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):
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:
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.
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