Good morning Margaret and other Friends This material is extracted from a book whose author has given authority for me to copy his work. For privacy, I will not go into the current material, but Margaret, you could contact me off List if you wish. There is not a great deal of which you would not be aware, in any case. Spelling etc is as per the book. ""Mr Christian (Christy) Freidrich Wilhelm Schmidt arrived in Brisbane with his parents in the sailing ship "Alster" on the 12th of August 1862, when he was almost ten years old: Soon after arrival the family moved to Roma, spending some time at Toowoomba. On returning to South East Queensland Christy and Anna purchased a block of land from Richard Deerain, (who later moved to Kerry). Christy was 19 years of age at the time, he did not stay long but moved away cane cutting at Redland Bay; later he learnt his trade of Wheel-wrighting at Beenleigh. He married Anna Wilhemena Karolina nee Buhke, Anna arrived in Brisbane aged 18months 17th March 1872, nine years after her future husband's arrival. After the Floods had destroyed their possessions at Loganholme in 1887 he came to Beaudesert with his new wife and infant son, they lived on the corner of Birnam Street where Klumpp's Cordial Factory was built. Christy carried out his profession as Wheelwright in Beaudesert. Later moving to Eaglesfield Street where they built a small home, later enlarging it to the very comfortable home which they named "Crissana". Christy died on the 29th July 1950, Anna died on the 9th February 1955. Christy and Anna has three sons: Wilhelm Fredrick (Bill) Otto C Schmidt Alfred Charles Schmidt Six daughters: Wilhemine 'Minnie' Auguste Rose Lilly Elsie Isabella Anne Phyllis"" As mentioned their is more data re spouses and children - not a great deal, but it would be useful to some. Of course, you may be wondering why I haven't answered your other queries about this couple -- I received the book on Thursday of last week and this family happens to appear on Pages 12 and 13, which I just happened to read last night!! Cheers Bev > There is a family story that my G-grandparents, Christian Friedrich > Wilhelm SCHMIDT (1952-1950) and his wife, Anna Wilhelmina Karolina BUHK > (1869-1955) (married 1886) were swept away with their house and all > their belongings in an earlier flood on the Logan River.

Bev Thanks very much for forwarding it to me. I did not know about the cane-cutting. Could you please give me the name of the author and the book from which you quoted below? Again many thanks for your help with this. Regards Margaret -----Original Message----- From: Bev Kerlin [mailto:kerlindavidbev@ozemail.com.au] Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 7:32 AM To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Logan River Floods & SCHMIDT Good morning Margaret and other Friends This material is extracted from a book whose author has given authority for me to copy his work. For privacy, I will not go into the current material, but Margaret, you could contact me off List if you wish. There is not a great deal of which you would not be aware, in any case. Spelling etc is as per the book. ""Mr Christian (Christy) Freidrich Wilhelm Schmidt arrived in Brisbane with his parents in the sailing ship "Alster" on the 12th of August 1862, when he was almost ten years old: Soon after arrival the family moved to Roma, spending some time at Toowoomba. On returning to South East Queensland Christy and Anna purchased a block of land from Richard Deerain, (who later moved to Kerry). Christy was 19 years of age at the time, he did not stay long but moved away cane cutting at Redland Bay; later he learnt his trade of Wheel-wrighting at Beenleigh. He married Anna Wilhemena Karolina nee Buhke, Anna arrived in Brisbane aged 18months 17th March 1872, nine years after her future husband's arrival. After the Floods had destroyed their possessions at Loganholme in 1887 he came to Beaudesert with his new wife and infant son, they lived on the corner of Birnam Street where Klumpp's Cordial Factory was built. Christy carried out his profession as Wheelwright in Beaudesert. Later moving to Eaglesfield Street where they built a small home, later enlarging it to the very comfortable home which they named "Crissana". Christy died on the 29th July 1950, Anna died on the 9th February 1955. Christy and Anna has three sons: Wilhelm Fredrick (Bill) Otto C Schmidt Alfred Charles Schmidt Six daughters: Wilhemine 'Minnie' Auguste Rose Lilly Elsie Isabella Anne Phyllis"" As mentioned their is more data re spouses and children - not a great deal, but it would be useful to some. Of course, you may be wondering why I haven't answered your other queries about this couple -- I received the book on Thursday of last week and this family happens to appear on Pages 12 and 13, which I just happened to read last night!! Cheers Bev > There is a family story that my G-grandparents, Christian Friedrich > Wilhelm SCHMIDT (1952-1950) and his wife, Anna Wilhelmina Karolina BUHK > (1869-1955) (married 1886) were swept away with their house and all > their belongings in an earlier flood on the Logan River. ==== 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