Johann Nicolaus WIRTH [Nicolaus]

1833 - Aft 1898  (65 years)

• Name	Johann Nicolaus WIRTH
  Known As	Nicolaus
  Birth	27 Jul 1833	Rothselberg, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	06 Jun 1858  [3]
  	Musician, Geelong
  Convicted	22 Aug 1898	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Sentence	22 Aug 1898  [6]
  	For begging, sentence 6 months
  Death	Aft 1898  [3, 7]
  Person ID	I17576	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Johannes WIRTH,   b. Abt 1782   d. 22 Oct 1848, Rothselberg, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Catharina GEHM,   b. Abt 1800   d. 04 May 1856, Rothselberg, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Y  [8, 9]
  Family ID	F6703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza EVANS,   b. 1838, Tooting, Surrey, England d. 23 Mar 1890, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	06 Jun 1858	Geelong, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Nicholas James WIRTH,   b. 1859, West Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1926, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 67 years)   2. Charles Henry WIRTH,   b. 1861, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1865 (Age 4 years) + 3. Thomas William WIRTH,   b. 1863, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 05 Oct 1942, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Age 79 years)   4. Arthur Fredrick WIRTH,   b. 1864, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 1865, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 1 year) + 5. Frank WIRTH [Frank OAKLEY],   b. 17 Jun 1867, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 13 Jun 1938, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (Age 70 years) + 6. Anne Maria Oakley WIRTH [Anne Maria OAKLEY],   b. 1869, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 21 Nov 1937, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years) + 7. Amanda Malvina WIRTH [Amanda Malvina OAKLEY],   b. 1871, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 25 Jul 1943, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 72 years) + 8. Alice Louisa WIRTH [Alice Louisa OAKLEY],   b. 1873, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 18 May 1956, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (Age 83 years) + 9. Eliza Ann WIRTH [Eliza Ann OAKLEY],   b. 02 Nov 1874, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 30 Jan 1968, Kew, Victoria, Australia (Age 93 years) + 10. Horace WIRTH [Horace OAKLEY],   b. 1877, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 07 Jul 1959, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 82 years) + 11. Charles WIRTH [Charles Lewellyn OAKLEY],   b. 1879, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 12 Oct 1958, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F5887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Jul 1833 - Rothselberg, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Marriage - 06 Jun 1858 - Geelong, Victoria, Australia Convicted - 22 Aug 1898 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Marriage Registration - Nicolaus Wirth and Eliza Evans 1858

  
  

• Sources

  [S1641] Bruce James (bruceJames16 ), Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - James Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S1220] Birth Registration. [S1271] Marriage Registration. [S1661] Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, (FamilySearch.org). Johann Nicolaus Wirth, male, birth 27 Jul 1833 Rothselberg, Bayern, Germany; father Johannes Wirth; mother Catherina Gehm. [S1689] Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924, (Ancestry.com). Goal Geelong, WIRTH John, tried Melbourne P.S. on 22 Aug 1898 for begging; sentence 6 months; native of Germany, born 1832, height 5 ft and quarter inch, fresh complexion, grey hair, grey eyes, four upper front teeth missing. No previous conviction. [S1689] Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924, (Ancestry.com). [S1317] Trove - The Age (Melbourne), (National Library of Australia). The Aged Poor - Published Friday 29 April 1898, page 6 [S1661] Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, (FamilySearch.org). [S1271] Marriage Registration. 1858 marraige of son Nicolaus in Geelong. [S27] Victoria BDM Register, Victoria BDM Register, (Department for Victorian Communities, Melbourne, Australia), none. [S1271] Marriage Registration. Married 6th June 1858 at the Lutheran Church, Geelong; Nicolaus Wirth, Bachelor, born Rothselberg, Bavaria, musician, age 26, resident of Geelong, parents Johannes Wirth, farmer and Catherine Gehm; Eliza Evans, spinster, born Surrey, England, age 21 years, resident of Geelong, parents James Evans, Laborer, and Elizabeth Horton.