Wilhelm (Emmermann) Emmarmann (abt. 1835 - 1854)

Born about 1835 in Petersberg, Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany [uncertain]

Died 3 Dec 1854 at about age 19 in Eureka, Victoria, Australia

Eureka Rebellion

Biography

Wilhelm (Emmermann) Emmarmann has German Roots.

Wilhelm (Emmermann) Emmarmann was involved in events associated with the Eureka Rebellion at Ballarat.

Needs research ancestors.

Wilhelm Emmarmann was born about 1835 at Petersberg (or Hanover), Germany.

Thought to have emigrated from Germany to Australia^[1]on the 125 t Brig 'courier' from Bremen..

1854 he was a blacksmith at the Ballaarat diggings who made the pikes used by stockade defenders.

He passed away in 1855 at Ballarat, Victoria, from wounds received at the Eureka Stockade insurgency that occurred 3rd December 1854^[2] "over there on the left lay the German blacksmith who made the pikes, with the top of his skull hanging by the scalp, and still living, his little terrier dog lying on his breast and refusing to leave his master."^[3] He is interred at Old Ballarat cemetery, Victoria^[4]

Sources

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1. ↑ ??Migrated arrived Adelaide 23 Oct 1853 at Adelaide on the ship 'Courier' http://www.familyhistorysa.org//shipping/passengerlists.html
2. ↑ death William Emmarmann 1855 at Victoria. ref# 3240/1855. Birthplace; Petersberg. Parents, Spouse & place of death were not recorded. https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/
3. ↑ Editorial - RENEWING THEIR YOUTH-Ballarat Star, 22 September 1888
4. ↑ cemetery W Emerman listed on memorial column with other Eureka Stockade victims. Old Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria. https://billiongraves.com/grave/W-Emmerman/3634168
5. ↑ http://www.eurekapedia.org/William_Emmermann

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