Hi beverly, My HOEPPER and SCHOENWALDT family came from Prussia to Qld, 1865 per La Rochelle from a village I read as Caselow. It is probably a different village as it a few mile north of the ones you mention/ Caselow is near Rossow...north of Prenzlau and east of Pasewalk. Nevertheless, they in the same area. Very interesting! I have had no success yet!! Hazel ----- Original Message ----- From: <Toetweaker@aol.com> To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: Names from Hohenselchow, Kreis Randow, Germany > Dear List, It has occurred to me that since at least 3 people from this > village migrated to Queensland, that it is entirely possible that there were > others. I have to hand 13 certificates (all told) comprising baptism and > marriage certificates, from the villages of Hohenselchow and of Woltersdorf > and of Grosse Pinnow, and of Casekow, and I am going to put the names of the > witnesses to the baptisms of my family in the hope that some of you may also > have ancestors from Hohenselchow, Casekow, Pinnow or Woltersdorf, Kreis > Randow, Germany. It might be nice to know that they all lived together > before going to Australia (at least one went to America). > > The villages of Hohenselchow, Casekow, Pinnow are within 5km of each other > according to the map. Woltersdorf is a little further to the south east. > All these villages are north east of Berlin and close to the River ODER, > which comprises the German/Polish border. The regional seat of government > seems to have been Stettin (Szczecin). It was noted by the pastor who > compiled these certificates that the family seems to have moved around a lot. > They were farmers, and in my opinion, it is entirely possible that they > hired out to wichever farmer happened to need workers. Perhaps this > assumption is not true but it is a plausible explanation of why some of the > TROST children were born in Hohenselchow, some in Pinnow and some in > Woltersdorf. > > here are the names from the certificates. > > PUTZAR, GENZMER, SIEVERT, KONMANN, TEWS, SCHULZ, GIERKE, HAMMERSCHMIDT, > WEGNER, SCHMIDT, BEISENDAHL, HELM, WERNER, USADEL, MULLER, BISCHOF, FISCHER, > KONRADT, LANGE, HEUER, BEISENDAHLSHOF, LIEBENOW, JANICKE, STEINKOPF, ARNDT, > STARK, LINDOW, PAHL, FISCHER, TROST, BRANDT, LEBAHN, APRAHAM, KRANZ, SCHENK. > > I also have a wedding certificate of a TROST to ZUHLSDORF. not sure if > this TROST is one of mine or not. Have no other information on where he went > either. > > I have no other information on these folks. They were written down as the > witnesses of the baptisms of my TROST family members. > > The reason I am sending them to the list is in the hope that someone is > looking for a village for their ancestors, and it is quite possible that they > are mentioned above. > > lots of luck,Beverly. > > > ==== AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List ==== > A List for the research of the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Hazel, My husbands family the Rück came from Kupfer on the La Rochelle in 1865, did all your family survive the trip? I know a lot of people died in the voyage, as there is no record of the deaths, as I see people on the list, who family travelled on the La Rochelle, I am checking to try and compile a list. I know a lot died and were buried in South Africa, some buried at sea and some at Dunwich. The ship arrived Xmas Day into Cape Moreton, and came to anchor in the Brisbane River on the 27th December, but it was Feb 21st in 1866 before most of the passengers were released from Quarantine. Sue Ipswich > Hi beverly, > My HOEPPER and SCHOENWALDT family came from Prussia to Qld, 1865 per La > Rochelle from a village I read as Caselow. It is probably a different