Tilka Family - F410
| Voyage to Adelaide in 1876 | |
|---|---|
| Under command of | Captain Edward Alston |
| Departure port | London |
| Departure date | 26th May 1876 |
| Arrival port | Port Adelaide |
| Arrival date | 18th August 1876 |
| Voyage duration | 84 days |
Mattheus Tilka (29) with his wife Maria Urban (30) migrated to South Australia on the City of Adelaide in 1876 with their three children, Louise (6), Carl (3), and Fred (a few months).
After arriving in South Australia they had three additional children :
Paul Albert (17/9/1877 near Riverton),
Mary (20/9/1880 at Inkerman, near Port Wakefield) who died at Goodwood West aged 6 years, and
Henry (23/12/1882 at Inkerman) who died at Inkerman after 7 days.
Mattheus Tilka
Mattheus Tilka selected Section 321, Hundred of Inkermans, 173 acres at ₤1 per acre (10% deposit), in February 1879.
In the Port Wakefield news of 7 May 1915 it was reported that 'Mr M Tilka has a grown a 69lb pumpkin on his farm at South Inkerman. It is on display in Mr Hubble’s office.'
Louise Tilka
Born in Germany ca 1870, Louisa Tilka (25), daughter of Mattheus, married Henry Lowey (42) at his residence in Glenelg on 20/6/1895.
She gave birth to Alfred John at New Glenelg in April 1896.
Carl Robert Tilka
Born in Germany ca 1873, his name eventually became Anglicised as 'Charles'.
Carl Robert Tilka, 25, son of Mattheus, married Bertha Elizabeth Kalms, 25, on 8 June 1898 at St Stephen Church, Adelaide.
In December 1903 Carl Robert Tilka, baker of The Parade, Norwood (Edward St corner), advertised that he 'Wanted : Good strong boy to make dough and mould.'
In February 1915 Charles Robert Tilka, baker of Norwood was fined ₤2 with ₤1-16-0 costs at the Magistrates Court Norwood. An inspector of weights had purchased 2 x 2lb loaves but found that one was 2oz short and the other 6oz short.
On 20 January 1916, a 30 years old woman whose husband was away at the Western Front cut her throat at Tilka’s boarding-house on The Parade, Norwood.
His wife Bertha died on 17 September 1916. Her body left their residence at 9 Walkerville Road, St Peters for the Payneham Cemetery.
In March 1918 Charles Robert Tilka was charged with starting work for Joseph Greenburgh, baker of Stepney, before 5.00 am. Both were convicted of breaching the Day Baking Award in Greenburgh’s bakery. C R Tilka had to forfeit ₤1-16-0.
Frederick Tilka
Born in Germany in 1876, he died at Inkerman on 2/2/1894 aged 18.
Paul Albert Tilka
Born in South Australia in 1877, Paul Albert Tilka (34) son of Matthew Tilka, married Florence Maria Tozer (21) at the Pirie Street Methodist Church in Adelaide on 30/12/1914.
In May 1915, Paul Tilka of Wanbi (in the mallee region of SA between Tailem Bend and Loxton) a hard working farmer recently married, lost 3 valuable draught horses that managed to eat seed wheat which he thought he had secured.
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