I am searching for a Kind family who were probably residing in Munsterhof, Pomerania, Prussia in the 1850s. I have included the information below for your perusal. If there is any connection, I will be pleased to hear from you. Terry Egan. Descendants of Luise Caroline Kind Generation No. 1 1. LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND. She married CARL FRIEDRICH MUSCH, son of ANDREAS MUSCH and AUGUSTA HIDDLEBRANT. Notes for CARL FRIEDRICH MUSCH: Carl came out to Australia with his daughters Albertine, Julia and Julia's infant son. They had six or seven children. Three or four remained in Prussia and/or emigrated to USA. Buried at Logan Village. Unsure whether Luise came to Australia with them. Children of LUISE KIND and CARL MUSCH are: 2. i. AUGUST FRIEDERICK2 MUSCH, b. 1850, Prussia; d. September 27, 1932, Gleneagle, Queensland. ii. RUDOLPH MUSCH. Notes for RUDOLPH MUSCH: Listed as a sawmiller from Carbrook, Queensland in 1932. iii. CARL MUSCH. Notes for CARL MUSCH: In 1932 Carl had retired to Beenleigh, Queensland. 3. iv. HENRIETTA ALBERTINA MUSCH, b. Abt. 1858, Munsterhof, Pomerania, Prussia. 4. v. ALBERT MUSCH. Generation No. 2 2. AUGUST FRIEDERICK2 MUSCH (LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND) was born 1850 in Prussia, and died September 27, 1932 in Gleneagle, Queensland. He married (1) EMILIE BOCK. He married (2) MARY AMELIA ZINK, daughter of ? LE BRENZ. Notes for AUGUST FRIEDERICK MUSCH: Resided in a "small town in Prussia" before emigrating on the "Charles Dickens". They sailed from Hamburg, Germany on 5/4/1877 arriving in Brisbane on 4/9/1877. With him were his wife, Emilie, and their daughter, Theresa (1) and a Jacob Musch (18) He served in the war of 1870 against the French. Upon arriving in Queensland he took up land at Slacks Creek. Sold out after several years and bought another property at Stockleigh from pre-1887. Retired to live with his daughter Martha (Zink) at whose Gleneagle home he passed away. August was the first Farmer to experiment with ensilage on the Logan River. Buried at Logan Village Cemetery. August's second wife was his daughter Martha's mother-in-law. Notes for MARY AMELIA ZINK: First marriage was to Franz Zink. Nee Le Brenz. Children of AUGUST MUSCH and EMILIE BOCK are: 5. i. AGATHA3 MUSCH. 6. ii. ALBERT MUSCH. 7. iii. BENJAMIN MUSCH. 8. iv. HELENA MUSCH. 9. v. RUDOLPH MUSCH. vi. THERESA MUSCH, b. 1876; d. 1905. Notes for THERESA MUSCH: Died of Scarlet fever. May be Therese. 10. vii. MARTHA MUSCH, b. July 08, 1887; d. June 23, 1967, Alice Street, Beaudesert. 11. viii. EMIL ARTHUR MUSCH, b. 1890; d. 1937. 3. HENRIETTA ALBERTINA2 MUSCH (LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND) was born Abt. 1858 in Munsterhof, Pomerania, Prussia. She married (1) ? LOADER. She married (2) PETER KLUVER August 15, 1877, son of CHRISTIAN KLUVER and MARIA ROMANDO. Notes for HENRIETTA ALBERTINA MUSCH: Albertine divorced Peter Kluver on the grounds of mental cruelty, prior to returning to Prussia for a short time. Albetina (Albertine) returned to Prussia and undertook a midwife's course. Albertina came back on the same ship with Carl and Julia and Julia's infant son. It is assumed that her mother had passed away. it may be that she returned to Poland because of her mother's ill health or death, however this is only speculation. She became a well-respected citizen of Muswellbrook and Matron at Muswellbrook Hospital. By 1932 she had retired in Muswellbrook after 40 years of nursing. She returned to Queensland to nurse her brother in his last days, honouring a promise she had made to him some years earlier. Children of HENRIETTA MUSCH and PETER KLUVER are: i. HEINRICH AUGUST3 KLUVER, b. June 09, 1878. ii. CARL FREDERICK KLUVER, b. June 05, 1881. 4. ALBERT2 MUSCH (LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). Child of ALBERT MUSCH is: 12. i. NORMAN3 MUSCH. Generation No. 3 5. AGATHA3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). She married HENRY TRACE. 6. ALBERT3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). He married ANNIE THWAITES. 7. BENJAMIN3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). He married ALICE MANDERSON. 8. HELENA3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). She married GEORGE TRACE. 9. RUDOLPH3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). He married HELENA MCQUEEN. 10. MARTHA3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND) was born July 08, 1887, and died June 23, 1967 in Alice Street, Beaudesert. She married JOSEPH ZINK 1904, son of FRANZ ZINK and MARY LE BRENZ. 11. EMIL ARTHUR3 MUSCH (AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND) was born 1890, and died 1937. He married IVY OLIPHANT. 12. NORMAN3 MUSCH (ALBERT2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). Generation No. 4 13. MARY AMELIA4 ZINK (MARTHA3 MUSCH, AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). She married RALPH ARTHUR SMITH. 14. EDNA MAY4 ZINK (MARTHA3 MUSCH, AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND). She married CHARLES SPANN. Notes for CHARLES SPANN: May be Carl??? Known as Charlie. 15. GERTRUDE ALICE4 ZINK (MARTHA3 MUSCH, AUGUST FRIEDERICK2, LUISE CAROLINE1 KIND) was born June 09, 1909. She married GEORGE HERBERT WILLIAM BERG June 08, 1935, son of CARL BERG and ADA SAUNDERS.