Jennifer, Thanks for that. I can now say that I have heard of at least one family in Queensland. I have long believed that conscription was an issue but never had proof in regard Germans to Queensland. Wonder how many more there are. Interesting they came from Schleswig-Holstein. I have strong suspicions that there were a number of families migrated from there to Queensland and especially the Lockyer valley but never had any evidence to support my theory until now. Wonder how many other families are in this group and where they settled. I do know that agents went to Pomerania to select migrants to take up land in the Marburg-Minden region. Albert Grulke in still dry sunny Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Crockett Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 3:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] Fw: German immigration Albert, My German family WENCK were from Schleswig-Holstein, not Pomerania. They arrived in Queensland in 1879 as free nominated passengers. They settled in Minden. There was already a married sister of Reimer Wenck in Queensland, so that may have been one reason for emigrating, but they came when their oldest son was 17 and his mother said none of her sons were going to be cannon fodder so the issue of avoiding conscription was certainly there. Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of albert grulke Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 3:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] Fw: German immigration <snip> I do know of one family in South Australia where they migrated because of conscription. He had 7 sons and 2 were already in the army. He is alleged to have said that he did not raise sons to fight for the Prussian so and so. Therefore he migrated to South Australia with his five sons and the other 2 followed as soon as they completed their training. I have heard of other families but not in Queensland. <snip> A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. Archives - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Everyone We believe that our family of HINZ came from Schleswig-Holstein they came out on the La Rochelle and settled in and around Rockhampton in Central Queensland We believe 3 brothers came out together with their families my husband is a descendant of Wilhelm who with his wife Maria SCHLUTER settled in Rockhampton Would love to correspond with other members of this family Joy HINZ; BAY; SCHLUTER; VOSS; PETERS; CONNORS > Jennifer, > Thanks for that. I can now say that I have heard of at least one family in > Queensland. I have long believed that conscription was an issue but never > had proof in regard Germans to Queensland. Wonder how many more there are. > Interesting they came from Schleswig-Holstein. I have strong suspicions > that > there were a number of families migrated from there to Queensland and > especially the Lockyer valley but never had any evidence to support my > theory until now. Wonder how many other families are in this group and > where > they settled. > I do know that agents went to Pomerania to select migrants to take up land > in the Marburg-Minden region. > Albert Grulke in still dry sunny Melbourne > > > > Albert, > > My German family WENCK were from Schleswig-Holstein, not > Pomerania. They arrived in Queensland in 1879 as free nominated > passengers. They settled in Minden. There was already a married > sister of Reimer Wenck in Queensland, so that may have been one > reason for emigrating, but they came when their oldest son was 17 > and his mother said none of her sons were going to be cannon > fodder so the issue of avoiding conscription was certainly there. > > Jennifer > http://colston-wenck.com > > > > > <snip> > I do know of one family in South Australia where they migrated > because of > conscription. He had 7 sons and 2 were already in the army. He is > alleged to > have said that he did not raise sons to fight for the Prussian so > and so. > Therefore he migrated to South Australia with his five sons and > the other 2 > followed as soon as they completed their training. > I have heard of other families but not in Queensland. > <snip> >

Did your Hinz family come from Worden / Wohrden? I think that there was a Hinz family on La Rochelle from this town. My Schroders come from Wohrden on La Rochelle. I don't know if there is a connection. Regards, Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Henderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: [SEQ-Germans] German immigration > Hi Everyone > > We believe that our family of HINZ came from Schleswig-Holstein > they came out on the La Rochelle and settled in and around > Rockhampton in Central Queensland > > We believe 3 brothers came out together with their families > my husband is a descendant of Wilhelm who with his wife > Maria SCHLUTER settled in Rockhampton > > Would love to correspond with other members of this family > > Joy > HINZ; BAY; SCHLUTER; VOSS; PETERS; CONNORS > > > > > >