John Mueller Archival Collection summary.: A summary of all the families in John's entire collection.

Liebelt - Kuchel Header:  An overview of all of the Liebelt-Kuchel & Kuchel-Kuchel links below:    

Liebelt - Kuchel 2.    Liebelt - Kuchel 3.    Liebelt - Kuchel 4    Liebelt - Kuchel 5    Liebelt - Kuchel 6

Kuchel - Kuchel 7    Kuchel - Kuchel 8    Kuchel - Kuchel 9    Kuchel - Kuchel 10.   Kuchel - Kuchel 11.    Kuchel - Kuchel 11 part 2

 Anna Dorothea STEINBORN & Johann Christoph LIEBELT Snr.: To follow the children of this marriage.

• Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN & Johann Christoph LIEBELT are John MUELLER'S gggg grandparents
• Daniel KUCHEL, Anna GREISER and Gottfried LUBASCH are John MUELLER's ggg grandparents.  
• Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN, Johann Christoph LIEBELT,  Daniel KUCHEL, Anna GREISER and Gottfried LUBASCH are the author's gggg grandparents.

Summary

This article (Liebelt - Kuchel 1) and Liebelt - Kuchel 2, follows the lives of the two KUCHEL sisters, elder sister (KUCHEL sister 1) Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL & 13 years younger, (KUCHEL sister 2) Johanne Elisabeth Dorothea KUCHEL.  Daniel KUCHEL was there father.

Slide by J B HAYNES

• Anna Dorothea SEIFFERT & Johann Georg KUCHEL arrived South Australia in 1838, with 3 sons, J Samuel, J Friedrich, J Gottlieb.
• Their eldest son Johann Gottfried Erdmann married his 1st cousin (KUCHEL sister 2) & arrived in South Australia in 1845,  on the Herjeebhoy Rustonjee Patel  with 2 daughters, J Louise & J Dorothea.
• KUCHEL sister 1, Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL married Johann Christian LIEBELT & they arrived in South Australia in 1838, on the 'Zebra'  with 2 sons & 1 daughter, J Gottlieb, J Christoph & J Eleonore.
• Christian's parents were Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN & Johann Christoph LIEBELT who arrived in South Australia  1838 with the SEIFFERT & KUCHEL family, on the 'Prince George'.  Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN was one of the oldest Prussians to arrive in South Australia in 1838/9.  

The KUCHEL sister 1, married  [c1822]  J.C. LIEBELT

• their 1st son married a LUBASCH [1847]
  • & their 1st child was Johanne Louise LIEBELT [b1848]
  • and in 1871 she married Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL
  • who is the 3rd surviving child of KUCHEL sister 2, Johann Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL.
  • who married her 1st cousin Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL

The family names  related to this article

ALTMANN, ANGAS, BARR SMITH, BARTEL, BERRY, BRAENDLER, BINDER, BODATSCH, BOTHE, BURFORD, COLLINS, DALLY, DIEDERICH, EBEL, EY, FAEHRMANN, FAULL, FECHNER, FIEDLER, FLADRICH, FRITSCHE, FILLGRAF, GREGOR, GREENBERGER, GIERKE, GREISER,  GRAETZ, GRUNEBERGER, GUST, HAEHNEL, HAGEN, HERBIG, HENNINGSEN, HIRTE, HOFFMANN, HOENKE, HOLST, HÜBBE,  KAVEL, KLENKE, KNISPEL, KOCKEJOY, KUCHEL, KUBERN, JAENSCH, LANGE, LAUN,  LEDER, LEHMANN, LEYDEN, LIEBELT, LUBASCH, LUUR FOX, van der MOLEN, MARSH, MACFARLAN, MACFARLANE, MARSCHNER, MARKS, MUES, MUELLER, MÜLLER, NELSON, NEWCOMBE, NIESCHE, PAECH, PAETZEL, PENNERY, PINK, POHL, PHILLIPS, RAU, RITTER,  SEIDEL, SCMEISS, SCHNEEMILCH, SCHARENBERG, SCHWERDT, SCHULZ, SCHÜTZ, SCHUBERT, SEIFFERT, STARICK, STEINBORN, STREMPEL, SOAR, SÜSS, THIELE, TRIMPER, YOUNG, VORWERK, WARNEST, WENDT, WITTWER, WIRTH, WILSON, WOLF, WOOLLEY, WOODLAND, ZEUNERT, ZILM, 

Table of Content

1.    STEINBORN & LIEBELT

• Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN:  one of the oldest Prussians to arrive in South Australia in 1838/9
• Where did they settle in Hahndorf?

2.   KUCHEL sister No 1:  Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL

• Headstones, St Michaels original cemetery.
• Where did they settle in Hahndorf?

3.   Eldest son J Gottfried LIEBELT marries LUBASCH

• KUCHEL Sisters
  • Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL's grandson marries her sister Johann Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL's 1st child 
  • Where did the KUCHEL & LIEBELT families originate?

4.    Parents in law of KUCHEL sister No 2:  KUCHEL & SEIFFERT

5.   KUCHEL Sister No 2:  Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL 

• What ship did the KUCHEL's & LIEBELT's arrive on?

6.    How long were they at Kirchenbergen?

• 7 years later J.G. Erdmann KUCHEL arrived with his family & father in law.
• Family of J. Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL blamed for his premature death, 1869 
• More information and photographs of their descendants

8.   Following Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL's (Sister no 1) granddaughter who married her sister Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL's (Sister no 2) 1st son

• Their home, Hd Kuitpo, Section 3913 
• Golden Wedding Anniversary 1921

9.   The children of Johanne Louise LIEBELT & Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL

1.   STEINBORN & LIEBELT

Family History by F. LIEBELT & E.A. WITTWER
	Extract Page 16	Little factual information is available on Christoph and Elisabeth.  Pastor IWAN in his books on emigration of Germans in the 1800's states that they came from the village of Schoenborn.  Christoph's occupation was given as "haüsler", that is, a cottager.     On his death certificate his occupation is shepherd.  In Australia his name is generally associated with that of his son Christoph.  In several early documents of 1839 and 1840 the two names follow
each other. It appears that Christoph was skilled in certain aspects of medical practice and passed on a certain amount of this knowledge, Christoph LIEBELT from Friedrichstadt recalled that his grandfather set his broken thigh. Others recall that this younger Christoph also possessed a certain amount of medical knowledge. Christoph senior also practised blood-letting.  As doctors were few and far between in the early days it was necessary for a number of members of the community to have basic medical knowledge.  Pastor STREMPEL in later years, possessed considerable skills in homeopathic medicines.     Johann Christoph passed away at Hahndorf on October 21, 1846, at the age of 71 years.  The cause of death was given as natural decay.  The death was notified by Johann Gottlob SEELÄNDER the schoolteacher in Hahndorf at the time.  Anna Elisabeth lived on for a little over 10 years.  Her death came at 11.15pm on the evening of January 27, 1857.     She was buried the cemetery at St Michael's Church, Hahndorf, two days later by Pastor a. STREMPEL.  She last received Holy Communion on January 8.  We presume that Christoph was also buried in the same cemetery.  The positions of the graves are not known.  At her death there was doubt about the exact age of Elisabeth - her age was given as not less than 87 years 10 months.

Authors Note:  

• For documented information on the LIEBELTs having medical knowledge read evidence presented in 1857 at the Supreme Court in Adelaide in the article about Johann Gottfried LUBASCH.
• Further information & archives regarding this couple, or to read about the lives & descendants of their 3 sons open 'Steinborn-Liebelt'

Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN was one of the oldest Prussians to arrive in South Australia in 1838/9

Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN lived in South Australia for 18 years, died 1857 at 88 years of age and [she survived her husband by 11 years, he died in 1846 aged 71 years], at 68 years of age she was one of the oldest Prussian on the 4 ships:  Bengalee, Prince George, Zebra & Catharina .  There were 16 older Prussians on these  4 vessels, aged between 60 and 71 years of age.  

• Of the 16 older Prussians, 7 were females & 9 were males with an average age of 66.5 years.  
• 6 of these 16  passengers died at sea and never landed in South Australia.  
• The eldest of all the passengers was Charlotte FILLGRAF wife of Albrecht KAVEL, she lived 14 years in South Australia and she died in 1852 aged 84 years.  
• Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN was the second oldest to attempt this voyage in 1838, she survived, and spent the rest of her life living in Hahndorf amongst her 3 sons & their families.

The passenger are named below that were aged between 60 and 71 years, on the 4 boats, as documented in 'Kavel's People' by David Schubert. 

Bengalee arrived 16 November 1838

1. Johann KNISPEL 72 years, died at sea.  Page 156

Prince George arrived 18 November 1838

1. Anna Rosina BODATSCH nee KOCKEJOY, 68 years. died at sea. Page 145

2. Christian  BOTHE, 66 years, died 1858.  Page 145

3. Johann Friedrich HOFFMANN 62 years, died at sea. Page 148

4. Albrecht Christian KAVEL 71 years, died 1842 aged 75 years, wife, Charlotte Sabine nee FILLGRAF 70 years, died 1852 aged 84 years. Page 149

5. Gottfried LANGE 68 years, wife Anna Rosina RAU 73 years, both died at sea, a day apart. Page 150

6. Maria Elizabeth LEDER nee SCHULZ, widow HOENKE 60 years died at sea. Page 151

7. Johann Christoph LIEBELT 62 years, died 1846, 71 years of age, wife Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN 68 years, died 1857, 88 years of age. Page 151

8. Christian RAU, 64 years. Page 152

Zebra arrived 28 December 1838

1. Johann Friedrich SÜSS 67 years, & wife  Christiane nee THIELE  67 years. Page 169
2. Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN 68 years & husband Johann Christoph LIEBELT .....

Catharina arrived 20 January, 1839

1. Johann WARNEST 69, wife Anna 60 years. Page 17

LIEBELT Family History:    In 1838, 40 year old Maria Elizabeth KUCHEL [b1798] and her husband Johann 'Christian' LIEBELT  [b1801] were living in the small Prussian, Brandenburg village of Nickern, with all of their 3 children, aged 14, 12 and 5 years. Christian's younger brother Johann 'Christoph' LIEBELT [b1805] and his wife Anna WOLF  [b1808] lived in the same village with their 3 children aged 7, 4 and 1 year old.  

Christian's older brother Johann 'Gottfried' LIEBELT [b1798] his wife Anna POHL [b1799], and their 3 children aged 14, 5 and 3 years lived in a village 2.3 kms to the east, called Schönborn. This village was also where Christian, Christoph and Gottfried's  parents lived:  Johann 'Christoph' LIEBELT [b1775] senior and his wife Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN [b1769].   In 1838, when all of these LIEBELT's above, came to South Australia, the parents were aged 62 and 68 years of age. 

Maria Elizabeth KUCHEL [b1878], and her sister Johanne 'Dorothea' Elizabeth KUCHEL [b1811] were possibly born in the village of Lochow, just over 3kms, S.E. from Nickern, where their father, Daniel KUCHEL lived.   Daniel's wife has not yet been identified.  

Where did they settle in Hahndorf?      64 Main St, Hahndorf.

Anna Elisabeth STEINBORN

• Born:          1769 Brandenburg, Prussia.
• Married:     1797ca  
• Widowed:  1846 at 77 years of age 
• Died:           2 August 1879, Hahndorf, S.A. aged 88 years.
• Buried:        St Michaels Lutheran Church Cemetery.  Which is now a car park in Hahndorf, beside the church.

Johann Christoph LIEBELT Snr

• Born:          1775 Brandenburg, Prussia.
• Married:     1797ca 
• Died:          21 October 1846,  Hahndorf, S.A.  aged 71 years.

Children:    3 boys  born between 1798-180

├──  Johann Gottfried [1st son]

├──  Johann Christian [2nd son]

└── Johann Christoff [3rd son]

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Pioneers_of_Hahndorf_1839  https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Pioneers_of_Hahndorf_1839

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Hahndorf_-_Allotments_Database

Map left of Hahndorf and this extract was published by E.A. WITTWER, in April 1983:  "The original Hahndorf settlement was situated on the north-eastern side of the Main Street stretching from the northern boundary to Windsor Avenue and east to the Golf Course.  The town land was subdivided into numerous blocks.  These allotments were classified into house and land (or farm) blocks. the position of the house blocks is shown on the map.  They were numbered from 1 to 54.  Each family was allocated a house allotment (usually about an acre in area) and several land allotments which were scattered throughout the village.  Thus each family had a total allocation of about 4 acres".

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Pioneers_of_Hahndorf_1839

   In this extract from EA WITTWER under 'Pioneers of Hahndorf 1839', Alan WITTWER has given more detailed information about which Prussians shared their home blocks with which family members.  Here he states that the 3rd son was provided with a home block at what is now No 64 Main Street, and with him & his wife Anna Dorothea (born WOLF) their 3 eldest children, all born in Prussia, as well as Christoph's  'parents Johann Christoph (senior) and Anna Elisabeth (born STEINBORN).

Above top right is in this same article:  It reveals the block number 15, 2nd from left along the Main Street in Hahndorf, now numbered 64 Main St.

Above bottom right:  Describes the ownership of this land from 1839-1972, it then documents that it stayed in the LIEBELT/FAEHRMANN family for 116 years.

More detailed images, land purchases, tracing of ownership & Certificate of Titles for this couple can be found in the article .....................................

2.   The parents 2nd son married a KUCHEL, had 3 children & were allocated block 106 Main St, Hahndorf

Johann Christian LIEBELT  [2nd son]

• Born:            2 February 1801, Nickern, Brandenburg, Prussia.
• Married:       1822ca  
• Died:             4 October 1858, Hahndorf, S.A.
• Buried:         St Michaels Lutheran Church Cemetery. Which is now a car park in Hahndorf, beside the church.

Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL

• Born:           4 January 1798, Lochow, Brandenburg, Prussia.
• Married:      1822 ca  
• Widowed:   at 60 years of age in 1858. 
• Died:            2 August 1879, Hahndorf, S.A. aged 81 years.
• Buried:        St Michaels Lutheran Church Cemetery.  Which is now a car park in Hahndorf, beside the church.

Children:    3 children born between 1823-1833

├──  Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT 2nd son's 1st child married 9 September 1847 Johanna Karoline LUBASCH 

├──  Johann Christoph LIEBELT  2nd son’s 2nd child married 11 August 1848 Johanne Luise LIEBELT 

└── Johanna Eleanore LIEBELT  2nd son’s 3rd child married 23 June 1854 Johann Carl Friedrich FÄHRMANN

Family History by F. LIEBELT & E.A. WITTWER
	Extract page 44	Johann Christian was born on February 2, 1801.  The place of his birth is not known although it seems likely that it was either Nickern or Schoenborn in the Province of Brandenburg.  Little is known of his life in Germany except that at the time of registration for emigration his place of residence was the village of Nickern and that his occupation was "Schäfer" (Shepherd).  In Australia he was known as "Schäfer" LIEBELT'.   Christian married Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL, the daughter of Daniel KUCHEL who lived in the village of Lochow.  We know  of three children born to this marriage - Johann Gottlieb, Johann Christoph and Johanne Eleonore were all born in Germany and emigrated to Australia with their parents on the "Zebra" in 1838.
Christian and his family were among the pioneer settlers in Hahndorf.  Christian was allocated approx. 4 1/4 acres of land in the new village.  homestead block was numbered 15 (now 19).  The block was near the northern end of the Main Street (no 106). In addition he received farming blocks numbered 21,25,36, 51c and 66b. (Now 59, 63, 86, 105 and 138).  On September 16, Christian became the registered owner of this land; previously it had been vested in the original trustees of Hahndorf, Christian and Johann Christian Erdmann JAENSCH.     Christian built his humble home of wattle and daub on this property.  It consisted of two rooms and a porch.  In addition, a cellar of similar construction was built somewhat removed from the house.  Portion of this cellar still stands.  In the door of the old homestead was a spear mark where a spear struck into the door after an aboriginal had thrown it at Maria Elisabeth as she fled into the house.  She only just made it to safety.   In 1843 Christian had 3 acres of wheat under cultivation as well as 1/2 acre of potatoes.  He owned 6 cattle and 2 pigs.  After their marriage his two sons left the Hahndorf township and took up land at Friedrichstadt.  His daughter Eleonore and her husband Carl FAEHRMANN lived on the old homestead.   Originally Christian and his family were members of Pastor Kavel's congregation but in 1851 they joined Pastor FRITZSCHE's congregation. Christian passed away on October 4, 1858. It appears that he died fairly suddenly as his will, made in German, was only witnessed on October 2 of that year; the witnesses to the will were his sons Gottlieb and Christoph and Reinder van der MOLEN. An English translation (by Dr. HÜBBE, the Court Interpreter) is available to us.Maria Elisabeth was to have the use of the property, one room in particular, for the remainder of her life.  On her death the property was to go to Johanne Eleonore FAEHRMANN.  The homestead remained in the family until recent times. Christian was buried in the cemetery of the original church where his resting place is marked by a simple tombstone, which is still standing.   Maria Elisabeth's sister Anna Dorothea (Mrs. Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL) and husband and children, together with Daniel KUCHEL emigrated on the "Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel" in the year 1845.  They settled near Hahndorf.  Daniel is listed as "grossknecht" of foreman.   Maria Elisabeth lived on in Hahndorf until her death at the age of 81 years on the 2nd August, 1879.  She was buried two days later by Pastor STREMPEL in the St. Michael's Church Cemetery:  her bearers were J.F. & J.W. THIELE, W. & A. SCHÜTZ, F.W. WITTWER, C. JAENSCH, C. MARKS and F. SCHNEEMILCH.  Her tombstone which matches that of her husband, still stands.

Buried at St Michael's original cemetery

These two headstones have been moved from their original sites & can be found in an area of the St Michael's Church car park, Hahndorf.
	Here rests in God, our beloved father, Johann Christian LIEBELT.   He was born on February 2, 1801, and died on October 4, 1858, aged 57 years, 5 months and 2 days.  Jesus, only in your wounds  Have I found the sinner's comfort.   Here rests in God, our beloved mother Maria Elisabeth LIEBELT born KUCHEL.  She was born on January 4, 1798 and died on August 2, 1879 I know my Redeemer lives; ​What comfort this sweet sentence gives!  PSALM 19:25
Authors Note:  In 1858 when Christian made his will two days before he died the witnesses to it were his eldest son Gottlieb b 1823, 35 years of age and younger brother Christoph b1825 aged 33 years and Reinder van der MOLEN b1824 in Holland, now aged 34 years of age & the husband of Gottlieb & Christoph's  first cousin Anna Dorothea LIEBELT (who he had only been married to for less than 1 year.)

Where did they settle in Hahndorf?      106 Main St Hahndorf.

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Pioneers_of_Hahndorf_1839

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Pioneers_of_Hahndorf_1839

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Hahndorf_-_Allotments_Database

https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Pioneers_of_Hahndorf_1839

In this extract from EA WITTWER under 'Pioneers of Hahndorf 1839', Alan WITTWER has given more detailed information about which Prussians shared their home blocks with which family members.  Here he states that the 2nd son Christian LIEBELT was provided with a home block at what is now No 106 Main Street, and with him & his wife Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL & their 3 children.

Above top right is in this same article:  It reveals the block number 15, 2nd from left along the Main Street in Hahndorf, now numbered 106 Main St.

Above bottom right:  Describes the ownership of this land from 1839-1972, it then documents that it stayed in the LIEBELT/FAEHRMANN family for 116 years.

More detailed images, land purchases, tracing of ownership & Certificate of Titles for this couple can be found in the article Johann Eleonore LIEBELT.

106 Main St, Hahndorf, the 2nd last house on the right, heading to Adelaide, its been in the family for 116 years, 1839-1955.
Photograph by Art Lab   No 1	Unknown photographer  No 2	Photograph J Haynes 2020   No 3

No 1:  This original 1886 photograph [following Art Lab, Adelaide, conservation treatment], hangs downstairs in the Academy as you enter the museum display.   Liebelt Family History published in 1975, page 44, "Christian built his humble home of wattle and daub on this  property. It consisted of two  rooms and a porch...a cellar of similar construction was built somewhat removed from the house. Portion of this cellar still stands.  In the door of the old homestead was a spear mark where a spear struck into the door after an aboriginal had thrown it at Maria Elisabeth [KUCHEL] as she fled into the house."  Other anecdotal evidence regarding this spear throwing can be found in the article on Johanna Eleonore LIEBELT as well as sketches of infrastructure on this land. 

No 2:  It is not known exactly when this stone house with the verandah on the footpath was built but it is believed to have been before Johann Friedrich Carl FAEHRMANN died in 1896.  Information from Beryl BENHAM & Alan REDDY indicates that it did not replace the original fachwerk house which remained on the block.  In the article regarding Nickolaus FAEHRMANN  I quote that with his father he built the house immediately along side 106 Main Street, around 1893c.  Perhaps they were built one after the other.

No 3:  As it looked in 2023 with leadlight windows, an usual double entrance door at the rear, and a verandah is built-up  to the footpath, on a deep sloping block, similar in size to all the others in Hahndorf in 1839. One of the 3 Hahndorf Creeks flows across the property about 2/3rds of the way down the block.

LIEBELT Family History page 174On the left are black and white photographs of the construction method taken from & used in the LIEBELT house above, in photograph No 1.

Liebelt Family History page 174.  

"These four photos are all of building on Christian LIEBELT's property."  "The gaps between the framework were filled in various ways.  Probably the earliest was to use wattlesticks or split pieces of timber.  These were fitted into trenches or small holes cut in the framework.  A mixture of mud and straw and the whole infill plastered over.  Sun-dried bricks were often used as an infill."

Authors Note:  

• For  information, archives , land transactions & her tragic death regarding the descendants of this couples only daughter (open) Johanna Eleonore LIEBELT  as well as when she married master carpenter (open) Johann Friedrich Carl FÄHRMANN open 'Liebelt- Faehrmann'
• For detailed analysis of this old LIEBELT fachwerk home see Lothar BRASSE's work on Carl FAERHMANN's built legacy.

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3.   Eldest son Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT marries LUBASCH

LIEBELT & Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL's eldest son, Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT, was 14 years of age on the 'Zebra' in 1838 & he grew up on this property for 9 years, from the age of 14-23 years when he married & became a farmer at Friedrichstadt.  For more specific information on this couple see the article about them and their 10 children.    

Gottlieb in German means 'beloved by God'.  Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT's future wife, Johanne Karoline LUBASCH  [1827-1902],from Rissen, Brandenburg, Prussia, was an 11 year old on board the same vessel the 'Zebra'.  Rissen is now Rosin, Poland and is only 4.3kms through the fields to Nickern, or current day Niekarzyn in Poland, where Gottlieb grew up.  

In 1847 they were married in the Schoolroom at Hahndorf by Pastor KAVEL whose mother Charlotte FILLGRAF, as explained above, was the oldest passenger on the 1838/9 ships ['Bengalee', 'Prince George', 'Zebra' & 'Catharina']   

Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT married 1847,  Johanne Karoline LUBASCH
Photographs  Charles NIESCHE.	Hahndorf Public Cemetery Photograph J B HAYNES	For more information regarding the LUBASCH family see Gottfried LUBASCH Part 1-4.

Author:  The witnesses to Gottlieb & Karoline's marriage were Gottlieb KUCHEL, probably Erdmann's youngest brother who had come out on the Prince George.   The LIEBELT's and the KUCHEL's were possibly already friends, from knowing them in Lochow, not  far from Nickern, or from their shared experiences in Hahndorf  

Family History by F. LIEBELT & E.A. WITTWER
	Extract page46	See article about their lives & that of their 10 children

Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL b 1846 John Mueller Photographic & Other Archival Material Collection

Johanna Louise LIEBELT b1848 John Mueller Photographic & Other Archival Material Collection

The 1st of J Gottlieb LIEBELT & Karoline LUBASCH's 10 children was Johanna Louise LIEBELT b1848, image on left.

Who in 1871 married Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL b1846, image on right, the 5th child of Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL & his 1st cousin Johanne Dorothea KUCHEL (Sister no 2).

Johanna Louise LIEBELT & Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL are 1C1R

These 2 coloured signed images, are by an artist whose name I cannot decipher. The artist worked off of a black and white copy of their photographs &  enlarged, enhanced & coloured it. They hang side by side in moulded and curved glass frames in the home of their great grandson John MUELLER of Hahndorf. 

Image by J B HAYNES

 The descendants of this couple make up the bulk of the individuals in the photographic collection belonging to John MUELLER

Where did the KUCHEL & LIEBELT families originate?

Below: Meyers Gazette: 1848 map of Brandenburg, Prussia, showing the villages Johanne Louise LIEBELT & Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL's parents, grandparents & great grandparents came from.  They were all small villages, surrounded by tracts of forest and close to running streams, connected by tracks across mostly flat terrain.  The Odra River can be seen in the lower left hand corner and the village of Tschicherzig from which the Oder barges departed in 1838 & possibly 1845, can be seen bottom, centre. The author cycled from the Baltic Sea down the Oder River and into current day Poland in 2018.

4.    

Rachel KUCHEL from the Lutheran Archives writes:

Lutheran Church website, https://www.lca.org.au/captain-compassion/  Compassion by Rachel KUCHEL, 10 April 2014 'After several unsuccessful attempts to secure a lease in the Adelaide district, Hahn encountered the land-owners MacFarlane, Finniss and Dutton, who owned land near Mount Barker. He arranged to go with them to inspect a portion of their land. Determining that it was suitable for his charges he gave his opinion that ‘It seems to me that nature has squandered and lavished her gifts on Australia. I would never have believed such land to exist on the earth.’ Hahn arranged the conditions of the lease, which was signed on 28 January 1839. Some members of the Klemzig settlement, including Hoffmann, Jaensch, Kuchel and Liebelt, who had travelled on the Prince George, chose to settle with the Zebra community also.'

The Parents

'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by V. SCHWERDT, G. HILL & E.A. WITTWER, 1970.
		Johann Georg KUCHEL arrived at Holdfast Bay, South Australia, from Germany (Province of Preussen) on about 20th November, 1838, with his wife Anna Dorothea (nee SEIFERT)  (sic) and three of his four sons.     The eldest son (Johann Gottfreid) (sic) had married his cousin and he remained in Germany until 1845 before coming to Australia with his wife and her parents.  The three sons who accompanied Johann Georg were Johann Samuel (23 years), Johann Friedrich (20 years), and Johann Gottlieb (18 years).
Johann Georg was 55 years of age and his wife 51 years.  Their journey from Germany in the "Prince George" took five months........Johann Georg Kuchel and his wife came from Langmeil, in the province of Preussen. Their ship, the "Prince George", was of 482 tons and carried about 200 German religious refugees.

	Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery Lobethal, Adelaide Hills South Australia. Both plots of ground are cleared there are no headstones
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205817561/johann_georg-kuchel: accessed May 15, 2025), memorial page for Johann Georg Kuchel (1779–23 Feb 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205817561, citing Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Lobethal, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Shaz in Adelaide (contributor 49579799).   Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205817571/anna_dorothea-kuchel: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for Anna Dorothea Seiffert Kuchel (1786–28 Oct 1860), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205817571, citing Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Lobethal, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Shaz in Adelaide (contributor 49579799).

Anna Dorothea SEIFFERT 

• Born:             1787ca Unknown, probably Prussia. 
• Married:       1811ca  
• Emigrated to S.A. from Langmeil, Brandenburg, Prussia.
• Widowed:   1845 aged 58 years  
• Died:            28 October 1860 Hahndorf, S.A.  aged 73 years

Johann Georg KUCHEL

• Born:           1779ca Unknown, probably Prussia. 
• Married:      1811ca  
• Emigrated to S.A. from Langmeil, Brandenburg, Prussia.
• Died:           23 February 1845, Hahndorf, S.A.  aged 66 years
• Buried:        Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Lobethal, South Australia.  South Australia Memorial ID 205817561  [Find a Grave]

Children:    4 boys born between 1812-1821

├──  Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL [1812]   

├──  Johann Samuel KUCHEL [1815]

├── Johann Friedrich KUCHEL  [1818] 

└── Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL  [1821] 

All above were on the 'Prince George' except Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL who was on the 'Herjeebhoy Rustonjee Patel', with his family in 1845.  This section begins with the 2nd son Johann Samuel KUCHEL, to follow the eldest son Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL go to Liebelt - Kuchel 2.

2nd son:  Samuel 

'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by V. SCHWERDT, G. HILL & E.A. WITTWER, 1970.
	KUCHEL Family History page 16	John Mueller Photographic & Archival Material Collection
John Mueller Photographic & Archival Material Collection	Photograph above right of Samuel KUCHEL taken by photographer Edmund Diederich, who married Samuel's niece, Anna Elizabeth Kuchel b1854. Left:  Same photograph as above, used in Samuel's Death Notification card 'a colonist for 62 years'.   Johann Samuel KUCHEL was born on 4th May, 1815.   He married Johanne Dorothea KLENKE in September, 1839 (sic).  She had arrived in South Australia on 1st January, 1839, in the "Zebra".  Her father died at sea during the voyage. Samuel and is wife lived at Klemzig for a short time and then moved to Hahndorf being amongst he first settlers that went there.  They lived on the spot where the Hahndorf Academy now stands, which was the first land leased in South Australia.  His signature can be seen in a book at the Hahndorf Gallery.  In 1845 they moved out to the farm known as Kirchenbergen.   More information provided but not relevant to this article.
Authors Note:  Samuel may have stayed at Klemzig, but he was not married to J Dorothea KLENKE at that time.  Her mother was also on the Zebra.

	Johann Samuel KUCHEL  Pioneer of this District, Born Germany 1815, Arrived SA 1838, Died Murray Bridge 1900 He sought religious freedom and found it also his son Johann Gottfried KUCHEL Born 1844. Died 1888	Murray Bridge Cemetery Murray Bridge South Australia Plot 6th drive plot 28 Memorial ID 192434857
Murray Bridge Cemetery Murray Bridge South Australia Plot fifth drive plot 88 Memorial ID 192434868	Johanne Dorothea KUCHEL  wife of Johann Samuel Born Germany  Arrived SA  Died Murray Bridge

Johann Samuel KUCHEL   

2nd child of Anna SEIFFERT & Johann Georg KUCHEL

• Born:             4 May 1815 Langmeil Brandenburg, Prussia . 
• Married:       1839   
• Widowed:    1891 at 76 years of age.  
• Died:             5 February 1900, residence & death took place at Mobilong, S.A.  aged 84 years.

Johanna Dorothea KLENKE. 

4th child of Christian KLENKE & Anna Elisabeth GIERKE

• Born:          1817 Kay Brandenburg, Prussia 
• Married:     1839  [00]
• Died:          21 November 1891, residence & death took place at Murray Bridge, S.A. aged 75 years.

Children:    10 children born between 1840-1858

├──  Anna Dorothea Henrietta KUCHEL [1840]  m 1860 RITTER

├──  Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL L [1843]  m  1865 ALTMANN can't find her heritage.

├── Johann Gottfried KUCHEL  [1844] m 1865  LEYDEN

├── Johann Samuel KUCHEL  [1846] m 1869 MARSCHNER

├── Friedrich Wilhelm KUCHEL [1848] m 1875  MUES

├── Johann Georg KUCHEL [1850-1850] 

├── Johann Christian KUCHEL  [1851]  m 1881  HIRTE├── Johann Luise KUCHEL [1853]  m 1876  BARTEL

├── Johanne Eleanora KUCHEL [1856]  m 1883 FECHNER

└── Johanne Caroline KUCHEL  [1858-1860].

├── Friedrich Wilhelm KUCHEL [1848]  m 1875  MUES

├── Johann Georg KUCHEL [1850-1850] 

├── Johann Christian KUCHEL  [1851] m 1881 HIRTE

├── Johann Luise KUCHEL [1853]  m 1876  BARTEL

├── Johanne Eleanora KUCHEL [1856]  m 1883 FECHNER

└── Johanne Caroline KUCHEL  [1858-1860]

3 son:  Friedrich

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'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by V. SCHWERDT, G. HILL & E.A. WITTWER, 1970.
	KUCHEL Family History page 40	Johann Friedrich KUCHEL was born on 2nd June, 1818.  He was 20 years old when he arrived in South Australia and apparently stayed with his parents for about eight years at Klemzig and Hahndorf.  He was named as the lessee of a portion of land at Hahndorf.  Then he went to the Barossa Valley where he was employed by Angas at Tarrawatta.  There he met and married Johanne Rosina SEIDEL (his junior by seven years), also employed by the Angas family.    More information provided but not relevant to this article.

	Transcription by ChatGTP   Hier ruhet in Gott     Johann Friedrich  Kuchel.   Geb. am 2 Juni 1818 zu Langmeil,   Provinz Brandenburg, Preußen.   Gest. am 22 März 1887.   Ich weiß daß mein Erlöser lebt, und   er wird mich hernach aus der Erde   auferwecken. Hiob 19,25.	Translation by ChatGTP   Here rests in God    Johann Friedrich  Kuchel.   Born on June 2, 1818 in Langmeil,   Province of Brandenburg, Prussia.   Died on March 22, 1887.   I know that my Redeemer lives, and   He will raise me up from the earth afterwards.   Job 19:25.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174152212/johann_friedrich-kuchel: accessed May 15, 2025), memorial page for Johann Friedrich Kuchel (2 Jun 1818–28 Mar 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 174152212, citing Friedensberg Pioneer Cemetery, Springton, Barossa Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by ThereseRose49 (contributor 48244378).
	Transcription by ChatGTP Ihre Ruhe in Gott JOHANNA ROSINA KUCHEL geborne Seidel. geb. 7. Juli 1835 zu Hahndorf, Süd Australien, Deutschland, gest. 24. März 1886. und ihre Mutter ANNA ELISABETH SEIDEL, geborne Schulz, geb. am 10. Dez. 1797 zu Freystadt, Schlesien, gest. am 11. Dez. 1880. Selig sind die Todten, die in dem Herrn sterben von nun an. Ja der Geist spricht, dass sie ruhen von ihrer Arbeit. Off. Joh. 14, 13.	Translation by ChatGTP Their rest in God JOHANNA ROSINA KUCHEL née Seidel. Born July 7, 1835 in Hahndorf, South Australia, Germany, died March 24, 1886. and her mother ANNA ELISABETH SEIDEL, née Schulz, born December 10, 1797 in Freystadt, Silesia, died December 11, 1880. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labor. Revelation 14:13.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174152289/johanne_rosine-kuchel: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for Johanne Rosine Seidel Kuchel (17 Jul 1825–21 Nov 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 174152289, citing Friedensberg Pioneer Cemetery, Springton, Barossa Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by ThereseRose49 (contributor 48244378).
Friedensberg Pioneer Cemetery, Lablach Rd, Springton, South Australia.

Johann Friedrich KUCHEL 3rd child of Anna SEIFFERT & Johann Georg KUCHEL:

• ​Born.            2 June 1818 Langmeil, Brandenburg, Prussia. [see headstone]
• Married:     10 June 1847ca Hahndorf. 
• Died:          28 March 1887 aged 68 years
• Buried:       Friedensberg Pioneer Cemetery, Springton, South Australia Memorial ID 174152212 [Find a Grave]

Johanne Rosina SEIDEL 2nd child of Christian Friedrich SEIDEL & Anna Elizabeth SCHULZE (buried with daughter, same headstone)                              

• Born:            17 July 1825 Schloin ? Silesia, Prussia.
• Married:       10 June 1847 Hahndorf. 
• Widowed:   1887 aged 62 years
• Died:            21 November 1893  aged 68 years

Children:    11 children born between 1848-1890

├── Johann Wilhelm KUCHEL died as infant

├── Johann Heinrich  KUCHEL 

├── Carl Friedrich KUCHEL married Augusta EBEL

├── Johann Georg  KUCHEL married Johanne STARICK

├──Gustav Benjamin KUCHEL married Pauline FLADRICH

├── Johann Gottfried KUCHEL  died as infant

├──  Johann Fredrich KUCHEL married Augusta LEHMANN

├── Christian Friedrich KUCHEL 

├──  Gottlieb Ferdinand KUCHEL 

├── Johanne Augustine KUCHEL married Johann HERBIG

└── Maria Elizabeth [1871] [. ] married Johann WENDT

4th son:  Gottlieb

'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by V. SCHWERDT, G. HILL & E.A. WITTWER, 1970.
		Johann Gottlieb, the fourth son of Johann Georg KUCHEL, was born in 1820.  He lived with his parents at Klemzig and Hahndorf, moving out with them to Kirchenbergen.  In 1848 he married Maria Elizabeth BARTEL.  They settled on land north of Kanmantoo, where he farmed for many years.  Later he became the proprietor of Wool Park Estate, near Kanmantoo. Gottieb was a devout churchman.  A number of families from Hanover, a State in Germany, had
FIEDLER, who was stationed at Hahndorf, came from Hanover, and he used to preach every three or four weeks at Callington.  Gottlieb often journeyed to Hahndorf in his German waggon and brought the Pastor back to conduct the church service.  The road was very rough and Gottlieb bought a spring cart so that Pastor FIEDLER would not be so shaken up on the way.  As a result he was given the title of Pastorfahrer (conveyor of the Pastor)

	Callington Cemetery, Callington, South Australia Plot 52 Methodist Section Memorial ID 174213227   Wife Maria Elisabeth BARTEL also buried in the same plot.
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Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL b1821  4th child of Anna SEIFFERT & Johann Georg KUCHEL

• Born:        26 May 1821, Langmeil Brandenburg Prussia.
• Married:   14 March 1848 Schoolroom, Hahndorf.  
• Died:        2 June 1902, Callington, Strathalbyn   aged 81 years

Maria Elizabeth BARTEL.  2nd child of Johann Gottlob BARTEL & Maria Elisabeth BINDER

• Born:            3 January 1826 Möstchen Brandenburg Prussia. 
• Married:      14 March 1848 Schoolroom, Hahndorf  
• Widowed:  1902 at 76 years of age
• Died:           18 July 1884, Kanmantoo, S.A.   aged 58 years

Children:    11 children born between 1849-1869

├──  Anna Dorothea Elizabeth KUCHEL married Heinrich TRIMPER

├── Friedrich William KUCHEL married Johanne GRUNEBERGER

├──  Johanna Louisa KUCHEL married Carl WIRTH

├── Johann August KUCHEL married Helene THIELE

├── Anna Maria KUCHEL married Hermann TRIMPER

├──  Emma Matilde KUCHEL married Johann PAECH

├──  Heinrich Gottlieb KUCHEL married Hulda THIELE

├── Johanne Hermann KUCHEL married Amelia DALLY

├──  Emilie Bertha KUCHEL married Charles GRAETZ

├── Maria Elizabeth KUCHEL married Friedrich LEHMANN

└── Gustav Adolph KUCHEL 

To follow 'KUCHEL sister no 2' including the ship they arrived on a unique 1889c family photograph by Edmund DIEDERICH how long they farmed at Kirchenbergen the family situation when they arrived 7 years after Erdmann's brothers & parents how when Erdmann was killed his family were blamed for his death we follow the families of their children including  Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL's (Sister no 1) granddaughter who married her sister Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL's (Sister no 2 married to Erdmann KUCHEL) 1st son.

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