Christopher Alt

1828 - 1873  (45 years)

• Name	Christopher Alt
  Born	20 May 1828	Bannerod, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Bannerod, Germany
  	The shipping records show that Christoph could read and write when he emmigrated to Australia
  Occupation	From Aug 1848 to Apr 1849	Lauterbach, Germany   [2]
  	a manservant
  Milit-Beg	10 Apr 1849	Germany
  	into the Hessen Archducal Third Infantry Regiment
  Milit-Medl	29 Aug 1849	CarlsRuhe, Germany   [3]
  	a commemorative medal by the Archduchy of Baden. The award certificate translated from German read as follows: Be it known by these present that it pleased HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE ARCHDUKE (of Baden) on this day, the 29th August, 1849 to create and establish a Commemorative Medal in grateful recognition of services rendered him by the allied troops brought into the Archduchy for the purpose of suppressing the late Rebellion and as a lasting memorial of the military virtues displayed by those troops and to award the said medal to all those who took part without stain or disgrace in the late campaign against the rebels, wherefore the said Commemorative Medal is hereby given and awarded to: Private Christoph Alt, Hessen III, Infantry Regiment. In witness whereof the present Award Certificate is hereby made and issued.
  Milit-Medl	16 Mar 1850	Darmstadt, Germany   [4]
  	The Field Service Medal by the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The translation of the German Certificate reads as follows: Private Christoph Alt of Bannerod in the Administrative District of Alsfeld, at present serving in the Archducal 3rd Infantry Regiment, is hereby awarded the Field Service Medal, as created and established on the 14th June, 1840 for services in time of war. In witness whereof the present attestation is herby made and issued to the said Private Alt
  Milit-End	29 Feb 1852	Germany   [5]
  	His Certificate of Discharge read as follows (as translated from the German): Private Christoph Alt of Bannerod in the administrative district of Alsfeld, Having been called to the colours in the second conscription intake of the year 1849 and having served since 16th April, 1849 in the III Infantry Regiment is hereby released and discharged from Military Forces of His Highness and Grand Duke of Hesse, in witness whereof the present Certificate of Discharge has been made and issued. The subject of this certificate may be liable for military service in future as a member of the relevant age classification.
  Occupation	From 1853 to 1859  [6]
  	a carrier between Yass and Sydney
  Residence	From 1857 to 1859	Rossi Street, Yass, NSW, Australia   [7]
  Residence	From Jul 1859 to Jun 1864	Galway Inn, at the junction of the Hume Highway and the road to Wargiela, about 2 miles from Yass, NSW, Australia   [8]
  	About April 1860 the name was changed to the Galway Arms and by 1861 was known as the Carriers Arms, the name it retained for the remainder of its existence
  		The Carriers Arms Originally the Galway Inn, became the Galway Arms and then the Carriers Arms, just outside of Yass
  Naturalization	14 Feb 1861	Yass, NSW, Australia   [8]
  Occupation	Abt 1862	The Carriers Arms, Yass, NSW, Australia
  	a farmer and inn keeper
  Residence	From Jul 1864 to Jan 1869	Fairy Hole Creek Hotel, Boorowa Road near Yass, NSW, Australia   [9]
  		Fairy Hole Inn Fairy Hole Inn near Yass; house, hotel
  Residence	From 21 Apr 1869 to 15 Jul 1873	Yass Hotel on the corner of Cooma and Rossi Streets, Yass, NSW, Australia   [10]
  Died	15 Jul 1873	Yass, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Buried	16 Jul 1873	the Church of England section of the cemetery, Yass, NSW, Australia   [11]
  		000051g1 The headstone for Christopher Alt in the Church of England section of the Yass cemetery. Photograph taken by Gordon Mote.; headstone
  Obit	18 Jul 1873	The Yass Courier, Yass, NSW, Australia   [12]
  	DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN TOWNSMAN On last Tuesday Mr Christopher Alt died at his residence the Yass Hotel, at the comparatively early age of forty-three and his funeral, which was largely attended by all classes, took place on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Alt was for many years a carrier on the road, and was well-known as "Johnie the German". By industry and thrift, he acquired a snug farm in the neighbourhood of Yass, which he cultivated successfully, and latterly became landlord of the Yass Hotel. Not long after commencing hotelkeeping, he was attacked with illness, from which he suffered until the hour of his death, although medical practitioners both in Yass and Sydney were consulted. He was very generally respected and leaves a wife and seven children behind to mourn the loss of an attentive husband and father
  Name	Christoph Alt  [1]
  Name	John C Alt  [13]
  	and on the road as a carrier he was called "Johnie the German"
  Person ID	I51	Mote/McInnes
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Christoph Alt,   b. 05 Jan 1783, Germany ,   d. 24 Oct 1844, Germany  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Anna Margareta Ruhl,   b. Germany
  Married	20 Nov 1817	Nieder Moos, Germany   [1]
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Crossley,   b. 15 Oct 1842, Seven Hills, NSW, Australia ,   d. 14 Aug 1937, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 94 years)
  Married	01 Jan 1862	St Clements Church, Yass, NSW, Australia   [14]
  Children	1. Martha Maria Alt,   b. 23 Jan 1863, Fairy Hole Creek, NSW, Australia ,   d. 13 Apr 1934, Randwick, NSW, Australia  (Age 71 years)   2. James Alt,   b. 12 Aug 1864, Fairy Hole Creek Inn, near Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 29 Aug 1938, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age 74 years)   3. Sedonia Alt,   b. 31 Jan 1866, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 16 Feb 1866, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 0 years)   4. John Alt,   b. 13 Mar 1867, Fairy Hole Inn, near Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 23 Dec 1935, Gordon, NSW, Australia  (Age 68 years)   5. Sidonia Alt,   b. 17 Dec 1868, Fairy Hole Inn, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 15 Jul 1953, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia  (Age 84 years)   6. William Alt,   b. 10 Nov 1870, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 05 Mar 1872, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 1 years)   7. Elizabeth Alt,   b. 23 Jul 1872, the Yass Hotel, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 09 Feb 1943, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Jeffrey,   b. 1829, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Feb 1861, North Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 32 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1857	St Clements Church, Yass, NSW, Australia   [15]
  Children	1. Christopher Alt,   b. 16 Oct 1858, his parents home in Rossi Street, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 24 Dec 1942, Cooma, NSW, Australia  (Age 84 years)   2. Henry Alt,   b. 16 Aug 1860, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 08 May 1897, Woodstock, NSW, Australia  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Education - The shipping records show that Christoph could read and write when he emmigrated to Australia - - Bannerod, Germany Milit-Beg - 10 Apr 1849 - Germany Milit-Medl - 29 Aug 1849 - CarlsRuhe, Germany Milit-Medl - 16 Mar 1850 - Darmstadt, Germany Milit-End - 29 Feb 1852 - Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  000051_1 Christopher Alt

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Appendic C, Family Tree No. 1. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Page 2. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Page 6. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Page 8. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Page 9. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 10-13. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 12. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 14. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 18. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 20. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 22. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 23. [S47] Christoph Alt, Ronald Henry Alt, (R H Alt, PO Box 9, Toukley, NSW, 2263, 1989), Pages 13. [S2] NSW BDM, Compiler: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, (Royal Melbourne Institute of Techno, Melbourne, Vic, 1995), Place of Registration: Yass Registration Year: 1862 Registration Number: 3290. [S2] NSW BDM, Compiler: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, (Royal Melbourne Institute of Techno, Melbourne, Vic, 1995), Place of Marriage Registration: Yass; Registration Year: 1857; Registration Number: 2858.