Hello John I was very excited to get your message yesterday. I would love to get some information you have collected on the Bliesners. I have already got a little about the two families that emigrated to Qld in 1872. According to the shipping lists (Qld Archives) August Bliesner and Louisa Ostike (and these are the same names that appear on their son's Birth Certificate Adolph -my g-g-grandfather)came out on the Reichstag from Hamburg arriving in Moreton Bay on 17/04/1872 and another Bliesner family - Michael and Christine (Janke) Bliesner and four children including a Carl who arrived in Bowen from Hamburg 01/08/1872. Carl was aged 9 years on the shipping list (so born in about 1861)can't be the Carl you mention. However, all the records that I have about August never include a Christian name of Carl, though your other details about my g-g-grandfather seem right. His son's B. Certificate has him 31 years in 1874. And, of course, the records indicate that Louise Ostike was his wife. This is exciting. I have tried to make contact with people at the Rosewood Scrub Historical Society to see what they might have of this family. Still waiting for a reply. Through the Ipswich Geneaological Society, I came across a book about the Bleisner family - based on the Michael/Christine family that came out in 1872. There was only one mention of our family, that they came out on a different ship, the Reichstag, and took up a selection of land on the Minden Post Office Road. Haven't been able to follow this up yet. No mention is made of how these two families might be related (or not). However, there is some interesting information about Bliesners in Prussia generally - but no clear connections to my lot. My mother's mother was Edith Louisa Bliesner (daughter of August's son, Adolph). My mother has recollections of her grandparents on their farm in Calvert in the Rosewood area. That pretty much sums up what I know so far. I look forward to any information you might be able to share, John. Regards Cheryl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Josefski Sent: Saturday, 15 September 2007 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] Bleisener Family Research Alan & Cheryl, I have been waiting a long time for someone to be researching this family. If you wish to contact me off line I have the family of Carl August Bliesner going back three generations. He was born in Gross Teschendorf, Wesat Prussia on July 27, 1843. He married Louise Ostoike (spelling varies) in the Catholic Church in Schonwiese, West Prussia on the 11 November, 1871. The reason I am interested is that Carl August's mother ( I am certain) was the sister of my g-g-grandmother who was Anna Brause. My grandfather (9) and his sister (18) were sent out to Queensland, and again very sure they stayed with the Bliesners. My side of the family called her Aunty Bliesner. I have eight of their children born here in Australia with their birth dates but have not gone any further here in Australia. Would like to hear from you. Regards, John Josefski. Alan Ringuet & Cheryl Johns wrote: > I have just started researching Bleisener (Bleisner) ancestors (August and > Louisa) who migrated to SE Queensland in 1872 and settled in the Rosewood > Scrub area. Would love to hear from anyone who has information about this > family. > > > Cheryl > > 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 > > 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