Margaret Thanks for your reply.Yes my BUROWS come the UCKERMARK Ferdinand August BUROW who by the way was known as August BUROW Born in Grimme, Uckermark, 3 / 12 /1850. Died 8 / 3 / 1918 in Logan, Buried at Pimpama Is. Cemetery. His parents were Carl Ludwig Ferdinand BUROW & Caroline Fredericke Christine WESNER. Carl BUROW was born 9 / 6/ 1831 in Cremzow,Uckermark. Died 23 / 1/ 1908 at Pimpama Is. Caroline WESNER was born January 1826 in Grimme, Uckermark.Died 9 / 11 / 1895 at Pimpama Is. Parents of Carl were Ephriam BUROW & Christine KRUMREY Maybe their is a connection.Les Moreland sent me pedigree charts of both my families some years ago when i first started my research . I've only recently started again. Do you know anything about a book or paper on the Uckermark that he wrote. Regards Val. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Szalay" <mszalay@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: RE: BUROW & BREHMER Val I have a BUROW in my SCHMIDT family tree, but wonder if we have a connection as your Ferdinand is probably the next generation to my Christine, and they arrived in Australia some 20 years later. Get back to me if you find that your BUROWs came from the Uckermark region. I could find no connection to the other surnames you mention. Margaret My ancestors are: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm SCHMIDT Born 6-9-1825 Uckermark, Prussia; Died 12-10-1920 buried Logan Reserve (SE Queensland) Married 10-11-1849 to Christine Wilhelmine Friedericke BUROW Born 12-8-1824 Wallow, Uckermark; died 12-9-1909 buried Logan Reserve Carl, Christine and their family of 5 children, all born in the Uckermark, departed Germany on the sailing ship “Alster” and after a 16-week journey arrived in Brisbane on 8th August 1863. -----Original Message----- From: Valerie Joy [mailto:valerie.joy@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2002 3:38 PM To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com Subject: BUROW & BREHMER Hi, my name is Val Joy,this is my first list so I hope i am doing it right.I'm looking for info on both sets of g g grandparents.I have the basics,B D M s, would like to find out more about their lives if anyone can help. Ferdinand August BUROW & Friedericke nee BERDEROW arrived Aust.1883 on the "EL DORADO" with 3 children. Wilhelm BREHMER & Friedericke nee ANKLAM arrived Aust. 1866 on the "WANDRAHAM" WITH 1 child. Both families and their decendents lived at Pimpama Island.Qld Any help will be appreciated Val ==== AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List ==== A List for the research for 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 ==== 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