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Hi, 

I  hope someone here may be able to help with this last name.

person:
Karin Neilssen  (1) ....in Ships passenger list from Hamburg 1871  arrival port Hobart town, Tasmania. [Now part of Australia] eventually being in Rockhampton, Queensland, where she married, as below.

On this listing she is noted as Frau  which I think means Mrs. in English. 
   
(2) also  My grandfather's Birth Certificate  from Queensland Australia  1881. Mother Kate  no mmn.
               His sister   1883  her Certificate has Kate Neilssen as mmn
               His brother  1885  his cert has  Karin Nelson

(3)  The marriage Cert. for Karin and her husband Carl  1879  has Karin Neilssen as her last name. 

(4)   Also on this particular Cert both sets of their parents are given .

Karin Neilssen's  are Nils Larssen [father]  and Christina Jensen  [mother].

I have tried to find a birth cert for Karin  as either Neilssen or Larssen but I am stumped by what I cannot read.

(6)   My elderly Aunt has given me this information:  Karin Neilssen came from Jenarp, Sweden.  She apparently immigrated via Denmark and Germany.


The person she married in 1879  was Carl August Schmidt . He was from Copenhagen, Denmark.  He  immigrated in 1877 to Brisbane, eventually getting to Rockhampton, Queensland where he met and married Karin.

What I would like to understand is how she is Neilssen when neither of her parents are and how to interpret the Swedish documents.


 Many thanks for any help here,

Essnell

Hi All,

I have a questionabout the irish Census recs and where these might be accessed.

I have a relative   born C1844 in Ireland. Now I am wondering at what age would he have been required to be on the Census on his own and up to when he immigrated  in 1872.   So looking at the recs for 1851,1861 and 1871.  This would have been Co. Tipperary and or Co. Cork

any ideas please. 

Thanks Essnell.

Hi,  I am hoping to find confirmation and birth links for one member of a family that immigrated to Australia. The family name is Sommer.

There are three brothers
1.  Wilhelm Friedrich Sommer born  abt.  1821    Klein Nordsee, Holstein, Germany
         married Yohanne Scharlotte Justine Witte
 
2. Christian Friedrich Sommer born abt 1825     same area
          Married Friedriche  Webber

3.  Johann Carl Friedrich Sommer  born abt 1826     same area 
        Married Friederiche Dorothea Nellor or Neller or Vetter.

their parents are:
 Daniel Sommer  and Margaretha Hahn   


Wilhelm Friedrich Sommer born 1821 and his wife Charlotte [Witte] born 1822 immigrated in 1863 to Queensland Australia on the La Rochelle arriving  at Moreton Bay in September 1863. They had 9 children with them.
George 1846,  Wilhelmine 1847, Wilhelm [Friedrich] 1848, August 1848, Wilhelm Carl 1851, Johannes [Gustav]  1853,  Hermann [Freidrich Carl] 1856,  Marie  1857, Daniel [Ephriam]  1861.



Johannes Carl Friedrich Sommer born 1826 and Dorothea Neller born abt 1829  immigrated to Queensland, Australia in 1865 leaving Hamburg in May and arriving Maryborough September,on the Susanne Godeffroy.  They had three children with them, 
 [Anna] Margaretha [ Caroline] born 1856, [Johannus] Gustav [Friedrich]  born 1858, and Helene [Henriette Justine] born 1862.    and Anna Marie Elisabeth Sommer born and died 1855  at Zaatzke, Zaaztke, Ostprignitz, Brandenburg, Germany. 

Johann Carl Friedrich Sommer fathered another child born Queensland Australia 1868, 
  Richard Bernhard ErwinSommer whose mother was Dorothe Keel.

On the Susanne Godeffroy was another person  Friedrich Sommer DOB 1840  and 25yrs


The middle brother Christian Friedrich possibly originally immigrated to the USA  and then later to
Australia. He had married Friederich Webber.   
their children were
    August Sommer  born 1849, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany.
    Wilhelmine Friederike Albertine Sommer 1856  Wilhelmine, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany.
    Maria Amalia Sommer born 1960 Wilhelmine, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany         

Maria Amalia Sommer died in the USA in 1934, 25th April  Chicago, Illinois. USA.


My questions s about this Friedrich Sommer born 1840.  I have the details for his Queensland arrival which  has Friedrich Sommer   birth 1840   place  Klein-Nordsee, Holstein [Schelswig-Holstein]   age 25 yrs , occupation Butcher

I  cannot find his birth as Friedrich Sommer. I did find    this   Friedrich Wilhelm Julius Sommer  born 3 April 1840   Father Carl Sommer  mother Dorothea Sommer  place of birth: Munsterberg, Schlesien, Deutchland[Germany]

is he related or not.   

I was able to get a image of the record but that is all a mystery to me. There appears to be a list of peoples names on there as well.  this is a Lutheran Baptism record 1817-1840

I will see if I can locate the record image or give you a link.

Thanks in advance for any input or thoughts.
Essnell
                                                   

Hi Everyone,

I have just been reading a topic on Adoption in England.  So thought I would ask my question here as it is similar but not relevant to that topic.

I would like to know if children were Privately Fostered through church facilities back around 1900 - 1910.   
Could people do this and pay the foster parent/s for their keep etc?   

any info here would be appreciated.

Regards,     Essnell