Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH FRITZ WEICKHARDT

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PHOTOGRAPH IN CLUNES

THIS IS FRIEDRICH (FRITZ) WEICKHARDT BORN 20/10/1877 - DIED 3/11/1966 IN BALLARAT. A NOTED TENOR, RETAILER AND BENEFACTOR IN CLUNES AND DISTRICT. HE WAS ONE OF THE EXTENDED WEICKHARDT FAMILY, DECENDED FROM THREE BROTHERS AND ONE MARRIED SISTER WHO EMIGRATED FROM BUTZBACH, GERMANY TO CLUNES AROUND 1857. IF HE WAS AGED 25 YEARS IN THIS PHOTO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN ABOUT 1902.

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