Frank Trist
Frank Trist
Date of Birth unknown
Place of Residence Launceston Tasmania Australia
Spouses Name Nellie M Clarke
Childrens Names Eric, Harold, George, Joy & Nell

Frank Trist was born in 1874 in Exeter, England. His parents were Joseph Chapman Trist and his wife Matilda Rose Butland who were married in 1866. The family migrated to Australia on the ship Cuzco in Oct 1886. Joseph was a watchmaker at 107 St John Street, Launceston, at the time of the Tasmanian Exhibition in 1891-92. Frank was a tenor in the Tasmanian Exhibition Choir. In 1899 he married Nellie M Clarke at St Leonards, New South Wales. They had three sons and two daughters. Frank died at a hospital in North Sydney on 8 Feb 1946. His sister Minnie is also pictured in the Album.

Di Cassidy Dec 2006