Jean Theodore Tourrier (1846 - 1929)

Born 3 Sep 1846 in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Louisa (Davis) Tourrier — married 28 Oct 1882 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1929 at about age 82 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Theodore John was born in 1846. He passed away in 1929.

Research Notes

The census taker for https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGF5-RBC or the transcriber completely butchered Theodore's father's french name, it was Jean not Joan, and middle name Fourci not Turey. It also seems certain that he was born Jean Theodore Tourrier and not Theodore John, by the 1851 census he was Theodore, and by his marriage in 1882, he was Theodore John, and he died with that name in 1929

Sources

• https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/

TOURRIER: Theodore John: EVENT Death: FATHER , TOURRIER John: PLACE OF DEATH: HAWTHORN; aged 83: DATE OF DEATH: 1929

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGF5-RBC

Record Collection: England and Wales Census, 1851

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3C3-347

Record Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Birth registration on GRO says name was Jean Theodore, mother's maiden surname: Vonholst.

TOURRIER, JEAN THEODORE VONHOLST GRO Reference: 1846 S Quarter in MARYLEBONE Volume 01 Page 148

Arrrived Australia 1881

see tree at https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/21838695/person/18015448779/facts

• Published composer and music teacher lived at 88 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong for many years

http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-597107 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205734011

• see - Tourrier, T. John. (1897). La esmeralda mazurka. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-177949121

• Not offered much opportunity in Australia

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117006490

• Composed a musical setting of lines "Thora's Song" by renowned Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255794741

• Winner of Nation-wide song and journalism competitions

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212245299 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198188027 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126763745

• Potted Biography http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147281449

• Reviews not all favorable

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60622106 but some pieces printed in more than one edition