tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77622016124848381652024-03-13T23:43:23.325-07:00Theodore Wilhelm VetterTheodore W. Vetter came to Australia in December 1886, and over the next 57 years tried to create a life that would provide for him. He had highs and lows during this time. He retained his pride in his country of birth, but also took advantage of the life living in Australia provided him.
He arrived alone and ended his days very much alone, but in between he touched many lives.
This is his story.Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762201612484838165.post-49672532048795606862016-08-05T23:13:00.000-07:002016-08-05T23:13:06.803-07:00My Großvater sings - "a little nervousness was noticeable"<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;">I can't sing! I am well aware of this but since the journey
of researching the grandfather I never knew, I have come to find that I have
musical genes on my paternal side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">In 1886 Theodore Wilhelm
Vetter arrived in Victoria from Germany, and soon settled in the area of
Dumbalk. In fact within 2 years he had signed up to lease some land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">In April 1890 a new
School building was opened in Dumbalk, in fact it had been built by Theodore.
"The building which is 24x13 feet was erected by Mr. T. Vetter, and
reflects credit on that gentleman by the neat manner in which the work has been
executed."<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7762201612484838165#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">The opening was
celebrated with a musical evening, and different members of the community got
up and sang. Well Theodore was one of
them. He, along with a Mr. Demuth, sang
“In Happy moments day by day.”<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">IN HAPPY MOMENTS.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">In happy moments, day by day, the sands of
life may pass In swift but tranquil tide away, for time's unerring glass.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Yet hopes we used as bright to deem
remembrance will recall.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Whose pure and whose unfading beam is
dearer than them all;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Whose pure And whose unfading beam is
dearer than them all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Tho' anxious eyes upon as gaze, and hearts
with fondness beat.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Whose smile upon each feature plays with
truthfulness replete.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Some thoughts none other can replace,
remembrance will recall,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Which in the flight of years we trace is
dearer than them all;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Which in the flight of years we trace is
dearer than them all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">The reporter from the Gippsland Times noted that the duet sung by the
two men was “very affectively rendered, though a little nervousness was
noticeable.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Theodore a few years later decided to leave Dumbalk, and head to Western
Australia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he stopped in to Adelaide
along the way, and during the first week of his arrival there he ventured to
the “then very flash Globe Hotel, now Myers.” Here he stayed and became quite
acquainted with Adelaide nightlife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“After midnight the bars were still packed with people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vetter joined right up with funny tales and
comic songs, and was quite a hero by 2 am.”<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7762201612484838165#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Times;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Nearly a 100 years later, his grandson (Me!), would also be frequenting
Adelaide bars after midnight – but never singing!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">In 1905 after spending just short of 10 years in Western Australia,
Theodore came back to South Australia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By now he was a married man with a family, and soon settled in to the Deutsch
community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">He became a member of the Adelaide Liedertafel<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7762201612484838165#_edn3" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Times;">[iii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
choir, and in 1908 they were celebrating their 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the 17<sup>th</sup> of
September<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an anniversary concert was
held in the Adelaide Exhibition grounds and the programme of the event includes
a photo of the choir and Theodore is proudly standing there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Among the songs that he sang as part of the
choir were “Durch den Wald” (Through the Woods), “Waldkönig” (King of the
Forest) and Johann Brahms “Wiegenlied”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>mit Rosen bedacht,</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>mit Näglein besteckt,</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>schlüpf unter die Deck!</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Morgen früh, wenn Gott will,</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>wirst du wieder geweckt.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Guten Abend, gute Nacht,</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>von Englein bewacht,</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>die zeigen im Traum</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>die Christkindleins Baum.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>Schlaf nun selig, und süß</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>schau im Traum's Paradies</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After 1915 Theodore life changed a bit and
there was not quite as much to celebrate as there was in his earlier years, but
I am proud to think that I have musical DNA, even if it is with a bit of “nervousness.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762201612484838165.post-67575802069713716282012-05-11T22:54:00.001-07:002012-05-11T22:54:40.265-07:00Fired a few shots to let his neighbours know that he had a gun<br />
By 1937 Theodore Wilhelm Vetter had been in and out of gaol a number of times, and this was having an effect on his marriage.<br />
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The electoral rolls for that year show that his wife, Mary May, was living in Wright Street, North Croydon, and that their eldest daughter, Mary Louise, was also on the electoral rolls as living there. We can assume that their youngest daughter, Joan Margaret was also living there.<br />
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However there was no sign of Theodore on the electoral rolls, and in fact during his last time in prison Mary did not visit him, whereas previously she had always made the trip to Yatala Prison to do so.<br />
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This may well do with the fact that Mary was now suffering from myxedema, a disease resulting from under activity of the thyroid gland, and was most likely unable to make the trip. In fact Mary was to die from the disease on June 30th of this year.<br />
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In late January of 1937 Theodore was again arrested, and once more was in Hindmarsh Court explaining his way, or at least trying to explain, out of another fine or prison sentence.<br />
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Constable Shannon had arrested Theodore under the Firearms Registration Act. He had been called to Wright Street, North Croydon, after there had been a compliant about bullets being fired through a glasshouse. The glasshouse being next door to where Mary and her daughters lived.<br />
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On arresting Theodore the Constable had asked him if the gun was registered, and Theodore honestly answered that it was not. Constable immediately confiscated the gun.<br />
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Constable Shannon then asked Theodore why he fired the gun at the neighbour’s glasshouse. Theodore replied that he had just bought the weapon and had fired a few shots to let his neighbours know that he had a gun.<br />
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Once in front of magistrates Evans and Cooley at the Hindmarsh Court house, Theodore had little chance of getting his gun back, and was dually charged and fined £2, and £1 costs.<br />
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I can imagine Theodore’s annoyance at this, especially having only just purchased the gun. But what does not make sense to me is the fact that it looks like Theodore was not living there. So why was he firing a gun at the neighbours glasshouse. Knowing that Theodore had a temper, I am inclined to make the assumption that he had called round to visit his wife and family, and that, perhaps, they had denied him entry. So he decided that the only way to gain entry was to fire a gun!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">In December 1913, a Mrs. Vetter of Brown
Street, Norwood, in Adelaide, advertised in the local papers for a
“Domesticated Companion”. Mrs. Vetter
was the 1<sup>st</sup> wife of Theodore Wilhelm Vetter. They had moved to Adelaide around 1906 from
Fremantle in Western Australia. Theodore
by now was running a Contracting business, and had a name for himself in the
local building industry as well as the local German community. He had been President of the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">South Australian Allegemeiner Deutscher Verein</span><span lang="EN-US"> from 1909 to 1912, covering the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the
Club in 1911, when he entertained the Governor of South Australian at the
celebrations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sometime during 1914 Mary May Brice was
employed by the Vetter household. Mary
had been born in Port Adelaide in 1887, and spent time working as a domestic
servant in Melbourne in her very early 20s, but now was back in Adelaide
looking for work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now lets skip forward to 1919 and the
Adelaide Advertiser for the 5<sup>th</sup> of September reports the details of
a divorce proceeding that was being heard in the Civil Court in Adelaide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Albertina Vetter was petitioning for the
dissolution of her marriage with Theodore Wilhelm Vetter on the grounds of
adultery. Her council was stating that
Theodore had committed adultery with Mary Brice at Greenock between February
and March of that year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mrs. Vetter stated she had three children
by Theodore and they had been married in Fremantle before coming to South
Australia. She was represented by the
noted South Australian lawyer Mr. Paris Nesbit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mr. Nesbit had hired a private detective –
a Mr. Hurtle Levison Gray, who had journeyed up to Greenock, north of
Adelaide. Theodore was now the Licensee
of the Greenock Arms Hotel. On Mr.
Gray’s first visit to Greenock he had not been able to see or find Theodore,
but he did find Mary Brice at the hotel.
He returned again where both Theodore and Mary greeted him, and Theodore
made the disclosure that he was the father to a child born to Mary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In July of 1919, Mr. Gray returned to
Greenock, taking with him Thomas Crowley (safety in numbers!!), where he
intended on serving Theodore with citation papers. It was now that Theodore provided a bit more
information for Mr. Gray to take back to Mr. Nesbit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Not only was Theodore father to one child,
but two, by Mary. Theodore was quick to
the point on how this had all come about, stating that his wife, Albertina, was
very difficult to live with, and that he had so much trouble with servants
while living with her, <b>that the only way he could retain them was to commit
adultery with them.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mr. Justice Buchannan dually listened to
the evidence provided by Mr. Nesbit. In
fact Theodore’s council, Mr. G.H. Degenhardt, said very little, his client
having said enough already.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">His Honor found the charges of adultery
proved, and granted Albertina her divorce, but she would have to go to the Full
Court to get a decree nisi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A lot had happened between when Albertina
put the request in the newspaper in for a companion in 1913 to the divorce
being granted in 1919.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Theodore’s contracting business
mysteriously caught fire in January 1915, and there were rumours that he had
asked a former employee to set fire to the premises. He then place advertisements in the papers
saying that he was selling everything and going farming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">By April 1915 Theodore was no longer living
at the family home, and Albertina had taken him to court to get maintenance of </span><span lang="EN-US">£</span><span lang="EN-US">1 per week. But by early
November Albertina had Theodore back in court, as he had not paid any
maintenance for over ten weeks. The judge
ordered the outstanding amount to be paid within one week or Theodore would be
imprisoned for 1 month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">However on the 27<sup>th</sup> of November,
Mary gave birth to a baby daughter at a local Nursing Home in Kent Town. There was no father listed. The informant on
the birth certificate was T.W. Vetter of 8 Brown Street, Norwood, listing
himself as her Employer. 8 Brown Street
was the home Theodore had shared with Albertina, and she was still listed as
living there on the local electoral rolls, but not Theodore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Theodore’s business adventures seem to be
going in a downward trend, and his name was appearing many times in the local
court reports, being sued by various business men in the Building Industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On October 22, 1916, Mary gave birth to a
baby boy, again at the Nursing Home in Kent Town, and again no father listed on
the certificate. This time the informant
was the matron of the Nursing Home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">By 1917 Theodore was living in at the
Greenock Arms Hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So the adultery by Theodore and Mary
covered a much longer time than the February to March of 1919 as stated in the
court proceedings, and despite Theodore’s very off the hand comment about how
he “kept servants” exactly 3 months to the day after his decree nisi in March
1920 he married Mary May Brice at the
Registrar General’s Office in Flinders Street, Adelaide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The scandal of divorce was extreme in these
times, and in fact the Vetter divorce even made the papers in Perth, in Western
Australia, where a local society reporter wrote the following piece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">IF
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">In the divorce case
Albertina Vetters<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>v. Theodore
Vetters and Mary Brice respondent admitted living with Mary, who was his
servant, but said the only<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>way to
keep a servant nowadays was<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to
commit adultery with her. A good<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>servant
couldn't' be kept without doing so. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Oh, madam, suspicious and stern,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Oh, worrying, wowserish wife,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>See what a lesson you'll learn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">From this chapter of everyday life,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">For Years you've been blaming the man;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">No plea or excuses you'd hear;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>so we ask you, in justice, to scan<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Home-truths that hereunder appear.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The lawsuit of Vetter and Brice<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">In highly religious South Oss<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Just proves how a man pays the price<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>When the fairy who feeds him is boss.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">The case of poor Theodore V.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Might be any man's any old day,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>And proves, after all, 'tisn't he<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">That always leads women astray.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Mr. V. was as pure as the snows<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">That fall from Antarctical skies<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Till womankind wafted him woes<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">By picking him out as a prize.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And the simplest amongst us can see -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Here comes the riddle and rub! -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Unless he had mashed Mary B.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">He was sure not to get any grub:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Don't imagine, though he may be caught<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Linking Mary Ann's lips to his own,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>That he ever gives Mary a thought<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">When at night he and you are alone.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Good servants are scarce, that he knows,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And servant girls like to be loved,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And want, by their blokes and their beaux.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">To be costumed and coiffured and gloved.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">If you don't show the girl what she's worth<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">She'll learn it wherever she'll roam,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>And as things often happen in Perth<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">They may as well happen at home.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Oh, women who shadow the spouse<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Who won't go to pictures and plays,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Don't think it's a belle in a blouse<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">That's changing his wandering ways.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Though he shuns the Palladium or <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Grand, Majestic, the Royal and Pav.,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Though his stay-homes you can't understand<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">You would, if you harbored some sav.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>While you laugh' at the quaint Charlie
C.,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Or at Olga Petrova you sob,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">He's got to nurse Kate on his knee<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">To keep her from jibbing her job!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">It doesn't quite follow, dear ma'am,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Though you catch the old man kissing Kate,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">That a writ for divorce you must slam <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And your soul from his soul separate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">There are always two sides to a scene,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And though you're a wife wide awake,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">The cause of the kiss might have been<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">To reward her for cooking a cake.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>And if he proposes to hie<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">To Mandurah, down on the coast,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>it's a compliment p'r'aps to her pie,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Or her excellent tea or her toast.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>So, madam, if can you catch.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Your hubby at Armadale green;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Don't try your supplanter to scratch<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Or make a sensational scene.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Though she's there as his wife and wears<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">A week-endy sort of a ring,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">He's saving you cooking-range cares<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">By having this sort of a fling.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">If she didn't get outings like this<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">With hubby to see she went straight<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>There's no knowing who she might<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">kiss <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">In a 10 p.m. park tete-tete.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And when East by the Transline you<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">run.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">And you leave him behind all along,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It's nice to know he is with one,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">Who'll treat him as one of her own!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt;">DRYBLOWER<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the 1920s Theodore was having a run of bad luck with business deals and was
constantly having income issues. The
household bills were feeling this, and his 2<sup>nd</sup> wife, Mary May Brice,
constantly had to deal with how to meet the unpaid bills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Adelaide Electric Supply Company had a number of unpaid bills with the
Vetter home in Semaphore, and decided to act in May 1927. Wilfred Aldersey, the Electricity company’s
accountant arranged for one of their collectors to go out to Semaphore
and get the unpaid bill finalized and if this didn’t happen to turn the
electricity off at the home’s meterbox.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
May 5<sup>th</sup> Francis Pascoe dually turned up at the Vetter home and
knocked on the front door. Mrs. Vetter
answered the door, and Mr. Pascoe informed Mrs. Vetter why he was there. Mrs. Vetter left Mr. Pascoe at the front
door, leaving him with the impression that she was going to get money to clear
the unpaid bill. He started to fill out
the receipt when Theodore appeared at the front door and asked Pascoe what he
was doing there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr.
Pascoe repeated what he had already explained to Mrs. Vetter and that he was
waiting for her to return with the money so he could complete the receipt.
Theodore then advised Mr. Pascoe that he was going in to Adelaide the next day
to do business and would pay the bill at the company’s office then. Mr. Pascoe
informed Theodore that unless he was given the money then he was obliged to
disconnect the electricity at the meterbox. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theodore
advised him that he had a deposit with the company as a guarantee that the
electricity would not be cut off. But
Mr. Pascoe stated that he did not know of any such arrangement and needed to
enter the house so that he could access the meterbox to disconnect the service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
Mr. Pascoe went to step in the front door Theodore struck him with a blow to
the side of the head, sending Mr. Pascoe back against the verandah wall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">About
a month later on June 11<sup>th</sup> Mr. Pascoe again came face to face with
Theodore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This time
in Port Adelaide Police Court, where Theodore was up in front of Mr. G.W.
Halcombe, Stipendiary Magistrate, for assault.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Based
on the information of both Mr. Pascoe and Mr. Aldersey, for the electricity
company, Theodore was charged for having violently assaulted Francis J. Pascoe
at Semaphore on May 5<sup>th</sup>.
Theodore pleaded not guilty to the charge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theodore
was representing himself, and when cross-examining Mr. Pascoe, he proceeded to
comment after every reply.
Starting with “Lie One” and eventually getting to “Lie Seven”, when the
Magistrate’s warnings to Theodore sank in and he stopped with the acrimonious
comments. He then requested to cross-examine
the Electricity Company’s counsel, Mr. A.M. Moulden, but at this the Magistrate
was firm. He could not!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both
Mr. Pascoe and Mr. Aldersey gave evidence, and it was clear that Theodore
had indeed hit Mr. Pascoe, and that he had hit him so hard that Mr. Pascoe was
initially deaf afterwards, and had ringing in his ear for the next 2
days. Theodore also used abusive
language towards Mr. Pascoe, telling him to “Get to ------ out of this” as Mr.
Pascoe staggered on the verandah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theodore
called his wife as a witness, and she stated that it was a lie for Mr. Pascoe
to say a blow was struck. Theodore then
claimed that in fact Mr. Pascoe had pushed him as he tried to enter the house, and
that Theodore had simply put him out on the verandah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Magistrate said that judging by the demeanor of Theodore in the Court room it
was obvious he was a quick-tempered, violent man, with little control over
himself, and that he did not believe the either Theodore or his wife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
dually fined Theodore with assault and ordered him to pay a fine of £3 with an
additional £3 2/ costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Register – June 11, 1927 – COLLECTOR ASSAULTED<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Advertiser
– June 11, 1927 – A COLLECTOR ASSAULTED <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762201612484838165.post-49288334203868784002012-01-15T00:35:00.000-08:002012-02-05T00:19:40.714-08:00Naturalization - 1941<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">At the beginning of 1941 Theodore decided
to become a naturalized Australian. To
do this he had to lodge a notice in the local newspaper stating his intentions
to become a citizen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the January 14<sup>th</sup> edition of
the Adelaide Advertiser there appeared in Public Notices section the
following:-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: white; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: white; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: 9pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">I, THEODORE WILHELM VETTER, of German Nationality, born near
Magdeburg, Germany and resident 55 years in Australia, and residing at Eden
West, near Adelaide, intend to apply for naturalisation under the Nationality
Act 1920-1930.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unfortunately Theodore
had forgotten one little thing – Australia was at war with Germany and as he
was still a German citizen by birth, he was an enemy alien and required at the
beginning of the war to register as such. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the second
week of February a summons was issued for his arrest under the National
Security (Aliens Control) Regulations – a fine of £5, with 10
shillings costs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As with most
fines issued against him Theodore ignored this and lodged his application for
Naturalization on March 12<sup>th</sup>.
He had to provide two references and have a Justice of the Peace witness
the document. The references were from Albert
Henry Kruss, who had known Theodore for 40 years, and Garnet Leslie
Goldsworthy, who had known him for approximately 8 years. John Henry Bell was the Justice of Peace who
witnessed Theodore declaration.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the form
Theodore had claimed that he was a carpenter/gardener residing at Eden West,
that he had come to Australia in December 1886 on board the North German liner
“Preussen”. He had resided in Victoria
for 10 years, then moving to South Australia for 3 years, then Western
Australia for 6, before settling in Adelaide for the last 35 years. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He was the son
of Louis Vetter & Mathilde Peters, and that he was born on the 23<sup>rd</sup>
of April 1866 at Magdeburg, in the Province of Saxony. He was 5 ft, 7 inches, with grey hair and
blue eyes. He was a widower, with three
children, the eldest two, he had no idea of their whereabouts. The youngest, Joan Margaret, was residing
with a Mrs Press, in Woodville Road, Adelaide, and working at John Martins in
Rundle Street.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But like most
of Theodore’s dealings with the Law, they caught up with him. On April 1 at the Adelaide Police Court,
Theodore found himself facing Justice Muirhead and Police Prosecutor
Crafter. Inspector Crafter advised the
court that “Vetter had come to Australia with his parents in 1886. He had registered his name on January 15.” But despite the fact he had eventually
registered as an alien, it was too late, Justice Muirhead fined Theodore £10, with 10
shillings costs. He was allowed to pay
the fine in instalments, but if he had of paid it back in February when 1<sup>st</sup>
summonsed he would have received a reduced fine of only £2 10 shillings.
However if he didn’t pay the fine at
all he would end up with a month in gaol.
Theodore paid the fine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As part of the
Naturalization process a Police check is done on the applicant. Sergeant Trezona of the Police Special Branch
in Adelaide reported that Theodore had had 6 Police records against him, 2 for
breaches of the Master & Servants Act in 1931, 1 for passing a valueless
cheque in 1932, one in 1936 for Larceny, but this had been dismissed. In 1937 he also had an unregistered gun, and
then of course the “fail to register as an alien” in April 1941.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sergeant
Trezona also stated that Theodore “<i>is
reported to be addicted to drink and is not a good citizen. Said to have made the following statement in
Adelaide streets, “We want our colonies back, we were robbed by the British
bastards. Hitler will rule this country
better than the British.” (He) Is
regarded as irresponsible.”</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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In June of
1941, S.G. Eyles of the Investigation Branch for National Security, interviewed
Theodore about his application. Theodore
confirmed everything he had stated on the application, as well as confirming
what Sergeant Trezona had reported. When
Mr Eyles asked Theodore why he was now
applying for naturalization after being in Australia for nearly 55 years,
Theodore stated it was so he could get the old-age pension.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When asked
about his first marriage, the details of which he had left off his application,
Theodore stated that he believed his 1<sup>st</sup> wife was in a Mental
Hospital, and that of three children of that marriage, one had died and the
other two were living somewhere in Western Australia.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Theodore also
confirmed that he had been the President of the German Club in Adelaide prior
to World War One, and that he had not come under any notice or interned during
that period.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Theodore was
asked his opinion of the current war, “<i>he
stated that 7 years ago he was of the opinion that Hitler was a wonderful
man. He considered Hitler a social
reformer, but in 1935 when Hitler annexed the Saar Valley, he thought that he
was too ambitious. He now thinks Hitler
has overstepped the mark and says that he is a “Landgrabber.” He thinks that the Versailles Treaty was a
mistake and that before this war started, England should have given a few
colonies back to Germany.</i>”<o:p></o:p></div>
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On August 8<sup>th</sup>
the Investigation Branch sent Theodore’s application to the Department of the
Interior in Canberra. They had
previously contacted Military Intelligence, who had advised that they did not
consider Theodore “a proper person” for naturalization. But Mr. S.G. Eyles, who had interviewed
Theodore had the closing argument against his application, “<i>My opinion of this man is that he is a
cunning rascal and is not a fit applicant for naturalization</i>.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the 26<sup>th</sup>
of August, 1941 Theodore received the following letter:-<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dear Sir,<o:p></o:p></div>
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With reference to your application for naturalization
I desire to inform you that this matter has received careful consideration, but
it is regretted that the issue of a certificate of naturalization in your
favour has not been approved.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
Yours
faithfully.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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We do not know Theodore’s thoughts on receiving this letter, but I can surmise
that if Mr Eyles thought Theodore was a Cunning Rascal, Theodore thought Mr Eyles
was a lot worse!<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can view a copy of Theodore’s application at the National Archives
website under the following reference:-<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Series
number</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />
A659 <b>Control symbol</b><br />
<a href="http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=1771085"><span style="color: blue;">1941/1/4019</span></a> <b>Contents
date range</b><br />
1941 - 1941 <b>Access status</b><br />
Open<b>Location</b><br />
Canberra <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1771085 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tbody></table>Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762201612484838165.post-44564795681384879152011-12-22T20:56:00.000-08:002012-02-05T00:18:32.245-08:00Theodore’s Arrival in Australia – December 23, 1886<br />
<br />
<br />
In 1941 at the age of 74 Theodore decided
to become a Naturalized Australian. In his application he states that he
arrived in mid December 1886 on the “Preussen”.
The Victorian State Archives show a Y. Vetter aged 36 years on board the
Preussen. Whether this is Theodore or
not we will never know, but the “Y” could just be someone’s handwriting of a
“T”, and in 1886 all German males were required to do a number of years in the
Imperial Army. If you were going to
leave Germany, you would have to lie about your age. Theodore was 20 in 1886 – did he say he was
36 as he boarded the Preussen?<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">The Norddeutscher-Lloyd steamer “Preussen”
was on it maiden voyage when she left Bremen on the 3<sup>rd</sup> of November
1886. She called in at Antwerp and
Southampton before heading down the English Channel on 8<sup>th</sup>, but she
hit strong gale winds and the vessel rocked severely, causing the passengers to
feel the first effects of seasickness.
Those in the Steerage section of the “Preussen”, as no doubt Theodore
would have been, were bruised and batter from the tossing of the vessel until
they near Gibralter on the 11<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The food on board, or at least the
preparation of the food, did not sit very well, and a number of the British
passengers in Steerage sent a petition to the Captain asking for improvement in
the standard but alas through the voyage the food continued to sit uneasily on
their stomachs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As the vessel sailed through the
Mediterranean Sea the passengers started to relax more and during the evenings
dances were held on the Forecastle. Some
of the passengers even attempted to fish over the side of the vessel, hoping
that if they caught something, that it would provide a better meal than what
they were currently receiving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the 18<sup>th</sup> the vessel arrived
at Port Said, here she needed to re-coal, and wait for the German mails. A number of the passengers took the
opportunity to venture ashore, but despite them being only Steerage passengers,
the locals saw them as wealthy Passengers, and beggars constantly approached
them. The crew also went ashore, but
they returned late at night intoxicated and waking the passengers with their
carousing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the 22<sup>nd</sup> the vessel entered
the Suez Canal, and proceeded south for Aden.
Fresh water was limited on the vessel, and the passengers were left to
have salt-water baths. When they
approached the Captain he stated, “he did not see necessity of washing every
day as he simply had a salt water bath and never washed since he started.”<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7762201612484838165#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">[i]</span></span></span></a> The British passengers particularly had a
different view.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Aden was reached on the 27<sup>th</sup> of
November, and more coal and provisions were taken on board, and the vessel was
covered in coal dust. Most of it was
stored on the Steerage deck, so the Steerage passengers were allowed to use
part of the 2<sup>nd</sup> class deck space.
As the vessel headed now for Australia, Whales were spotted along side,
and this caused great excitement amongst the passengers, most who having lived
in rural parts of Germany had never seen the sea before let alone been out on
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For the next few days, there was a mixture
of storms and perfect seas, and the passengers experienced the effects, but on
the morning of the 8<sup>th</sup> of December they learnt that a passenger had
died during the night and had been hastily buried at sea. The following day rumours started to spread
as the passengers were requested to be vaccinated for Smallpox.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The vessel continued to sail toward Western
Australia, still rolling, but now most of the passengers had become accustomed to
this. Sporting carnivals were held on
board with the younger passengers having running races around the deck. On the afternoon of the 14<sup>th</sup> of
December they sited Australia for the first time, and the next day the Pilot
came out from Albany.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately the 1<sup>st</sup> thing the
Captain told him was that there was Smallpox on board, and the Pilot
immediately told him to raise the Yellow Flag at the masthead, this being the
International warning for Smallpox on vessels.
More Coal was sent out to the vessel and some of the German Steerage
passengers moved the coal on board, receiving 1/- per hour for their work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The vessel sailed on to Port Adelaide,
but the news of Smallpox had proceeded
them, and when they arrived on the 20<sup>th</sup> the Captain had to inform
the Harbour Doctor that another passenger had died. They were immediately order back out 10 miles
to sea to bury the deceased passenger.
27 Passengers disembarked but they were being sent to a Quarantine
Station. The Melbourne passengers
started to worry and wonder what would happen when they arrived there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the 23<sup>rd</sup> of December , 1886
the “Preussen” arrived at Hobson’s Bay in Victoria. At 3 p.m.
the 240 passengers were allowed to disembark but it was to the
Quarantine Station and not to the Port of Melbourne. But although the passengers were dishearten
that they were quarantined, there was a good Australian meat tea awaiting them,
which they all thoroughly enjoyed, “Tea in cups, clean plates, &c,&c,
was something to be remembered after 6 weeks of stuffy dirty semi starvation.”<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7762201612484838165#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">[ii]</span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For the next 4 weeks the passengers lived
at the Quarantine Station, enjoying the clean living, good food and fresh air,
but at the same time, watching the number of passengers affected by small pox
gradually increase. On Christmas Day a
full Christmas fare was provided, and a dance in the evening was held, but the
next day isolation of a number of people started to take place. By the 4<sup>th</sup> of January 1887 there
were 25 admissions to the Isolation area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the 11<sup>th</sup> the authorities
stopped any one from sending letters outside the Quarantine Station, as they
were worried they this might spread the contagion to the colony. To pass the time Cricket matches were held on
the grounds, but whether the German passengers (including Theodore) took part I
do not know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the 28<sup>th</sup> of January the
passengers who had not been affected were allowed to leave and head in to
Melbourne, to commence their new lives in Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7762201612484838165#_ednref1" name="_edn1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">[i]</span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;">Diary on the N.G.L. Ship Preussen,
November 1886-January 1887, by Thomas Platt</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762201612484838165.post-5526037271713647692011-12-03T20:03:00.000-08:002015-01-26T01:43:27.675-08:00Knowing Theodore - Part 2<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">On finding the Statuary Declaration made by my father changing his name, I spoke with my mother one day, telling her that I had come across it. Her initial reaction was “<i>you just can’t help yourself!”</i> She then went on to say that I was not to speak with my father about it, or tell my brother & sister. She said that Dad was very much ashamed of being born illegitimate and that he had run away from home at an early age because his stepfather had beaten him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In 1984 I decided to write to my Dad’s sister Mary, and try and get information from her on my grandparents. In all honesty at this stage I was only thinking of my dad’s mother, Mary May Brice, as at least I knew her name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Aunty Mary told me that her mother had died in 1937 from cancer and a nervous breakdown after finding out that the cancer was incurable. She also said that her mother had married Theodore Wilhelm Vetter, who she had met in Greenock (in the Barossa Valley) in about 1914.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the same letter she also said “<i>Don’t worry too much about your ancestors, I don’t, build up a good life for yourself, wife and young ones, that really is all that counts. I envy your youth, so you be grateful too & make the future good for you & yours, compared with my youth you are very lucky.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I now went in search of more certificates and found both my paternal grandparents death certificates, though my grandmother’s was registered under Netter and Theodore’s under Vetters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Life was changing for me now, and the research into the family started to drop off. I separated from my wife & moved back to Sydney in 1991, and work took me travelling around Australia. For the year 1995 I was based in Adelaide but I never tried to look up anything about my father’s family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was during this year that my father started to get seriously ill, and he did start to talk about his youth. He mentioned the street where he lived at Brighton in Adelaide, in the early 1920s, that they had money, and a big German car, the only one of it’s kind in Adelaide. I asked Dad why he had changed his name, and he told me that his step-father had beaten him, and he had run away. They had sent the police after him, who had also beaten him and put him in a boy’s home. He decided to run away again, but change his name so they could not find him. I asked how he decided on the name, and he said he had picked it out of a newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">One weekend while working in Adelaide I visited Brighton. I found the house where Dad lived and I wanted to take a photo of it to show my father. I knocked on the door and asked the owner if they would mind me taking a photo from the front yard so I could show my dad. They were very kind and invited me in to the house to show me the rooms. They also showed me the original certificate of title, with my grandmother’s name on it. They promised to photo-copy the certificate and post it on to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I got the photo of the house in Brighton printed, Dad was so excited. He got out of bed (the first time in weeks) and rang his sister to tell her I had been in the home. This was early December 1995, and Dad passed away on the 18<sup>th</sup> of that month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was not till October 2009 when a friend who was tracing his family history told me that there was a new website that allowed you to search Australian newspapers. I decided to have a look and found that they had the Adelaide Advertiser online. I quickly typed in Theodore Vetter and up came a vast number of entries for him, but one jumped out at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">September 5, 1919 – MORE DIVORCE CASES – A Wife’s Petition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Here was an article outlining the divorce proceedings of Theodore Vetter and his first wife. The article also mentioned that he had committed adultery with a Mary May Brice (my grandmother) but more importantly for me was a statement by Theodore that he “</span><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">was the father of two children by Miss Brice</span></i><span lang="EN-US">”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After 32 years of researching, 25 years from 1<sup>st</sup> seeing his name, here was finally proof that Theodore Wilhelm Vetter was my grandfather!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762201612484838165.post-76114051936552328712011-11-26T18:58:00.000-08:002011-11-26T23:26:16.028-08:00Knowing TheodoreWhen I was about 13 I started becoming interested in my family history. I had 2 grandparents, Grandfather and Grandma, who were my mum's parents. There was never any mention of my dad's parents. They were dead, had died many years before I was born. According to my parents wedding certificate, their names were Theodore William Brady and Mary Agatha Price. <div>Tracing my mum's family was simple, my grandfather provided initial names, and with that I went off and discovered so much, 6 convicts ancestors, upstanding citizens in Newcastle, Mittagong, Berrima & Young. Leaders of the community.</div><div>My maternal grandfather said one thing to me, "be careful of what you go looking for you might not like what you find". I told my mother this and she said that it was nothing.</div><div>My dad was born in Adelaide, so knowing his date of birth and the names of his parents I wrote of to the South Australia Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, for his birth certificate. I got back a "No Record". This didn't stop me, so I wrote off for a marriage certificate of a Theodore William Brady and Mary Agatha Price, "No Record."</div><div>I gave up, and continued with my mum's family for the next few years.</div><div>In 1975 my dad was contacted by the Red Cross. They had a letter from someone trying to get in contact with him. It was his sister Mary, who he said he had not seen since before the war.</div><div>Contact was made, and Mary and her husband, Bob Morris, visited our home at Greenacre, but none of us children met them then.</div><div>Knowing I now had an aunty, I decided to write for her birth certificate. The reply was again "No record."</div><div>My interest in family history fell away and I left it all packed under my bed.</div><div>By 1984 I was now married and the father of 2, and had just bought a house in Casino. I wanted to know who owned the house and how old it was, so on a visit to Sydney that year I went into the Registrar-General's Office in Sydney to look up the Title Deeds.</div><div>I was sent to the wrong indexes and did not find my title deed, but there was a reference there that caught my eye.</div><div>Brady, Alan Louis - see Brice, Lewis Frank.</div><div>There were no other details, just a reference number. I quickly went and asked to view the document.</div><div>It was a statuary declaration dated July 6, 1982 saying that since 1930 dad had been using the name Alan Louis Brady, but that his actual birth name was Lewis Frank Brice.</div><div>I immediately wrote of to get his birth certificate and at last a certificate was returned.</div><div>It stated that his mother's name was May May Brice and that the father's name was unknown. The informant was the matron of the hospital where he was born.</div><div>I then wrote off for dad's sister's certificate. A certificate was returned. Again mother Mary May Brice, father unknown. </div><div>There was a difference - the informant was T.W. Vetter, Employer.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was my 1st connection with the man who 25 years later would finally be confirmed as my paternal grandfather.</div>Kevin From Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347860127532434670noreply@blogger.com1