> Can anyone give me any details on the immigration ship Caeser Goddfrey > from Hamburg Germany to Rockhampton >Australia in 1861-62. Also any > information on the family name of Plahn and Fehlhaber. Thank you. >Jenny Hi Jenny, I can tell you that J.C. Goddefroy (Godeffroy?) and Son (und Sohn) was the name of a large German shipping firm who traded a lot in the pacific islands. They had a big fleet of ships. There were quite a few Germans in the pacific who were agents for them, in Tonga for example, there were a few Germans, as in other islands in the 19th century. Here's a quote from a website.... "GERMAN MICRONESIA Although there were already sailors and traders from Bremen or Hamburg in the area before 1850, German presence only became really important in the 1860's and 1870's when the Hamburg trading house of Johann Cesar Godeffroy und Sohn became prominent in the copra industry/trade and established a commercial empire that soon covered most island groups in the area (the Carolines, the Gilberts, the Palau, etc) The owner of the company, Johann Cesar VI Godeffroy (1818 - 1885), became known as the King of the South Sea (König der Südsee). At first the operations were directed by the trading post of the company in Samoa (since 1857), but later permanent posts were also established in Micronesia itself (Yap in 1869, Jaluit in 1873) The company went bankrupt in 1878, but by then German presence was firmly establshed." ------------------------------- Recently, it seems a lecture was given in January 2005 at the Institut for Ethnology at the University of Goettingen, by Prof. Dr. Kurt Düring,(of Hannover) on the subject of the Goddefroy shipping company in the pacific. The lecture was entitled entitled "Das Welthandelshaus J. C. Godeffroy & Sohn in der Südsee 1855 - 1880". "The world trade house J.C. Goddefroy in the south sea 1855-1880" http://www.uni-goettingen.de/show_veranst.php?id=7347 -------------------------------- No doubt quite a few German's to Australia travelled on the Goddefroy companies ships. Here is a short bio in German of the man Johann Caesar Godeffroy..... http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/johann_cesar_gedoffroy.htm Regards, Niall Tangney sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dunroamin" <jenard@iinet.net.au> To: <AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 7:14 AM Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] Immigrant ships & Passengers > Hello all > > Can anyone give me any details on the immigration ship Caeser Goddfrey > from Hamburg Germany to Rockhampton Australia in 1861-62. Also any > information on the family name of Plahn and Fehlhaber. > > Thank you > > Jenny > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > Remember, to unsubscribe, send an email to > aus-german-l-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >