What happened to Christine Dobrowolski nee GRUBE b Quern Germany 1924 ?

[emilypos]

Christina and husband Marian, a lock smith,arrived in Melbourne late 1949 as displaced persons with children ^(*)and ^(*).They settled quite quickly in Wangaratta Vic where  2 more children ,^(*) 5 Sep 1950 and ^(*) c 1954

Something happened and Christina met someone else , left this family and went to New Zealand late 1950' and possibly wondered off into the sunset maybe ? Dont  appear to be a great many records on line after  WW2 or am I not looking in the right spot  ?  would love some local guidance, please

Bye

emilypos NSW




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[Neale1961]

In the Australian National Archives there are 2 separate files from 1950 for this family. You can access them, but will have to order them online first. It is not possible to know what detail there is in the files, without looking.

Item barcode 4260270 is for Marian DOBROWOLSKI (Polish) b.8.12.1916 arriving Melbourne on board ship "General W C Langfitt" on 14.1.1950.

Item barcode 4260270 is for the whole family and lists names and dates of birth for Christina b.18.12.1924 (Germany) and the 2 children a son b.1946  (Germany) and a daughter b.1948 (Germany). I have not listed the children's names here.

How do you know Christina went to New Zealand?
It will be difficult to find out if Christina married again, as the marriage records for the possible years are not accessible.
Have you tried looking for her name in NZ papers?

[Neale1961]

Marian Dobrowolski died in Shepparton Victoria on 30 April 2010.

[emilypos]

The other 2 males have also died . Both girls still living .The wife of Marians grandson is a friend. Been helping her with some of their family tree.

Will need to be patient to get any files from the NAA Canberra at the moment

What time period does Papers Past cover?   Most of Trove cuts out at 1954


Many thanks

Emilypos NSW

[minniehaha]

The Dobrowolski names which appear in NZ Archives..........

https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/SimpleSearch.do?keyword=dobrowolski

Further to reply #3.....

Re Papers Past: Very few papers go to 1950, none beyond that year.

Minniehaha.

[minniehaha]

These are the only DOBROWOLSKI deaths registered in New Zealand since 1900......

1990/29682   Dobrowolski   Czeslaw   4 July 1922   

2005/15766   Dobrowolski   Aniela Teresa   24 October 1932

They are husband and wife.

If of any help I can provide the death notice for Aniela Teresa.


Minniehaha.   

[Fresh Fields]

Hello.

If Christine came to NZ to be with relatives, the family name of GRUBE had been around for several generations, and a search of Archives NZ records produces a small nunmber of files. Perhaps a Christian name mentioned therein, may be recognised as an indicator of a possible family connection.

https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ItemAdvancedSearch.do;jsessionid=4D00E02BD5D2E50EE094A79958008944

Alan.

[minniehaha]

Hello.

If Christine came to NZ to be with relatives, the family name of GRUBE had been around for several generations, and a search of Archives NZ records produces a small nunmber of files. Perhaps a Christian name mentioned therein, may be recognised as an indicator of a possible family connection.

https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ItemAdvancedSearch.do;jsessionid=4D00E02BD5D2E50EE094A79958008944

Alan.

A search on NZ BDM for the GRUBE name since 1870 produces:

1 death

No births

No marriages with that name for the bride.

1 marriage for a male Grube.

A rare name for New Zealand.


Minniehaha.

[Fresh Fields]

Agreed Minniehaha.

That is why I'm suggesting that those with knowledge of the family tree may find a family connection. NZ Papers Past has a number of hits over that period, but many are stories naming poeple with the surname GRUBE, who were not NZ residents.

Alan.