| On 14th September 1850 an application was
lodged to the Royal Government of Prussia at Potsdam from butcher Kruger of
Gerswalde for permission to emigrate to America. However, they could not
afford the fare and on 24th March 1865 applied again but this time to migrate to
Australia. On 9th May 1865 Carl Friedrich Kruger, his wife Marie Christine
Grambauer, his foster daughter Christine Wilhelmine Henriette Grambauer,
and his four children Carl Friedrich (Chas), Wilhelm Friedrich (William), Marie
Emilie (Amelia) and Ernst August (Ernest) Kruger set sail for Australia aboard
the Susanne Godeffroy anchoring in Moreton Bay, Brisbane on 6th September
1865. They headed for Maryborough where they became involved in the
butchering business for the next 35 years or so. Carl's ancestry has been traced back a further two
generations with he and his siblings being born at Polssen. His father's
father came from Basdorf. Each of the oldest sons were named Carl.
His wife's family of Grambauer seems to have come from the Seehausen/Wilmesdorf
area and is under investigation.
For further information on each of
the members of the family go to the name database.
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Kruger family who came to Australia
Thought to be but not confirmed
Carl Frederick Kruger (1821-1882)
& Marie Christine Grambauer (1818-1885)
both born in the Ukermark, Germany
died Maryborough
Courtesy of E. Stengstock |
Wilhelmina Rogers (nee Narnst) (1840-1924) (born in Germany, daughter
of Marie Christine Grambauer,)
and her husband
William Cooke Rogers (1901-1831)
Courtesy of M. Eldred |
Children of Carl Frederick Kruger
and Marie Christine Grambauer
(all were born in Germany)
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Carl Friedrich (Chas) Kruger
(1849-1874)
Courtesy of E. Stengstock |
William Kruger (1851-1939)
& his wife Gertrude Kramer (1853-1939)
Maryborough
Courtesy of E. Stengstock
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Amelia Nightingale (nee Kruger) 1853-1933
Courtesy of M. Eldred |
Ernest August Kruger
(1855-1894)
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One of the Butcher Shops that the
Kruger family had in Maryborough, Queensland.
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Kruger Butcher Shop, Lennox St., Maryborough Q. circa 1880 with son Chas on the
left
Courtesy of M. Eldred
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Kruger Burials in the Maryborough
Cemetery, Queensland.
Carl Frederick Kruger
and his wife
Marie Christina Kruger (nee Grambauer)
Courtesy of M. Eldred |
Ernest August Kruger
His second son William Edward Kruger
and his wife Johanna Dorothea Kruger (nee Schultz)
Courtesy of M. Eldred |
The plot showing Ernest Kruger, his
son, William and his grandson, William. |
William Charles Kruger and his wife Rosie
Kruger (nee Moore). He was the eldest son of William
Edward Kruger
Courtesy of M. Eldred |
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