Frederick John Molteno: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1859 - 1866 (7 years)

Generation: 1

Frederick John Molteno was born in Apr 1859 in Newtown, Victoria, Australia; died on 2 Sep 1866 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; was buried on 5 Sep 1866 in South Australia, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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

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.

Died:
7 years, 5 months