Charles Jacob
| Town/City | Darwin |
|---|---|
| First name | Charles |
| Last name | Jacob |
| Country of Origin | Wales |
| Date of Birth | 1/4/1903 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1922 |
| Submitted by | Renae Jacob |
Story
Emigrated as as assisted passenger (3rd class) on the steamer “ORMONDE”, arriving 11th October 1922. Disembarked at Melbourne, occupation listed as labourer and single.
Charles Frederick Jacob known as “FRED” was the only son of Stanley and Mary Jacob of Cardiff. Fred had three sisters, they being Enid, Hilda and Nancy. Stanleys occupation was listed as a Commercial Clerk. Records show all the chldren attended Cardiff school up to 20/04/1914.
Fred spoke very little of his start or past. We know he had reasonable schooling but entered the workforce at a terrible time, at the end of WW1. It is known he worked for a relative, a FC Stribbs, “Woodland Farm”, Cradley near Malvern 1917-1918.
We know without a trade job prospects were extremely tough. He once stated that he would never work underground due to the many deaths from coal dust.
A fresh start would have appealed for a young fit single person, the assisted passage would be a bonus.
The trip out he once stated was great, the steamer’s destination was Brisbane. He stated when on arrival at Albany, he and a few others decided to keep going to Melbourne.
He had word work was available at Bendigo, Victoria. So it was after dissembarking at Melbourne he and a mate (‘Blakway?) travelled to the goldfields. He soon found a labouring job helping cart overburden away from a mine, all shovel work.
From all accounts, he liked the climate and area, in his lifetime only ever worked as far north as Jerilderie, NSW. He had a labouring job with State Waters of Victoria up to being laid off during the great depression. Worked on the land all his life from then on. At some early time had a copy of the Australian Coat of Arms tattoed on his arm, a sure sign that the colonial way of life was where he wanted to be, he never spoke of returning to his birth place.
Fred lived and worked in the Deniliquin/Tuppel/Finley area for many years where he met and married Lorna O’Connor in 1946 and they had three children. Michael Charles born October 1946, Mary Ester born March 1948 died January 11th 1960 and John Richard born January 1954 . Fred is interned in the Finley Cemetry; he passed away at the age of 73.