Charles Walter HIMSTEDT (1906

Charles Walter HIMSTEDT (1906 - 2001)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living	Charles Walter HIMSTEDT (1906 - 2001) + Norah ATTWOOD (1912 - )	Frederick William HIMSTEDT (1869 - 1954)	Thedal Augustus Louis HIMSTEDT (1827 - 1882)	Adolphus HIMSTEDT
				Maria EIDMISEN
			Martha COLBOURNE (1841 - 1923)	Daniel COLBOURNE (1801 - 1889)
				Elizabeth Ann NICHOLAS (1806 - 1880)
		Ada Maria FRANCIS (1879 - 1966)	James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938)	Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909)
				Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886)
			Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915)	William YOUNG
				Theresa JERRARD (1830 - )

b. 13 Jun 1906 at Moore, Queensland, Australia

m. 28 Sep 1935 Norah ATTWOOD (1912 - ) at Kumbia, Queensland, Australia

d. 11 Aug 2001 at Yarraman, Queensland, Australia aged 95

Near Relatives of Charles Walter HIMSTEDT (1906 - 2001)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thedal Augustus Louis HIMSTEDT	23 Mar 1827	Sambleben, Brunswick, Germany	09 Jul 1882	Esk, Queensland, Australia	55
Grandmother	Martha COLBOURNE	16 Dec 1841	Whatley, Somerset, England	09 Mar 1923	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Grandfather	James FRANCIS	29 Aug 1856	Hampton, Middlesex, England	03 Aug 1938	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Grandmother	Elizabeth YOUNG	Oct 1856	Chideock, Dorset, England	24 Mar 1915	Esk, Queensland, Australia	58

Father in Law	James William ATTWOOD
Mother in Law	Matilda Jane SYMONDS

Father	Frederick William HIMSTEDT	28 Jun 1869	Queensland, Australia	25 Apr 1954	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	84
Mother	Ada Maria FRANCIS	06 Aug 1879	Merton, Surrey, England	10 Sep 1966	Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87

Self	Charles Walter HIMSTEDT	13 Jun 1906	Moore, Queensland, Australia	11 Aug 2001	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	95

Wife	Norah ATTWOOD	31 Oct 1912	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia

Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister	Alice Elizabeth HIMSTEDT	12 Dec 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Jul 1960	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	58
Brother	William Frederick HIMSTEDT	22 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Mar 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	4
Brother	Ernest Stuart HIMSTEDT	29 Oct 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	14 Dec 1912	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	4
Brother	Alexander Mervyn HIMSTEDT	23 Dec 1910	Esk, Queensland, Australia	Jun 1950	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	39
Sister	Cora Sylvia HIMSTEDT	09 May 1916	Esk, Queensland, Australia	30 May 1996	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Brother	Arthur Cedric HIMSTEDT	30 May 1919	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1922	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	2

Son in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter in Law	Living or Recently Deceased

Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle	Arthur Adolphus HIMSTEDT	03 May 1862	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31 Jan 1951	Esk, Queensland, Australia	88
Uncle	Louis Augustus HIMSTEDT	04 Jan 1864	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	22 Jun 1945	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Aunt	Minnie May CAFFMANN	1888	Nanango, Queensland, Australia	18 Jan 1942	Queensland, Australia	54
Uncle	Alfred James HIMSTEDT	17 Dec 1865	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	12 May 1937	Nanango, Queensland, Australia	71
Aunt	Sarah WILLIAMS	1862	Jimbour, Queensland, Australia	05 May 1945	Esk, Queensland, Australia	83
Uncle	Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT	19 Aug 1867	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	17 Nov 1947	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Aunt	Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS	19 Nov 1881	Merton, Surrey, England	13 Aug 1975	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	93
Aunt	Mary Elizabeth HIMSTEDT	04 Jun 1871	Esk, Queensland, Australia	26 Apr 1941	Australia	69
Uncle	Joseph BERRY
Uncle	Henry Francis Victor HIMSTEDT	23 Mar 1873	Esk, Queensland, Australia	18 Sep 1961	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	88
Aunt	Janet BROCK	06 Mar 1874	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	20 Nov 1950	Esk, Queensland, Australia	76
Aunt	Ada Martha HIMSTEDT	04 Mar 1875	Esk, Queensland, Australia	18 Jun 1969	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Uncle	William BERRY	abt 1874	London, Middlesex, England	09 Aug 1948	Balinga, Queensland, Australia	74
Aunt	Lillian Janet HIMSTEDT	29 Jun 1877	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Apr 1969	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia	91
Uncle	Walter Herbert HIMSTEDT	18 Nov 1879	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Jul 1953	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Aunt	Alice FRANCIS	02 Nov 1883	Merton, Surrey, England	01 Feb 1973	Esk, Queensland, Australia	89
Aunt	Agnes Augusta HIMSTEDT	10 Dec 1881	Esk, Queensland, Australia	11 Jun 1972	Australia	90
Uncle	Adam James DUNLOP
Uncle	WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS	abt 1880	Merton, Surrey, England	14 Oct 1954	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	74
Aunt	Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER	1883	Borung, Victoria, Australia	04 Jun 1947	Queensland, Australia	64
Uncle	George FRANCIS	03 Oct 1885	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	11 Sep 1986	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	100
Aunt	Harriet May TAYLOR	07 May 1894	Esk, Queensland, Australia	05 Sep 1959	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	65
Aunt	Mary Amelia MUSCH	11 Sep 1903	Queensland, Australia	29 Apr 1981	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	77
Uncle	James FRANCIS	16 Sep 1887	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	22 Jan 1959	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	71
Aunt	Elsie Winifred FRANCIS	21 Oct 1900	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	24 Aug 1998	Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	97
Uncle	Charles FRANCIS	09 Mar 1890	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Mar 1991	Esk, Queensland, Australia	101
Aunt	Elsie Rose TAYLOR	01 Dec 1895	Biarra, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1965	Biarra, Queensland, Australia	69
Aunt	Eliza FRANCIS	26 Nov 1891	Esk, Queensland, Australia	03 Dec 1967	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Uncle	James Henry (Harry) ANDISON	10 Oct 1877	Queensland, Australia	26 Aug 1965	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	Frank FRANCIS	14 Sep 1893	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1973	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	79
Aunt	Ethel Mary CRISP	26 Jan 1897	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Apr 1973	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	76

Cousin	Louis Allan HIMSTEDT	1907	Queensland, Australia	08 Dec 1989	Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Agnes Ada HIMSTEDT		Queensland, Australia	13 Jun 1957	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Rose May Elizabeth HIMSTEDT		Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Walter William HIMSTEDT		Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Jessie Pearlie PRYDE	25 Jul 1884	Queensland, Australia	07 May 1959	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	74
Cousin	Ellen Selvina Selvenar HIMSTEDT	19 May 1890	Queensland, Australia	16 Jan 1960	Esk, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Minnie Frances HIMSTEDT	06 Jun 1893	Esk, Queensland, Australia	06 Mar 1982	Roma, Queensland, Australia	88
Cousin	Sarah HIMSTEDT	1894	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Richard Henry HIMSTEDT	1896	Queensland, Australia	23 Aug 1980	Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Mary HIMSTEDT	1897	Queensland, Australia	21 Oct 1938	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	41
Cousin	Rose Ann HIMSTEDT	03 Aug 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	16 Jul 1972	Esk, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Jane Emma HIMSTEDT	1903	Queensland, Australia	05 May 1968	Esk, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Mary Francis HIMSTEDT	1903	Queensland, Australia	03 Jun 1976	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	Alfred HIMSTEDT	23 Jan 1907	Queensland, Australia	Jun 1908	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Albert James HIMSTEDT	11 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1997	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Cousin	Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT	21 Oct 1904	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Jul 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	2
Cousin	George Edward HIMSTEDT	19 May 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1970	Mt Thompson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT	02 Jan 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	25 May 1925	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17
Cousin	Robert Victor HIMSTEDT	16 Apr 1913	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31 Aug 1966	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	53
Cousin	Elsie Thelma BERRY	1898	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Arthur BERRY	1901	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Vera Martha HIMSTEDT	17 Mar 1897	Queensland, Australia	24 Dec 1897	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Eric William HIMSTEDT	20 Sep 1898	Queensland, Australia	08 Jul 1930	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31
Cousin	Freda Margaret HIMSTEDT	27 Jan 1901	Queensland, Australia	11 Sep 1975		74
Cousin	Lorna Laura Annie HIMSTEDT	14 Nov 1903	Queensland, Australia	2008	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	105
Cousin	Dorothy Agnes HIMSTEDT	1905	Queensland, Australia	23 Mar 1939	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Cousin	Marjorie Janet Francis HIMSTEDT	31 Jul 1909	Queensland, Australia	01 Sep 1987	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Colin Henry Victor HIMSTEDT	24 May 1911	Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	68
Cousin	Mervyn Malcolm Brock HIMSTEDT	10 Aug 1913	Queensland, Australia	05 May 1914	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Evelyn Brock HIMSTEDT	03 Jun 1915	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Bertie Stanley BERRY	1899	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Norman William BERRY	03 Dec 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	04 Mar 1992	Caboolture, Queensland, Australia	90
Cousin	Percy Victor BERRY	25 May 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	05 Nov 1980	Cooparoo, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	Claude James BERRY	16 Jul 1905	Esk, Queensland, Australia	11 Feb 1997	Esk, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Douglas Reginald BERRY	03 May 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Apr 1957		49
Cousin	Mervyn Magnus BERRY	25 Jul 1917	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1979	Esk, Queensland, Australia	62
Cousin	Norman Arthur HIMSTEDT	11 Oct 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	20 Nov 1993	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Herbert Walter HIMSTEDT	14 Feb 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Mar 1996	Esk, Queensland, Australia	88
Cousin	Ivy Lillian HIMSTEDT	22 Aug 1909	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1983	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	Aubrey James Cameron DUNLOP	1911	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Lindsay Thedal DUNLOP	1913	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	George Leslie FRANCIS	29 Sep 1915	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	29 Sep 1915	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Alwyn FRANCIS	25 Oct 1916	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	31 Mar 2002		85
Cousin	Leslie FRANCIS	15 Jun 1918	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Dec 1998	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	80
Cousin	Muriel Joyce FRANCIS	19 Apr 1920	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Apr 2005	Caboolture, Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS	08 Jul 1917	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	12 Mar 1997	Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia	79
Cousin	Ronald James FRANCIS	11 Feb 1922	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Esme Elizabeth FRANCIS	15 Dec 1915	Biarra, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Stanley Charles FRANCIS	07 Jan 1919	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	06 Mar 1998		79
Cousin	Ernest James FRANCIS	16 Aug 1920	Esk, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Elsie Phyllis FRANCIS	17 Aug 1924	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Allan James ANDISON	16 Oct 1913	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Keith Francis ANDISON	13 Jul 1919	Nundah, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Owen Francis ANDISON	17 Jul 1921	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Lawrence FRANCIS	Sep 1919	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	27 Nov 1920	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Lewis Jack FRANCIS	13 Mar 1921	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	15 Nov 1979		58
Cousin	Maude FRANCIS	07 May 1923	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased

Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law	Mary Winifred ATTWOOD	10 Jun 1911	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	William James ATTWOOD	1913	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Arthur Albert ROGERS		England	1934	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Gilbert (Bert) Clarence TOOTH	22 Apr 1903	Queensland, Australia	07 Aug 1966	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	63
Sister in Law	Mary (Molly) Isobel FRY	17 Nov 1912	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	18 Apr 1998		85
Brother in Law	Francis Leslie BARR	08 Jan 1911	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	21 Oct 1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	66

Events in Charles Walter HIMSTEDT (1906 - 2001)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
13 Jun 1906		Charles Walter HIMSTEDT was born	Moore, Queensland, Australia	1906/C10300
28 Sep 1935	29	Married Norah ATTWOOD (aged 22)	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia		17
25 Apr 1954	47	Death of father Frederick William HIMSTEDT (aged 84)	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1954/1541
10 Sep 1966	60	Death of mother Ada Maria FRANCIS (aged 87)	Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia		18
11 Aug 2001	95	Charles Walter HIMSTEDT died	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia

Personal Notes:

Charlie was born at Moore in the Brisbane Valley, the third child ofFred and Ada. His father worked on a nearby cattle property at Moore and also assisted at the historic Stone House which was a changing station for coaches to getfresh horses on the Esk to Nanango run.

Both Charlie and his sister, Alice, began school at Ottaba, but in 1912, when he was six years old, his father decided to leave Moore and move to Yarraman. Charlie remembers the family making the journey over the Blakbutt Range, which was slow and laborious. He was enrolled at the Yarraman School in 1912 which was just when the town was 'starling to get a go on' according to Charlie. He also remembers being present at the opening, in 1913, of the Brisbane Valley railway line that ran through Esk and Moore up to Blackbutt and Yarraman.

A house was builtfor thefamily in John Street, Ya"aman in 1914 and still stands to this day. He recalls that by the time he left school in 1920, there were five hotels, two banks, a dance hall, a new school and several stores in the town.

Charlie's first job was delivering milk around Yarraman using a horse and cart. In those days the milk was transported in billy cans. A little later on, he joined his father pulling logs from the scrub by bullock team and hauling them to the Yarraman mill. At the age of 16, he and his father were cutting Bunya and Hoop pine from the State Forestry. They felled the trees with a crosscut saw, striped the bark and pruned the branches with an axe, and then stacked the logs to await collection by men with horse and bullock teams. Charlie recalls that there were 40 to 50 teamsters working around Yarraman then.

Charlie met his future wife, Norah, at a Saturday night dance at Kumbia while working there for a short period. The couple settled in Yarraman and built their home, also in John St, where their two children Beverley and Errol grew up. With the approach of World War II in the late 1930's, Charlie joined the Light Horse Troop, and although he did not serve overseas during the War, he was involved in regular training sessions with the Volunteer Defence Corps.

At this time, the State Forestry Department employed Charlie where he workedfor 33 years. In his lifetime, Charlie has observed the growth of some of the hoop pine plantations near Yarraman from tiny seedlings planted in the ash of cleared vine scrub to the magnificent forest stands which flourish there today.

He eventually became a forestry foreman and his work entailed the clearance and burning of the scrub, planting the trees, weeding and pruning of the maturing plantations from Yarraman to the top of the Cooyar Range.

In 1972, Charlie retired from the timber industry and settled down in Yarraman. He had always liked travelling and during the next few years he visited New Zealand as well as many parts ofAustralia including North Queensland, the Red Centre and Tasmania.

His advancing years prompted him to move to Karinya, a retirement home in Nanango, in 1994. in 200 Norah was a resident of a nursing home in Brisbane. Charlie fondly remembers his beloved family, the forest plantations and the lovely town of Yarraman where he lived for 80 years.

Source References:

17. Type: Book, Abbr: Francis 2000, Title: Francis 2000, Auth: Warwick & Kate Francis, Date: 2000

- Reference = 15 (Marriage)

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