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Personal data Edward Charles (Ted) THEFS 

• He was born on March 1, 1899 in Queensland, Australia.Sources 1, 2
• He died on January 13, 1983 in Urangan, Queensland, Australia, he was 83 years old.Source 3
• A child of Charles William Frederick THEFS and Annie Elizabeth HAMMANT
• This information was last updated on April 23, 2013.

Household of Edward Charles (Ted) THEFS

He is married to Jean Mary CUNNINGHAM.

They got married on January 3, 1925 at Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, he was 25 years old.Sources 4, 5

Notes about Edward Charles (Ted) THEFS

PRESENTATION TO MR E. THEFS
Mr E. Thefs, who for the past eleven years has been a member of the mechanical staff of the "Chronicle", in which office he learnt his trade as linotype operator, is about to leave Maryborough to take up a similar position on the Launceston "Daily Telegraph". Yesterday afternoon Mr Thefs was made a presentation in the presence of members of the staffs of the various departments of the office.
Mr W. McWatters (senior foreman), in presenting Mr Thefs with a solid leather travelling case on behalf of the combined staffs, and the management, paid a high tribute to his efficiency as a linotype operator, and testified to the satisfaction which his services had given throughout his lengthy association with the office. He felt sure that Mr Thefs would follow in the footsheps of other late members of the "Chronicle" staff, in worthily upholding the best traditions of the office. Of the general esteem in which Mr Thefs was held, not only in the "Chronicle" office, but throughout the city, there was scarcely need for him to speak. In conclusion, he expressed the hope that Mr Thefs would later return to Maryborough, and permanently settle here. Mr Thefs leaves for Launceston tonight.
....[Maryborough Chronicle dated Thursday, June 12, 1924]

Advertisement - Maryborough Chronicle dated Saturday, December 7, 1940 (Page 4)
E. C. THEFS
Is Opening a MIXED BUSINESS
on the corner Ferry and MacAdam Streets
ON MONDAY NEXT, DEC 9, 1940
Fresh Grocery Stocks
Up-to-date Refrigerator
Ice creams, Soft drinks, Ice Blocks a Specialty
Orders called for and delivered.
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BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
Mr E. C. Thefs will open a mixed business on Monday next, December 9, at the corner of Ferry and Macadam Streets, and solicits a fair share of public patronage. Fresh grocery stocks will be kept, comprising a wide variety of goods, and modern refrigeration will ensure fresh, wholesome stocks of butter, dripping, bacon, and small goods. Ice creams, soft drinks and ice blocks will be on hand, and fresh bread (at 5d a loaf) and cakes will be on sale. Additional lines will be fresh fruit and vegetables. Orders will be called for and delivered, and Mr Thefs assures all customers of a fair deal, and prompt, courteous attention.
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Death Notice - extracted from the Maryborough Chronicle dated Friday 14 January 1983.

THEFS - Edward Charles (Ted), of 20 King Street, Urangan.
At St Stephens Church Hospital, Maryborough on January 13, 1983, beloved husband of Jean Mary Thefs, loved father and father-in-law of Margaret and Bob Shaw, Joan and Ron Howlett (Maryborough), and Gordon and June Thefs (Gladstone). There are seven grand-children and eleven great-grand-children. Aged 83 years.

Extracted from the Maryborough Chronicle dated Monday January 17, 1983.

TED THEFS - Man of many skills.
Assistant in a cabinetmaker's workshop, apprentice compositor, business proprietor and charter boat owner-operator - that was the life work of Edward Charles (Ted) Thefs who died in a Maryborough Hospital on January 13th 1983, aged 83 years.

Ted Thefs was born in Maryborough on 3 March 1899 and attended the Albert State School. After leaving he was employed by Mr Carstens who conducted a cabinet maker's business at the corner of Ellena and Richmond Streets - the site of the present Denhams Ltd.

Later he joined the Maryborough Chronicle staff as an apprentice operator-compositor and became a journeyman. As the result of an advertisement in a newspaper he joined the staff of the Telegraph newspaper in Launceston, Tasmania. After six months he came back to Maryborough to marry Miss Jean Cunningham on January 3, 1925 and returned to Launceston when they remained for four years.

"GUN OPERATOR"

The next move was back to the Maryborough Chronicle where Mr Thefs was classed as a "gen operator". His setting was fast and clean. He was so efficient the movement of his fingers on the linotype keyboard was barely perceptible

Mr & Mrs Thefs lived in Ferry Street at the corner of Macadam Street and about the end of 1939 they had a store built at the front of the house and Mr Thefs left the Chronicle and for four years carried on the business with his wife.

Mr Thefs had always had an intense love for things aquatic. He was a keen rower and was a member of the crew of a Wide Bay boat which won the Champion Fours of Queensland on the Brisbane River about 1917. He was then only 17 years old.

On relinquishing the shop it was natural, then, for Mr & Mrs Thefs to move to Urangan. Mr Thefs bought a large boat and had a busy time taking parties to the fishing grounds which he had known so well when he worked in the Chronicle, and to Fraser Island. He was a popular boat operator and kept the parties in jocular mood with his many anecdotes. Mr Thefs carried on the charter work for 18 years and then retired from the sea.

January 3rd, 10 days before he died was the 58th anniversary of his wedding.

He had a wide circle of friends, many of whom paid their last respects to him at his funeral sevice in St Stephens Uniting Church lst Friday. Mr Thefs is survived by his wife, two daughters, Margaret (Mrs Bob Shaw) and Joan (Mrs Ron Howlett), both of Maryborough and one son Gordon (Gladstone), seven grand-children and eleven great-grand-children.Source 5

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