ENDERS - Gambach to the Darling Downs
Compiled by Mary Brettell
Amy Ottilie ENDERS
Introduction.......
My Mum was the second daughter of Jim CUTTLER of Maryborough, Queensland and
Amy Ottilie (nee ENDERS).
Amy was the fourth child of Fred (Ferdinand) ENDERS
and the first child of Ottilie Rosalia (nee JAHL).
(Fred s first wife, Louisa BAUER, died from complications after the birth
of their third child, at age 20.)
Fred was the German born son of Johannes, the first Enders of our line to migrate to Australia.
Johannes, known in Australia as John, was the first born child of Bernhardt ENDERS and Anna Elisabetha (nee WISSNER), both of Gambach, Hessen, Germany. Johannes was born in Gambach, on 30th August 1819. He married Elisabetha Margaretha MÜLLER of Butzbach, in his own town of Gambach on 15 February 1846. The newly-weds moved to Butzbach where Johannes became the "Wagenmeister" (Wagon Master) and postman at the local Post Office. Two children were born to Johannes and Elisabetha - Katherine on 14th august 1847 and Ferdinand Georg on 10th august 1853. According to sources at the Lutheran church Archives in Butzbach, in the year 1848 the railway was built and those who worked on the mailcoaches were gradually put out of work. Many people from Butzbach went to the goldfields in Ballarat, Vicotria. Johannes made his move to the Darling Downs in Queensland. He migrated to Australia before his family, departing the port of Hamburg and arriving in Australia on the ISERBROOK in 1856. On 8th April 1860 John ENDERS requested the priveleges of a natural born British Subject and was granted citizenship.
John's wife, Elisabeth Enders, followed her husband to Australia in 1861 on the 'GRASBROOK', bringing Katherine and Ferdinand with her. She was granted Land Orders QSA Ref. TRE/N1 63/56, IMM/246 61/176 and IMM/252 63/56. Just three years later, on 14th December 1864, Elisabeth died, cuase of death unknown, and is buried at Drayton.
Daughter Katherine (or Catherine), aged 17, was married to Gustav Robert (known locally as Robert) KÖNIG, who had sailed to Australia on the same voyage as her father, John. Katherine was granted Land Orders QSA Ref. TRE/N1 61/189, IMM/246 61/189 and TRE/N1 63/57. Her marriage took place at Drayton on 2nd August 1864. Katherine and Robert had a number of children, mostly girls.
Robert KÖNIG established himself as a butcher in Toowoomba. An interesting story of Robert KÖNIG and John Enders appeared in the Darling Downs Gazette of 1864 - reproduced below.
Katherine remarried George Robert TILLY in 1886. She died 4th April 1917.
John's son Ferdinand married twice and produced the first Australian born members of our Enders family.
John Enders married widow Grace BLATCHLAY, daughter of Robert MILES and Frances SMITH of Sherbourne, Dorset, England, in Toowoomba, on 29 June 1872. Grace died as a resident of Woogaroo (at Goodna) Asylum on 4th June 1899 at the age of 71 years.
I spent quite some time before discovering what became of John Enders. This is due to the fact that he entered the Dunwich Benelovent Asylum and died under the name of Chas. Enders. I have been unable to ascertain the reason for this name change.
Dunwich Benevolent Asylum was established on North Stradbroke Island in 1865 and closed 30 Sep 1946. It's purpose was to cater for poor people who, because of age, infirmity or otherwise were unable to care for themselves. As both of his children were still living at the time of his admission, I don't know why Johannes ended his days there.
The admission register of the Asylum, on 3rd February 1891, states that Chas Enders was born in Darmstadt Germany (which is located very near to Butzbach), and was a Carpenter. This trade information agrees with that given under Father s rank or profession by John's son, Fred Enders, on his marriage certificates as well as the statement in the Darling Downs Gazette where John himself gives his occupation as Carpenter. 'Chas' Enders father's name was given as Bernhardt Enders and his mother was Eliz. WIESMAN. In the records of the It is noted that he had a daughter in Brisbane and a son in Queensport (Brisbane). (Tallies with residence of Fred Enders). His age is given as 72 years which tallies with his being born in 1819. Unless John had a twin brother, Charles, I am certain I have the right man. There is no record of a Chas or Charles (or Carl or similar) migrating to Australia.
The Queensland Government Gazette of 14 February 1891 states that Charles Enders, 72, Carpenter, from Brisbane was admitted to Dunwich Benelovelent Asylum as he had been "unable to work for the last two years." He died at Dunwich on 12th march 1891 from Senile Decay and Cerebral Haemorhage. The Queensland Government Gazette of 21 March 1891 under Deaths During the Week at Dunwich, has Charles Enders, 72, Native of Darmstadt, Germany. He was buried in Dunwich Cemetery, record number 921.
There are many ENDERS descentants now living in Australia as a result of the migration of John and his family to Australia and the marriage of his son, Fred, to Louisa BAUER and Ottilie JAHL.
Extract from the Darling Downs Gazette:
Request for Citizenship form - John ENDERS
Ferdinand Enders was born in Butzbach, Hessen, Germany on 10th August 1853, to Johannes ENDERS and Elisabetha Margaretha (nee MÜLLER). He appears in various records as Ferdinand (on marriage and children's birth certificates), Ferdinand Georg (at his birth) and John Henry Ferdinand (death certificate) and, in Birth and Death notices of the Brisbane Courier Mail as Fred Enders.
Ferdinand (Fred) migrated to Australia, arriving at Moreton Bay on the "Grasbrook" from Hamburg, Germany in 1861, aged 8 years, along with his mother and older sister Catharina. The GRASBROOK was a 2-masted, square-rigged brig built Hamburg 1851/53. Captained in 1861 by J T S Hansen.
Fred's mother, Elisabetha died three years after their arrival in this new and strange land.
He married twice. The first marriage was to Louisa BAUER, daughter of Adam BAUER, originally of Helfenberg, Wurtemberg, Germany and Margarethe (nee KEMLER) of Zwingelhausen, approximately 15 kilometers away. The BAUERs had arrived earlier on the same ship as Fred, the GRASBROOK in 1855. Louisa was less than sixteen years of age at the time, having been born 12 January 1861. The marriage of Ferdinand and Louisa took place at the Lion Hotel Oakey Creek, near Toowoomba, on 18th August 1876.
Their first child, William Henry, was born 13 January the following year. Louisa Isabella was born in February 1879 and Louisa died in January 1881, at the age of 20 years, following complications after the birth of her third child, Lillie Louisa, who also died a few days later.
Fred married Ottilie Rosalia JAHL, daughter of John JAHL and Rosalia MANZ, from the area around Deutsch Krone (now Walcz), West Prussia, on 14th May 1881 at St James parish church, Toowoomba.
Their first child was my Grandmother, Amy Ottilie, born February 1882 at Queensport (Murarrie), Brisbane. In total, Ferdinand (Fred) fathered 15 children. Further details of the children of both unions can be found in the Descendants Chart.
Fred and family were still resident at Queensport when his father, Johannes (John) died in 1891.
Ottilie Enders died at New Sandgate Road Clayfield, Brisbane on 28 September 1927 and is buried at Toowoong Cemetery in the same grave as her first daughter, Amy CUTTLER, who died in 1920.
Fred Enders died as a resident of Goodna Asylum 27 April 1928.
Ottilie Rosalia JAHL
The JAHL family of John, Rosalia, Josephine, Ottilie and John arrived on the Friedeburg on 20th August 1973.
The Friedeburg' belonged to the Sloaman sail ship fleet and was built in 1869and left Hamburg May 4, 1873, arriving Brisbane Aug 20th (108 day trip). They voyage started with 375 passengers and arrived with 360 passengers. Two adults and eighteen children died during the voyage and five children were born.
Typical food supply on a Sloaman sailing ship at that time - For each statute adult (above 12 years), on every Sunday during the voyage, half a pound of preserved beef, and half a pound of flour for pudding, with four ounces of raisins. On Monday, half a pound of salt pork and half a pound of peas or sauerkraut (and that on space allowed of 15 superficial feet English per statute adult!); on every Tuesday half a pound of salt beef and half a pound of barley or lentils; on every Wednesday herring or salt fish and half a pound of lentils or of haricot beans; on every Thursday half a pound of preserved mutton and half a pound of flour for pudding, with four ounces of prunes; on every Friday half a pound of salt pork and half a pound of peas for soup; on every Saturday half a pound of salted beef and half a pound of rice with treacle. Every day 3 quarts of water, besides such as may be required for cooking purposes, besides weekly for every passenger three pounds of potatoes, five pounds of white biscuits, five-twelfths of a pound of butter, two ounces of coffee, one ounce of tea, six ounces of sugar, four ounces of treacle, 6 ounces of lime juice and the necessary vinegar, salt and pepper. And for every hundred statute adults carried by such ship ... 36 bottles of claret, 18 bottles of sherry, 12 bottles of gin, 20 dozen bottles of Bavarian beer ... plus medicine and drugs
Those allowed to emigrate were unmarried females between the ages of 16 and 35, or young married couples with not more than from one to 3 children under 12 years of age (for any children in excess full passage money had to be paid by the emigrants). Not more then 10% of the whole number shipped in each vessel could be unmarried men, not over 45 years of age.
All the emigrants were required to produce certificates of good moral character from the magistrate or clergyman of the parish in which they reside, and of the religious denomination to which they belong, they must be selected from the rural districts, and the men must have been employed as agricultural labourers. All the emigrants had to be in good health, of sound constitution and must have been vaccinated. No person is eligible when above 45 years of age (they made some exceptions for parents travelling with their grown up children). All emigrants were required to pay the costs of their outfit for bedding and mess utensils, which will not exceed 10 Thalers and which will be supplied. No emigrant would be allowed to embark unless they have provided themselves with suitable and sufficient clothing for the voyage as customary in Germany'.
Marriage Certificates of Ferdinand (Fred) ENDERS
to be reproduced here shortly..... pls call back
Rosalia and John JAHL arrived in Australia on the Friedeburg in 1873. Also on the same voyagewere Julius and Caroline MANS (spelling from Passenger List). I have found a number of births in Queensland to Julius MANZ and Karoline (nee TIETZ) from 1874 onwards. I believe they are the some people.
Rosalia JAHL was Rosalia MANZ before she married and since Rosalia and Julius arrived on the same ship and, according to the ship's passenger lists, Julius was from Rosenfelde and Rosalia from Neuhof (both are very close to eachother) I am certain they must have been related - perhaps even brother and sister. (The passenger list gave the name of the town where the passengers lived when applying for passage.)
I believe that Franz MANZ was also related to Rosalia for the following reasons:
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Rosalia's husband, John JAHL, was a witness to the marriage of Franz to Justina KALINOWSKI in 1886.
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A witness to the marriage of the daughter of Rosalia and John JAHL, Ottilie, in 1881, was Josephine MANZ
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Josephine and Franz MANZ arrived in Australia together, listed as brother and sister in 1878.
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The parents of Franz MANZ, on his marriage and death certificates, were Martin MANZ and Eva HASE
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Appelonia MANZ was known to have a brother named Franz MANZ. Appelonia's father was known to be Martin MANZ, although her death certificate does not verify this. (source: oral family history from Gloria SAUNDERS of Brisbane) Gloria also remembers, as a child, knowing 'Jack' JAHL and members of the ENDERS family that Ottilie JAHL (daughter of Rosalia) married into.
It is purely circumstantial but the evidence seems too point to the fact that Rosalia, Julius, Franz, Appelonia and Josephine may all be from the one family.
Appelonia Annie MANZ married Albert PANSKE.
Justina KALINOWSKI's Marriage Certificate
Fred ENDERS (son of Ferdinand (Fred)
ENDERS)
The ENDERS were a Cattle Producing family.
In 1864 we have Fred and son-in-law, Robert KOENIG, as butchers in James Street
Toowoomba.
ENDERS Cattle Brands
(from the Queensland Brands Directory 1918-1919 and1920-1921)
Fred Enders, cattle brand F2E, address Wild Grove, Wellcamp, Toowoomba.
Henry John Enders, cattle brand JE9, earmark code K7, address Eidsvold.
Laura Enders, cattle brand LT8, earmark code B3, address Eidsvold.
 Fred ENDERS (RHS) and unidentified person with horses |
 Fred again (third from left) |
 Cane cutting ENDERS' |
ENDERS Family in Germany
Descendants
of Caspar ENDERS of Gambach c. 1626
Ancestor Chart
of Johannes (John) ENDERS
 Marriage Entry of Bernhard ENDERS to Anna Elisabetha WEISSNER - 1819 from the Church Records of Gambach |
 Birth Entry of Johannes (John)ENDERS - 1819 from the Church Records of Gambach |
 Marriage Entry of Johannes (John)ENDERS to Elisabetha MÜLLER - 1846 from the Church Records of Gambach |
 The ENDERS Boys in Brisbane |
 Photo provided by Neil ENDERS |
ENDERS Family in Carina, Brisbane, Qld.
I have lived in Carina for almost all of my life, off and on, and there has always been a member of my family living at Hecklemann Street Carina since 1952. My mother lived here all that time, not knowing that her cousins lived very close by - in Meadowlands and Creek Roads and ENDERS children were amongst the first to attend the newly opened Carina State School in 1917. My own son, Gwyn, also attended this school from 1987 to 1994. When Carina State School was opened in 1917 the enrolments for that year included
DATE OF ADMISSION 30-1-1917
ENDERS,George
ENDERS,Leonard
and
DATE OF ADMISSION 11.7.1917
ENDERS, Leslie
These were the children of George Edward ENDERS and Hannah (Annie) (Mag) Beatrice ENDERS (nee MALONEY).
Ray and Sue ENDERS and family
 Cleo Herbert ENDERS (back left) |
 Colin and Trulla ENDERS - 1990 Extract from Local Brisbane Newspaper |
 Brian Yvonne & Hazel ENDERS |
 Leisa, Kelli, Glenn, Hazel & Zoe Rae ENDERS in Toowoomba |
 Yvonne ENDERS |
Wilton William and Hazel ENDERS
Much of the information on Enders descendants in Australia was compiled by Ray Enders of South Australia. I set about the task of going backwards and discovering the German family sources. With the help of some very kind people living in Germany, I have traced the ancestors of John Enders
of Gambach as far back as the year 1626. This came about initially through my discovering a Web site
on the Internet for the town of Butzbach and writing to the City Council. I sent them the details as I
knew them and asked if they could point me in the right direction to begin research. I struck it lucky
here. The city council sent my e-mail on to the Lutheran Church Archives in Butzbach. Imagine my delight when just a few days later I received an e-mail in reply which read as follows:
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Ev. Markus-Kirchengemeinde Butzbach
Kirchplatz 12
D-35510 Butzbach
Butzbach, 10.9.1999
Sehr geehrte Frau Brettell,
Ihr e-mail an die Stadt Butzbach ist an die Evangelische Kirchengemeinde
Butzbach weitergegeben worden , weil wir für alle Daten vor dem Jahr 1876
zuständig sind.
We have found your great grandfather Ferdinand ENDERS in our books
Taufregister (baptised- records) 1842 1855 (Nr.18) Seite (page)
484
Johann Ferdinand Georg ENDERS * Butzbach 10. 8. 1653. Das sechste Kind,der zweite
Sohn des Johannes ENDERS, Ortsbürger zu Gambach,Briefträger (postman)
zu Butzbach und seiner Ehefrau Elise
MÜLLER von Butzbach.
The sister of Ferdinand ENDERS Page 243
Katharine ENDERS * Butzbach 14. 8. 1847. Dritte Tochter, das erste lebende Kind.
Tochter des Wagenmeisters ( Wagenmeister" it was his duty to look after
the mail coaches.) und Briefträgers bei hiesigem Postamt, Johannes
ENDERS, Ortsbürger zu GAMBACH,Kreis Hungen und seiner Ehefrau Elise MÜLLER.
Bei der Geburt der Katherine ENDERS im Jahre 1847 ist deren Großvater Adam MÜLLER, Leinewebermeister zu Butzbach, bereits tot. Das Sterbedatum des Adam MÜLLER konnte nicht zweifelsfrei ermittelt werden. Wir fanden nur
Page 242
Müller Hans Adam + died 11.4. 1838. Bürger und ehemaliger Flurschütz
(Feldschütz), gebürtig aus Oberlardenbach Kreis Heppenheim. Alt 41
Jahre".
Das Ehepaar ENDERS/ MÜLLER hat in der Stadt Butzbach nicht
geheiratet, because ENDERS was Ortsbürger" in the village GAMBACH.
The village GAMBACH is now a part of the town D- 35516 MÜNZENBERG.
Your ancestors Enders you must search in GAMBACH.
Interessant für Sie ist noch folgende Eintragung in unseren Taufregister 1856-1876 page 117
Im Jahr Christi achtzehnhundert und sechzig (1860) den zwei und zwanzigsten Januar morgens vier Uhr, gebahr nach geschehener glaubhafter Anzeige, Elise, des seit länger als zwei Jahrn auf die WANDERSCHAFT NACH AUSTRALIEN gegangene Ortsbürger zu Gambach und gewesene Briefträger Johannes ENDERS Ehefrau geborene MÜLLER von Butzbach, auserehelich dahier..." (Tochter Friederike Müller,die noch im selben Jahr starb.)
In the year 1848 the railway was built and the persons who worked on the mailcoaches were out of work . Very many persons from Butzbach went to Ballerat for digging for gold , e. g. the Famlies Heinz and Grenenger.
Yours sincerely Bodo Heil
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And following, the literal Translation& & ..
Dear Mrs. Brettell,
The email to the city Butzbach was passed on to the Evangelist
church municipality Butzbach, because we are responsible for all data for the
years prior to 1876.
We have found your great grandfather Ferdinand ENDERS in our books
Baptismal register (baptised record) 1842 - 1855 (Nr.18) page
(PAGE) 484
Johann Ferdinand George ENDERS * Butzbach 10. 8. 1853. The sixth child, the
second son of the Johannes ENDERS, local citizen of Gambach, postman of Butzbach
and his wife Elise MUELLER from Butzbach.
The sister of Ferdinand ENDERS Page 243
Katharine ENDERS * Butzbach 14. 8. 1847. Third daughter, the first living child.
Daughter of the Wagon Master (" wagenmeister " it was his duty to
look after the mail coaches)
and postman at local post office, Johannes ENDERS, local citizen of GAMBACH,
district of Hungen and his wife Elise MUELLER.
With the birth of the Katherine ENDERS in the year 1847 their grandfather Adam MUELLER, Linen weaver, has already died in Butzbach.
The death date of Adam MUELLER could not be determined free
of doubts.
We found only
Page 242 Müller Hans Adam + died 11.4. 1838. Citizen and former field
contactor, born at Oberlardenbach in the region Heppenheim. 41 years old."
The married couple ENDERS / MUELLER did not marry in the city
Butzbach, because ENDERS were "local citizens " in the village
of GAMBACH.
The village of GAMBACH is now a part of the town D-35516 MÜNZENBERG.
You must search for your Enders ancestors in GAMBACH.
For you the following entry is interesting in our baptismal registers 1856-1876 PAGE 117
"in the year of Christ eighteen hundred and sixty (1860) the twentysecond January at four o'clock in the morning, Elise gave birth after a convincing display, and since local citizen to Gambach, postman Johannes ENDERS, having been longer than two years gone on the JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIA, his wife, born MUELLER from Butzbach, had an illigitemate child outside of her marriage... "
(daughter Friederike Mueller, died in the same year.)
Birth and baptizing records were written very 'bombastic' or 'swollen' in those days. A birth had to be eye witnessed by somebody in those days (many illigitimate infants were murdered, the punishment was 20 Taler!?!), then the child's father must have been somebody else, as the husband was away more than two years. So the wording is quite normal. Interesting would be who is mentioned as father in the birth certificate - the husband or the 'producer'. ...notes by Translator, tina Kolb.
In the year 1848 the railway was built and the persons who worked on the mailcoaches were out of work . Very many persons from Butzbach went to Ballerat for digging for gold ,
e. g. the Famlies Heinz and Grenenger.
Gambach is situated 10 kilometers west of Butzbach and northwest from Münzenberg.
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Armed with this information, I attacked the telephone directory for the city of Münzenberg and found just one entry for ENDERS of course, I had to write to them. I composed a letter, had it translated into German, and sent it off.
A short time later I received an e-mail from Monika and Hans Enders. They were thrilled to receive a letter all the way from Australia but, unfortunately, no connection could be found between our families. They told me of a friend of theirs who was the local historian, specialising in the history of Gambach and forwarded my information on to Horst VETTER. Approximately two months later, I received a letter, all in German, which I had to type into my word processor then translate to German before I could read it. Much to my amazement, Horst Vetter had traced my Enders family of Gambach back to the earliest church records and the year 1626.
On discovering this information I went to my local branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family History Centre, and from them ordered the filmed church records of the town of Gambach. These films are truly amazing and on them I found not only information on my ancestors but also their actual signatures on the documents!
Hagen Vetter the son of Horst Vetter, later sent me the following information regarding Gambach
Horst and Hagen Vetter are the historians of their village of Gambach (it´s a part of the city Muenzenberg). Gambach´s population is approx. 3500 (in year 2000) (whole city approx. 5600). The history of our village goes back 1200 years and more. In 1998 they celebrated the 1200th anniversary of Gambach, working very hard to organize the festivities together with other clubs and writing a book with 1200 old and new pictures of Gambach. Now we prepare our next book about the history of all residential buildings of Gambach (about 900).