The Goldsworthy Family Of LondonAnnie GOLDSWORTHY (1855-1942)
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Annie GOLDSWORTHY 1855-1942
Annie was born at 2 Bathhurst St, Paddington, London on 22 May 1855 and baptised at St James Church, Paddington on 12 September 1855.
 1855 baptism for Annie GOLDSWORTHY at St James, Paddington. |
Annie was recorded in the 1861 and 1871 censuses with the family at 2 Bathhurst St. In 1873 the family emigrated to Melbourne, Australia. In Melbourne, Annie married August Wilhelm FETTLING on 6 March 1880. August was a watchmaker and jeweller. He was aged 38 and Annie was 25. August was also a widower as he had married Jane MURRELL at St Lukes, St Pancras, London on 13 August 1865. August had been born in Coblenz, Rheinland on 7 June 1842, the son of Johann August FETTLING (a baker) and Elizabetha GROSSE. August and Jane emigrated to Melbourne, where Jane died on 2 February 1879. They do not appear to have had any children. August had a brother, Peter, who also emigrated to Melboune, where he married Jane WHEELHOUSE in 1877.
Less than a month after their marriage in 1880, August and Annie sailed to Dunedin, New Zealand on the s.s. Tararua. They departed Melbourne on 21 September and arrived in Dunedin on 28 September 1880. August worked in Dunedin as a watchmaker. He occupied premises in 32 Princes St that were owned by Mr Alfred DUNNING, his brother-in-law. They had 2 children, twins, born in Dunedin on 17 September 1871. But Dunedin did not suit them. Annie set sail back to Melbourne on 8 March 1883 onboard the s.s Manapouri. It appears that August returned to Melbourne on the s.s. Wairarapa departed Dunedin on 10 August 1883. Despite his departure, the local Otago newspapers continued to run advertisements for A. Fettling jeweller right through until the end of February 1885. A previous employee of August, Mr Eric G. VEITCH continued to operate the business under Fettling's name until he too, left the colony around 7 March 1885. Back in Melbourne, Annie soon had another child, August, born some time in 1883. I do not have the birth certificate so do not know whether August was in Melbourne for the birth. August and Annie had four children in Melbourne, six children in total:
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Date of Marriage | Spouse |
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| Albert Peter Fettling | 17 Sept 1881 Dunedin NZ | 10 May 1946 Melbourne | 18 Mar 1911 Northcote |
Emma Schmaddebeck |
| Annie Fettling | 17 Sept 1881 Dunedin, NZ | 9 March 1947, Carlton, Vic. | -- | -- |
| August Fettling | 1883 Fitzroy Melbourne | 26 Aug 1957, Castlemaine | 1916 | Augusta Jean Rasmussen |
| Bertha Fettling | 17 Nov 1885 Brunswick, Melbourne | 11 Oct 1952 | 5 Mar 1910 Brunswick, Vic |
John Stanley Goldsworthy |
| Fritz Fettling | 1887, Brunswick, Melbourne | 19 Feb 1951, Prahran; | 1915, Melbourne | Laura Rollason |
| Henrietta Fettling | 1890, Brunswick | March 1977, Brunswick | 24 Feb 1923, College Church, Parkville | Sydney Gordon DOGGETT |
After having the six children August disappears from the records. He is not in the electoral rolls although Annie and her children are in the rolls. The next we know for sure is when August FETTLING died on 22 June 1920. Annie outlasted him by 27 years, dying in Coburg on 23 March 1942. Both are buried at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, grave CoE H374. Also in that grave are August and Annie's daughter Annie who died in 1947.
 August died in 1920. |
 Annie died in 1942. |
 August William Fettling (photos from an Ancestry tree). |
 August Fettling in front of his shop with Henrietta, Fritz and the twins Albert and Annie. |
The Children of August and Annie FETTLING
Albert Peter FETTLING 1881-1946
Albert Peter (and his twin Annie) were born in Dunedin New Zealand on 17 September 1881. The family returned to Melbourne in 1883 where Albert spent the rest of his life. Albert became a watchmaker, following his father. Albert married Emma Christina Friederike SCHMADDEBECK in Northcote Victoria on 18 March 1911. Emma had been born in Satow, Germany on 9 October 1874 to Joachim SCHMADDEBECK and Sophia PENZEIN. She emigrated to Australia sometime after the 1900 census in Germany.
Albert and Emma had three children:
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Date of Marriage | Spouse |
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| Winifred Anne FETTLING | 1 April 1912 | 30 Jan 1939, Carlton, Vic | 18 Mar 1911 Northcote |
George Leonard MORRIS |
| Melva Bertha FETTLING | 31 May 1913, Nhill | 28 April 1998, Werribee, Vic. | 19 Nov 1939 | Edward George WILLIAMSON |
| Albert FETTLING | 17 Nov 1914, Nhill, Vic | 8 April 1998, Te Awamutu, New Zealand | 9 Dec 1939, Horsham, Vic | Edna Dorothy KROKER |
After marriage Albert and Emma moved to Nelson St, Nhill in the west of Victoria where Albert worked as a watchmaker. They remained in Nelson St for the rest of their lives, the property remaining in the Fettling family until at least 1980.
Albert Peter FETTLING died on 10 May 1946. Emma died 10 years later on 20 September 1956 at Nhill, Victoria.
 Albert Fettling |
 Emma Fettling |
 Melva Fettling |
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Annie FETTLING 1881-1947
Annie (and her twin Albert Peter) were born in Dunedin New Zealand on 17 September 1881. The family returned to Melbourne in 1883. Annie did not marry. She worked as a dressmaker and seamstress, living with her mother Annie (senior). In later years they were both at 186 Brunswick Rd, Bourke, Victoria. Annie died on 9 Mar 1947 and is buried with her parents at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, plot CoE H374.
August FETTLING 1883-1957
August (known as Gus) was born in Victoria in 1883. He also became a watchmaker. He married Augusta Jean RASSMUSSEN in Victoria in 1916. (August and Augusta must have created much mirth and confusion.) Augusta had been born in 1886 in Victoria to Hans RASSMUSSEN and Agnes Paulia Julia BOTTEN, who had married in 1885 in Victoria. Hans had been born in Denmark, whereas Agnes was born in Victoria. By 1913 August was living in Castlemaine and this is where August and Augusta settled after marriage.
 Table Talk 10 August 1916. |
The early electoral rolls have August at Barker St (his shop) and Augusta at Berkeley St, Castlemaine (their residence). Later they lived at 48 Urquhart St, Castlemaine.
August and Augusta had four children:
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Date of Marriage | Spouse |
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| Beverley FETTLING | 1918 Castlemaine | 1918 Castlemaine (age 5 months) | - | - |
| Joyce FETTLING | 3 June 1919 Castlemaine | 2 June 2008, Bendigo | - | - |
| Norman FETTLING | 7 June 1923 Castlemaine | 8 Dec 2014 Castlemaine | 26 April 1952 Castlemaine | Beryl Elene ISLES |
| Jack FETTLING | 31 Oct 1931 Castlemaine | 31 May 2009 Castlemaine | 5 April 1952 Castlemaine | Doreen Isabel WOOD |
August FETTLING died at Castlemaine on 26 August 1957. Augusta died 10 years later, on 11 December 1967. Both are buried at the Campbells Creek Cemetery, Castlmaine.
Of their children:
Joyce Fettling did not marry. She worked as a typist, living for many years at the family home in Urquhart St, Castlemaine. Around
1976 she moved to 4/2 Willow Grove, Camberwell, Melbourne where she resided until at least 1980. Joyce died at Bendigo on 2 June 2008.
Norman Fettling was born 7 June 1923 at Castlemaine. He too became a watchmaker. He married Beryl Elene ISLES at Castlemaine on 26 April 1952. They had three children. Beryl died at 28 May 1997 and Norman on 8 December 2014. They are buried at Castlemaine Cemetery.
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Jack FETTLING was born 31 Ocotober 1931 at Castlemaine. He also became a watchmaker. He married Doreen Isabel WOOD at Castlemaine on 5 April 1952. They had three children. Doreen died at Spring Gully, Bendigo on 18 October 2007 and is buried at Castlemaine Cemetery. Jack died 31 May 2009 at Castlemaine and is buried in the Castlemaine Cemetery with his sister Joyce.
Bertha FETTLING 1885-1952
Bertha was born in Brunswick, Melbourne Victoria on 17 November 1885. She became a dressmaker. In the 1909 electoral roll she was living with her brother Fritz at 687 Brunswick St, North Fitzroy. In the 1910 and 1911 Sands Directory she advertised as a "fashionable dressmaker & costumière" of 107 Gertrude St, Fitzroy.
 Sands 1910 Directory. The Miss A. Fettling is Bertha's aunt. |
Bertha married her first cousin John Stanley GOLDSWORTHY (see the Goldsworthy family story here) on 5 March 1910 in Northcote, Victoria. John was a savings bank manager, according to his Will in 1919.
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They had four children:
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Date of Marriage | Spouse |
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| Allan Lee GOLDSWORTHY | 9 March 1911, Northcote | 14 April 1976, Greensborough, Vic | 22 July 1935, Melbourne | Hetty KAISER |
| Maxwell John GOLDSWORTHY | 17 June 1913 Fitzroy, Melbourne | 31 August 1942, Middle East | 1940 | Jessie Coram YULE |
| Peggy GOLDSWORTHY | 21 December 1915, Numurkah, Vic | 25 February 2013, Canberra | 20 Feb 1943, St Kilda, Melbourne | Hugh William Wentworth GROSER |
| Stanley Frederick GOLDSWORTHY | 10 Sept 1919, Healesville, | 3 June 2008, Frankton Hospital | 5 March 1942 Mt Gambier | Una GAMMON |
John Stanley GOLDSWORTHY died at Healesville, Victoria on 2 August 1919, aged 34, from "pneumonic influenza" (or Spanish Flu). He died 8 days after his son Stanley Frederick was born. He is buried at the Healesville Cemetery, Victoria. Bertha outlived John by over 33 years, dying at 3 Keppel St, Carlton Victoria on 11 October 1952.
 Gippsland Times 7 Aug 1919. |
 The Argus 13 Oct 1952.. |
 Headstone at Healesville Cemetery, Victoria. |
 Headstone at Heidelberg (Warringal) Cemetery, Victoria. |
Of the children of John and Bertha:
Allan Lee GOLDSWORTHY was born 9 March 1991 at Northcote, Victoria. He married Hetty KAISER in Melbourne on 22 July 1935. At that time Allan
was living at 3 Keppel St, Carlton with his mother Bertha. Hettie (later the spelling was changed to Hetty) was born in Melbourne in 1910
to John Clifford KAISER and Emily Frances JONES.
Allan and Hetty appear to have had only one child - John Lee GOLDSWORTHY, born 20 September 1936 in Melbourne. Allan appears to have gone into banking, but after 1954 is listed as a company director, living at River Ave, Plenty, Melbourne. He appears to have joined his son in a poultry business. Allan also became the general director of the United Poultery Farmer's Society in Preston.
 Notice of intention to establish an "offensive trade". |
Allan Lee GOLDSWORTHY died at the Diamond Valley Community Hospital, Plenty, on 14 April 1976. Hetty died at the same hospital on 1 April 1983. Both are interred at St Katherine's Anglican Church Cemetery, St Helena Rd, Melbourne, Victoria.
 Headstone for Allan and Hetty GOLDSWORTHY at St Katerine's Church, Melbourne. |
Maxwell John GOLDSWORTHY was born 17 June 1913 at Fitzroy, Melbourne. He became a bank clerk.Maxwell married Jessie Coram YULE in Melbourne in 1940. He subsequently enlisted in the Australian Air Force and became a navigator. He rose to the rank of Sergeant. He saw service in North Africa and was killed on 21 August 1942. He is buried at El Alamein Cemetery. He and Jessie did not have any children.
 Maxwell GOLDSWORTHY. |
In 1945 Jessie, now a war widow, married Hugh Clarence DOECKE in Victoria. Hugh (or Hugo) had been born in St Kitts, South Australia. Around 1962 Jessie and Hugh moved to England, being recorded in the 1962 electoral roll at 2 Grasmere Rd, Purley, Surrey.I cannot find any children for them. Jessie died in Surrey on 20 April 1980. Probate was applied for in both England and Victoria. Hugh later married Ann TREMBLETT in Sep 1987. Hugh died in Brighton, Sussex on 18 February 2003.
Peggy GOLDSWORTHY was born in Numurkah, Victoria on 21 December 1915. She is listed as a typist living at 3 Keppel St, Carlton in the 1943 electoral roll. She married Hugh William Wentworth GROSER in St Kilda, Melbourne on 20 February 1943. Hugh was born 30 November 1914 at Gardenvale, Victoria. He became a draftsman. In the late 1940s Hugh and Peggy moved to Canberra, where they remained. Hugh died in Canberra in 13 August 1999. Peggy died in Canberra on 25 February 2013.
Stanley Frederick GOLDSWORTHY was born in Healesville, Victoria on 10 September 1919. He married Una GAMMON on 5 March 1942 at Mt Gambier. Stanley followed his brother into the Australian Air Force. After the war they moved to Mt Pleasant Rd, Eltham, Melbourne. They had two children - Maxwell and Margaret. Una Goldsworthy died at Eltham on 26 July 1997 and is buried with her mother-in-law at Heidelberg Cemetery, Melbourne. Stanley died a few years later, on 3 June 2008 at Frankton Hospital.
Headstone at Heidelberg (Warringal) Cemetery, Victoria. |
Fritz FETTLING 1887-1951
Fritz (later known as Fred) was born in 1887 in Melbourne. Fritz followed the family tradition and became a watchmaker and jeweller. In 1913 he was living with his mother Annie and sister at 229 High St, Northcote. He married Laura Florence ROLLASON in 1915. By 1921 they were living at 122 Westbourne Grove, Northcote, Melbourne, where they remained until at least 1937. By 1943 they had moved to 8 Glenvale Rd, Glen Iris. Their two children, (Kenneth Rollason born 23 Sep 1917) and Lois (registered as Loyce, born 19 July 1920) now appear in the electoral rolls. Kenneth also became a watchmaker.
Fritz FETTLING died at Prahran, late of 8 Glenvale Rd on 19 February 1951. Laura died at 8 Glenvale Rd on 3 October 1953.
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 8 Glenvale Rd, Glen Iris, early 1950s. |
 8 Glenvale Rd, Glen Iris today. |
Of the two children of Fritz and Laura
Kenneth Rollason FETTLING was born 23 September 1917 at Northcote. He too became a watchmaker. He married Leola PHILLIPS in Perth WA
on 24 October 1944. Leola was born in Perth to Joseph PHILLIPS and Elizabeth CORBETT on 13 May 1919. The Phillips lived at Leola Farm, Subiaco, Perth.
After the war Kenneth and Leola lived with Kenneth's parents at 8 Glenvale Rd, later moving to 1 Strathearn Rd, but by
1963, after his parents had died, they moved back to 8 Glenvale where they remained until at least 1980. Kenneth and Leola had two children.
 The Dowerin Guardian 4 November 1944. |
 The Herald 24 Oct 1944 |
Kenneth FETTLING died at Melbourne on 7 August 2008. Leola died the following year on 4 December 2009.
Lois (Loyce) Rollason FETTLING was born 19 July 1920 in Northcote, Melbourne. She married Frederick James CHAPMAN in Melbourne on 26 June 1949. Lois and Frederick had 3 children.
 The Argus 27 June 1949. |
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Frederick CHAPMAN died in Shepperton on 18 February 1978. Loyce died there on 7 December 2007. Both are buried at Pine Lodge Cemetery Shepperton, plot Tamarisk Glade 220.
Henrietta FETTLING 1890-1977
Henrietta (known as Hetty) was born in Melbourne in 1890. She became a dressmaker. In the 1912 electoral roll she was living with her parents and siblings at 229 High St, Northcote. In 1917 she and her sister Anne and mother were at 91 Park St, Parkville (which now appears to be a park). In 1919 they were at 73 Morrah St, Parkville, where her father died in 1920. On 24 February 1923 Henrietta married Sydney Gordon DOGGETT at College Church Parkville (149 Royal Parade, Parkville). Not surprisingly, Sydney was a jeweller, initially in partnership with his brother, but later on his own at 151 Chapel St, Prahran.
 The Argus 26 April 1922. |
 The Argus 24 March 1923  College Church in 1978. |
In later years Hetty and Sydney travelled to England, returning from London on 6 August 1952 (they travelled first class). I cannot find any children for them. Sydney DOGGETT died in Melbourne on 31 January 1957 and is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery. Hetty outlasted him by nearly 20 years, dying on 8 March 1977 in Melbourne.
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Last updated: 5 May 2021