Hello Carolyn, Louisa SCHRÖDER arrived in Australia with her mother, stepfather and half sister and half brother, under the stepfather's surname! They were aboard the 1865 voyage of the "Helene" which departed Hamburg 8 April and arrived Brisbane 30 July. 99 BROHMANN Johann Aschaumohr Schleswig Arbeiter 35 m 100 BROHMANN Margretha Aschaumohr Schleswig 44 f 101 BROHMANN Louise Aschaumohr Schleswig 20 f 102 BROHMANN Christine Aschaumohr Schleswig 16 f 103 BROHMANN Friedrich Aschaumohr Schleswig 13 m 104 BROHMANN Marie Aschaumohr Schleswig 3 f Marie died on the way to Queensland, I am descended from Christine, and a well-known former footballer is descended from Friedrich. Contact me off-list and I can fill in some more details for you. It would be interesting to know how many other people emigrated under a stepfather's name. I am sure that Louise SCHRÖDER would not have been the only one. It certainly made it difficult for Louisa's descendants to work out how she got here, and for me to find out what happened to Louisa BROHMANN. Greetings from sunny Brisbane Eric Kopittke On Sunday, December 19, 2004, at 10:00 AM, AUS-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: Carolyn Crocker [mailto:cwcarolync@qldnet.com.au] > Sent: Saturday, 18 December 2004 12:22 AM > To: AUS-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: newby posting interests Darling Downs area of Qld > > Hello all, > > I am new to the list & posting interests. > > I have Carl Dueffel (Duffel) coming to Ozz aboard the Marbs / Merbz to > Moreton Bay in 1855. > > I think his parents were Johann George Dueffel & Elisabeth > Kirchgessner. > It seems Lis died aboard the Marbs, & Jo died shortly after the Marbs > docked. > > Carl m. Louisa Schroder ( I'm sure there will be a zillion ways of > spelling > that ) in 1868. Louisa's parents, from her death records appear to be > George > Shroder & Margreta Mouse. > > Carl at 11-12 years walked 300ish kms with his 7 yr old bro. & 3 year > old > sis. to the station Tieryboo, not far from Condamine. I think (or > hope) > his Aunt & Uncle were with them. Lis's sis Mary Barbara Kirchgessner > & her > hubby Johann Geiger were on the same boat. > > Carl settled somewhere in the Burnett region (??) ... he apparently > had a > team of bullocks that he used from Roma to ?? ... maybe Longreach ? > > His daughter & her hubby are buried in the Murgon cemetery, Carl has a > monument in Miles. > > I am interested in any GEIGERS, DUEFFEL, SHRODERS, WEISS/Man ... also > BROWNS > (I have no idea where they come from originally) that settled in in the > Chinchilla, Condamine, Murgon, Miles area. > > Cheers all > Carolyn in Innisfail