No 1 daughter

The eldest daughter from the marriage with the first wife Karoline WOLF was Johanna Louis LUBASCH.  This daughter did not come out on the 'Zebra' in 1938 but arrived in 1955 with her husband WIETH & 3 of their 5 children.  This is the couple who built the house, bake oven etc now known as 59 Auricht Rd,Hahndorf. 

No 2 daughter

Johanna Eleonore Henriette LUBASCH, the 2nd daughter from the 1st marriage of Gottlieb LUBASCH to Karoline WOLF.

Eleonore was married in 1839ca, the year after arrival at 18 years of age and her husband was 19 years old.  This photograph is from page 166 of the LIEBELT Family History Book.

No 3 daughter 

Photos by author, 2022.St James Anglican Church, BlakistonJohanna Dorothea Louisa LUBASCH is the 1st daughter of the 2nd marriage to Johanna Dorothea GREISER.  Louisa married 1845 to Mt Barker Scottish farmer and later publican, Lachlan McFARLAN.  They are buried in the St James Anglican Church, Blakiston cemetery.  

No 4 daughter

1827-1902 Photo from the 'MULLER photo collection'.Johann Karoline LUBASCH married 1847 to Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT, the 1st son of the 2nd LIEBELT son. also see article on the  STEINBORN-LIEBELT descendants and also their farming history and that of their children.

No 5 daughter

Photo from Liebelt Family History book 1975 page 167.Mrs Christian JAENSCH Photo from 'John MULLER Collection'.  1833-1911Johanna Maria Dorothea LUBASCH married 1853 to Christian JAENSCH who was 9 years of age on the 'Zebra'.  Christian JAENSCH & Maria Dorothea LUBASCH build first stone home in Hahndorf.

 See the article on the 'Hahndorf Pioneer Photo, 6 men' taken 1900, Christian is in the photo & he died at  90 years of age in 1917.  Chronicle Thursday 21 September 1933, page 50  Christian JAENSCH was the last but one, surviving pioneer when he died 11 October 1917, Dorothea had died 6 years earlier.  This is what the 'Chronicle' said  "The last of these pioneers was Christopher JAENSCH, who died in October 1917.  He built the first stone house in Hahndorf, and his daughter is living in it now."

The Register [Adelaide, SA: 1839-1900] Wednesday 17 October 1917 page 6.  Mr Christian JAENSCH, the oldest resident of Hahndorf, and the last of the original settlers, died last Thursday at the age of 90 years and five months. His sister, Mrs Gates, of Maryland's, is now the last surviving member of the religious refugees who formed the community of Hahndorf.  [Author: Mrs Gates, is Christian’s younger sister, Johanne Louise JAENSCH b1836, d1918 age 82 years. married James GATES 1857.]

deceased arrived in Port Adelaide by the 'Zebra' in December 1838, and as a youth he was employed as a shepherd and cook at a weekly wage ranging from 5/- to 12/-.   In 1854 he married, Miss LUBASCH, daughter of the late Sgt. LUBASCH, an old Waterloo veteran.  The deceased took a great interest in gold mining, and in the fifties was sent by a syndicate to the Northern Territory to report on ...property.  He returned just prior to the wrecking of the Gothenburg. [see note below]

He also journeyed to the Victoria diggings, where he did fairly well. His prospecting in his own district did not prove remunerative.  Later in life he engaged in butchering and farm pursuits.  He endured all of the hardships of the early settlers, and it was a pleasure to hear him recount interesting incidents of his early life in the pioneer days.  The deceased, by his uprightness, generosity, and kindly disposition, had won wide esteem.  His intellect remained bright to the end. He has left 3 sons - Messrs A JAENSCH, of Western Australia and W. and G  JAENSCH, of Hahndorf, and two daughters - Joanna and Martha JAENSCH, of Hahndorf.

[Author: The ‘Gothenburg’ was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef in tragic circumstances 24 February 1875. Christian was 48 years of age when he returned to Hahndorf, his eldest child was 21 years and his youngest was 6 years of age.]

https://en.m.Wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Gothenburg

Will of Christian JAENSCH of Hahndorf dated 13 December 1876.

“Australia, South Australia, Will and Probate Records,” database, FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/ark:619 03/1:2:7MMV-VMN2 : 26 September 2019], Entry for Christian Jaensch, 13 Dec 1876; citing Will, South Australia, Australia, Probate and Administration Books, Supreme Court of South Australia, Adelaide; FHL microfilm 103271684.

No 6 daughter

LUBASCH/PAECH Photo from 'John MULLER  Collection'    1835-1890Maria Elisabeth LUBASCH inherited her fathers farm despite the opposition of her brothers-in-law, married 1st in 1859 to Johann Gottfried LIEBELT from Blakiston, [who was a 1st cousin to the husband of Maria's older sister [No 4 above], Johanna Karoline LUBASCH] & after his sudden death left her with with 3 small children in 1866 she married a year later to Johann Wilhelm PAECH who was a widow with two small children, & together Maria had another four children.  

After her father's death Maria and her mother continued to farm Section 3812, living in the house built [still in good condition] for the family [1844-1849ca] which is now on the property owned by the PAECH family of Beerenberg Farm.  Their farm buildings included the barn [still conserved] built for her father by Johann Carl Friedrich FAEHRMANN, master carpenter of Tangermünde, Prussia.  also see these articles related to FAEHRMANN's.

While Maria inherited all of her fathers lands and farm the Supreme Court trials brought against her by, in particular her brother in law Christian JAENSCH must have taken a toll on her health & responsibilities. Maria, by 1882 had sold the farm and the Hahndorf town land, & 2 other sections that she had inherited went to the NITSCHKE's in 1875.

Maria died at her 'usual residence in Hahndorf' on 15 April 1890 and the informant to the Registrar in Nairne was Hahndorf teacher Friedrich Wilhelm Julious EY.  Maria was only 54 years of age, had had 7 children & she died of Phthisis, a progressive wasting disease, perhaps caused by tuberculosis. Maria's youngest child was Anna Dorothea PAECH, 18 years of age.   

1890, Maria Elisabeth LUBASCH

Friedrich Wilhelm WITTWER, Miller, Executor. The will was made on the 6 May 1890

368  Maria Elisabeth PAECH deceased 011373 South Australia In the Supreme Court Testamentary Causes Jurisdiction.  Be it known that on the sixth day of May 1890 the last Will and Testament / a copy whereof is hereunder written of Maria Elisabeth PAECH otherwise Marie Elizabeth PAECH late of Hahndorf in the Province of South Australia wife of Johann Wilhelm PAECH deceased who died on the fifteenth day of April 1890 at Hahndorf aforesaid was proved and registered in the Supreme Court of the said Province and that administration of all and singular the personal estate and effects of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Friedrich Wilhelm WITTWER of Hahndorf aforesaid Miller the sole Executor named in the said Will he having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the just debts of the said deceased and the legacies contained in her will and to exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects and to render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law so to to do.  Given at Adelaide under the seal of the Supreme Court of the Province of South Australia, Sworn under 200 pound. Registrar of Probates. Von DOUSSA Proctor.

Caroline WOLF & Anna Dorothea GREISER: The mothers of  7 daughters

7 daughters born to Gottfried's two wives between 1820-1838

Caroline WOLF 1790c-1823c Prussia

├──  Johanna Luise LUBASCH married Johann Gottlieb WIETH

• Birth: 6 April 1820 [BISA] Prussia 
• Marriage: 1840c
• Widowed: 1881 aged 61 years
• Death: 16 May 1899 aged 79 years
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  • LFH page 166 says 'died at daughters place at Parkside SA, buried in Hahndorf Cemetery, Hahndorf, married 1840c Johann Gottlieb WIETH 1812c-27 Sept 1881. He was the last person buried at St Paul's Cemetery, Hahndorf.  Inherited the cottage and 2 acres of land at the Southern end of Hahndorf LFH page 166. 
  • SAGHS microfiche, District of Mount Barker Deaths 1899 states differently.   Johanne Luise's normal residence was Hahndorf, and she died in the Parkside Asylum where she was admitted on 15 September 1888 with dementia and senile decay & stayed admitted until her death on 16 May 1899, 8 months later.

└──  Johanne Eleonore Henriette LUBASCH married Johann Wilhelm THIELE

• Birth: 1821 [BISA] Prussia 
• Marriage: 1839c Hahndorf
• Death: 29 December 1901 [BISA] aged 80 years
• Burial:  Hahndorf Cemetery [LFH page 166]

Anna Dorothea GREISER 1799c-19 October 1864 Hahndorf, buried at St John's Cemetery, Hahndorf, married 1823c BISA Prussia Johann Gottfried LUBASCH  

├──  Anna Dorothea LUBASCH

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1824c(BISA)  Prussia-2 May 1900, (BISA) buried St James Anglican Church, Blakiston

LFH page 166,  married 24 February 1845, Lachlan MACFARLANE  2 June 1806 Stralachlan, Argyllshire Scotland-16 April 1892. SAGHS South Australian Marriages 1842-1852 state that Lachlan was a 37 year old 'Stockholder' when he married 21 year old Spinster Louise LUBASCH at Clanfergeal near Adelaide according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of Scotland by Rev Rob HAINING  in the presence of Dugale McDOUGALL, Andrew Murray and Catherine Helen SPENCE.  

They were married for 47 years and were buried St James Anglican Church, Blakiston LFH page 166.

SAGHS District of Mount Barker Deaths 1875-1893 microfiche says that Lachlan died at 86 years of age a 'Gentleman who died at his usual address in Mount Barker of Morbid Cordis.'

├──  Johanna Karoline LUBASCH

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22 April 1827 BISA Prussia-30 May 1902, buried,  married 9 September 1847 Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT 28 December 1823-11 May 1893 buried

├──  Anna Marie Dorothea LUBASCH

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29 April 1833 (BISA) Prussia-9 February 1911 buried, SAGHS says St Michael's?? married 15 April 1853 Johann Christian JÄNSCH 22 May 1827-11 October 1917 buried

├──  Maria Elisabeth LUBASCH

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10 September 1835 BISA Rissen BISA  Prussia-15 April 1890 buried married 16 December 1859, Johann Gottfried LIEBELT 1837c-21 November 1866, buried   Then married Johann Wilhelm PAECH 29 August       1844-19 September 1916 buried.  .

Maria Elisabeth LUBASCH married twice, her first husband was Johann Gottfried LIEBELT, the '3rd Liebelt son's, 3rd child'.  Gottfried was only a year old on the 'Zebra' and he & Maria became engaged in April 1856, 5 months before her father died.  The motives of himself and his parents [Anna Dorothea WOLF & Johann Christoff LIEBELT 'the 3rd son'] was brought into question through out the trial of questioning the validity of LUBASCH's will.  Gottfried LIEBELT died suddenly leaving 3 daughters under 6 years of age, & is buried in St John's Lutheran Church, Hahndorf.  [a cemetery that no longer exits].   

Liebelt Family History page 116.  'Gottfried received the sections 4206 and 4419' Hd Onkaparinga & Macclesfield' who distributed his assets amongst his children 5 days before he diedLiebelt Family History page 145 'His land was left in trust for his three infant daughters.'  This trust is reflected in adjoining sections, Certificate of Title [137] CXXXVII/241 dated 5 November 1869, 21 acres Section 4206 Hd Onkaparinga, 65 acres  Section 4419 Hd Macclesfield.

The 1881 Certificate of Title Vol 208 Folio 232 below will show that LUBASCH's daughter who was the recipient of almost all of his assets sold section 3812 in 1881.  While she was the recipient in 1857 after her father's will was proved, the actual title was not changed until 1867.  Where was Maria Elizabeth LUBASCH & her mother living when Anna Dorothea GREISER died in 1865.  Presumably she continued to reside with her daughter in the same home where LUBASCH died, on Section 3812, even after her first husband Gottfried LIEBELT came to live with them on the farm that he was to manage.  Maria's first three children were born in the same house on the farm.

└──  Anna Elisabeth LUBASCH 1838c-30 December 1838 buried.......

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THIS ARTICLE BELOW IS STILL TO BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE Life of the 3rd LUBASCH daughter

National Trust Trees of significance:   For full information: 1841 English Oak, Aurchendarroch

'English Oak, Quercus robber, individual tree, condition poor, 17 Adelaide Rd, Mt Barker, date of measurement 18 November 2020, date of classification 9 June 2021, height 17m'.  Statement of Significance' English Oak is believed to have been planted in the grounds of Auchendarroch in 1841 and therefore is among the older remaining cultivated specimens in the State. Its history and dimensions are well documented since its planting. The tree is a strong element within the garden, by both its height and bulk. It helps to provide height and shade to the landscape of the garden. It catches the eye and commands attention at the entrance to the property from Dumas Road. It has relevance, for its age, to the early years of the Colony of South Australia. It has healed itself from the lightning damage, and it embodies the reputation of Quercus robur as a tree which endures. The planting date is uncertain (1843 or 1845) but its existence was recorded in all of the Auchendarroch tree Inventory of 1920, and Heritage Surveys of 1945 and 1990.  Its very large size suggests more than 175 years of growth. The tree is located at the Dumas Road entrance to the Auchendarroch complex which passes along the northern boundary of the complex.The tree has been hit by lightning, destroying several metres of its canopy. The lightning strike split the tree down the middle, but did not kill it, and over a long period of time the tree has healed itself completely. This tree was initially nominated by Mike Forward of Auchendarroch, and registered by NTSA as significant on 26/10/1989 (NR465). It’s condition was described as “fair” and measurements were: H:19.0, Circ:4.0, N/S:20.0, E/W:20.0. Image 1 was taken at this time. 

It was renominated with updated details and additional photographs in January 2021.

Although the farm remained fully staffed because of its role in essential food production during the Red Cross and the R.A.A.F. occupation, the ornamental garden was uncared for and its condition deteriorated markedly. The garden staff was reduced to one; Albert Ellis, by then 70 years old, and he died in 1942. In 1945 an oak was planted at the bottom of the rose garden as his memorial. This tree was added to the National Trust’s Significant Tree Register in 2021.

Phase seven: The rest Home resumes work (1945-1976)

On resumption of Methodist Rest Home care in 1945, its newly appointed gardener, Ron Bates, expressed dismay at its poor condition. He recalled that:

"The croquet lawn was covered in wild oats a yard high and the hedges were totally out of control. Drives and paths were choked with weeds, roses had not been pruned for years, and the gardens infested with weeds. I was determined that one day the garden would be just as beautiful as before. "

By the early 1970's, changing attitudes to health care, diminishing patronage, increasing costs, and the need for extensive building maintenance, saw Auchendarroch’s role as a Rest Home nearing its end. Consequently, the Hospital Board sold the property by tender in 1975, and in 1976 a group of private families took on Auchendarroch as a community home. 

Michael Heath, compiler, architect, landscape architect, and NTSA volunteer.

Aldine History of South Australia, 1890 Volume 2  'LACHLAN MACFARLANE was born in the county of Argyleshire, Scotland, in the year 1806, and is a son of Thomas MacFarlane, grazier, of the same place.  It was first intended that he should be brought up to the medical profession, but owing to his health failing he inclined to outdoor employment, consequently he entered upon farm life.  In 1840 he came to Sydney, New South Wales, and, after a short stay in town, bought up some live stock, with which he travelled overland to Melbourne;  here again he remained for about six months, and then, crossing over into South Australia, came to Mount Barker, and here began farming operations, which occupation he continued to follow for several years; he was a justice of the Peace for the colony for many years, and then resigned his commission, and he was also a district councillor;  he has now given up all active employment, and is living a quiet retired life. Mr. MacFarlane married in 1845 Louisa Lubasch, and has a family of four children. living.'

1930 "Early Mount Barker - Who Was Who?” - Rev. W. Gray, Mt Barker Courier July 11 1930. 'Lachlan McFarlane was born in Argylshire in 1806.  He came to Sydney in 1840.  He brought livestock overland to Melbourne.  Six months later he came to Mount Barker where he started sheep farming.  He was amongst those who employed the young German women from Hahndorf to shear their sheep.  He married one of these young ladies, Louise Laybasch [sic] on February 24 1845.  He was 37 and she was 20 years of age.  The marriage was celebrated by the Rev. Robert Haining at Clanferzeal near Adelaide.  The witnesses to the marriage ceremony were Dougald McDougall, Andrew Murray and Catherine Helen Spence.  A child John died on July 11 1856, one month old. John Walker, surgeon, gave a burial certificate.  Lachlan MacFarlane built one of the most pretentious buildings in the State, and named it the Oakfield Hotel.  Later this building was sold to Robert Barr-Smith, who renamed the beautiful building Auchendarroch, and used it as a Summer residence.'

[Authors Note:  https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/haining-robert-2142.  Rev. Robert Haining born in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland [1802-1874] was the first Church of Scotland minister in South Australia, he arrived on the ‘Orissa’ in November 1841 with his wife Jesse GRANT. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Helen_Spence In 1845, 20 year old, Catherine Helen SPENCE [author, teacher, journalist & politician, lay preacher] was a witness to the marriage of Lachlan & Louise.  The SPENCE family arrived in South Australia 31 October 1839 on ‘Palmyra’, her father was the first Town Clerk of City of Adelaide. The municipality collapsed in 1843 & she later wrote about her father “after the break up….& loss of income, my father lost health & spirits” & died in 1846. In 1849 Rev. Robert Haining was appointed to the Destitute Board. & some years later in 1905 Catherine was appointed as the first & only female member to the Destitute Board.

Portrait of Scottish [Melrose, Scotland] born Catherine Helen Spence [1825-1910] in 1890’s, Wikipedia.

Obituary: Lachlan MacFARLAN husband of 3rd LUBASCH daughter

1892 The Mount  Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser [SA : 1880-1954]  22 April 

A DEPARTED PIONEER – One of the earliest colonists and pioneers of Mount Barker died on Saturday in the person of Mr Lachlan Macfarlan.  The deceased gentleman, who had attained the great age of 86, arrived in Sydney from Scotland in 1839, and a year later he brought a large flock of sheep over-land to Mount Barker for Mr Duncan McFarlane.  Mr Lachlan Macfarlan then settled here, and soon after he married a daughter of Mr Lubasch, of Hahndorf, and they had a family of five daughters and one son.  Mrs Macfarlan survives her husband, and the children now living are Mrs James Linklater of Adelaide), Mrs N.A. Williams (of Broken Hill), and Miss Macfarlan (resident in Mount Barker), and Mr T. Macfarlan (who is also living at Oakfield Farm).  Another of the daughters, now deceased, married Mr T. Williams, of Moorak, Mount Gambier, and a fifth daughter died unmarried.  The late Mr Macfarlan, who was a large landholder at Mount Barker, built the Oakfield Hotel here and kept it for a number of years.  He disposed of the place to Mr R. Barr Smith, who converted it into the present handsome mansion.  Mr Macfarlan, who was a very hale and strong man when in his prime, being possessed of exceptional muscular power, was a justice the peace for many years, but of late had led a retired life.  The funeral took place at the Blakiston Cemetery on Monday, the burial service being conducted by the Rev. J. W. Gower.  Among those present at the grave were the son of the deceased (Mr T. Macfarlan), Mr Linklater (son-in-law), and Messrs John Dunn, J. P. , Thomas Paltridge, J.P., C. Jaensch, and F. T. Liebing.

1892 South Australian Register [Adelaide, SA : 1839-1900]  26 April

The late Mr MacFarlan – with reference to the death of Mr Lachlan MacFarlan, our Mount Barker representative writes :--

“The deceased gentleman, who arrived in Sydney in 1839, brought a large flock of sheep, and travelled them over to Mount Barker, arriving here in 1840.  In coming over, much to his regret ever after, he missed the best lands of our South Eastern country – viz., Mount Gambier and district.  He had lost most of his flock of sheep by the time he arrived here through various causes, and had to start his life afresh.  Soon after he married the daughter of one of the earliest settlers at Hahndorf – Miss Lubasch, who still survives.  They had a family of five daughters and one son.  The eldest daughter married Mr James Linklater, the second daughter Mr Thomas Williams of Moorak, South East (since dead).  The third daughter is single.  One daughter died unmarried, and another is married to Mr N. A. Williams of Broken Hill.  The only son (Mr T. MacFarlan) is at present residing at Oakfield Farm, Mount Barker.  The late Mr. MacFarlan was a very hale, strong, and robust man, and in his younger days a powerful athlete, lifting at times weights that no ordinary man could lift.  He purchased several blocks of land in Mount Barker.  He was a Magistrate for a number of years, and a very keen and observant reader of human nature.  He built the Oakfield Hotel in this town, and kept it as such until he disposed of that portion of his property to Mr R. B. Smith, who so added to this building as to make it a very handsome summer residence.”

Obituary: 3rd  LUBASCH daughter, Johanna Dorothea Louise.

1900 The Mount  Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser [SA : 1880-1954]   4 May

Death of Mrs L. Macfarlan – Residents of Mount Barker learned with regret on Wednesday afternoon of the sudden death from heart disease of Mrs Macfarlan, of 'Oakfield'.  The deceased lady, who was a daughter of the late Mr. Lubasch and was 75 years of age, came to the colony nearly 60 years ago, and prior to her marriage with Mr. Lachlan Macfarlan resided at Hahndorf.  For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Macfarlan kept the Oakfield Hotel at Mount Barker, and they will be remembered by all old residents of the district.  The surviving family are three daughters and one son, while there are five grandchildren.  The funeral will take place at the Blakiston Cemetery this afternoon.