Ernst Wilhelm MacKenzie (1820 - 1910)

Born 27 Feb 1820 in Gruenberg, Silesia, Prussia

Husband of Marie Luise Wilhelmine (Wallschläger) MacKenzie — married 25 May 1845 in Encounter Bay, South Australia, Australia

Died 12 Aug 1910 at age 90 in Winiam, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Ernst Wilhelm was born in 1820.

Birth

Ernst Wilhelm's year of birth can be estimated from both emigration ^[1] and immigration records ^[2].

Migration

Ernst registered to emigrate in 1844: "journeyman nail forger Ernst Wilhelm Mackenzie (24)" ^[1].

He lived in Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia.

The George Washington departed Bremen, 23rd May and arrived Port Adelaide, 12th September, 1844.

Life in Australia

He married Marie Luise Wilhelmine Wallschläger.

They had four children in South Australia:

• Gotthilf Ernst Johann Mackenzie, 9 December 1848, Lobethal
• Hulda Magdalena Mackenzie, 26 October 1850, near Lobethal
• Johann Joseph Mackenzie, 18 November 1852, Lyndoch Valley
• Paul Gotthard Mackenzie, 17 November 1854, Tanunda

He passed away on 12 August 1910 at Winiam (south of Nhill), Victoria, Australia. His obituary was published (in Geman) in the newspaper Australische Zeitung.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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/
2. ↑ George Washington, sailed 23rd May 1844 from Bremen from State Library of South Australia
3. ↑ Mitgeteilt (1910, August 24). Australische Zeitung (Adelaide, SA : 1875 - 1916), p. 4. Retrieved May 20, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231993436