Ernst Wilhelm Eduard Bormann (1829 - 1907)

Born 29 Apr 1829 in Meseritz, Posen, Preußen [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Wilhelmina (Hoffmann) Bormann — married 19 Dec 1857 in Registry Office, Inverbrackie, South Australia

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1907 at age 78 in Milendella, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Ernst Wilhelm Eduard BORMANN was born on the 29th April 1829. He was baptised the son of Gottfried Bormann and Christiane Minke on the 13th May 1829 at Meseritz, Posen, Preußen.^[1][2][3]

He appears to have used the names Eduard Karl and Carl Edward throughout life.

The family lived in Meseritz, Posen, Prussia.

Carl's father registered to emigrate in 1839 with his wife and five children: "shoemaker Johann Gottfried Borrmann (45) with wife Johanne Christiane Wikhelmine Minke and five children"^[4][5]

The Bormann family departed Altona on the 3rd July and arrived at Port Adelaide on the 5th November 1841 aboard the Skjold.

Eduard BORMANN was naturalised on the 30th August 1851. He was listed as a farmer in Lobethal, from Prussia, 22 years old, and having been resident in South Australia for ten years.^[6]

Eduard Karl BORMANN marries Wilhelmina HOFFMANN on the 19th December 1857 at the Registry Office, Inverbrackie. He was registered as 29, and the son of Johann Gottfried BORMANN. Wilhelmina was registered as 20, and the daughter of Gottfried HOFFMANN.^[7]

Carl Edward BORMANN passed away on the 22nd July 1907 at Milendella. He was registered as 79, married, and living in Milendella at the time of his death. The informant was his son Johann Friedrich.^[8][9]

Land Titles

Carl Eduard Bormann leased 137 acres of land (section 61 in the Hundred of Finniss contained in Certificate of Title Volume 130 Folio 241) on the 8th May 1869 for five years. He renewed again on the 8th May 1874 and then finally bought the land on the 9th May 1879. His son Johann Friedrich Bormann had the land transferred into his name on the 11th July 1904. The land is near Milendella.

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Brandenburg und Posen, Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1794-1874," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQBT-LR4 : 17 February 2021), Ernst Wilhelm Eduard Bormann, 29 Apr 1829; citing Christening, Posen, Preußen, Deutschland, p. , Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (Brandenburg State Archives), Potsdam; FHL microfilm 1,816,830.
2. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPN5-K9B9 : 15 July 2022), Ernst Wilhelm Eduard Bormann, 13 Mai; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Meseritz, Posen, Preußen, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
3. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Posen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1430-1998", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FZN-S3X2 : 10 May 2022), Ernst Wilhelm Eduard Bormann, 1829.
4. ↑ Iwan, William (Wilhelm) (2003). Name list of "Old Lutheran" emigration of the mid-19th century from eastern Germany (mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada, and the United States (Rev. ed. 2003). Freistadt Historial Society, Trinity Lutheran Church of Freistadt, Mequon, WI http://www.archivaria.com/EmigList/
5. ↑ Skjold, sailed 3rd July 1841 from Altona from State Library of South Australia
6. ↑ National Archives Australia: 827269
7. ↑ Bormann, Eduard Karl Marriage Registration database District: Nairne, Book/Page: 32/9 courtesy of Genealogy SA
8. ↑ Bormann, Carl Edward Death Registration database District: Talunga, Book/page: 327/75 courtesy of Genealogy SA
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236543411/eduard-karl-bormann: accessed 16 September 2022), memorial page for Eduard Karl Bormann (1828–22 Jul 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 236543411, citing Milendella Lutheran Cemetery, Milendella, Mid Murray Council, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Ant McLean (contributor 50329685).