| [Index] |
| Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Kenneth Oltmann WILKINSON (1889 - 1980) |
Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896) + John J WILKINSON (1852 - 1937) |
Oltmann LAMPE (1821 - 1875) | ||
| Sarah BRIDLE (1831 - 1912) | William BRIDLE (1797 - 1873) | |||
| Martha MILES (1807 - 1886) | Edward MILES (1757 - 1838) | |||
| Susannah SMITH (1776 - 1838) |
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Pic P1. Inscription In Loving Memory of BERTHA WILKINSON Died Sept 20 1896 Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord Pic S1. Inscription Pic 1. Inscription Pic 2. Inscription |
| b. 16 Dec 1855 at Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 16 Jun 1887 John J WILKINSON (1852 - 1937) at Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 20 Sep 1896 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 40 |
| Near Relatives of Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | William BRIDLE | 04 May 1797 | Crewkerne, Somerset, England | 26 Jul 1873 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 76 |
| Grandmother | Martha MILES | 04 Feb 1807 | Prospect, New South Wales, Australia | 30 Nov 1886 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Father in Law | Thomas William WILKINSON | 16 Jan 1824 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 11 Jul 1904 | Yellowin, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Mother in Law | Susannah Helena BRIDLE | 12 Nov 1833 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 16 Dec 1912 | Bombowlee, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Father | Oltmann LAMPE | abt 1821 | Bremen, Germany | 22 Sep 1875 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 54 |
| Mother | Sarah BRIDLE | 21 Nov 1831 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 11 Jun 1912 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Self | Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE | 16 Dec 1855 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 20 Sep 1896 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 40 |
| Husband | John J WILKINSON | 04 Jun 1852 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Jun 1937 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Son | Kenneth Oltmann WILKINSON | 24 Jul 1889 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | 18 May 1980 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 90 |
| Sister | Suzannah Margaret Eleanor LAMPE | 25 Nov 1850 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 15 Jul 1938 | Carlton, New South Wales, Australia | 87 |
| Sister | Emma Elizabeth LAMPE | 25 Oct 1852 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 05 Dec 1874 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 22 |
| Brother | John Theodore LAMPE | 23 Dec 1857 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 1931 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Sister | Sarah Metta LAMPE | 31 Mar 1860 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 1925 | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | 65 |
| Brother | William Augustus LAMPE | 03 Sep 1862 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 1959 | 97 | |
| Brother | Henry Fredrick LAMPE | 1865 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 1945 | Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Sister | Alice Helena LAMPE | 09 Jan 1868 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | 1964 | 96 | |
| Aunt | Elizabeth BRIDLE | 22 Aug 1824 | Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia | 11 Jun 1830 | New South Wales, Australia | 5 |
| Uncle | William BRIDLE | 18 Jan 1827 | Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia | 08 May 1922 | Bombowlee, New South Wales, Australia | 95 |
| Aunt | Elizabeth Margaret WILKINSON | 1826 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 25 May 1889 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 63 |
| Uncle | John Edward BRIDLE | 17 Jul 1829 | Minto, New South Wales, Australia | 22 Dec 1908 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Aunt | Susan HOAD | 22 Jan 1836 | Brighton, Sussex, England | 08 May 1903 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 67 |
| Aunt | Susannah Helena BRIDLE | 12 Nov 1833 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 16 Dec 1912 | Bombowlee, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Uncle | Thomas William WILKINSON | 16 Jan 1824 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 11 Jul 1904 | Yellowin, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Aunt | Mary BRIDLE | 13 May 1836 | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | 02 Oct 1919 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Uncle | James Gabriel NEALL | USA | USA | |||
| Uncle | Thomas BRIDLE | 06 Jun 1840 | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | 30 Nov 1913 | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Aunt | Mary Ann NUTTALL | |||||
| Aunt | Martha BRIDLE | 14 Dec 1843 | Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 27 Feb 1916 | Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | 72 |
| Uncle | Frederick Moncrieff VERNON | abt 1833 | 07 Jan 1898 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 65 | |
| Uncle | George BRIDLE | 31 Mar 1846 | Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 16 Apr 1933 | Adelaide, SA, Australia | 87 |
| Aunt | Annie Bithia WILLIAMS | abt 1858 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 03 Dec 1948 | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia | 90 |
| Aunt | Emma BRIDLE | 13 Jul 1848 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1933 | 85 | |
| Uncle | Frederick William KINRED | 04 Apr 1851 | Isle of Man, UK | 18 Dec 1931 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Cousin | William Henry BRIDLE | 03 Oct 1851 | Yellowin, New South Wales, Australia | 22 Sep 1919 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 67 |
| Cousin | Thomas John BRIDLE | abt May 1855 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 17 Oct 1865 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 10 |
| Cousin | Edwin George BRIDLE | 20 Jan 1857 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 09 Jun 1929 | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia | 72 |
| Cousin | Henry Ernest BRIDLE | 1859 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 22 Dec 1945 | Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Cousin | Margaret Elizabeth BRIDLE | 19 Jan 1864 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Oct 1926 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 62 |
| Cousin | Edward BRIDLE | 05 Aug 1864 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 08 Aug 1864 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Cousin | Arthur BRIDLE | 1866 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 03 Feb 1945 | Manila, Philippines | 79 |
| Cousin | John Robert BRIDLE | 25 Apr 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 23 Jul 1955 | Nanango, Queensland, Australia | 87 |
| Cousin | Edward Edwin John BRIDLE | 18 Dec 1856 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Oct 1943 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Cousin | John Edward BRIDLE | 18 Dec 1856 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 14 Jan 1861 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 4 |
| Cousin | Susan BRIDLE | 11 Apr 1858 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 15 Dec 1862 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 4 |
| Cousin | William George BRIDLE | 16 May 1859 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 22 Dec 1862 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 3 |
| Cousin | Martha Miles BRIDLE | 18 Aug 1862 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 05 Jan 1929 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 66 |
| Cousin | Elizabeth Mary BRIDLE | 01 May 1864 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 29 Jan 1880 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 15 |
| Cousin | Thomas George BRIDLE | 16 Feb 1866 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Apr 1953 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 87 |
| Cousin | George Albert BRIDLE | 08 Dec 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1948 | 80 | |
| Cousin | Mary Emma BRIDLE | 20 Oct 1869 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 02 Oct 1960 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 90 |
| Cousin | Walter Ernest BRIDLE | 20 Oct 1869 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 03 Sep 1948 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 78 |
| Cousin | Henry William BRIDLE | 1871 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 24 Jul 1956 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Cousin | James Frederick BRIDLE | 1875 | 15 Sep 1948 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| Cousin | Charles Theodore BRIDLE | 1877 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1961 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Cousin | John J WILKINSON | 04 Jun 1852 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Jun 1937 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Cousin | Thomas Henry WILKINSON | 17 Aug 1854 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 19 Oct 1928 | Temora, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Cousin | William Edward WILKINSON | 12 Aug 1857 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1939 | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Cousin | Margaret Elizabeth WILKINSON | 19 Jul 1859 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 19 Nov 1944 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Cousin | Martha WILKINSON | 1861 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1944 | 83 | |
| Cousin | Henry George William WILKINSON | 1863 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 28 Nov 1945 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Cousin | Philip Archibald WILKINSON | 1867 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | abt 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1 |
| Cousin | Alfred Ernest WILKINSON | 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 14 Jan 1951 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Cousin | Philip Edmund Norman WILKINSON | 1870 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Jul 1960 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 90 |
| Cousin | Herbert Oswald Lewis WILKINSON | 06 May 1874 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 29 May 1941 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 67 |
| Cousin | Sydney Fitzroy WILKINSON | 1876 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | abt Feb 1942 | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia | 66 |
| Cousin | Lavinia Emma VERNON | 1866 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Frederick Joseph Ernest VERNON | 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Constance Mary VERNON | 1872 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Edgar Vincent VERNON | 1874 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Lewis Herbert VERNON | 1876 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Edith Eleanor VERNON | 1878 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Clement William VERNON | 1879 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Florence Adelaide VERNON | 01 Apr 1881 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 28 Feb 1966 | Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Cousin | Ivy Beatrice VERNON | 1883 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Sidney Phenos BRIDLE | 25 Nov 1884 | ||||
| Cousin | Allan Myles BRIDLE | 28 Sep 1887 | Albury, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Dec 1953 | Croydon, New South Wales, Australia | 66 |
| Cousin | George Stanley (Larry) BRIDLE | 13 Jul 1890 | 1960 | 70 | ||
| Cousin | Lily Martha KINRED | 1877 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 1952 | 75 | |
| Cousin | Frederick William KINRED | 1879 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 1961 | 82 | |
| Cousin | Arthur Stanley KINRED | 1881 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1961 | 80 | |
| Cousin | Herbert Cowley "Derby" KINRED | 1882 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1930 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 48 |
| Cousin | Clarence Bennett KINRED | 1883 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1960 | 77 | |
| Cousin | Ellen Ella Maud KINRED | 1885 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1885 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Cousin | Gertrude Josephine KINRED | 1886 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1967 | 81 | |
| Cousin | Claude Douglas KINRED | 1888 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1988 | 100 | |
| Cousin | Etta Mary KINRED | 1889 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1889 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Cousin | Myra E KINRED | 1891 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1891 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Niece | Stella Maria Sarah Miles FRANKLIN | 14 Aug 1879 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | 19 Sep 1954 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 75 |
| Niece | Ida A Cinda FRANKLIN | 1881 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Mervyn Gladstone FRANKLIN | 1883 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | 21 Feb 1900 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 17 |
| Niece | Una Vernon FRANKLIN | 1885 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Norman Rankin FRANKLIN | 1886 | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | 24 Jan 1942 | 56 | |
| Nephew | Hume Talmage FRANKLIN | 1889 | Bangalore, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Laurel Suzannah FRANKLIN | 1893 | Bangalore, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Ruby Florence LAMPE | 1885 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1976 | New South Wales, Australia | 91 |
| Nephew | Victor Theodore LAMPE | 1891 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1978 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 87 |
| Nephew | Arthur Oltmann LAMPE | 1899 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1969 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 70 |
| Niece | Pearl Doris LAMPE | 1904 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1986 | New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Nephew | Otto Eric LAMPE | 1902 | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia | 1988 | 86 | |
| Niece | female WILKINSON | |||||
| Niece | Ida Beatrice WILKINSON | 1883 | Warialda, New South Wales, Australia | 1963 | 80 | |
| Niece | Kate Margaret WILKINSON | 1885 | Warialda, New South Wales, Australia | 1971 | 86 | |
| Nephew | Gordon Bowman WILKINSON | 1887 | Warialda, New South Wales, Australia | 1974 | Batlow, New South Wales, Australia | 87 |
| Niece | Marcia WILKINSON | 1888 | 1981 | 93 | ||
| Nephew | John Bowman Jack WILKINSON | 1890 | Albury, New South Wales, Australia | 1976 | 86 | |
| Nephew | Thomas Russell Bowman WILKINSON | 1891 | Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia | 1954 | 63 | |
| Nephew | Clive Bowman WILKINSON | 1893 | Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia | 1976 | 83 | |
| Nephew | Alan G WILKINSON | 1901 | Granville, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Geoffrey Selwyn WILKINSON | 1902 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Marjorie Leila WILKINSON | 1904 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | D'Arcy R WILKINSON | 1907 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Henry R WILKINSON | 1914 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Lloyd N WILKINSON | 1917 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | John WILKINSON | |||||
| Niece | Margaret WILKINSON | |||||
| Nephew | Peter WILKINSON | |||||
| Niece | Ruth WILKINSON | |||||
| Nephew | Bevin Leslie WILKINSON | 1903 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1989 | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Nephew | Fenton Shaw WILKINSON | 1905 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1999 | Ballina, New South Wales, Australia | 94 |
| Nephew | Eric S WILKINSON | 1907 | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia | 1964 | Molong, New South Wales, Australia | 57 |
| Nephew | Richard Lloyd WILKINSON | 1912 | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Brother in Law | Thomas Henry WILKINSON | 17 Aug 1854 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 19 Oct 1928 | Temora, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Brother in Law | William Edward WILKINSON | 12 Aug 1857 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1939 | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Sister in Law | Margaret Elizabeth WILKINSON | 19 Jul 1859 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 19 Nov 1944 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Sister in Law | Martha WILKINSON | 1861 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1944 | 83 | |
| Brother in Law | Henry George William WILKINSON | 1863 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 28 Nov 1945 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Brother in Law | Philip Archibald WILKINSON | 1867 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | abt 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1 |
| Brother in Law | Alfred Ernest WILKINSON | 1868 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 14 Jan 1951 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Brother in Law | Philip Edmund Norman WILKINSON | 1870 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Jul 1960 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 90 |
| Brother in Law | Herbert Oswald Lewis WILKINSON | 06 May 1874 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 29 May 1941 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 67 |
| Brother in Law | Sydney Fitzroy WILKINSON | 1876 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | abt Feb 1942 | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia | 66 |
| Brother in Law | John Maurice FRANKLIN | 1848 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 31 Oct 1931 | Carlton, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Sister in Law | Margaret Elizabeth BRIDLE | 19 Jan 1864 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Oct 1926 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 62 |
| Sister in Law | Eliza Ann WILKINSON | 1867 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1935 | 68 | |
| Events in Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE (1855 - 1896)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 16 Dec 1855 | Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE was born | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | Wambrook Station | 73 | |
| 22 Sep 1875 | 19 | Death of father Oltmann LAMPE (aged 54) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 16 Jun 1887 | 31 | Married John J WILKINSON (aged 35) | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | Blowering | 73 |
| 24 Jul 1889 | 33 | Birth of son Kenneth Oltmann WILKINSON | Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 20 Sep 1896 | 40 | Mary Martha Bertha LAMPE died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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MARY MARTHA BERTHA WILKNSON nee Lampe
by Val Wilkinson Mary Martha Bertha Lampe was born on 16 December 1855 at Wambroo& Monaro, the fourth child and third daughter of Oltmann Lampe, squatter, and his wife Sarah n6e Bridle' She was baptised on 10 February 1856 by Walter Riky, Minister in the district of Monaro. She was always called Bertha. When Bertha was 10 years old the family made the long arduous journey from Wambrook across the mountains to Talbingo where her grandfather, William Bridle, had taken up Talbingo Station. Three years later in 1869, her father was badly injured in a fall from a horse and became paralysed and blind. With a crippled father and a sickly older sister, a lot fell on Bertha's young shoulders as she helped her mother and eldest sister, Susannah, to run the farm and to keep the house going for the five younger brothers and sisters However, there was friendship and contact with close relatives on neighbouring properties to bring relief to a busy life. A cousin, Thomas Henry Wilkinson' recorded a tamity gatherinion Christmas Day, 1872 at nearby Yatlowin when members of the Bridle, Lirp" and Wilkinson families shared the afternoon together' When Bertha was 20, a cousin, William Wilkinson, provided a "Character Sketch" of her: You have a strongly developed motive temperament which gives you a spirit of energy and dJtermination, and, also having a large share of the. mental, you are very fond of literary pursuits and would enter into them with great ardour, overcoming any obstacles that might be in the way. You are remarkedly fond of home and its associations; would take little pleasure in travelling io see the wonders of creation; be quite content to read the account given by others but you have an eye for the picturesque- and would enjoy it if you could take your home and friends with you. Your feelings are very sensitive, feel keenly an unkind word, have a very good temper, never getannoyed without just cause, and even then you reflect twice before you speak. You are very secretive, and conscientious, have a strict sense of duty. Would make a good wife to a good husband, would love him sincerely but would not be at all demonstrative in your affections, showing your love by deeds rather than words. Would seek a manly energetic, strong-minded man for a husband having a great aversion to anything approaching effeminacy in the opposite sex. you are a true friend to those whom you rank as such and would do anything in your power to assist them should they require your aid but you are very-panicular in your choice of friends, and require to know a person a long time before you would become at all familiar with him or her. You are very orderly in your habits, like to have a place for everything and everything in its place. You are fond of well behaved children and would show much tact and discretion in their management. You have strong religious principles and great respect for anything sacred. You are a keen observer of human nature and a merciless critic, sparing neither friend nor foe, you are fonder of your own sex than the opposite, and look upon the male sex in general as a failure, but don't object to praise even from them, if you feel convinced that it is deserved, but you could not be persuaded to do anything which you thought not quite right, as you always act from a strict sense of duty, independently of praise or blame. William Edward Wilkinson, 28 July 1876. However, it was to be another eleven years before Bertha was tempted into marriage. lt was John Wilkinson, the eldest of her Yallowin cousins, who captured her heart and they were married on 16 June 1887 at her parent's house at Talbingo. Bertha and John Wilkinson made their home al Hillview, originally part of the Yellowin Run and selected by John in 1876. He had built a slab-walled, bark-roofed house at the southern end of his property, and it was to here that Bertha came on her marriage. Two years later, on 24 July 1889, she was blessed with a son, Kenneth Oltmann Wilkinson. Some time in the early 1890's John began to build another house further down the Yellowin Creek, closer to Yallowin homestead. The new house was solidly constructed from bricks manufactured on the property, with the first house being dismantled and used to construct the new detached kitchen. lt could be imagined with what joy Bertha packed her possessions and moved down to the new brick house, closer to her relations and possibly to facilitate obtaining a governess for Ken's early education. However Bertha's life was to be tragically shortened. The circumstances leading to her illness are not known, but Bertha was taken to Sydney for treatment, accompanied by her husband, John. She died at St Kilda House, Woolloomooloo on 20 September 1896 at the age of 40 years from hydatids of the liver. Bertha was brought back to Tumut and laid to rest in the Church of England portion of the Old Tumut Cemetery beside her father, Oltmann Lampe. Bibliography: FRANCIS, Margaret; VERNON, Stella & WILKINSON, Colin (eds), The Buddong Flows On, Volume2 Genuine People. (The Buddong Society, 1993) |