Some of them, including my forbear Gottlieb Friedrich Moritz came from Niedersachsen ( Lower Saxony) which was then in the Duchy of Braunschweig (Brunswick) in the Kingdom of Hanover. The area he came from around Clausthal - Zellarfeld was a base metal mining area. He, some of his sons and grandsons were hard rock underground miners at Glen Osmond, Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie. Some of them also worked in the brown coal mine at Leigh Creek. The family emigrated to South Australia, via Valparaiso and Port Phillip, in the Godeffroy, arriving in 1849. Regards Bob Moritz from Comalco's Andoom bauxite mine, in Paradise Weipa, near the tip of Cape York. -----Original Message----- From: Bartlett McElroy [mailto:infinity2@iinet.net.au] Sent: Friday, 19 November 2004 3:06 PM To: AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-GERMAN] South Australian Immigrants Gosh Albert these names are all new to me. My gg grandfather came from Bremen Germany to Sth Australia. It says that the ship had passengers from Mecklenburg, Prussia and Siberia, 22nd Jan 1846. Does any of your information fit with mine? I haven't a clue where to start, know nothing about him except his name and various versions of it,which I haven't been able to trace at all. Doesn't even rate a mention on familysearch and any of the German surnames lists. Any ideas? Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Grulke" <grulke@bigpond.com.au> To: <AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:09 AM Subject: RE: [AUS-GERMAN] South Australian Immigrants > Jill, > Yes The South Australian Germans mainly came from Silesia although > some talk about Saxony. There was a small migration from the > Spreewalde or Lusatia in Brandenburg. These people were called Wends > or Sorbs. > Albert Grulke in cloudy old Melbourne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jill and Bill Cummins [mailto:cummins@hotlinks.net.au] > Sent: Thursday, 18 November 2004 11:48 AM > To: AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] South Australian Immigrants > > I suppose being a new subscriber I have missed all the lovely > discussion on Germans arriving in the 1850's to South Australia. Was > there any one region of germany that they mainly came from? Are there > any really good books to read on Immigation to South Australia? > Thanks all, I am enjoying the discussions JILL CUMMINS > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== For your Aus-German resources go to http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm ============================== Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Thanks Bob, But how did you find this out when shipping notes just say "left Bremen" and mariage notes say "Germany" and it is a female I am trying to trace? Why would a German father have a french name like Louis Phillipe Honig ... From cloudy Melbourne but who cares at least it is not hot and humid. JILL