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LUBASCH & LIEBELT

'Photographic Collection & Other Archival Material' from Lorraine KRAMM & John MUELLER

2nd son's, 1st child.

Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT

1st child of Maria Elizabeth KUCHEL & Johann Christian LIEBELT

married Johanne Caroline LUBASCH

both were children on the Ship Zebra 1838

Pioneers of 'BALGARA' on Section 3903, Friedrichstadt, S.A., remained in the family from 1850-1993

Where did their 10 children live after marriage?

'Lorraine Kramm Photographic Collection' 'John Mueller Photographic Collection' colour & enhanced by Elizabeth BARNES 'Lorraine Kramm Photographic Collection'

To return to: STEINBORN & LIEBELT

Summary

This article explores the land and homes that the children of LIEBELT & LUBASCH moved to after they were married. Their parents home still remains & is off of the Echunga Road, and many of their children moved very little distance when they took up their own farming properties.

The property went to the 11th of the 11 children, Anna Bertha LIEBELT, who married in 1895, which was 2 years after her father died. Anna LIEBELT had 4 children with her husband Carl Reinhold KRAMM and it was the youngest of these children Herman Bernhardt KRAMM who ran the farm and lived in a new homestead while his older brother remained a bachelor and lived in the brick & fachwerk building that their grandparents built in the 1850's. This older brother Johann Heinrich was always known as 'Uncle Heiny' and he died in 1966.

The property was sold 1993 and a clearing sale was held on 30 April 1993 on the property, on the death of Herman Bernhardt KRAMM 153 years after it was first purchased by the seller, Herman Bernhardt KRAMM's, grandfather Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT who had died in 1893, 100 years before.

17 historic photographs are accompanied by maps, sections & current day photographs. For more information: Liebelt & Lubasch home

Colour & enhancements provided by Elizabeth BARNES, genealogist and historian, with permission of the Liebelt Family Reunion Committee. Permission must be sought for duplication of all enhanced photographs. Contact Elizabeth on [email protected]

The family names that are mentioned in this article:

ALTMANN, BARNES, BARTSCH, BARTEL, BRAENDLER, BRASSE, BÜTTNER, DIEDERICH, EY, HAGEN, HARTMANN, HAEHNEL, HENNIG, JAENSCH, JANTKE, KAVEL, KLAEBSCH, KRAMM, KRUGER, KUCHEL, LOESER, LIEBELT, LUBASCH, MARTIN, MATTISKE, MÜLLER, MUELLER, MINKWITZ, NAUCK, PANJAS, PAECH, PLUNKETT, RODERT, SAWADE, SCHMEISS, SCHUBERT, SCHULZ, STEINBORN, STREMPEL, THIELE, van der MOLEN, WUNDKE, WILLEMER, ZILM.

LUBASCH & LIEBELT

1. LUBASCH & LIEBELT their pioneering history

LFH page 46LFH by E.A. WITTWER & F. LIEBELTLIEBELT Family History book page 46. 'Johann Gottlieb was born 28 December 1823, probably in Nickern, Brandenburg, Prussia. On arrival on the 'Zebra' as a 14 year old he lived in Hahndorf with his parents at 106 Main Road, Hahndorf. It seems likely he was employed as a shepherd in the early days.

Gottlieb and Caroline were married 9 September 1847 by Pastor A.L.C. Kavel in the schoolroom at Hahndorf. The witnesses were Gottlieb KUCHEL and Christian ZILM. Caroline was the second daughter of Anna Dorothea GREISER, (1799-1864) the second wife of Gottfried LUBASCH (1790-1856)."

Authors Note: Witnesses at their wedding, KUCHEL & ZILM. The marriage witnesses: 'Gottlieb KUCHEL' was possibly Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL b1821 from Langmeil, Brandenburg, who the following year [1848] married Maria Elizabeth BARTEL in the same school room. Gottlieb KUCHEL was a 1C1R to Gottlieb LIEBELT & was 17 year old & a labourer on the 'Prince George'. Gottlieb KUCHEL was 26 years of age at this wedding.

The second witness 'Christian ZILM' was possibly Johann Christian ZILM who was a 39 year old day labourer on the 'Bengalee' with his wife Anna Dorothea MATTISKE 28 years and two sons age 10 and 7 years. They had come from Goltzen, Brandenburg, Prussia [now known as Kolesin, Gmina Babimost, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland] where in 1826 Pastor KAVEL was a preacher. Goltzen is only 4kms NE of Klemzig. Christian's brother Johann Gottlob ZILM & their sister Anna Dorothea ZILM were both on the 'Prince George' with Gottlieb LIEBELT's uncle, cousins and grandparents. Christian ZILM would have been 48 years of age when he attended the wedding in the schoolroom. The previous year Christian had remarried [after his 1st wife's Anna Dorothea MATTISKE's death in 1839] in the same school room to Christiane Caroline Louise KRÜGER. [David Schubert 'Kavel's People']

'John MUELLER Photographic Collection','John MUELLER Photographic Collection',LIEBELT Family History book page 46 continuing. 'Gottlieb and his wife were among the earliest settlers at Friedrichstadt but as his nick-name was "Squatter" it seems likely that he "squatted" on his selection before he formally took up the land. On December 5, 1850, he became the registered owner of Section 3903 of the Hundred of Kuitpo. This 80 acre section was purchased from Johan Friedrich PAECH of Grünthal for 80 pound. Access was allowed to other settlers to the water pools on this property. On this section Gottlieb built his first home of mud, straw and slabs'.

JBH: 1st purchase December 1850, Section 3903, 80 acres, 1 pound / acre. Initial home and home below built on this land.

LFH page 47

'John MUELLER Photographic Collection' Photo by Edmund DIEDERICH 1909c'This home stood until 1912 when it was destroyed in a disastrous bushfire. The home had been replaced earlier by an all brick home - one of the first in the Hahndorf area to be built entirely of brick. This home still stands on the property.'

Authors Note: Like so many of the homes around the Hahndorf district this is historic and has interesting features, possibly built by Johann Carl Friedrich FAEHRMANN who arrived in South Australia in 1849. Alan WITTWER notes it is one of the 1st homes in the area to be built entirely of brick. In this photograph neither the bake oven on the right of the home and the detached kitchen are obvious. I have dated the photograph at 1909c and the reverse of this photograph identifies those present as 'Bertha & Reinold [sic] KRAMM, Ben, Ida, Elsa & Heinrich.' Bertha being Anna Bertha LIEBELT, the 11th child & the youngest of the LUBASCH & LIEBELT family who inherited the farm. Her husband was Carl KRAMM and their 4 children who are all present in the photo were born in 1896, 1898, 1901 and 1903. Anna Bertha's parents had died in 1893, & 1902 so none of these children would have had strong or long memories of their pioneering grandparents. Johanne Caroline LUBASCH would have lived long enough to enjoy the first 3 grandchildren as babies. While the children would never have met Johann Carl Friedrich FAEHRMANN his wife Johanne Eleonore LIEBELT, their Aunty, who lived at 106 Main Street Hahndorf would have known all about them until her tragic death in 1914.

'Lorraine KRAMM Photographic Collection' Coloured & enhanced by Elizabeth BARNESLIEBELT Family History book page 46 continuing. Over the years Gottlieb purchased and leased additional properties. In February 1856 he paid 300 pound for 30 acres, part of section 3899. October 16, 1866, he took over the lease of sections 3897, 3895 and 3884 and part of section 3896 in Hundred of Kuitpo from Gottlob SCHULZ. SCHULZ had leased this land in 1865 for 12 years from John HAGEN formerly of Echunga but then of overseas [sic] on the following conditions:

'John MUELLER Photographic Collection', coloured & enhanced by Elizabeth BARNES'John MUELLER Photographic Collection', coloured & enhanced by Elizabeth BARNES 1. to erect substantial post and rail fences along certain boundaries, to keep the buildings in good order and to fallow 1/4 of the land which has been cultivated.

JBH: 2nd purchase February 1856, part Section 3899, 30 acres. This land adjoined his 1st purchase, total acreage 110 acres.

JBH 1866 Leased sections 3897, 3896, 3895, 3884

JBH Sections 3696, 3698, 3732 & 3733 were leased in 1872.

2. to cultivate land in the proper manner.

3. to cart onto the said land a quantity of good manure equal in value to any straw which may have been removed therefrom.

4. not to take two successive crops of corn, grain or pulse of any kind from any part of the land.

5. to grub up by the roots all such trees as shall be required for fencing in or using on the said land. 6. not to cut down, grub up or destroy saving for fencing or using as aforesaid any gum or stringy bark or other timber or timberline trees without the previous consent in writing of the said J. HAGEN.

In 1872, Gottlieb leased from the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, sections 3696, 3733, 5007 and parts of sections 3732 and 3698 in the Hundred of Macclesfield. The annual rent was 20 pound per year plus 1/- per acre which was cultivated. The land had to be cultivated within 4 years. Gottlieb was a farmer; it appears likely that he also did some shearing.'

Friedrichstadt land sales 1850

Wikipedia 2023. "Johann Friedrich Wilhelm PAECH had bought thirteen 80 acre sections, named ‘Friedrichstadt’, with the name particularly applied to a sub division of section 3913, Hundred of Kuitpo. The name Friedrichstadt was replaced by Tangari in 1918 as part of renaming many places with German-origin names. ‘Paechtown’, is named for another early landowner, Christian PAECH.....subdivision of sections 3916 and 3917, Hundred of Kuitpo. "

LIEBELT Family History book page 141. 'J.F.W. PAECH, of Friedrichstadt, farmer, made sales of former South Australian Cattle Company land in the Hundred of Kuitpo, to the following men, all farmers of Friedrichstadt, between 1850-1855.'

Date	Purchaser & Ship	Section	Size in acres
1850 January 21	Gottlob JAENSCH	3898	80
December 12	Johann Friedrich THIELE	3899	30
	Johann August THIELE		10
	Johann Christian THIELE		20
	Johann Gottfried WUNDKE	3900	27
	Samuel JANTKE		27 1/4
	Samuel BARTSCH		27
	Johann Christoph LIEBELT		27 1/4
	Gottlob BARTEL	3901	44 1/2
	Johann Gottlob HARTMANN		40
	Johann Gottlob PAECH	3911 West part	38

Photo from the 'Lorraine KRAMM Photographic Collection' 2023. Dated 1909c by author. Reverse: 'Bertha & Reinold [sic] Kramm, Ben, Ida, Elsa & Heinrich.
Photo taken by Edmund DIEDERICH.

Authors Note: As described above by Alan WITTWER in the LIEBELT Family history book

This home on the left, off of the Echunga Rd was the second home built by this couple, the first is described above as being built of 'mud, straw and slabs.' and in 1912 destroyed by a fire.

The couple above are the parents of Anna Bertha LIEBELT born in 1867 in the home they built, on the left.

Bertha married in 1895 to husband Carl Reinhold KRAMM, b1866 from Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia.

Their 4 children: Johann Heinrich KRAMM b1896,

Alfred Elsa b1898

Emilie Ida KRAMM b1901

Hermann Bernhardt KRAMM b1903, were all also born in this home on the left.

Photo 1909c. Bertha was the 11th & youngest child of Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT & Johanna Caroline LUBASCH.

her husband Trevor grew up on this farm land and remembers his grandparents Anna Bertha LIEBELT & Karl Reinhold KRAMM living in this home which Anna's parents Gottlieb LIEBELT & Karoline LUBASCH built.

coloured and enhanced by Elizabeth Barnes c1909.

'Lorraine KRAMM Photographic Collection'. Date 1970ca.

Painting from the 'Lorraine KRAMM Collection'

Photos below by JBH, 2022c. Note the outside kitchen with external chimney and the small square building which houses an old bake oven, under the large tree.

LIEBELT/LUBASCH

December 1850, Hundred of Kuitpo, Section 3903, 80 acres

February 1856, Hd of Kuitpo, part Section 3899, 30 acres

October 1866, Hd of Kuitpo, leased Sections 3897, 3895, 3884.

SAGHS Death Register 20 October 2022 District Nairne Deaths Book 4 1893-1899, No 32

Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT, 11 May, 1893, aged 69 years, profession 'farmer' of Friedrichstadt, usual residence was Friedrichstadt, cause of death ? albinuria and heart disease, place of death Friedrichstadt, informant W EY, teacher, Hahndorf.

Author Note: The informant Friedrich Wilhelm Julius EY b1839 Prussia, teacher at St Michael's School Hahndorf, married Johanne Mathilda Caroline MULLER and their son Wilhelm Albert EY b1883 Hahndorf, married Gottlieb's granddaughter in 1912, Maria Emma KUCHEL b1881.

SAGHS Death Register 20 October 2022 District Nairne Deaths Book 5 1900-1910, No 139

Johanne Caroline LIEBELT, May 30, 1902, aged 75 years, profession 'widow of the late Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT' usual residence Friedrichstadt, cause of death senile debility and bronchopneumonia, place of death Friedrichstadt, informant Charles Reinhold KRAMM son in law, Friedrichstadt.

Authors Note: 'Charles Reinhold KRAMM' is her youngest daughters husband Carl Reinhold KRAMM who continued to farm this property after his marriage in 1895 to Anna Bertha LIEBELT. Their grandson Trevor married Lorraine KRAMM [the custodian of a historic photographic collection] in 1928.

Photograph J Haynes Hahndorf Cemetery

1st child

2nd son, 1st child, 1st child: Johanne Louise LIEBELT

Johanne Louise LIEBELT (1848-1940) married 4 May 1871 to Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL (1846-1923)

LIEBELT Family History page 49LIEBELT Family History page 49. ' Johanne Louise was born on June 15, 1848. As a young woman Johanne worked as a domestic servant in various households. She married Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL in St Michael's Church on May 4, 1871, Pastor STREMPEL officiating. Gottlieb was born at Kirchenbergen near Hahndorf on April 21, 1846. His parents were Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL and Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth born KUCHEL, who had emigrated the previous year from the German village of Lochow. Immediately after their marriage Johanne and Gottlieb lived at Friedrichstadt on the Mount Barker Rd., then in Hahndorf in English St.

They then moved, in about 1878, to part of Section 3913, in the Hundred of Kuitpo which Johanne's father had purchased. Here Gottlieb built a home of slabs, straw and mud. The home was demolished several years ago, the site now being marked by a few old trees. Gottlieb was a carpenter, making rakes and other tools as well as hurdles for the Oakbank races. Gottlieb died on October 31, 1923; Johanne reached the high age of 91 years passing away on March 29, 1940. Both are buried in the Hahndorf cemetery where their grave is marked by a tombstone. Their old homestead property is now owned and farmed by Mr K LIEBELT, a grandson of Johanne's brother August.

Photo from 'John Mueller Collection'

Genealogy SA Death Database District of Nairne: Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL, January 31, 1923, aged 76 years, profession farmer Ambleside, birthplace Ambleside, Australian born 76 years, age at marriage 25, 4 boys and 4 girls living and 2 girls deceased, cause death heart disease longstanding, cerebral apoplexy (sudden), place of death Ambleside SA, informant W KUCHEL, labourer Ambleside.

Authors Note: Informant 'W KUCHEL' is probably his youngest child, son Johann Friedrich Wilhelm KUCHEL, known a 'Bill' who remained unmarried. In 1823 he was 32 years of age and he may have remained living with his mother until her death in 1940 when he would have been 49 years of age. Bill lived another 20 years and is in many of the photos in the 'John MUELLER Photographic Collection'.

Author's Note: Anecdotally via KUCHEL descendants (2022), Kirchenbergen is in the area of Leonard Road, Hahndorf. Also
'Mr K LIEBELT' refers to Kevin Ross LIEBELT who married Marion Jean BRAENDLER, both are on the LIEBELT Family Reunion Committee as of 2022.

2nd Child

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 2nd child.

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm LIEBELT (1851-1925) married 20 April 1876 to Johanne Wilhelmine KLAEBSCH

'John MUELLER Photo Collection'.Liebelt Family History page 56. 'Johann Friedrich Wilhelm was born at Friedrichstadt 10 October 1851. He was married in St Michael's Church by Pastor Strempel and Wilhelmine's parents were Johann Wilhelm KLAEBSCH and Johanne Friedericke BÜTTNER who came from Bentnitz, Brandenburg, Prussia. Wilhelm and Wilhelmine settled on parts of Section 3901 and 3902, Hd of Kuitpo, he later purchased Section 410.

For a number of years Wilhelm served as a councillor on the District Council of Echunga. In later years Wilhelm refused to work on his birthday - he went fishing in the Onkaparinga River instead. Wilhelm died on December 12, 1925; his wife passed away on August 20, 1933. Both are buried in the Hahndorf Cemetery where there graves are marked by a tombstone.

Authors Note: This couple had 8 children over 16 years, from 1877-1893. At the birth of one of her sons her surname was registered as 'KLAEBOCH'. There children married into the following families: BRAENDLER, THIELE, PAECH, HOLMES.

In 1975 it was described by Alan WITTWER in the Liebelt Family History book as 'the original home of timber frame construction still stands and is in good condition.'

Lothar BRASSE, B. Architect & Heritage Consultant described this house and he refers to it as the 'LIEBELT House', September 2022. The LIEBELT House was located in the former - Friedrichstadt now 'Jurlique' Lavender Farm, off River Rd, nr Hahndorf. It was recorded in 1974/75 and is now demolished. The footprint of this simple cottage was 10.85m x 5.36m that is, almost exactly 2 squares next to each other measuring 5.36m x 5.36m each suggesting that its builder knew about good design principles and geometric proportions.

A 1m wide door was located slightly off centre leading to the central brick-paved hall and kitchen ahead. This was a common German House plan with slight variations to those built at other Friedrichstadt locations, as well as all of the four Paechtown houses and WIETH's house (also known as the Hoffman House) on what is now the Beerenberg property. (Author: this refers to what we now know is the Lubasch house 1849c)

Wall construction was Fachwerk where every (approx 150 x 150) square piece of redgum was identified using carved Roman numerals. Thus, every post, logging and brace had an identification number to assist with the on-site assembly. All timber connections were achieved using master-crafter joints which were then tightened by Stringy Bark dowels.

The LIEBELT house was the most exuberant timber display in Australia. Although a relatively small house, it has 4 braces on the principal facade.

The less than 1m2 spaces between the timbers were filled with brick on the gable ends and lime washed mud on the long elevations. The plaster was applied to straw woven between sharpened timber staves which in turn were wedged between the lower groove and upper chiselled or angered holes.

Roof consisted of a series of trusses spaced approximately. 600 (2 feet) apart securely braced and battened to take timber shingles. The corrugated iron was a later addition. Boards wrapped in straw and clay (known as Lehmwickel, literally mud wraps) were edged between the bottom chords of the roof trusses and once the final layer of chaff/mud was applied the whole area formed a sturdy attic floor. The attic was an extension of the floor plan where goods were stored, cottage industries were carried out and 'that's where the boys slept.' Access to the attic was via an internal steep stair next to the entry door, in other houses an external gable stair was also used.

A return verandah seemed to have been part of the original construction. Windows and doors were expertly made by a local joiner. Hearths and chimneys were soft-free clay bricks. A later lean-to addition at the back incorporated a large stone fireplace for the kitchen and dining areas as well as a step-down cellar.

Hahndorf Survey Vol 1.

Compare the Fachwerk timbers with the window positioning with the photograph above.L BRASSE, one of the authors. On page 77 of the Hahndorf Survey, Volume 1 you will find the comparative frame of Fachwerk homes of Hahndorf and the frame work on the right is from the 'LIEBELT House', above..

The 82 acre is Certificate of Title Vol 5353 Folio 77, and 71 acres is Certificate of Title Vol. 5602 Folio 121, parts of the original Sections 3901 and 3902.

In the sales information it was stated that this home was built in 1874. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm was the eldest son, his older sister had married in 1871 and he would have needed to have supplied his bride with a home, so it is possible that it was built before he married in Autumn of 1876 when he was 25 years of age. From his new home he could look over the hills and see the home he was born in, which I call the 'LIEBELT/LUBASCH family home, just over a kilometre away, a photo of which is in the top right hand corner of this article.

These photos & floor plan below were used to advertise this property for sale, 'Land held in the LIEBELT family for over 130 years, since 1874 - it is the end of an era'. Thanks to Marion LIEBELT for sharing this information. The original home is seen below on the right of the newer brick home.

Where is the LIEBELT house?

This map on the left was accompanying the sale advertising that went with the 3 photographs, above, of the property and the lay out of the old home. The old home could not be seen from the road.

The horizontal pink road is Kangaroo Reef Road and where it becomes vertical it is Snelling Road. The bottom road near the 'Not for Sale' is Liebelt Road.

This ' Liebelt House' was located in the former 'Friedrichstadt', and the current Biggs Flat, and the property is now known as ‘Jurlique Farm.' The main entrance is off Liebelt Road, and it also abuts Kangaroo Reef and Snelling Road. The property is 4 kms from Mylor and 6.5kms from Hahndorf. It was recorded in the 1974/75 'Hahndorf Survey' and was dismantled on the 'Jurlique Farm' property about 2015c.

3rd child

Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 3rd child

Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT [1853-1938] married on 1 May, 1879 to Johanne Dorathea SAWADE [1858-1937]

LFH page 59

Liebelt Family History page 59. 'On February 26,1853, Johann Gottlieb was born at Friedrichstadt. In his youth he went sheep-shearing, going as far afield as Yorke Peninsula and Port Lincoln. Some of his brothers as well as many of the men of the neighbourhood also went. On May 1, 1879, he married Johanne Dorathea Sawade in St Michael's Church, Hahndorf, Pastor STREMPEL officiating. Dorathea was born at Glembach, Germany, on October 28, 1858; her parents were Christian SAWADE and Johanne Dorothea born KLAEBSCH.

The SAWADE family left Hamburg on May 1, 1877, and arrived at Port Adelaide on August 1, of the same year. They settled at Salem but Dorothea went into service the neighbourhood of Hahndorf. Gotllieb farmed various sections of land between Friedrichstadt and Mt Barker, taking up a number of the sections which his father had either bought or leased [nos. 3884, 3895 and the land from the Society of the Propagation of the gospel.]. Much of this land is still farmed by descendants. Gottlieb survived his wife by only six months - Dorothea died on December 8, 1937, and Gottlieb on June 14, 1938. Both are buried in the Hahndorf Public Cemetery where a tombstone marks their grave'.

Photo from 'John MUELLER photo collection'. Photographer HAEHNEL & Co.

Reverse: 'Gottlieb LIEBELT & wife'

Reverse: 'Gottlieb LIEBELT Golden Wedding' 1929

Photos from 'John MUELLER photo collection'. Same photographer for both photos: C NIESCHE, 97 Rundle St, Adelaide.

believe that these photographs strongly resemble the couple with the 2 children above & are Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT & wife Johanne Dorathea SAWADE

4th child

Maria Elisabeth LIEBELT: 2 son's, 1st child's, 4th child

Maria Elisabeth LIEBELT 1855-1923 married Friedrich Wilhelm ALTMANN 1856-1940

LFH page 63

Liebelt Family History page 63. 'Maria Elisabeth was born at Friedrichstadt on February 4, 1855. She was married to Friedrich Wilhelm ALTMANN on July 3, 1879, by Pastor STREMPEL in St Michael's Church, Hahndorf. Wilhelm was the eldest son of Johann Carl Joseph ALTMANN and his wife Johanne Louise born LIEBELT. Maria Elisabeth and Wilhelm went to live at Monarto South where they lived in homes on the main Murray Bridge Road. A large land holding was built up over the years; this was worked by members of the family until acquired by the government for the Monarto growth centre. Maria Elisabeth underwent a severe operation in 1923. After returning home from hospital she was drowned in a dam near the homestead, her death taking place on October 24, 1923. She was buried in the Monarto Cemetery; her grave is marked by a tombstone.'

Author's note: Maria and Friedrich were 2nd cousins.

5th child

Johann Friedrich LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 5th child

Johann Friedrich LIEBELT 1857-1935 married Marie Louise Emilie MINKWITZ 1864-1951

Liebelt Family History page 64. 'Johann Friedrich was born at Friedrichstadt on May 1, 1857. He married Marie Louise Emilie MINKWITZ on April 26, 1883, in St Michael's Church, Hahndorf, Pastor STREMPEL officiating. Emilie was the daughter of Johann Gottfried MINKWITZ and his wife Karoline Wilhelmine born NAUCK.

The MINKWITZ family emigrated from Germany arriving at Port Adelaide on Emilie's 18th birthday. She was born on February 22, 1864, at Luckenwalde near Berlin. Friedrich farmed part of section 3902 in the Hundred of Kuitpo; his son Bernhard took over the property on Friedrich's retirement.

For several years Friedrich farmed section 3895 in the Hundred of Kuitpo on which property he built a home. This was later bought by Mr. E.E. LIEBELT, but has since been sold. Friedrich and Emilie then went to live in a cottage in the Main Street of Hahndorf [no 7].

Friedrich died on May 24, 1935. Emilie then went to Iive with her son at Echunga where she passed away on April 19, 1951. Both are buried in Hahndorf cemetery where their last resting places are marked by a tombstone.'

Authors Note: 'Bernhardt', was Gustav Bernhardt LIEBELT b1884,

1st child of Friedrich LIEBELT and Marie MINKWITZ and married Mary Therese LOESER b1883.

^_'Mr. E.E. LIEBELT', was Emil Edwin LIEBELT b1893, 6th child and 6th son of Friedrich LIEBELT and Marie MINKWITZ

6th child

Caroline Auguste LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 6th child

Caroline Auguste LIEBELT (1858-1945) married 11 August 1881 to Gustav Adolph MARTIN (1854-1932)

Liebelt Family History page 67. "Caroline Auguste was born at Friedrichstadt on September 24, 1858. At the age of 22 years on August 11, 1881, she married Gustav Adolph MARTIN in St Michael's Church, Hahndorf, Pastor STREMPEL conducting the service. Gustave was a son of the blacksmith and wheelwright Heinrich Siegismund MARTIN and his wife Anna Dorothea born PANJAS. Gustave was born on January 9, 1854. Caroline and Gustav lived on a farm [section 3831 and part of 3833 of the Hundred of Onkaparinga] near Caroline's brother Gustav on the Hahndorf-Balhannah Road to the east of Hahndorf. The old farmhouse was later demolished and replaced by a new building. Gustave also operated the horse drawn coach which ran between Hahndorf, Grünthal and the Ambleside Railway Station.

In 1913, he purchased four blocks of land in Lameroo in the Mallee where he established a wheel-wright and blacksmith business. This land was sold in 1926 - part of the Lameroo shopping centre now stands on this land. Gustav was also a councillor for a number of years. After Gustav's death on April 30, 1932, Caroline retired to a house at Number 46, Church St, Hahndorf, where she lived until her death on August 10, 1945. Both are buried in the Hahndorf Cemetery where their graves are marked by a tombstone."

Reverse: 'Mrs Gustav MARTIN'

Reverse: Mr & Mrs Gustav MARTIN'

7th child

Johann August LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 7th child

Johann August LIEBELT 1860-1944 married 17 February 1888 to Ottilie Clara ALTMANN 1866-1939.

LFH page 70Liebelt Family History page 70. 'On November 30, 1860, Johann August was born at Friedrichstadt. He married Ottilie Clara ALTMANN in St Michael's Church on February 17, 1886, Pastor STREMPEL conducted the service. Ottilie Clara was a daughter of Johann Carl Joseph ALTMANN and his wife Johanne Louise born LIEBELT. Johann August purchased part of section 3899 of the Hundred of Kuitpo from his cousin also Johann August LIEBELT [then of Parkside] in 1897. The old homestead was added to in 1914. The farm is now worked by August's son and grandson. August died on October 4, 1944, and was buried alongside his wife, who died in 1939, in the Hahndorf Cemetery where a tombstone marks their grave.'

8th child

Maria Louise LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 8th child

Maria Louise LIEBELT [1862-1937] married 27 April 1900 to Hermann August Edmund THIELE [1862-1941]

LFH page 71

Liebelt Family History page 71. 'Maria was born on April 26, 1862, at Friedrichstadt. Here she grew up and received from her father part of section 3899, Hundred of Kuitpo. The home built on the property still stands, the property is still owned by her elder daughter. Louise was married in St. Michael's Church at Hahndorf by Pastor STREMPEL on April 27, 1900. Her husband was Hermann August Edmund THIELE, a son of Johann August THIELE and his wife Johanne Louise born THIELE. August THIELE had emigrated on the 'Prince George'. Hermann was born in Hahndorf on October 9, 1862. Louise died suddenly on May 26, 1937, and was buried in the cemetery at Hahndorf. Hermann passed away in the Royal Adelaide Hospital on July 11, 1941, and was buried next to his wife; their grave is marked by a tombstone.'

Photo from 'John MUELLER photo collection.' 27 April 1900, wedding day

Photo taken by Edmund DIEDERICH.

Photo from 'John MUELLER photo collection.'

Reverse: 'Mr & Mrs Hermann THIELE, Venie & Huldie'

Photo from 'John MUELLER photo collection.' Reverse: 'Venie & Hulda THIELE'.Photo was taken by Edmund DIEDERICH ca 1908. . Photo from 'John MUELLER photo collection' Alwine Martha THIELE b1901.

Authors Note: They had two daughters, Alwine Martha known as 'Venie' and Hulda Maria who married Edwin Julius RODERT whose parents were Alfred Robert Julius RODERT and Emilie Selma BRAENDLER, and Emilie BRAENDLERS parents were Paul BRAENDLER [1850-1937] and Martha PAECH [1854-1939] from the 'Paechtown PAECH's. Edwin's grandparents were Heinrich Julius RODERT [1840-1906] and Helene WILLEMER [1848-1921].

Part Section 3899, Hd of Kuitpo, house & bake oven visible from Liebelt Road, Echunga.

Photos by J Haynes, 2022

'Gottlieb LIEBELT'

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Hermann Gustav LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 9th child

Hermann Gustav LIEBELT 1864-1951 married 6 February 1890 to Ilje Louise van der MOLEN 1865-1961

'Liebelt Family History Committee Collection'Liebelt Family History page 71. 'Hermann Gust LIEBELT was born on August 9, 1864, on the farm at Friedrichstadt. He married Ilje Louise van der MOLEN in Adelaide, on February 6, 1890; the Rev. PLUNKETT officiated at the ceremony. Louise was a daughter of Reinder Eppes van der MOLEN and Anna Dorothea born LIEBELT. Gustav purchased parts of sections 3830 and 3828 of the Hundred of Onkaparinga in 1895 and he and Louise lived there for most of their married lives. The old homestead has long since been demolished. In later years they went to live in a house [now demolished] on the Princess Highway near the River Road at Hahndorf. Gustave worked as a labourer in the Hahndorf district all his life. Gustave passed away at Hahndorf on June 4, 1951; he and his wife are buried in the Hahndorf Cemetery where a tombstone marks their graves'.

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Anna Bertha LIEBELT: 2nd son's, 1st child's, 10th child

Balgara Farm auction, 'KRAMM property, Echunga Rd, Hahndorf' 30 April 1993.

Thanks to the Adelaide Hills Motor Restorers Club Inc., for not just keeping & restoring these links with our past but also for providing the public provenance that has allowed me to reproduce this information in this article.

See also https://www.ahmrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/KaeslerThresher.pdf the provenance of this Kaesler Clover Thresher made in Hahndorf, 1926c and owned by the Adelaide Hills Motor Restorers Club Inc, who hold the annual Power of the Past exhibitions in Milang, S.A. in March.
The interesting thing is that this machine was sold to H.B. KRAMM on 17 October 1935 and it was acquired by the AHMRC at the KRAMM clearing sale in 1993. The clubs website says 'The KRAMM property was on Echunga Rd, Hahndorf'.
H.B. KRAMM refers to Herman Bernhardt KRAMM born 1903 on this same property his mother being Anna Bertha LIEBELT born 1867 also on this same property, who inherited this property from her parents LUBASCH & LIEBELT (the original pioneer settlers) and who shared the property with her husband Carl Reinhold KRAMM b1866 in Prussia when she married him in 1895. John PAECH who is telling his story above and below is a 3C3R of Herman's wife Alwine Florrie HENNIG.

Their property off Echunga Rd was known as 'Balgara' and the home was almost certainly also built by my great great grandfather Johann Carl Friedrich FAEHRMANN.

As I am writing this on the 14 March 2025, going back through my database to follow this relationship, I have just discovered that John has as his 5 x great grandparents Anna Rosine LANGER & Johann Gottfried PÄCH an amazing coincidence regarding the very land that John loves so much... The PINES... more about that coming up.

Adelaide Hills Motor Restorers Club Inc.

Kaesler Clover Thresher. https://www.ahmrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/KaeslerThresher.pdf

Technical History: There is no known documented technical history of this machine.

Working History: The Kaesler Clover thresher was made in Hahndorf, in the Adelaide Hills, east of Adelaide, South Australia. The company making this machine was still in business in premises in the main street of Hahndorf up to July 006, although it ceased production of engines many years ago. Machines and engines made by this company are important to the preservation of the industrial history of the Adelaide Hills, and their preservation is a high priority of The Adelaide Hills Motor Restorers Club. The growing of clover seed was a significant industry in the Mt Barker area in the early 1900’s. Several threshers still remain in the area although the clover industry no longer exists. The Kaesler thresher was usually painted red after its manufacture, however this machine has never been painted. The only paint on the timber is where details of patents have been stencilled. Local legend says that the original purchaser ordered it unpainted to save money – but who really knows?

The patent application refers to the introduction of a drum to the thresher that removed stones from the feed material, distinguishing this machine from other locally made clover threshers. While patent application was commenced, and a number given by the Patents office, it is understood that the process was not completed.

Mr J.L.Neagle of Woodside purchased this Thresher sometime between 1926 and 1935. Dating is based on the time elapsed between patent application details stencilled on the machine, dating from 1926, and a receipt we hold for its sale to Mr H.B.Kramm on 17 October 1935. It was subsequently purchased by AHMRC at the Kramm family clearing sale on 30 April 1993. The Kramm property was on Echunga Rd. Hahndorf.

Minor restoration work has been done to the machine to replace rotten timber and belts. Bearings have been freed up and the thresher now makes an imposing exhibit at Power of the Past, the Club’s annual event held at Mt Barker SA on the 1st weekend each March. The Club’s Kaesler “Reliance” is seen driving the Thresher in the photograph below.

BAGSHAW WINNOWER

TECHNICAL HISTORY. A winnower is a machine that is designed to separate grain from chaff & dirt prior to bagging and

marketing. Portable winnowers such as the BAGSHAW winnower were brought to the corner of a paddock when

harvesting was in operation. In the simplest winnowing machine, the blast of air from a fan, which rotated inside the machine, was. directed on to a stream of grain passing over a shaking sieve from a hopper at the top of the machine.

The BAGSHAW winnower is hand operated, designed for Australian conditions, and a great advance over the old practice of tossing grain in the air to remove the chaff. Still, operating it in the hot Australian summer was dusty, labour intensive, hard work. Those who used them learned to apply a few simple tricks to get results. The most important of these was to place the winnower so that the wind blew from the fan diagonally across the machine and away from the man operating it. Regular turning of the handle gave best results. The tailboard had to be set low enough to allow the chaff to blow over, but high enough to catch the grain.

It was manufactured in Adelaide SA by John Stokes Bagshaw, who designed & built the first winnowers in Australia. His works were established in 1838 and most machines carried the motto:

IFWO RTHDO INGDO ITW ELL

This must have puzzled and amused many farmers and their sons until they worked out that re-arranging the spacing generates a homely truism. Similar mysteries were included in Furphy Water Tanks except that the pearls of wisdom were cast in Pitman’s Shorthand which gave the mothers and daughters an opportunity to outdo the menfolk!

WORKING HISTORY The Bagshaw winnower was purchased by AHMRC on 30 April 1993 at a clearing sale on the property of the Kramm family on Echunga Rd Hahndorf. It is understood that the winnower is a very early design of this South Australian Company, and worked on this property all its life, possibly being purchased by Ben Kramm’s father. The restoration has been done by Keith Powell, on behalf of Club members, being brought back to as near as possible to original.

The interesting thing is that this machine was sold to H.B. KRAMM on 17 October 1935 and it was acquired by the AHMRC at the KRAMM clearing sale in 1993. The clubs website says 'The KRAMM property was on Echunga Rd, Hahndorf'.

H.B. KRAMM refers to Herman Bernhardt KRAMM born 1903 on this same property his mother being Anna Bertha LIEBELT born 1867 also on this same property, who inherited this property from her parents LUBASCH & LIEBELT (the original pioneer settlers) and who shared the property with her husband Carl Reinhold KRAMM b1866 in Prussia when she married him in 1895. John PAECH who is telling his story above and below is a 3C3R of Herman's wife Alwine Florrie HENNIG.