Frederick John Molteno b. Apr 1859 Newtown, Victoria, Australia d. 2 Sep 1866 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: Gibbs Family Tree

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1859 - 1866 (7 years)

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Name	Frederick John Molteno
Birth	Apr 1859	Newtown, Victoria, Australia
Gender	Male
Occupation	1 Feb 1866	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
	1st public concert at Sydney's School of Arts
Occupation	May 1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Australian Infant Musician
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death	2 Sep 1866	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
	7 years, 5 months
Burial	5 Sep 1866	South Australia, Australia
Notes	A violin prodigy, Molteno (1859–1866) was born in St. Kilda and appears to have begun giving concerts in Melbourne in 1865. He went on to perform in Sydney, Geelong and Ballarat before heading to South Australia in August 1866. Soon afterwards, ‘having that delicate and sensitive constitution which so often accompanies extraordinary talents prematurely developed’, he was taken ill with what newspaper reports described as low fever. He died at Norwood in early September.
Person ID	I3388	Gibbs Family Tree
Last Modified	29 Nov 2018

Father	Frederick James Molteno, b. Abt 1824, Peckham, Surrey d. Jul 1895, Camberwell, London (Age 71 years)
Mother	Laura Antoinette Sheridan, b. 17 Apr 1838, Lewisham, Kent d. Oct 1869, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 31 years)
Marriage	19 Mar 1856	St George, Camberwell, England
Family ID	F1437	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Birth - Apr 1859 - Newtown, Victoria, Australia
	Occupation - 1st public concert at Sydney's School of Arts - 1 Feb 1866 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
	Occupation - Australian Infant Musician - May 1866 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Residence - - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Death - 2 Sep 1866 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
	Burial - 5 Sep 1866 - South Australia, Australia

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Frederick John Molteno (aged 6 in 1866)
New York-born photographer Townsend Duryea came to Australia during the gold rush and initially worked in Melbourne in partnership with his brother, Sanford, and Archibald McDonald. When the partnership dissolved in 1855, Duryea moved to South Australia. In 1864, having worked in regional towns and in combination with other photographers, Duryea started his own studio in King William Street, Adelaide, where this photograph of Frederick John Molteno was taken.