Frederick William Tremble (1885 - 1957)

Born 4 Feb 1885 in Wellington Vale, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hilton) Miller — married 1909 in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Lilian Martha (Hall) Tremble — married 20 May 1926 in Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

Died 24 Sep 1957 at age 72 in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Frederick was born in 1885. ^[1] He was the son of James Tremble and Louisa Gerke.

He married Elizabeth Hilton in 1909. ^[2]

They had 5 children:

1. Gordon Frederick James Tremble 1911-1913
2. Frederick John Tremble 1913-1914
3. Yvonne Mary Elizabeth (Tremble) Fraser 1915-2000
4. Cleave Frederick Tremble 1917-1918
5. John Maurice (Tremble) Miller 1920-1956

This marriage ended in divorce in 1923.

Newspaper Article - Liked the Ladies ^[3]
The Sun (Sydney) - Mon 16 Apr 1923 Page 8
LIKED THE LADIES
Man From Glen Innes
"I've had trouble with my husband," said Elizabeth Tremble (formerly Hilton), when petitioning Mr. Justice Owen in the Divorce Court to-day for a dissolution of her marriage with Frederick William Tremble, on the ground of misconduct with Lillian Martha Bath at Railway-street Petersham, and Glen Innes between January 1, 1921, and April 10, 1922.
Mrs. Tremble, in answer to Mr. Toose (instructed by Mr. H. R. Crossman, Glen Innes, by his Sydney agent, Mr. M. A. H. Fitzhardinge), said that Lillian Martha Bath, a married woman with a big family, had lived at Glen Innes, where Tremble and herself had lived. Her father was a grazier. When she first taxed her husband with seeing Mrs. Bath he denied it, but later on she learnt that they were living as man and wife at Railway-street, Petersham.
Mr. Justice Owen found the misconduct proved, pronounced a decree nisi, to be moved absolute in six months, and directed Tremble to pay costs of suit.

Divorce Decree Granted ^[4]
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) - Fri 30 Nov 1923 Page 3
DIVORCE
DECREES.
His Honor pronounced absolute the decrees nisi granted in the suits of:
.....Elizabeth Tremble v. Frederick William Tremble,....

Newpaper Article - Man Shot ^[5]
The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW) - Sat 29 Mar 1924 Page 16
MAN SHOT.
SENSATION AT ABB0TSF0RD.
As the result of a sensational shooting affray at Abbotsford on Monday afternoon, Frederick Tremble, 37, living at Abbotsford, was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, suffering from a bullet wound in the chest over the heart. The police arrested Thomas Charles Bath and charged him with attempted murder.
According to the police report, word was received that shooting had taken place in the Groat North Road, Abbotsford, and that as a result a man was dying. Police from Five Dock proceeded to the scene, and found Tremble lying on the footpath with blood pouring from a wound in the chest. He was conscious, however, and directed the attention of the police to a man standing on the opposite side of the road. Tremble alleged that this man had shot him. The police went over and arrested Bath, who gave no trouble. Tremble was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and admitted in a critical condition.

Newpaper Article - Shooting at Five Dock ^[6]
Truth (Sydney) - Sun 20 Apr 1924 Page 11
Shooting at Five Dock
Bath Charged With Intent to Murder Fred Tremble.
Sequel to Glen Innes Divorce Proceedings
A little light was shed on the Five Dock shooting affray at the Burwood Court, when Thomas Charles Bath, who owned to 62 years, but looked older, was charged with shooting Frederick William Tremble, with intent to murder him. The defence was not gone into at the Police Court, but it was gathered (from the questions asked by Mr. E. R. Abigail, Bath's solicitor) that accused claims that whatever shooting was done was in defending himself from the attack of a much younger and more powerful man.
OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
Bath and Tremble have known one another for about eight years, as at one time they were both residents of Glen Innes, where Bath was a mail contractor and Tremble the driver of a delivery cart for a local business man.
In his spare time, Tremble is said to have assisted in dispensing music to the inhabitants of the northern town — being a member of the band, in which he beat the drum.
The band apparently began to play with a vengeance, for Tremble admitted that his wife divorced him on the grounds of his adultery with Lilian Bath. But he assured Mr. Abigail that although he was residing at present at 'St. Ivans,' Abbotsford-parade, Abbotsford, which happened, strangely enough, to be the address of Mrs. Bath, he was not 'living' with her in the usually accepted sense, of the term — he was simply a boarder.
THE SHOOTING.
The actual collision between the two men took place at about 3.30 p.m. on March 24, in Great North-road, Five Dock.
Leslie Joseph Mason, who, like Tremble, is employed at Lysaght's works, said that he saw the two men struggling in the road. He interfered, and bumped the pair up against the fence, when Tremble (whom he had known as Fred Barr) took a revolver from the old man. Bath was by this time almost exhausted.
Raising the revolver, Tremble said: "I have a good mind to shoot the old mongrel. I have been keeping his family for years."
Mason said that Bath admitted having shot the other man, but claimed that he was justified, as Tremble had broken up his home.
Tremble's story of the actual shooting agreed pretty well with that of Bath.
Bath, who declared his innocence, was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court on May 1, bail being allowed in the sum of £100.

Newpaper Article - Divorce Sequel ^[7]
Daily Examiner (Grafton) - Fri 9 May 1924 Page 5
DIVORCE SEQUEL.
MAN SHOT IN BREAST.
JURY ACQUIT ACCUSED.
SYDNEY, Thursday.
At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Thomas Charles Bath, aged 62, was charged with having maliciously wounded Frederick Tremble, aged 37, by shooting him with a revolver in the breast.
The Crown case was that the shooting was a sequel to a suit in which Mrs. Tremble had secured a divorce from her husband on the grounds of his misconduct with Mrs. Bath. After these proceedings it was alleged Tremble boarded with Mrs. Bath.
The Crown Prosecutor said that the unwritten law as an acceptable ground of defence had long since been relegated to the dim past.
In a statement Bath said he fired the shot in self-defence. There was a struggle. His wife was a good woman until she met Tremble, who had ruined his life and turned his children against him.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and Bath was discharged.

Frederick then re-married to Lilian Martha (Hall) Bath. ^[8]

He passed away in 1957 ^[9] and his ashes were scattered in the Rose Garden at Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth
   NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0
   Birth Registration No: 19938/1885
   Name: FREDERICK W TRIMBLE
   Father: JAMES
   Mother: LOUISA
   District: EMMAVILLE
2. ↑ 1st Marriage
   NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0
   1st Marriage Registration No: 2656/1909
   Groom: FREDERICK W TREMBLE
   Bride: ELIZABETH HILTON
   District: TENTERFIELD
3. ↑ Newspaper Article - Liked the Ladies
   The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954) Mon 16 Apr 1923 Page 8
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223445230
4. ↑ Divorce Decree Granted
   The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) Fri 30 Nov 1923 Page 3
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246004998
5. ↑ Newpaper Article - Man Shot
   The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1931) Sat 29 Mar 1924 Page 16
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127454010
6. ↑ Newpaper Article - Shooting at Five Dock
   Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954) Sun 20 Apr 1924 Page 11
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168710052
7. ↑ Newpaper Article - Divorce Sequel
   Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954) Fri 9 May 1924 Page 5
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195376966#
8. ↑ 2nd Marriage
   NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0
   2nd Marriage Registration No: 6131/1926
   Groom: FREDERICK W TREMBLE
   Bride: LILLIAN M BATH
   District: PETERSHAM
9. ↑ Death
   NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0
   Death Registration No: 17750/1957
   Name: FREDERICK WILLIAM TREMBLE
   Father: JAMES
   Mother: LOUISA
   District: ASHFIELD
10. ↑ Location of Ashes
    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261862596/frederick-william-tremble: accessed 28 November 2023), memorial page for Frederick William Tremble (4 Feb 1885–24 Sep 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 261862596, citing Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Kevin Swan (contributor 50848647).