Timeline
Marion Oak STICHT (nee Stage)
Born: 9 Nov 1864 Paris, Illinois
Mother: Sarah Jane Hazelton (1829 – 87) (59)
Father: Napoleon Bonaparte Stage (1817 – 74) (57) (Sarah his fifth wife)
Lizzie b. 1857 d. 1913
Charles b.1860 d. 4 July 1881 (burial date)
Emma b. 1869 d. 27 Apr 1877 (burial date)
1817
Napoleon B Stage born in Circleville, Pickaway Ohio. 4th child of William Staige and Catherine (nee Kile)
1829
Sarah Jane Hazelton born in Chester, New Hampshire. 2nd of 5 daughters of
Samuel & Abigail (nee Tabor). Also two sons
1841
Napoleon moves to Edgar Co. Illinois
1843
9 Feb: Napoleon marries Elizabeth Ann Stanfield (d.o.b: 11 June 1818)
1844
9 Feb: Elizabeth Ann dies on 1st anniversary
1845
21 July: Wm Vanburn (son of Elizabeth A & Napoleon) dies – age not stated
(c.a 2yrs)
Napoleon marries Matilda Gordon
1845/46
Matilda dies/disappears . NBS marries Louisa (surname not known)
1847
9 July Louisa Stage dies aged 22 & 7mths (d.o.b: 11 Nov 1824)
1848
17 Oct: Napoleon marries Elizabeth E. French
1853
(Aug?) Elizabeth E dies on her 26th birthday
16 Aug: Solomon (son of Elizabeth E & Napoleon) dies (2 days old)
1856/7?
Sarah Hazelton marries Napoleon in Edgar Co (?) Probably in Edgar Co as teacher in school on Napoleon’s farm at Bloomfield.
1857
Annette Hazelton moves to Bloomfield to replace Sarah as Teacher. Marries George Dinsmore, former employee of Napoleon
8 Oct: Robert Carl Henry Sticht born Hoboken
: Lizzie born
1860
: Charlie born
: Napoleon elected to State Legislature
: Mary Hazelton living with Stage family as Teacher
1862
4 Sep: Napoleon enlists in Union Army as Quartermaster (aged 45): 126th
Illinois Infantry. Serves at siege of Vicksburg.
1863
13 Feb: Alice Kate Wellman born
6 Nov: NBS disability discharge from 126th Illinois …..
1864
8 Nov: Lincoln re-elected
9 Nov: Marion Oak born
1865
14 April: Lincoln assassinated
1867
Nov: Annette Dinsmore (Hazelton) dies aged 35
1869
16 Jan: Samuel Hazelton dies in Chester, aged 82
? : Emma born
1870
Tues 21 June: Robert Carl Sticht (aged 14) in Paris with father on eve of Franco-Prussian War
1874
10 July: Napoleon B Stage dies, aged 57 (of 10 children from 5 wives, only 4 – Lizzie,
Marion, Emma and Charlie – survive him)
1876
Robert Carl Sticht graduates with BSc from Brooklyn ?
1877
27 April: Emma dies aged 8 (27 April, burial date); buried with Napoleon and other
infant at Edgar County Cemetery
1879
17 June: Abigail Hazelton (nee Tabor) dies in Chester NH, aged 85
1878/9??
Sarah, Lizzie, Charlie & Marion move to Pueblo, Colorado
1880
4 August: Lizzie marries storekeeper George Barndollar (b1848) in El Paso County, Co
Sarah & Marion living with George, Lizzie & Harry Barndollar (George’s younger brother)
Robert Sticht graduates as Metallurgical Engineer from Clausthal, Germany
1881
4 July (burial date): Charlie dies (aged 21). Buried Edgar Co.
1882 -1885
Recession across USA
1882/83
Marion at Vassar Music College, NY (aged 17)
Sarah living with Geo, Lizzie & Harry Barndollar in Pueblo
1883
24 Oct: Harry B marries Margaret McNamara (from PA)
April: Brooklyn Bridge opened
1885
Marion back in Pueblo, Colorado w Mother & Barndollars (census occupation: Capitalists)
18 Aug: Harry Stage Barndollar born (d Cal 1963. Moved there 1893 w family. Title artist w Warner Bros for 54 yrs).
1886/87
Severe winter across Great Plains and mountain states wreaked havoc on
farmers and further depressed mining towns already suffering from war with
Michigan mines
1887
27 June: Sarah Jane Stage dies of tuberculosis in Pueblo, aged 59. Buried Edgar Co.
15 Oct: Marion goes to Europe, aged 22 (Passport app from Berlin 03/1888)
Probably studying music with Alice K Wellman
1889
Jan – Jul: Marion on Grand Tour with Wellmans. France, Italy, Switzerland Germany.
August: Marion returns to USA on SS Aller
1893
“The Great Panic” Worst depression in US History up to then. Gold replaces silver as standard ; collapse of Leadville and Tabors
1894
Oct: RCS recruited as Chief Metallurgist by Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co of Tasmania, (on recommendation of Prof Edward Dyer Peters), while working at Golden Sunlight mine in Whitehall Montana.
1895
29 Jan: Marion Oak marries RCS in Trinidad, Colorado (Lizzie & Geo possibly living
there)
Feb: Sail from San F for Sydney & Tasmania on SS Almeda
10 Mar: arr Sydney via Hawaii & Auckland
Mar/Apr: RCS arrives at Mt Lyell field, shanty town of Penghana.
May/Jun: Marion arrives Penghana (1895 wettest year on record at time)
1896
26 Jun: Sticht’s pyritic smelter tapped – Marion lights fire
3 Sep: RCS Jnr born (Marion aged 31)
Nov: Lizzie’s Patent for Oven Thermometer registered in USA
12 Dec: Penghana township destroyed by bushfire. Relocated to present day Queenstown
1897
5 Feb: first shipment of blister copper sent from Queenstown to London
18 Mar: Marion opens Abt Rwy from Queenstown to Teekoopana
Oct: RCS appointed GM of Mt Lyell Co
23 Dec: Bushfire threatens Queenstown and Mine Manager’s House
1898
19 Jan : Alice Wellman in NZ, ex Hobart? (or on her way?)
14 Feb: Alice booked to sail to SF from Sydney on RMS Moana.
1 April: Lizzie & George Barndollar arrive Queenstown.
12 June: wreck of the Grafton at Macquarie Heads. RCS among passengers.
??: Penghana completed
1899
2 Nov: Marion opens railway from Teekoopana to Regatta Point
24 Dec: Bushfire destroys dozens of homes in Queenstown. Penghana threatened
1900
11 Mar: RCS’ mother dies, NY (70)
Apr – Oct: G F Beardsley in USA
1901
1 Jan: Federation
7 Feb: Huge bushfire destroys 100 homes Qtown & Gormanston.
June?: Alice K Wellman marries George Beardsley (in Melb)
31 July: MO opens Q Pub Library (old hosp bldgs in Cutten St)
1902
28 Sep: Alice Beardsley gives birth to Alice Ruth
1 Oct: Alice Ruth dies
3 Oct: Robert & Marion at Melba’s first Melbourne Concert (w Kellys)
1903
Botanic Gardens Reserve – caretaker appointed
Sep: Marion & Alice represent Shakespeare Club on National Council of Women
Oct: Beardsleys return to USA
21 Nov: RCS takes leave of absence for extended holiday
1905
29 Dec: John Hadmar Hazelton (Marion 41)
1906
18 April: San Francisco earthquake
1 Aug: George and Lizzie return to US (Long Bch, Cal) after 8 yrs in Qtown
Oct: Marion and boys at Macquarie Heads – postcards
1907
RCS signs contract with Mt Lyell Co for 5 more years
Oct: Australian Women’s Work Exhibition, Melbourne
: family spends 2 – 4 months in Sydney
1908
26 Aug; Ernest Chester Hollw? (Marion 43)
1909
25 Feb: Alfred Deakin stays at Penghana several days (Marion leaves “MacQ Heads refuge.”)
14 June: Sticht Ball
1910
production starts at Balfour – hailed as new Mt Lyell. Sticht ultimately invests
70,000 pounds to buy Copper Reward (= 14 yrs salary or $5+ million)
? : Stichts pay half study costs of Alfred Sticht (Gustav’s son) approx $2000
Sep: RCS letter to Ernst in Republic
1911
15 Mar: Ernst Sticht dies of pneumonia in Republic, near Spokane Wash. aged 50. Leaves wife and son, Robert, aged 18
Family spend Winter in Sydney at Hampden Hotel, Pennant Hills NSW
14 Dec: Amundsen at S Pole
1912
Jan: John Adams Hazelton dies (92)
7 Mar: Amundsen in Hobart for 2 weeks
29 Mar: Scott dies after reaching South Pole
14 April: Titanic sinks (Queenstown, Ireland last port of call, 10 April)
12 Oct: Nth Lyell disaster, 42 dead
1913
11 Feb: Shakespeare Club farewell – Marion to live in Melb!?
15 July: Lizzie dies in Long Beach, California (aged 57)
8 – 15 Nov: Alva Adams in Tas
Nov: RCS takes 12 months leave; family leave for USA
1914
12 Jan: Family sails for USA on Niagara. (w.maid, Dora Gulson)
Spend winter in California then “head north”
8 Aug: Plans to tour Europe cut short by outbreak of WW1 (Britain declares
war on Germany 4 August)
Xmas: family at Grand Canyon
1915
19 Jan: RCS returns to Tas via Syd on Ventura. Marion & boys in Long Beach,
Cal. RCS jr at Throop (later Caltech). (Classmate of Frank Capra)
7 May: Lusitania sunk
Oct 31: Marion & boys return to Qtown (Robert jr stays at College in US)
RCS President of Aus Institute of Mining Engineers (1915 -17)
1916
July – Marion has Appendicitis – several weeks in Q hospital
1917
6 Jan: Family to Balfour for fortnight
15 Mar – 15 April: Sydney to Vancouver SS Niagara (100 tons of Rosebery ore to
be tested at Anaconda)
April – Dec: Family vists USA again. RCS Jnr enlists (w Capra?)
5 April: Vancouver to USA
6 April: USA enters WW1
1918
1 Feb: Family returns to Queenstown
26 Sep: Robert’s sister Augusta dies (52)
11 Nov: WW1 ends (Marion & RCS at Government House, Hobart)
1919
Lt RCS Jr discharged American Army
1921
April: Harry Barndollar dies LA
1922
30 April: RCS dies Launceston (renal carcinoma)
RCS jr takes over Balfour
1923
Tues16 Jan: Marion leaves Qtown for Balfour, a ghost town by then, with sons Robert (28), John Hadmar (17), Chester (14) and maid, Ethel Robertson 18 (later Ethel Barnes).
July/Aug: leaves Balfour for Melbourne
1924
21 January: Marion dies in Avonhurst Private Hospital, 5 Queens Rd Sth Melbourne, of renal carcinoma
The Advocate: 23 Jan 1924
LATE MRS. STICHT.
The deepest regret was expressed throughout the West Coast yesterday on the news of the death of’ Mrs. Robert Sticht, Widow of the late Mr. Robert Sticht, for many years manager of the Mount Lyell Company. For over a quarter of a century the deceased lady played a leading part in the social and intellectual life of the Lyell district. She was noted for her great kindness, charity, and benevolence.
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