hotspur, Victoria, Australia
Charles William WELLNER b. 1852 Adelaide, South Australia son of Johann Heinrich WELLNER and Auguste Christiane Carlina EICKHERT was married in 1876 at Hotspur, Victoria to Margaret NICHOLSON b. 1851 Inverness Shire, Scotland, daughter of Donald NICHOLSON and Mary LAMOND.
Margaret NICHOLSON who had been born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 1851, emigrated with her parents to Portland, Victoria on the "Arabian" in 1854.
W. H & D. WELLNER was listed as an early landowner on the Hotspur Parish map.
C. WELLNER was listed as an early landowner on the Hotspur Parish map.
Charles WELLNER and Margaret NICHOLSON had the following children:
- John Charles WELLNER b.1876 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1959, m. Elizabeth WILSON 1863-1953;
- Mary Margaret WELLNER b. 1878 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1922, m. Owen HEYLAND 1862-1954, from South Australia, chn at Condah & Ouyen;
- Clarence Vale WELLNER b. 1894 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1915 Broadmeadows, Vic
- 1st AIF, 22nd Battalion
- DOD, 14-04-1915, Broadmeadows, Vic
- Named on Casterton War Memorial
- Tree 22 Hotspur Avenue of Honour
- Named on Hotspur School Honour Roll
- Named on Merino War Memorial
- Clarence Vale WELLNER b. 1894 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1915 Broadmeadows, Vic
- Duncan WELLNER b. 1881 Digby, Vic, d. 1881, Hotspur, Vic;
- William Henry WELLNER b. 1884 Digby, Vic, d. 1959, m. Dorothy Susan KING 1896-1950;
- Duncan WELLNER b. 1886 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1962;
- 1st AIF, 10th A.F.A.
- Tree 16 Hotspur Avenue of Honour
- Named on Hotspur School Honour Roll
- Sarah Caroline WELLNER b. 1888, Hotspur, Vic, d. 1916, m. Joseph George CAIN 1877-1944;
- Catherine 'Kate' WELLNER b. 1891 Hotspur, Vic, d. 1984, m. James HOUSE 1877-1953;
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