Friedrich Johann August Christian Stelzner (1821)

Born 11 Mar 1821 in Zellerfeld, Goslar, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Died [date unknown] in Brazil [uncertain]

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Biography

Friedrich Stelzner migrated from Kingdom of Hannover to Brazil.

Why emigrate to Brazil? Brazil has many German settlements, here is just part of the story. ^[1]

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The area for colonisation was smaller than the one planned three years earlier. The Association undertook to settle a fixed number of colonialists each year, and slave labor was explicitly excluded. The colony was to be named "Dona Francisca" in honour of the Princess of Joinville, with the first city to be called "Joinville". Between 1851 and 1856 the settlement grew to 1,812 members. By this time however the capital of the Colonization Association was almost exhausted and in 1857 Fa. Chr. Matth. Schröder & Co ceased trading. Thereafter the Brazilian government took over the payment of bonuses to the colonists. By 1870 the colony had 6500 inhabitants

Emigration

Surname, first name, origin: ^[2]

• Stelzner, Friedrich (Johann August Christian Friedrich), Zellerfeld

Birthday / Age: 11.03.1821 Occupation / Status: Bergmann Parents: Co-emigrants:

• Stelzner, Friederike Auguste Christiane, b. Jahn (born February 14, 1820);

4 children:

• Stelzner, Carl Friedrich Louis (born June 10, 1847);
• Stelzner, Wilhelm Johann Friedrich (born September 8, 1849);
• Stelzner, Caroline Henriette Christiane (born January 25, 1852);
• Stelzner, Johanne Auguste (born June 16, 1854)

Denomination: Destination (country / place):

• Dona Francisca /Southern Brazil via Hamburg

Date of emigration / issue of passport: July 24, 1854 with the ship Emily under Captain A. Schmidt Financial circumstances: Other: also: Hann. 74 Zellerfeld No. 276

Sources

1. ↑ German settlements in South America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_colonial_projects_before_1871
2. ↑ Lower Saxony German Archive NLA HA Oberbergamt Clausthal-Zellerfeld compartment 160 No. 29 https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/detailAction.action?detailid=v4432161