Author Topic: Germany: Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen): Johann August Ludwig KAYSER (1835-1910)  (Read 745 times)

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Hello all

This is part two of my thread https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=851239.0, and as suggested by Dave am posting the specific question.

Johann August Ludwig KAYSER (1836?-1910) was my great great grandfather.

I know from primary sources in Australia that he arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia (SA), on 15 August 1858 on board the brig Grassbroek (Grassbrook), having departed Hamburg on 25 April 1858.

He worked as a teacher in various schools for the SA Department of Education, 1862-1893, and as a headmaster at the state schools in Lyndoch and Brighton.

He married Amalie BEECKEN on 13 December 1862 in Adelaide SA and resided in Lyndoch Valley SA.

On 11 June 1866, he partitioned the Governor of South Australia to obtain the rights and capacities of a natural-born British subject. As part of these papers he claimed to have been born in Lautenthal in the Kingdom of Hannover and to be of 31 years of age (so born c1835).

His last residence was named “Lautenthal” in Hewitt Avenue, Rose Park Adelaide, SA. This obituary (in German) states he was born on 10 May 1836 in Lautenthal: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230697742 ('Todes-Anzeige' Australische Zeitung (Adelaide SA) 23 February 1910 p5). According to his marriage registration he was the son of August Wilhelm KAYSER.

I am hoping to confirm these birth details from German sources. Also to know a little more about his parents.

Thank you for any pointers

Craig
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Sorry, just to add to this, his teacher's service history indicates he was born on 10 May 1835: https://ap01-a.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/61USOUTHAUS_INST/12179768140001831
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have you published a tree on Ancestry?

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this is the email to one of the churches there, perhaps they can point you in the right direction
Paul Gerhardt Church Lautenthal  :   kg.lautenthal@evlka.de
Kidney,Kitney Detling Stockbury Chatham. Wenham Biddenden. Waltham.  Pemble Birchington/St Peters. Sibun Medway Chatham/Gravesend


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That church is Ev. Lutheran, but I see (from Wikipedia) it's in the Hildesheim region, which held the main Catholic church.   Thus first think about which religious archive is needed.

You might find a quick answer on this FACEBOOK page:

https://www.facebook.com/KirchengemeindeLautenthal/

I don't know if the situation has changed, but when I was researching my Hannovarian ancestor, Germans didn't have access to IGI films but had to make personal visits to archives, or hire a (very expensive)  professional genealogist.
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Hi

https://www.online-ofb.de/namelist.php?ofb=lautenthal&nachname=Kayser&modus=&lang=en

This might help you, although the Kayser family here ends too early for your man but very probably he matches in somewhere.

If the family was NOT catholic, it would appear that the records aren't yet digitally available.
I will try to check the catholic records tomorrow.

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I found this tree with the a date of birth that fits
Just wanted to know if this is his tree.
This family was from Leimbach in Thüringen.

https://www.ancestry.de/family-tree/person/tree/58669788/person/46226255242/facts

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Re: Germany: Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen): Johann August Ludwig KAYSER (1835-1910)
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 24 July 21 06:36 BST (UK) »
Hi Thanks for all considerations above.

have you published a tree on Ancestry?
No, I don't use Ancestry. I know Ancestry has its place, but the paywall can be frustrating. I have placed old Kayser on Wikitree though (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kayser-197).

That church is Ev. Lutheran, but I see (from Wikipedia) it's in the Hildesheim region, which held the main Catholic church.   Thus first think about which religious archive is needed.
I don't have any indication he wasn't a Lutheran. I've never seen a Catholic connection on my mother's side. He was buried in an Anglican cemetery in Adelaide.

I found this tree with the a date of birth that fits
Just wanted to know if this is his tree.
This family was from Leimbach in Thüringen.

https://www.ancestry.de/family-tree/person/tree/58669788/person/46226255242/facts
Unfortunately I can't access that link - it requires a login. Ancestry DE doesn't accept my Ancestry logon and I can't register on the German Ancestry site because my email is used for the Ancestry AU site. Seems a bit circular.
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Re: Germany: Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen): Johann August Ludwig KAYSER (1835-1910)
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 24 July 21 15:07 BST (UK) »
Lautenthal could have been his last place of residence before leaving Germany

The tree in question has the exact name and date of birth that you are looking for.

Johann August Ludwig Kayser born 10.5.1835 in ?

Father August Wilhelm Kayser born 13.3.1808 in Leimbach Thüringen
Married 25.11.1832 in Leimbach to
Marie Dorothea Gertrud Eitelgörge
Born 16.12.1807 in Leimbach

If this your man then he would have probates been born in Leimbach

Let me know what you think
Dave