Eric--Could you please check for a Maria Johanna Schoenberg leaving Hamburg not sure when probably late 1800's possibly married to a Charles Richards. Again not sure of the spelling of the surnames Thanks a lot --- John from West Aus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric & Rosemary Kopittke" <kopittke@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:21 PM Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] Re: Fw: Family History research > Hello Jill, > > We have been indexing the emigrants who departed the port of Hamburg > destined for Australian and New Zealand ports. We have recorded a HONIG > family aboard the "Dockenhuden" which departed 15 November 1852 and > arrived May 1853. Obviously these were the ones you found. > > HONIG H A E (Bergmann) > mit Fr > u. 3 Kinder bis 8 Jahr > und H A E (Maurer) > All were from Zellerfeld, Hannover > > Maybe your Auguste emigrated via Bremen. Our understanding is that most of > the records from Bremen were destroyed. > > Sorry I cannot help any further. > > Eric Kopittke > > > On 11/01/2005, at 4:00 PM, AUS-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> >> From: "Jill and Bill Cummins" <cummins@hotlinks.net.au> >> Date: 10 January 2005 3:32:17 PM >> To: AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Fw: Family History research >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jill and Bill Cummins >> To: Eric Kopittke >> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 3:02 PM >> Subject: Family History research >> >> >> Dear Eric, >> It was suggested on a mailing list that you may be able to help with >> information on an arrival to Australia of my German GG Grand mother. Her >> name was Auguste (maybe middle name Emily) HONIG. >> The only information I have is that she was born in about 1836 in >> "Germany" she was married in 1853 in South Australia. I have also found a >> sister Amelie Maria Magdalena Honig who may or may not have come at the >> same time. Their father was Louis Phillipe Honig and mother Caroline >> (Jung) Honig. I do not know if the parents or any other siblings also >> came to Australia. >> I cannot find Auguste on any of the shipping lists on line the only >> Honigs I have found came too late for the 1854 marriage (Dochenhuden May >> 1853...a month after the wedding in S.A.) or the Herder (left in 1851) >> which lists an Auguste who seems to be a child aged 14 with a man old >> enough to be her father (but wrong name ..Carl) and two other >> children...ie.Dorothea and Georg. So they don't feel correct. >> I hope this is not presumptious to ask but I am really stumped. >> Sincerely JILL CUMMINS >> Frankston Victoria >> >> > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >