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Johann Friederich Daniel Fischer (1823 - 1896)

Johann Friederich Daniel (Fritz) Fischer
Born in Goltzen, Luckau district, Brandenburg, Prussiamap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 23 Sep 1849 in Lautenthal, Lower Saxony, Germanymap
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Died at age 72 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Johann Friederich Daniel Fischer, known as Fritz, was born on 18 Aug 1823. His birthplace, Golzten (now known as Golssen or Golßen), was a town in the Luckau district, Brandenburg province of Prussia (now in Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany). His mother was Johanne Henriette Louise Orlamünder (known as Louisa) and his father was August Fischer.[1]

Fritz had at least three half-siblings through his mother's two marriages (Johann Heinrich Friedrich August Toepfer and Ernst Christian Gerbes):

  • Julius August Heinrich Friedrich Toepfer (known as August), born 9 Sep 1836 in Lautenthal. Married Mary Ann Walters and had 2 sons. Was murdered on the goldfields in Wongungarra, Victoria, Australia in September 1870.
  • Juliane Wilhelmine Toepfer (known as Julia), born around 1841 in Wildemann, Germany. Married Carl Hermann Holzberger in 1857 and had 9 children. Died 25 Oct 1913 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.
  • Auguste Henrietta Friederike Gerbes (known as Augusta), born 23 May 1846 in Lautenthal. Married Gustav Ernst Erdmann Faustmann then John Fox Murphy and had 11 children. Died 24 Jun 1926 in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.

His mother had previously migrated to Adelaide in 1847, with his siblings and her third husband Ernst Christian Gerbes.

He married Augusta Friederike Cristiane Uhe on 23 Sep 1849 in Lautenthal, Lower Saxony, Germany. The banns were called on the 15th and 16th Sunday after Trinitatis = 16th and 23rd of September 1849. It seems in these records Fritz was not listed as a "Legitimate [ehelich] son" which might mean that August Fischer and Johanne Henriette Louise Orlamünder were not married at the time of his birth, or even later. Johanne Henriette Louise Orlamünder is also not recorded as August's wife anywhere.

In 1850, Fritz and Augusta emigrated to Australia. They travelled from Lautenthal to Bremen and then embarked on the Leontine under the command of Wilhelm Johann Ariaans. Also on the ship was Jacob Gerbes, the younger brother of his stepfather. The South Australian Register for Wednesday, 14th August 1850 [2] noted that Fritz (aged 26) arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on Tuesday, 13 August 1850. He had sailed from Bremen on 5 May 1850 aboard the Leontine with 150 other passengers. The voyage took 92 days and his occupation was listed as a miner.

In South Australia, Fritz and Augusta started their family:

  • Johanna Fischer "Anna" (28 Oct 1850, Glen Osmond, SA - 1 Mar 1881, Adelaide, SA), married George Fiddes
  • Wilhelmina Louisa Fischer "Minni" (21 July 1854, Adelaide, SA - 25 Feb 1886, Carlton, VIC), married Henry Jospeh Kearns
  • August Christian Fischer Louis (31 Oct 1856, Bugle Ranges, SA - 22 Mar 1933, Melbourne, VIC)
  • Minna Pauline (20 Jan 1858, Bugle Ranges)
  • Louisa Fischer Lucy (16 Jan 1859, Bugle Ranges, SA - 3 Jun 1927, Heidelberg, VIC) married Mark Asherley Anderson
  • Frederick Fischer "Fritz" (Feb 27 1861, Bugle Ranges, SA - ?)
  • Carl Auguste Fischer (17 Feb 1863, Bugle Ranges, SA - 31 Dec 1863 in Bugle Ranges, SA)
  • Julia Hermena Fischer (29 June 1864, Echunga, Mt Barker district, SA - 1 Jun 1944, Canley Vale, NSW) married George A. Ranck
  • Emily Fischer "Emillie" (Dec 27 1866, Friedrichstandt, SA now Tangari - died before her first birthday)

Fritz and Augusta's daughter, Anna, died of "phthisis pulmonalis" (tuberculosis) in 1881. Her newborn baby George died a few days later and Anna's three living children were separated between different carers: Fritz (12) went to live with his paternal uncle John (Richard) Fiddes in Victoria: Richard (4) was adopted to another family (surname was possibly Coe); and Rosina (3) went into Fritz and Augusta's care. It is unclear why their father did not care for them.

Unfortunately Augusta soon died of (tuberculosis) on 24 April 1882 in Kent Town, South Australia - likely caused by caring for Anna during her illness.

A number of Augusta and Fritz's children where living in Victoria, so after her death Fritz relocated there with Rosina.

Fritz died in Melbourne on 14 Aug 1896 of bronchitis, emphysema and heart failure, reported by Dr EW Deane[3] He died in the Gipps Ward Hospital, Melbourne. The death registration gives the place of birth as Germany and time spent in Victoria/Australia as about 46 years (confirming arrival at 1850). It states that he was married to Auguste Uhe in Germany at about the age of 21 years and lists his children as Louis (40yrs), Louisa (35yrs), Julia (28yrs) and Anna and Minni as deceased.

He was buried at the General Cemetery, Melbourne, on 17 Aug 1896.

Sources

  1. Graeme Moad
  2. South Australian Register for Wednesday, 14th August
  3. Victoria Death index 1896/10563.




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Hi Lex

http://graememoad.com/Family/WC135/WC135_140.HTM

The above link is showing as "Error 965: Link error 404 Not Found". Do you have an alternative link for it? Otherwise I'm sorry but it needs to be removed. If I don't hear back I'll go ahead and removed the bad link.

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Rejected matches › Johann August Fischer (1824-)

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