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Ship Reiherstieg

7 cabin and 143 steerage passengers from Hamburg 26/10/1854

Captain: J HARMANN - (Voyage description Observer 28/10/1854 p473b).

Passengers

ALBRECHT, Marie (//-//). From Ebergitzen, Hanover.

ANDERSIEK, Mattheus (//-//). Farmer from Kleinitz, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia.

ARNOLD, Carl Friedrich (7/4/1828-17/11/1909). Died Tanunda SA, at his son-in-law Heinrich Flickert’s residence. Farmer from Neudorf (probably Silesia), Prussia. Ostler; Greenock Hotel then Farmer; St Kitts, Greenock. Lutheran. m 30/8/1865 Congregational Church manse Kapunda, Mrs Ernst Krüger nee Caroline Nitschke.

ARNOLD, Johann Wilhelm (//-20/3/1868). Died Greenock SA. Farmer from Neudorf, Prussia. Farmer; Greenock Creek. Never married. [Brothers to Gottlob Arnold who emigrated SA 1848 Alfred.]

BALK, Carl Georg (23/7/1834-23/7/1876). Born Syke, Hanover. Died Adelaide SA, at home North Tce, of lung inflammation and typhoid fever. Storekeeper from Syke. Draper; Adelaide (Wills & Co). Lutheran. Obit Register 10/8/1876. m 4/12/1861 Brougham Place Congregational Church North Adelaide, Lucia nee Mehrtens.

BECKMANN, Carl (//-//). Butcher from Bremen. Butcher; Clare. Brother to Eduard Beckmann.

BECKMANN, Carl Eduard (//-249/1872). Died Penwortham SA. Butcher; Clare. Brother to Carl Beckmann.

BECKMANN, Mrs Ludwig nee Sophie ? (//-20/1/1876). Died Penwortham SA. Mother to Carl and Eduard Beckmann. Widow of Ludwig Beckmann of Oldenburg.

BENICKE/BENECKE, Auguste (//-//). From Nehmen, Mecklenburg.

BENICKE/BENECKE, Johann (//-//). From Nehmen, Mecklenburg.

BETH, Hans Friedrich (//-//). Farmer from Oldesloe, Holstein.

BEYTHIEN, Gottfried Theodor Carl (//-//). Artist from Hamburg. Settled; Adelaide, Nelson St Stepney. Wife & family to SA 1855 La Rochelle

BIRCKNER, Anna Dorothea (//-//). From Läsgen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia.

BORMANN, Carl Gottlieb (//-//). Blacksmith from Mockwitz, Saxony.

BÜCHNER/BUECHNER, Johann Adolph (//-//). Labourer from Glembach, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

BURMEISTER, Christian Heinrich (//c1809-17/5/1859). Died Adelaide SA, in the British-German Hospital, of dropsy. From Hamburg. Livery stable keeper; Adelaide. m 1856, Johanne Margarethe HEIMBROCK.

COORSSEN/COORPEN, Marie Lucie (//-//). From Bremen.

ECKERMANN, (//-//)

ECKERMANN, (//-//)

EGGERS, (//-//)

EIHLIG, (//-//)

FIEBIG, (//-//)

FLAGEN, (//-//)

FOELSCHE, (//-//)

FRIEBET, Mr (//-//)

GROSSMANN, Robert (//-//). Clothmaker from Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

GUTSCHE, Johann Friedrich (//-//). From Griesel, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Farmer; Blumberg. Lutheran.

GUTSCHE, Mrs JF nee Luise HAEUSLER (//-25/6/1860)

HABY, Johann Carl (//c1818-23/6/1888). Died Mannum SA. Farmer from Beutnitz, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

HABY, Mrs JC nee Elisabeth NITSCHKE (//-//). Perhaps sister to fellow passenger Ferdinand Nitschke.

HABY, Johanne Luise (//-//). m (1) Johann Christian STEICKE m (2) Johann OSTERMANN.

HABY, Johann Carl August (//c1848-15/5/1832). Farmer; Springton, Eden Valley, Palmer, Yorketown. m Henriette Wilhelm.

HABY, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm (/2/1850-22/8/1916). Farmer; East Mannum. m Auguste Bertha WILHELM.

HAGEN, Gustav (//-//). Paper worker from Hütten, Schleswig.

HARDER, Johann Peter (//c1824-13/5/1904). Carpenter from Rostock, Kreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Cabinetmaker, storekeeper; Adelaide, Kooringa, Clare. What is the connection with Peter Harder m Luise nee WALLMANN?

HARDER, Mrs JP nee Catherine Henriette NOLOPP (//c1825-25/2/1888)

HATTORF, Maria Catherine Dorothea (//-//). From Bremen.

HAVEKER, Diedrich (//-//). Sailor from Bremen.

HERING, Julius Robert (//-//). Gardener from Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

HERING, Mrs JR (//-//)

HERING, child (//-//)

HERING, child (//-//)

HERING, child (//-//)

HINZ, Rebecca (//-//)

HINZ, Sophie (//-//)

HOWEL, (//-//)

HOYATER, (//-//)

KATE, Bernhard (//-//). Goldworker from Vechta, Oldenburg.

KLAEBSCH/KLÄBSCH, Johann Christian (14/4/1826-23/9/1908). Born Beutnitz, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Salem SA. Mason from Glembach, Kreis Crossen. Mason, farmer; Salem. Probably a brother to Wilhelm Klaebsch. m 3/6/1858 Hahndorf, Eleonore nee Schumann.

KLEINITZ, (//-//)

KLUSKE, Johann August (8/7/1834-13/9/1900). Died Eudunda SA. Farmer from Läsgen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Farmer; Moppa nr Greenock, Eudunda. Lutheran. Son of Christian Kluske. m 19/11/1863 Lutheran Church Neukirch, Maria nee Preusker.

KLUSKE, Maria Elisabeth (15/7/1832-31/3/1914). Died Point Pass SA. m (1) 2/4/1856 Lutheran Church Rosenthal, fellow passenger Friedrich Lehmann m (2) 1/4/1873 Lutheran Church Pirie St, Adelaide, Wilhelm Pickert.

KOENIG, August (//-//). Shoemaker from Schmiedeburg, Kreis Hirschberg, Silesia, Prussia.

KOENIG, Johann Friedrich Senr (//-27/4/1855). Died Lobethal SA. Wheelwright from Logau, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Wheelwright; Lobethal.

KOENIG, Mrs JF nee Anna Dorotha nee ? (//-16/8/1894). Died Lobethal SA.

KOENIG, Johann Friedrich Junr (//-26/1/1909). Born Logau, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Sedan SA. m 18/7/1861 Lutheran Church Lobethal, Louise nee Schirmer (nb).

KOENIG, Johanne Rosine (19/2/1836-24/11/1909). Died Lobethal SA. m 15/11/1855 zum Weinberge Christi Lutheran Lobethal, Carl Seidel.

KOOP, Friedrich (//-//). Labourer from Gross Gieschen, Mecklenburg. Likely did not come out on this ship in the end, but is the Friedrich Koop who came out with his mother, Sophie Koop, aboard the Adele.

KOOP, Joachim (//-//). Labourer from Gross Gieschen, Mecklenburg.

KOOP, Mrs Joachim nee ? (//-//).

KOOP, son (//-//) 0.

KOOP, Wilhelm (//-//). Wheelwright from Gross Gieschen, Mecklenburg. Finally settled Yorketown.

KOOP, Mrs Wilhelm nee Marie Anna SCHUMACHER (//-//).  Probably F, J & W Koop were sons of the widow Sophie Koop, who emigrated with her other son, aboard the Adele in 1856.

KUESSERT/KÜSSERT/KUFFERT/KUSSERT, Johann Lebrecht Albrecht (//-//). Shoemaker from Bugay, Prussia.

KUFFERT, Mrs JLA nee Charlotte Ernstine HEIN (//-//)

KUFFERT, Amelie Mathilde (18/5/1844-//)

KUFFERT, Hermine Luise (2/9/1848-//)

KUFFERT, (//-//)

KUFFERT, (//-//)

LEHMANN, Friedrich (//c1834-22/7/1869). Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Bagot Station SA. Farmer; Neukirch, Julia Creek. Lutheran. m 2/4/1856 Lutheran Church Rosenthal, fellow passenger Maria Kluske.

LEOPOLD, (//-//)

LIEDL, Friedrich Gustav (//-//). Mason from Nieder-Seiffersdorf, Kreis Grottkau, Silesia, Prussia.

MACKE, Johann Heinrich Andreas Christian (//-//). Butcher from Grittelde, Brunswick. Butcher; North Adelaide.

MACKE, Mrs JHAC nee Caroline Wilhelmine THIELE (//-//)

MARTIN, Heinrich Siegismund (2/2/1817-1/1/1894). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Hahndorf SA. Wheelwright and coachbuilder from Gross Lessen. Wheelwright and coachbuilder; Hahndorf. Lutheran.

MARTIN, Mrs HS nee Anna Dorothea PANJAS (12/9/1820-29/6/1897). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Hahndorf SA.

MARTIN, Hermann (8/5/1842-17/5/1922). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Dwight, Illinois USA. Wheelwright; Hahndorf. To USA 1868. Farmer; Odell Ill. Lutheran. m 14/2/1870 Morris Ill, Sophia nee Wiegmann.

MARTIN, Maria Luise Pauline (23/9/1845-9/9/1919). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Monarto SA. m 7/10/1869 St Michael Hahndorf, Emil Anders.

MARTIN, Emilie Luise (//c1848-18/9/1914). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Norwood SA. m 27/2/1877 St Paul Hahndorf, Wilhelm Fischer (nb).

MARTIN, Carl Heinrich (20/9/1851-23/4/1926). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Hahndorf SA. Wheelwright and coachbuilder; Hahndorf. Lutheran. m 4/6/1885 St Paul Hahndorf, Helena nee Schach (nb).

MARTIN, Gustav Adolph (//c1854-//1932). Born Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Hahndorf SA. Farmer, coach driver; Wattle Grove Hahndorf. Lutheran. m 11/8/1881 St Michael Hahndorf, Caroline nee Liebelt (nb).

NEUMANN, Johann Gottlob the Elder (//-//). Farmer from Kalzig, Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia.

NEUMANN, Mrs JG nee Anna Dorothea EBERT (//-//)

NEUMANN, Johann Gottlob the Younger (//-//). m Johanne Pauline nee WILHELM

NEUMANN, Johann Gottfried (19/9/1844-//). m Maria Elisabeth nee JAENSCH

NITSCHKE, Ferdinand (//-//)

NITSCHKE, Elisabeth (//-//)

NITSCHKE, Luise (//-//)

NITSCHKE, Auguste (//-//)

NITSCHKE, Wilhelm (//-//)

NITSCHKE, Ernst (//-//)

NITSCHKE, Johann Carl (//-//). Farmer from Beutnitz, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

REICHE, August (//-//). Farmer from Lerbach, Hanover.

RICHTER, Justus (//-//). Merchant from Magdeburg, Prussian Saxony.

RISCHBIETH, Christian (//-//). Merchant from Neustadt, Hanover.

ROESSEL/ROSSEL/RÖSSEL, Johann Gustav (//-//). Turner from Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia.

ROESSEL/ROSSEL/RÖSSEL, Mrs JG nee Johanna ? (//-//)

SCHEELE, Heinrich (//-//). Merchant from Neustadt, Hanover.

SCHOENBERG/SCHONEBERG/SCHÖNBERG, Gustav Adolph (//-//). Farmer from Steinthal, Prussia.

SCHOENBERG/SCHONEBERG/SCHÖNBERG, Julius (//-//). Farmer from Steinthal, Prussia. m Theodore nee PHILIPPI (21/4/1813-29/5/1879) Died Crystal Brook SA.

SCHOENBERG/SCHONEBERG/SCHÖNBERG, Friedrich Wilhelm (//-19/8/1893). Farmer from Steinthal, Prussia. Farmer; Tanunda, Walloway. m 24/4/1861 Bride father residence Tanunda, Maria Helene Mathilde Ottilie nee KLAEHN (//c1837-12/1/1915) Father; Friedrich August Heinrich.

SCHUETTE/SCHUTTE/SCHÜTTE, Heinrich James Ferdinand (//-28/1/1870). Shopkeeper from Hamburg.

SCHUETTE/SCHUTTE/SCHÜTTE, Mrs HJF (//-//). perhaps Margarethe Catharine Schütte who died 8/3/1891

SCHUETTE/SCHUTTE/SCHÜTTE, Johann Carl Charles Ferdinand (//c1851-//). Lived Parkside, Glenelg. m 4/11/1882 Lutheran Church Pirie St Adelaide, Margarethe Christiane Magdalene nee BULL Father; Johann.

SCHULTZ/SCHULZ, Carl Ludwig (//-//). Tailor from Lowenczin, Prussia.

SCHULTZ/SCHULZ, Gottfried (//-//). Labourer from Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

SCHULZE, Carl (//-//). Clothmaker from Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

SCHUMANN, Catharine Maria (//-//). From Dammeritz, Mecklenburg.

SEEKAMP, Catharina (//c1829-//). From Baden, Hanover. m 8/2/1855 Groom residence North Adelaide, Johann Bohlmann.

SONNENBERG, Heinrich (//-//). Farmer from Barezinek, Prussia.

STEIN, Friedrich Carl (//-//). Farmer from Nordhausen, Hanover.

STABERNACK, Gottlieb (//-//). Shoemaker from Läsgen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Prob brother/perhaps father of fellow passenger Mrs Gottlieb Waegner nee ME Stabernack.

TOYLEY, (//-//)

VON DER HEIDE, (//-//)

UHLIG, Diedrich (//-//). Merchant from Holtorf, Hanover.

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, Johann Gottlieb (9/8/1820-28/5/1872). Born Silesia, Prussia. Died Rosenthal SA. Farmer from Läsgen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia.

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, Mrs JG nee Maria Elisabeth STABERNACK (3/4/1820-8/1/1906). Born Silesia, Prussia. Died Dalkey SA. Prob sister/perhaps daughter of fellow passenger Gottlieb Stabernack.

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, Johanne Auguste (17/10/1846-31/12/1913). Born Läsgen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Gawler SA. m 30/9/1864 St John Rosenthal, Ernst Baum.

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, (//-//). Perhaps four unnamed children still to find.

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, (//-//)

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, (//-//)

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, (//-//)

WAEGNER/WAGNER/WÄGNER, Luise Wilhelmine (//c1853-//1931).

WALTER, Friedrich Gottlieb (//-//). Labourer from Treppeln, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia.

WARNCKEN, Johann Anton (//c1833-10/5/1899). Died Norwood SA. Butcher from Bremen. Butcher; Adelaide (Freeman St), North Adelaide. m (1) 27/6/1859 Holy Trinity Adelaide, Josephine nee Henning. m (2) 15/7/1863 Christ Church North Adelaide, Mary nee Orchard.

WEHNSTEDT, (//-//). Not Oscar Wehrstedt.

WEIDENHOEFER/WEIDENHÖFER, Diedrich Heinrich (//c1818-17/6/1889). Died Kent Town SA. Mason from Baden, Hanover. Mason; North Adelaide.

WEIDENHOEFER, Mrs DH nee Becka ? (//c1828-18/7/1897). Died Kent Town SA.

WEIDENHOEFER, child (//-//)

WEIDENHOEFER, child (//-//)

WINTER, Carl Friedrich August (5/10/1808-19/6/1878). Died Balaklava SA. Wheelwright from Kramesborn??, Brandenburg, Prussia. Farmer; Siegersdorf, Balaklava.

WINTER, Mrs CFA nee Johanna Christiane Luise nee NOACK (25/11/1809-26/4/1883). Died Balaklava SA.

WINTER, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand (5/11/1834-//)

WINTER, Carl August Friedrich (8/7/1837-//1900). Died Woorak West Vic. Farmer; Steinau, Pt Wakefield, Balaklava. To Vic. Lutheran. m 27/9/1860 Lutheran Church Light Pass, Caroline nee Traeger.

WINTER, Johanne Auguste Emilie (20/2/1848-//)

WIRTH, Johann Carl Heinrich (//c1825-19/3/1901). Died nr Hahndorf SA. Miller from Gross Lessen, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Labourer; near Hahndorf, also Bletchley. Brother to Hermann Wirth who emig c1874. m (2) 20/10/1878 Nairne, Catherine Elizabeth Minna nee MARBLE (//c1852-31/10/1905) Died Adelaide SA. Father; Joseph.

WIRTH, Mrs JCH nee Caroline Albertine Auguste HORN (//c1828-2/11/1877). Died Hahndorf SA.

WIRTH, Carl Otto Franz (6/11/1852-2/6/1929). Born Fürstenwalde, Kreis Rastenburg, East Prussia. Died SA. m 1/2/1875, Louise nee Kuchel (nb)

WIRTH, Auguste Maria Emma (//c1856-//). m 15/1/1875 PM Mission House Strathalbyn, Samuel HOOPER (//c1846-//) Father; Jacob. Settled; Rivoli Bay, Millicent.

perhaps Johann (//-//). Lived; Adelaide. m 13/11/1875, Rebecca nee FREEMAN

WIRTH, Paul August Theodor (//c1852-/9/1929). Died Adelaide SA. Labourer; Hahndorf. Son of August Wirth. Was he a twin to Franz Wirth? He lived with his uncle, Hermann Wirth. m 3/4/1899 Hermann Wirth residence Hahndorf, Mrs Peter Lembke, nee Anna Reiners.

WOIDT, Johann Friedrich (//c1824-30/9/1909). Born Kalzig, Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Jeparit Vic, at his daughter Christine Obst’s residence. Shoemaker from Kalzig. Shoemaker; Wheal Barton nr Truro, Point Pass, Hundred of English, then To Jeparit Vic. Lutheran. m (1) 27/8/1857 Lutheran Church Bethanien, Ernestine nee Henschke m (2) 17/2/1873 Lutheran Church Point Pass, Mrs August Riedel nee Rosine Stephan.

WOIDT, Mrs JF nee Johanne Eleonore ? (//-//). Was this a first wife, or a sister

ZIMMERMANN, Carl Adolph (//c1823-15/6/1914). Died Jamestown SA. Joiner from Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Farmer; Rowlands Flat. Father; Friedrich Zimmermann. m 27/10/1859, Luise nee Messner. Prob a brother to Mathilde Zimmermann, who emigrated SA 1857 Cesar & Helene.

ZOWE, (//-//)