Hugo Flecker 1884 -1957 Prahran/Cairns

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Does anyone know anything about Dr Hugo Flecker b 7 Dec 1884 in Prahran, Victoria and died in Cairns on 25 June 1957.  The Botanical Gardens in Cairns are named after him.   I am searching for his parents or any descendants.   Hoping to connect him to the family of James Elroy Flecker.
Andrea

[gennig]

Hi Andrea

Otto Rudolph Flecker born 1881 Fitzroy reg no. 16543 Parents: George & Emma ZIFFE
Hugo Flecker born 1885 reg no 6628 Parents: George & Emma Yiffer also registered in 1908 reg 6228

Cheers
Genni

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What a swift reply.  Does that mean his parents were not called Flecker?  I did not quite understand it.
Many thanks
Andrea

[trish251]

Hi Andrea

I had a look on the AVRI & I think it is simply the mothers maiden name - father given as George, Mother Emma Ziffe
There is also an Oscar Sydney born NSW 1880
and the marriage is in NSW 1879. wife Emma Ziffer. You can check them at
www.bdm.nsw.gov.au - follow the family history links.

If you google the name Hugo Flecker and Cairns there are many hits. He was also well known in relation to research on the box jellyfish in Queensland, thus I would think there would be obituaries around. Do you have access to any Qld newspaper archives? An obituary or funderal notice would give family details, plus the Qld BDMs

Is your James Elroy a (maybe) descendant or ancestor of Otto?

Trish

[gennig]

No it means the father was George Flecker and the mother was Emma ZIFFE or YIFFER or ZIFFER.

Found two marriages in Victoria

Adolph Victor FLECKER married Dorothy Iris LANGDON reg no 213 1919
Otto Rudolph FLECKER married Ethel Alice LANGDON reg no 3186 1916

Otto and Ethel had the following children
Rudolph Langdon FLECKER born 1917 Malvern reg no. 5185
George Colin FLECKER born 1919 Armadale reg no. 100

Otto Rudolph FLECKER died Armadale 1919 reg no. 4358
Parents listed as George FLECKER and Emma ZIFFER.

The Flecker family appears to have moved South Australia after 1885.  Hugo FLECKER's WW1 Embarkation Roll lists his mother as next of kin.  She is living in Henley Beach SA.  He was living in Neutral Bay NSW.

His WW2 record lists Thelma FLECKER as his next of kin, address Cairns.

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/nroll.asp

Thelma FLECKER died Brighton VIC 1967 aged 76 reg no. 3234
Parents listed as George ARNOLD & Alice JENNINGS

Cheers
Genni

[trish251]

From the article I found Andrea

He married a lady called Thelma Arnold, (it says after returning from the war) and children were daughter alice c. 1918 son pat c. 1920. I don't know if this was SA or Vic or NSW- if not in Genni's indexes, perhaps NSW.
NSW 3488/1917  FLECKER  HUGO  ARNOLD  THELMA H E M  SYDNEY 

from www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

Trish

[gennig]

Hi Andrea

Births
Marth FLECKER born Adelaide 24/1/1886 Bk 368 Pg 479
Adolph Victor FLECKER born Adelaide 22/5/1887 Bk 395 Page 389
Parents: George FLECKER & Emma ZIFFER

Victor Keith FLECKER born 15/2/1920 Adelaide bk 51a pg 239
Jean Dorothy FLECKER born 28/8/1923 Tailem Bend bk 122A pg 134
Parents: Adolph Victor FLECKER & Dorothy Iris LANGDON

Marriages
Otto Rudolph FLECKER 28 married Evangeline MCCULLOUGH 27 14/5/1910 at Baptist Church Adelaide 243/456
Martha FLECKER 25 married Arnold Edwin WEIDENBACH 29 7/6/1911 at St Saviour Church, Norwood 247/813
Patrick Oscar FLECKER married Dorothy Jean HENDERSON in Victoria 1942 Reg no 12758
Alice Olive FLECKER married Desmond OBRIEN in Victoria 1942 Reg no. 17085

The National Archives have 24 entries pertaining to Flecker, most of them appear in reference to this family. 
http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/recordsearch.html

Cheers
Genni

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Many many thanks for all this information.  I am overwhelmed by it all - it will take some sorting out!
Andrea

[cando]

Andrea I have just found this thread.  My dad's sister married into this family.  If you would like any further information please pm

Cheers
Cando