I found a document giving a story about the arrival of Frederick Kummerow in 1862 at Moreton Bay. The document raises some interesting questions and some other points of thought. Hopefully somebody out there can give me some information on this. I have produced this in three parts. The first raises the questions and thoughts coming form the document. The second is my own summary of what it says for my benefit but it may interest and help somebody out there. The third is a copy of the work contract. A number of people, have asked me for a copy so her it is. I have retained the spelling as it is on the document. It appears that the ship Caesar Godeffroy sailed from Hamburg on 1 November 1861. I find it interesting that the ship did not enter the Brisbane River. It anchored somewhere in Moreton Bay and the passengers and stores were transported into Brisbane by a steamer, the “Breadalbane”. The cargo interested me. What are/were “red cases Geneva”? What are/were ‘filtering balls?” I was intrigued with the terminology. “208 of the migrants ……. Are consigned to Messrs. Heussler and Franscksen here, while the remainder were consigned to Messrs. Raff & Co.” I thought they were people not a boatload of livestock or stores. Apparently they met a stranded ship off Cape of Good Hope and to describe that the reporter said, “reports have spoken”. Apparently this meant that he had made communication. In another comment that interested me he writes about how much effort Heussler had gone to make the Germans comfortable on arrival and says “a pleasant contrast to the treatment of recent arrivals from the mother country’. Further along he makes a statement contrasting the German arrivals to other with a comment “of our own countrymen and country women”. This seems to say something about how the authorities looked on our Germanic ancestors. Wonder how they would get on today. I noted that it took 11 days to disembark the 301 passengers. I noted that arrangements had been made for the accommodation of married couples, which I assume, meant the whole family. They also made arrangements for the single men but no mention of single women. Were there no single women on board? Interesting to note that not all were on contract. In other words a percentage had came on a chance of finding work and accommodation. I wonder how many. I assume that the 93 migrants not ‘consigned’ to Heussler were the free migrants. It also appears that some passenger were family members going to join migrants already here and living in the Toowoomba district. Obviously Germanic migration to the Darling Downs began long before 1860. Wonder when. I would love to know what “free board and lodgings in accord with the customs of the country” means. I note that adult hood was reached at age 12. Prior to that they child was not employable and only paid half fare and half price accommodation. I recall that into the 1920s a child could leave school at 12 years of age. How quickly we moved from 12 to 16 and I wonder if we are any better off. What has intrigued me is that the document states that a Shepherd or Farm labourer would be paid a wage of 104 to 208 pounds per year. However the migrants contracted were paid only 20 pounds for the father and 15 pounds for each child and wife per year. I note also that they paid 18 pounds each adult fare. This was paid for contracted migrants by the company and repaid by the migrant family during the first two years here. What were “Land Orders”? Some thoughts and observations from this document. Are there any other thoughts on this that you might care to share with me? I am doing some writing and more research on this aspect. Thank you one and all Albert Grulke in sunny cold Melbourne. The Caesar Godeffroy was a sailing ship of 428 tons owned by the Godfrey Shipping line and assigned to G. Raff & Co for the transport of Germanic migrants to Australia in the mid 19th century. Of particular interest is the journey of 1861 from Hamburg via Cuxhaven to Moreton Bay in Queensland. The ship left Hamburg on 25 October 1861 Cuxhaven (the mouth of the river) 1 November 1861 Crossed the equator on 5 December 1861 Passed Cape of Good Hope on 17 December 1861 Passed Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 16 January 1862 Arrived Moreton Bay (Brisbane) on 29 January 1862. 7 (1 adult, 6 infants) people died enroute 2 children were born enroute Heussler in Germany had selected 208 migrants. 93 were free migrants Near the Cape of Godo Hope they encountered a ship “E.C.Richardosn bound for Melbourne. It had picked up the passengers and crew of a ship ‘Eleanor” that had burned at sea and was taking them to the Cape of Good Hope. The Caesar Godeffroy anchored in Moreton bay on 29 January 1862. During the next 11 days the passengers and stores were transported up the river by a steamer, the “Breadalbane”. The ship left Moreton Bay on 17 February for Chile. This arrival of migrants caused a complaint to be aired in the press: Apparently a family Charles Schultz complained that what he got when he got here was not what he was promised in Germany. He complained that the wages were too low and the fares were too high. He said that his son Daniel was under 12 yet employed as a Labourer. He accused Heussler of swindling the migrants. Whether Schultz wrote the letter or some other ‘do-gooder’ is unclear. He does make some rather scathing accusations. There is also some allegation about a company Bischoff & Co who seem to be operating in Bremen which I assume is in Germany not Queensland. It appears that Bischoff & CO were the German agents while Heussler and Francksen were Queensland agents. It appear they were working in cooperation but Bischoff was lax in its processing so Heussler went ahead of them. Apparently this did not impress everybody. A copy of the agreement contract between C. Kummerow and his agent. These documents were private agreements between the heads of families and Agents appointed by the shipping company on behalf of employers in Queensland. "Memorandum of agreement made at Hamburg this 23rd day of October, in the year 1861, and on the behalf of Mr. James Atkins, of Koowona, on the one part, and Friederich Kummerow, of Tetzmick, now of the age of forty-three years, on the other part. Witnesseth that the said F. Kummerow agrees to proceed to Moreton Bay, in the colony of Queensland, by the ship Caesar Godeffroy, now about to sail from Hamburg, together with his family, and upon the said F. Kummerow arriving at Moreton Bay aforesaid, he agrees, for himself, and also on the part of his wife Louisa, now of the age of forty-seven years, and his child Frederick, now of the age of fifteen years, and his child Auguste, now of the age of nine years, to enter the service of the said Mr T.B. Atkins as farm laborer and shepherd, or to make themselves generally useful for the full term of two years, to date from the day following that of arriving at Moreton Bay aforesaid, and at all times to obey all the lawful and reasonable commands of the said Mr. T.B. Atkins or his agents. And the said Mr. T.B. Atkins, in return, for such services of the said F. Kummerow, his said wife, and his said children, well and truly performed, hereby agrees to pay him wages at the rate of forty-four pounds sterling per year, and to give them free board and lodging according to the customs of the country. And the said Mr. T.B. Atkins on his part agrees with the said F. Kummerow to advance and pay if desired by him to Messrs. John Cesar Godeffroy and Son, of Hamburg, or their agents, the sum of sixty-three pounds sterling, being the sum still required for the passage to Moreton Bay of the said F. Kummerow and his family. The said F. Kummerow agrees that such sum so advanced shall be considered as a part payment of wages, under this agreement, and shall be repaid to the said T.B. Atkins out of his wages, As the same become due, by two equal instalments, viz., at the end of the first and second year. In witness whereof, F. Kummerow, on his part, does sign and acknowledge the same, on the day and date before rotten. I hereby further acknowledge to have received this day from Mr. T.B. Atkins the above-mentioned sum of sixty-three pounds sterling, by which the costs of passage for myself and family have been paid. For JAMES B. ATKINS, (Heussler & Francksen.) FRIEDERICH X KUMMEROW. Witnesses: J.C. HEUSSLER, N.F. BALLIS, C. KUMMEROW. Wages commence on arrival at the station. The land-orders are to be credited Fred. Kummerow, at the market price on account of the passage money. HEUSSLER & FRANCKSEN. Moreton Bay, 10th February, 1862.

Albert Interested to know from where you obtained this information. Do you think there are similar ones for other immigrant ships? "Land Orders" referred to parcels of land provided by the Queensland Government to the migrants. It was the carrot provided by the Government via their agent Huessler to attract them to Queensland. There is a card register of Land Orders at Queensland Archives. They can be quite useful in locating arrivals that might not appear in the passenger list cards for a variety of reasons. My GGF's name was spelt incorrectly in the passenger list cards and so the card was not where you would expect to find it. I found him via the Land Orders records. Cheers Warren *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 21/11/2001 at 3:41 PM Albert Grulke wrote: I found a document giving a story about the arrival of Frederick Kummerow in 1862 at Moreton Bay. The document raises some interesting questions and some other points of thought. Hopefully somebody out there can give me some information on this. I have produced this in three parts. The first raises the questions and thoughts coming form the document. The second is my own summary of what it says for my benefit but it may interest and help somebody out there. The third is a copy of the work contract. A number of people, have asked me for a copy so her it is. I have retained the spelling as it is on the document. It appears that the ship Caesar Godeffroy sailed from Hamburg on 1 November 1861. I find it interesting that the ship did not enter the Brisbane River. It anchored somewhere in Moreton Bay and the passengers and stores were transported into Brisbane by a steamer, the “Breadalbane”. The cargo interested me. What are/were “red cases Geneva”? What are/were ‘filtering balls?” I was intrigued with the terminology. “208 of the migrants ……. Are consigned to Messrs. Heussler and Franscksen here, while the remainder were consigned to Messrs. Raff & Co.” I thought they were people not a boatload of livestock or stores. Apparently they met a stranded ship off Cape of Good Hope and to describe that the reporter said, “reports have spoken”. Apparently this meant that he had made communication. In another comment that interested me he writes about how much effort Heussler had gone to make the Germans comfortable on arrival and says “a pleasant contrast to the treatment of recent arrivals from the mother country’. Further along he makes a statement contrasting the German arrivals to other with a comment “of our own countrymen and country women”. This seems to say something about how the authorities looked on our Germanic ancestors. Wonder how they would get on today. I noted that it took 11 days to disembark the 301 passengers. I noted that arrangements had been made for the accommodation of married couples, which I assume, meant the whole family. They also made arrangements for the single men but no mention of single women. Were there no single women on board? Interesting to note that not all were on contract. In other words a percentage had came on a chance of finding work and accommodation. I wonder how many. I assume that the 93 migrants not ‘consigned’ to Heussler were the free migrants. It also appears that some passenger were family members going to join migrants already here and living in the Toowoomba district. Obviously Germanic migration to the Darling Downs began long before 1860. Wonder when. I would love to know what “free board and lodgings in accord with the customs of the country” means. I note that adult hood was reached at age 12. Prior to that they child was not employable and only paid half fare and half price accommodation. I recall that into the 1920s a child could leave school at 12 years of age. How quickly we moved from 12 to 16 and I wonder if we are any better off. What has intrigued me is that the document states that a Shepherd or Farm labourer would be paid a wage of 104 to 208 pounds per year. However the migrants contracted were paid only 20 pounds for the father and 15 pounds for each child and wife per year. I note also that they paid 18 pounds each adult fare. This was paid for contracted migrants by the company and repaid by the migrant family during the first two years here. What were “Land Orders”? Some thoughts and observations from this document. Are there any other thoughts on this that you might care to share with me? I am doing some writing and more research on this aspect. Thank you one and all Albert Grulke in sunny cold Melbourne. The Caesar Godeffroy was a sailing ship of 428 tons owned by the Godfrey Shipping line and assigned to G. Raff & Co for the transport of Germanic migrants to Australia in the mid 19th century. Of particular interest is the journey of 1861 from Hamburg via Cuxhaven to Moreton Bay in Queensland. The ship left Hamburg on 25 October 1861 Cuxhaven (the mouth of the river) 1 November 1861 Crossed the equator on 5 December 1861 Passed Cape of Good Hope on 17 December 1861 Passed Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 16 January 1862 Arrived Moreton Bay (Brisbane) on 29 January 1862. 7 (1 adult, 6 infants) people died enroute 2 children were born enroute Heussler in Germany had selected 208 migrants. 93 were free migrants Near the Cape of Godo Hope they encountered a ship “E.C.Richardosn bound for Melbourne. It had picked up the passengers and crew of a ship ‘Eleanor” that had burned at sea and was taking them to the Cape of Good Hope. The Caesar Godeffroy anchored in Moreton bay on 29 January 1862. During the next 11 days the passengers and stores were transported up the river by a steamer, the “Breadalbane”. The ship left Moreton Bay on 17 February for Chile. This arrival of migrants caused a complaint to be aired in the press: Apparently a family Charles Schultz complained that what he got when he got here was not what he was promised in Germany. He complained that the wages were too low and the fares were too high. He said that his son Daniel was under 12 yet employed as a Labourer. He accused Heussler of swindling the migrants. Whether Schultz wrote the letter or some other ‘do-gooder’ is unclear. He does make some rather scathing accusations. There is also some allegation about a company Bischoff & Co who seem to be operating in Bremen which I assume is in Germany not Queensland. It appears that Bischoff & CO were the German agents while Heussler and Francksen were Queensland agents. It appear they were working in cooperation but Bischoff was lax in its processing so Heussler went ahead of them. Apparently this did not impress everybody. A copy of the agreement contract between C. Kummerow and his agent. These documents were private agreements between the heads of families and Agents appointed by the shipping company on behalf of employers in Queensland. "Memorandum of agreement made at Hamburg this 23rd day of October, in the year 1861, and on the behalf of Mr. James Atkins, of Koowona, on the one part, and Friederich Kummerow, of Tetzmick, now of the age of forty-three years, on the other part. Witnesseth that the said F. Kummerow agrees to proceed to Moreton Bay, in the colony of Queensland, by the ship Caesar Godeffroy, now about to sail from Hamburg, together with his family, and upon the said F. Kummerow arriving at Moreton Bay aforesaid, he agrees, for himself, and also on the part of his wife Louisa, now of the age of forty-seven years, and his child Frederick, now of the age of fifteen years, and his child Auguste, now of the age of nine years, to enter the service of the said Mr T.B. Atkins as farm laborer and shepherd, or to make themselves generally useful for the full term of two years, to date from the day following that of arriving at Moreton Bay aforesaid, and at all times to obey all the lawful and reasonable commands of the said Mr. T.B. Atkins or his agents. And the said Mr. T.B. Atkins, in return, for such services of the said F. Kummerow, his said wife, and his said children, well and truly performed, hereby agrees to pay him wages at the rate of forty-four pounds sterling per year, and to give them free board and lodging according to the customs of the country. And the said Mr. T.B. Atkins on his part agrees with the said F. Kummerow to advance and pay if desired by him to Messrs. John Cesar Godeffroy and Son, of Hamburg, or their agents, the sum of sixty-three pounds sterling, being the sum still required for the passage to Moreton Bay of the said F. Kummerow and his family. The said F. Kummerow agrees that such sum so advanced shall be considered as a part payment of wages, under this agreement, and shall be repaid to the said T.B. Atkins out of his wages, As the same become due, by two equal instalments, viz., at the end of the first and second year. In witness whereof, F. Kummerow, on his part, does sign and acknowledge the same, on the day and date before rotten. I hereby further acknowledge to have received this day from Mr. T.B. Atkins the above-mentioned sum of sixty-three pounds sterling, by which the costs of passage for myself and family have been paid. For JAMES B. ATKINS, (Heussler & Francksen.) FRIEDERICH X KUMMEROW. Witnesses: J.C. HEUSSLER, N.F. BALLIS, C. KUMMEROW. Wages commence on arrival at the station. The land-orders are to be credited Fred. Kummerow, at the market price on account of the passage money. HEUSSLER & FRANCKSEN. 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