Louisa (Schorback) Pumpa (1849 - 1922)

Born 15 Apr 1849 in Jänschwalde, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

Ancestors

Wife of Martin K Pumpa — married 28 Apr 1865 in Eden Valley, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1922 at age 73 in Murtoa, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

• Fact: Christening (20 Apr 1849) Jänschwalde, Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany

Louisa emigrated with her parents and siblings in 1857/58 aboard the barque Ohio from Bremen to Port Adelaide, arriving on 3 February 1858.^[1]

Her obituary read:

Another of the old settlers died at Murtoa on Saturday in the person of Mrs. Louise Pumpa, aged 71, a highly respected member of the community, who for some years had practised as a nurse. Deceased was only nine years old when she left Germany for South Australia. She married Mr. Martin Pumpa seven years later, and after two years went to New South Wales for ten years, and came to Victoria 45 years ago, living the latter 20 years at Murtoa. She was the mother of 14 children, 12 of whom are still living, including Mrs. E. Nuske and Mrs. W. Sprague, of Morton. One sister (Mrs. Janetzki) still resides at Murtoa. Deceased leaves 53 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. The immediate cause of death was bronchial pneumonia and heart failure.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Ships List. Swiggum, S. and Kohli, M. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/ohio1858.shtml, accessed 20 June 2019.
2. ↑ Obituary (1922, July 25). The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved June 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72738628

• Ancestry.com. Brandenburg, Deutschland, Zweitschriften von Kirchenbüchern, 1700-1874 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  • Ursprüngliche Daten: Zweitschriften von Kirchenbüchern ca. 1700-1874. Potsdam, Deutschland: Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv.

Name: Louise Schorback

Geburtsdatum: 15. Apr 1849

Geburts­ort: Jänschwalde, Brandenburg, Preußen

Art des Ereignisses: Geburt

Vater: Martin Schorback

Mutter: Anna Krause

Bandnummer: 769

Bestand: 5

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 September 2014, 20:38), entry for Louise Schorback(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7DN-PQZ); contributed by various users.
• Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name: Louise Schorback

Father's name: Martin Schorback

Spouse Name: Martin Pumpa

Spouse's Father's Name: Martin Pumpa

Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1865

Marriage Place: Eden Valley

Registration Place: Talunga, South Australia

Page Number: 50

Volume Number: 62

• The Passengers In History website an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alec Peacock for creating WikiTree profile Schorback-2 through the import of Peacock family 9th Oct 2012.ged on Jul 12, 2013.