My great grandmother, Johanne Louise (“Louise”) Bradtke was the eldest child of the 9 Bradtke children who arrived in South Australia on the Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel in 1845. Louise was born in Cicha Gora, Posen, Prussia, to Anna Rosina Dorothea … Continue reading →
I have often been asked whether I am related to this or that Mann. Charles Mann (1799-1860), advocate-general, sailed to South Australia on the Coromandel in 1837. He is no relation of mine being born on 8 July 1799, at … Continue reading →
Daniel Schlinke was the uncle of my great grandmother Mann (Johanne Louise Bradtke). I noticed this article in the Bethany Heritage SA Facebook feed supplied by Anna Schrapel. Daniel Schlinke met my great grandmother’s family when they arrived on the … Continue reading →
On Saturday 16 May 2022, Ronnie and I visited the property I grew up on at Long Flat, opposite Murray Bridge after making contact with one of the daughters of Miriam and the late Bob Grist who purchased the property … Continue reading →
When doing your family history, some times you don’t connect all the dots. I have had the Bradtke Family History since it was launched in 2000. It covers my great grandmother’s line who came from Cicha Gora in Posen. Her … Continue reading →
My 2x great grandmother Maria Anna Wolf (nee Fleischmann) was born the daughter of Augustin Fleischmann and Maria Anna Rössler of Schwartzbrunn in Gablonz county on 23 May 1834. In her application for naturalisation, Anna Wolf declared that she was … Continue reading →
A magnificent photo showing my mother Louise Elsa Kuchel as a small girl, her mother Marie Kuchel (nee Nicksch), my great grandmother Nicksch (nee Wolf) and my 2xgreat grandmother Wolf (nee Fleischmann). Thank you, Diana Mann. My 2xgreat grandmother, Maria … Continue reading →
I have had a good morning researching. A new distant DNA match matched only one of my daughter’s matches for which there had previously been no matches. However, the match had put up a tree. A few familiar surnames, but … Continue reading →
The Leeds Method is very valuable in sorting out grandparent lines from DNA matches. Unfortunately, one of my lines has no matches with whom I share 90-400 cM. Thankfully, a brother has tested and he does have one of that … Continue reading →
Ancestry.com has recently updated its ethnicity estimates and split the estimates between your parents so that you can determine where a particular ethnicity has come from. Unfortunately, in my case, it may not be very helpful as my parents came … Continue reading →