I'm searching for descendents of Karl Heinrich (Charles) & Martha Katherine (Mary) Howe who arrived in Brisbane from Schleswig-Holstein on 5 September, 1863 with 7 of 10 children.Whilhelmine Dorothea b. abt 1843, m.Heinrich Thies 12 Sept 1864; Juliana Henriette b. abt 1844; Ernst Friedrich b.abt 1846 d. on trip or soon after arrival; Maria Johanna b. abt 1848; Wilhelm Friedrich b. abt 1852; Anna Margarethe b. abt 1857; Johanna Maria (Kate) b. abt 1860 (my gg grandmother), m. William Brown 7 Feb 1878 in Dalby, Qld.
Their Children;
James Alfred;
William m. Mary Elizabeth ? ;
Mary Ellen (my G grandmother) m.William Thomas Smith/ John Hunter;
Charles Herbert m. Madge ?
Alice May m. Henry Thomas Toombs
Arthur John
Nathaniel Edward m. Violet ?
Grace Garnet
Henry Norman m. Daisy Wittmore
Florence Maud m. Albert Petersen
Wilhelmine & Heinrich Thies had 12 Children
Maria Friedricke; Maria; Mary Ann; Matilda; Carl Friedrich; Johann Heinrich Adolf; John Nicholas; Henry; Henry; (Not a Typo); William; James; Annie. 3 of these died in infancy.
Would love to make contact. Thanks
Maree W