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 Johanne Louise LIEBELT  &  Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL

•  Johanne:  eldest child of Johanna Karoline LUBASCH and  Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT.
• Gottlieb:  fifth child of Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL and Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL.

Johanne LIEBELT b1846                              See original photo in No 3

 

Johanne Louise LIEBELT b1848 and Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL b1846, both born in South Australia, are the great grandparents of John MUELLER who has preserved a large collection of historic photographs.                                          

Johanne's parents were children on the Zebra, arriving 1839, and Gottlieb's parents had married in Prussia and were in their 30's when they arrived on the Heerjeebhoy Rustonjee Patel in 1845.  

Johanne is my  1C3R and Gottlieb is my 1C4R.

 

1.  Introduction: how did John Mueller come to have this historic collection?

John's seven generations of ancestors include: KUCHEL-MULLER-PAECH-KLENKE-LIEBELT-SCHULTZ-LUBASCH-GREISER-STEINBORN-ZEGEMSITERIN-SCHUETTE

Johann George Paech Snr.  this headstone lies on the ground behind St Paul's Lutheran Church, Hahndorf.  Photo JBH 2021.

• John's maternal ggg grandmother was Johanna Karoline KLENKE b1793-d1831, the first wife of Johann Georg PAECH b1793-d1875.   ​

• Karolinedied seven years before her husband,  George arrived on the Zebra  in late 1838. Instead he was accompanied by his second wife, Hanna Rosina RICHTER b1811-d1891, and their own two young children aged 4 years and 2 years.  (Schubert D)
• With them as well, were Karoline's older children, Johann Christian 18yrs, Johann Gottlob 15yrs, Johann George 12yrs and Johanne Luise, 8yrs of age.  (Schubert D)
• Hanna Rosina had another five children in South Australia born over a ten year period from 1841 to 1851.  
• This PAECH/KLENKE/RICHTER family were among ten families on the Zebra to come from a village in Brandenburg known as Kay.  This village is now in Poland and named Kije, 6kms west of Sulechów. (Schubert D)
• There were several other families with the surname of PAECH who were also on the Zebra. They came from the village of Nickern (now in Poland and named Niekarzyn, 9kms NW of Sulechów) and Rentschen (now in Poland and named Radoszyn, 5kms NW of Nickern).  (Schubert D, 'Kavel's People page).  Hence the PAECH family from Kay  became known around Hahndorf as the Kaysher PAECH'S.  
• I believe that almost all of these PAECH families were related, but that is another story.

Map from 'LIEBELT Family History' note Paechtown.House No 3 built c1850 Johanne Eleonore SCHULZ & Gottlob Paech - photo c1912

House No 3  after alterations c1977   Photo by owner & renovator Ron ROWE

• ​Lotha Brasse (heritage architect, author, researcher) numbered these 4 homes No 1-4.  George PAECH Snr & Hanna RICHTER No 1, right on the bend on the left of the road, George Jnr on the right, No 2, Gottlob No 3 on the right and Christian No 4 on the left as you head east.
• In 1850 four (of the five) children from the first marriage were aged; Christian 29yrs, Gottlob 26yrs, George 24yrs and Louise 20yrs of age.  In the mid 1850's these three sons built their homes and established their farms on land alongside each other and near their father and step mother
• Louise had married (1851) during this time (1850-1860) and had the first four of her 8 children born in 1852, 1853, 1856 and 1859.  Of her brothers Christian had married (1848) and had children in 1851, 1855 and the last in 1860, Gottlob had married first (1846) and had his daughters in 1848, 1851, 1854 and 1857. George junior had married (1850) and had five of his seven children, 1850, 1851, 1854, 1856 and 1859 although two did not live long.
• All of the homes were variations of each other and all were fächwerk, with brick infill, half hipped roofing and stringy bark shingles.   It was  this home/farm No 3, that the son Gottlob & his wife Johanne Eleonore SCHULZ  (who he married in 1846),  established.  This is the home that John MUELLER was born into, almost 100yrs later.  

• In 1945 John was born, an only child to his mother, Hilda, who was 20yrs of age.  Also living in the home & farming the land at the time of John's  birth were his grandparents Otto MUELLER 63yrs, Hulda KUCHEL 64yrs and Hilda's two older bachelor brothers Edwin 31yrs and Clarence 27yrs.   Hilda's parents died in 1954 and 1957, followed by her brothers in 1969 and 1970.   30 years after John was born he moved with his mother into Hahndorf, and the boxes of photographs came with them.

Some of the ancestors & cousins who lived in or visited Paechtown, could have  included these names::  Altmann, Braendler, Bretag, Braun, Clark, Cook, Collins, Dahl, Diederich, Everett, Ey, Faehrmann, Fishlock, Gallasch Galpin, Gierke, Gogel, Gregor, Gust, Herbig, Hillebrand, Holland,  Jäensch, Kranz, Koenig, Kramm, Korber, Kuchel, Kubern, Lubasch, Liebelt, MacFarlan, Martin, Menzel, Meyer, Minkwitz, Müller, Nelson, Nitschke, Paech, Pfennig, Pfeiffer, Rodert, Sawade, Schaefer, Schmeiss, Schubert, Schultz, Seidel, Stevens, Thiele, van der Molen, Wakefield, White, Wittwer & Zilm & the relationships go on and on.  

The surnames in bold above, have identifiable photographs in John's collection and many of them are in this article.

2.  Source Materials

KUCHEL 1838-1970LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY 1975Left - This 'Liebelt Family History' is still available,  written by E.A. WITTWER and F.J. LIEBELT 1975.

 

Right - 'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by Vera SCHWERDT, George HILL & Allan WITTWER, 1970

 

3.  The couple: LIEBELT/KUCHEL  

Johann Louise LIEBELT (b1848) and Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL (b1846)

'Johanne' Louise LIEBELT b1848, nr Hahndorf, SA  & her husband of 52years Johann 'Gottlieb' KUCHEL, b1846, nr Hahndorf, SA.  From now on they will be referred to as Johanne and Gottlieb.

I have begun with this couple because they appear in so many of the photographs in John's collection.  Usually they are at the centre of a group photo surrounded by any number of their nine children and their partners.  Johanne and Gottlieb, were married in 1871, by Pastor Strempel, in the St Michael's Lutheran Church, Hahndorf.

Johanne Liebelt b1848, Gottlieb Kuchel b1846Johanne's parents had come out as children to the Province of South Australia, her mother, Karoline LUBASCH, was 11 years of age and her father, Gottlieb LIEBELT, 14 years of age.  Their villages in Brandenburg, Prussia were separated by only 4.5kms, if they took the route through the fields. Quite likely they already knew of each other before emigration.  There adventure together, began with their families on river barges down the Oder, through the waterways of bustling Berlin and up to the Port of Hamburg.  Such a sight they never could have imagined, followed by a four month sea voyage on the  'Zebra' in 1838.    

Gottlieb's parents on the other hand, were adults, his father Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL was 33yrs and his mother Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth KUCHEL 34 years of age and they had 4 children when they arrived in September 1845 on the 'Herjeebhoy Rustonjee Patel', (I will refer to this ship as 'the Patel').  Gottlieb was their first, of four more children, who were born in their new country.  As Gottlieb grew up he would have heard his parents talk of the ships that arrived in 1838 because his paternal grandparents (Georg KUCHEL & Anna SEIFFERT) & three uncles (17, 20 & 23 years of age) were all passengers on the 'Prince George'. 

Meyers Gazette: 1848 map of Brandenburg, highlighting where Johanne LIEBELT and Gottlieb KUCHEL'S parents came from.

Gottlieb's father, who I will refer to by his third name 'Erdmann', was the eldest of the four boys and would have been 26yrs of age when all the activities were happening in preparation for his 55 & 51 year old parents & his 3 siblings to begin their trip.  

For whatever reason he did not accompany his parents in 1838.  Erdmann had married around that time to (c1838) his first cousin, and Dorothea (KUCHEL) had four baby girls born in  1840, 1842, 1843 and 1845:  Louise, Dorothea, Eleonore and Anna Rosin.  

On their voyage out on the 'Patel'  2 yr old Eleonore did not survive the voyage and possibly Anna Rosin had been born but also died on the ships voyage. (KUCHEL, Ships List)

When Gottlieb's parents & two older sisters arrived his Uncles had been in South Australia for six years.  His grandfather (Georg KUCHEL b ca1783) had died seven months earlier but his grandmother (Anna Dorothea SEIFFERT b ca1787) was 59 yrs of age and was, no doubt, close by for his birth in 1846.

By 1845 only one of his uncles (Samuel KUCHEL) had married.   Samuel and his new wife had apparently been among the earliest couples to marry in Hahndorf (1839), apparently under a gum tree, later consuming parrots at their wedding breakfast. (Anni Luur Fox)  There is a  photo of this brother Samuel, taken by DIEDERICH, further below, in this article.

 Samuel had married Johanna Dorothea KLENKE who had travelled from Kay in Brandenburg (very close to Lochow), with her parents, on the 'Zebra'.  Was it her sister who was the first wife of Georg 'Kaysher' PAECH'?  Unfortunately her 51 year old farm labourer, father, Christian KLENKE was among the 11 deaths on the voyage, leaving his 49 year old widow Anna Elisabeth GIERKE to manage alone in the new country. (D Schubert Kavel's People).  https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Hahndorf_pioneers%2C_were_your_ancestors_on_the_%27Zebra%27%3F.  When Anna GIERKE died she was living with her daughter Dorothea & Samuel KUCHEL at Kirchenbergen where the KUCHELS' settled for 40 years (Kuchel 1838-1970 page 4).  There were 3 young children from this marriage by the time the 'Patel' arrived. 

The 1848 map above, indicates  where Johanne LIEBELT (b1848) and Gottlieb KUCHEL's  (b1846) parents originated from.  Johanne's from Rissen & Nickern, Gottlieb's from Lochow and Langmeil.  They were all small villages, surrounded by tracts of forest and close to running streams, connected by tracks across mostly flat terrain. The Odra River can be seen in the lower left hand corner and the village of Tschicherzig from which the Oder barges departed in 1838 & possibly 1845, can be seen bottom central.

This is interesting:  We know that Gottlieb's parents were first cousins.  His mother's (Dorothea KUCHEL),  father, was Daniel KUCHEL.   Daniel also came on the 'Patel', with his daughter & his son-in-law Erdmann KUCHEL.  Daniel was married to Elisabeth ZEMGMEISTERIN and she had apparently died in Prussia sometime before 1845.    Seventy year old Daniel is described on the 'Ships List' as coming from Lochow (see map).

Erdmann KUCHEL, has been described in 'Ships List' as coming from Langmeil,( see map).   The same 'Ship's List' also states that Daniel, was among 'eleven persons',  who died at sea, 'mostly old men, and very young children.'  

There is evidence in the form of a death certificate  that a Daniel  KUCHEL died in Hahndorf at 83 yrs of age on 27 January 1857. That means he was born c1774, the same age as the Daniel who had apparently died on the 'Patel'. More on this.

Alan Wittwer wrote about this couple in 1980, in the LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY pge 49:

Hd of Kuitpo, Section 3913'Johanne was born on June 15, 1848.  As a young woman Johanne worked as a domestic servant in various households.  She married Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL in St. Michael's Church on May 4, 1871, Pastor Strempel officiating.   Gottlieb was born at Kirehenbergen near Hahndorf on April 21, 1846.  His parents were Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL and Johanne Dorothea Elisabeth born KUCHEL, who had emigrated the previous year from the German village of Lochow.

Immediately after their marriage Johanne and Gottlieb lived at Friedrichstadt on the Mount Barker Rd., then in Hahndorf in English Street.  They then moved, in about 1878, to part of Section 3913, in the Hundred of Kuitpo which Johanne's father (Gottlieb LIEBELT) had purchased.  Here Gottlieb built a home of slabs, straw and mud.  The home was demolished several years ago, the site now being marked by a few old trees.  

Gottlieb was a carpenter, making rakes and other tools as well as hurdles for the Oakbank races. Gottlieb died on October 31, 1923; Johanne reached the high age of 91 years passing away on March 29, 1940.  Both are buried in the Hahndorf cemetery, where their grave is marked by a tombstone.  Their old homestead property is now owned and farmed by Mr K. LIEBELT, a grandson of Johanne's brother August.'

4.  Kirchenbergen

This quote is taken from 'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by SCHWERDT, HILL and WITTWER page 4.  

This extract is referring to Gottlieb KUCHEL's  Grand parents and Uncles  that arrived in S.A. in 1838 on the Prince George.

 Hd of Onkaparinga.  Sections 3821, 3822 & 3823  on the northern side of the main Hahndorf Road.It is believed that in the early 1840's they moved out to (an area known as) Kirchenbergen which was about two miles south of the Hahndorf township.  Kirchenbergen (meaning, "hills of the church") was undulating country which the KUCHEL's farmed.  It was near Windmill Hill (a well-known spot in the Adelaide Hills) and it was in the gully between the properties now owned by Mr H. BRAENDLER and Mr G PAECH.  The ruins of four houses, probably built by the KUCHEL's, can still be seen on Mr BRAENDLER's property."

"Kirchenbergen comprised three sections of land totalling about 240 acres (sections 3821, 3822, 3823)....... purchased by the Incorporated Society for the Progogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts on  15 May 1841.'

Kirchenbergen' looking up Leonards Rd, Hahndorf,towards Nixon's Mill. Photo JBH 2021

I am unclear whether 'Kirchenbergen' is the land they farmed, (3 sections was a lot of land in the 1840's) or is it an 'area', more like 'Paechtown'.  In 1842 the 3 KUCHEL boys from the Prince George were: Samuel aged 27yrs married with 1 child, Friedrich unmarried at 24yrs of age, and Gottlieb the youngest, aged 21yrs and unmarried.  Georg their father died at Kirchenbergen in 1845, 7 years after arrival.  The boys mother Anna would have been 55yrs of age.

5.  Gottlieb Erdmann KUCHEL

This quote is taken from 'KUCHEL 1838-1970' by SCHWERDT, HILL and WITTWER page 6

'It appears that in Germany Gottfried (Erdmann) had followed the trade of tailor in the army.  His pair of tailor's shears remained in the family's possession until about 1940......when the family had reason to write to relatives or friends in Germany it was usually Gottfried who composed and wrote the letter.

Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL died in 1869 as a  result of an accident when he fell from his horse, two years before his first son,  Gottlieb,  and his first Australian born child, was married

The Oakfield Hotel was  incorporated into Auchendarroch in Mt Barker by Johanne ELDER and Robert BARR SMITH.

In 1869 the Oakfield was licensed by Lachlan  MACFARLAN  who at 37 yrs of age in 1845 married 20 yr old Anna Dorothea LUBASCH.     Lachlan, had built this hotel.

When Erdmann fell from his horse, 20 September, on that spring evening he was taken, apparently intoxicated, back to sleep overnight at Oakfield, there were  bedrooms upstairs in the hotel.

His sons Gottlieb 23yrs and  Friedrich 19yrs came to get him in a cart the next day. One of the sons and Dorothea his wife thought he was unconscious.  On the Tuesday a Mr de Valluois of Balhannah was called.  He died on the Friday.

"The deceased came to his death from the effects of a fall from his horse on the 20th instant; that the relatives of the deceased are to blame for not having called in the assistance of a duly qualified medical man, such a one being in the immediate neighbourhood; that the deceased was improperly treated."   Quote from Trove.....

More information on the Oakfield Hotel pending.

6.  Johanne  LIEBELT (b1848) and her siblings and ancestors.    

 

 

Johanne LIEBELT b1848. This cut and paste photo taken from No3 is almost identical  to the coloured photo on left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  The couple LUBASCH/LIEBELT.                                                                                                                                           Johanne LIEBELT's (b1848) mother is Karoline LUBASCH (b1827)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  The couple LUBASCH/LIEBELT                                                                                                                                                            Johanne LIEBELT's (b1848), father is Johann 'Gottlieb' LIEBELT (b1823)

 

                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan WITTWER wrote in the LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY pge 45:

• 'Johann Gottlieb (LIEBELT) was born on December 28, 1823, probably in the German village of Nickern. (See Meyers Gazette map above)  On arrival in Australia in 1839 he lived with his parents in Hahndorf; it seems likely that he was employed as a shepherd in the early days.  Gottlieb and Johanne Caroline LUBASCH were married on September 9, 1847; the ceremony was conducted by Pastor A.L.C. KAVEL in the school room at Hahndorf.  The witnesses to the marriage were Gottlieb KUCHEL and Christian ZILM'
• This Gottlieb KUCHEL was probably Erdmann's youngest brother who had come out on the Prince George and who he may have named his first son after, the Gottlieb KUCHEL of this article. The LIEBELT's and the KUCHEL's were already very good friends, from knowing them in Lochow, not at all far from Nickern, or from their shared experiences in Hahndorf  (JBH author/researcher).
• 'Gottlieb and his wife were among the earliest settlers at Friedrichstadt - it is not known exactly when he settled at Friedrichstadt but as his nick-name was 'Squatter' it seems likely that be 'squatted' on his selection before he formally took up the land.  On December 5, 1850, he became the registered owner of Section 3903 of the Hundred of Kuitpo.  this 80 acre section was purchased from Johann Friedrich PAECH of Grünthal for 80 pound.  Access was allowed to other settlers to the water pools on this property.  On this section Gottlieb built his first home of mud, straw and slabs.
• This home stood until 1912 when it was destroyed in a disastrous bushfire.  The home had been replace earlier by an all brick home - one of the first in the Hahndorf area to be built entirely of brick. Over the years Gottlieb purchased and leased additional properties. In February 1856 he paid 300 pound for 30 acres, part of section 3899.  On October 16, 1866 he took over the lease of sections 3897, 3895 and 3884 and part of section 3896 in the Hundred of Kuitpo from Gottlob SCHULZ.
• Gottlieb leased from the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, sections 3696, 3733, 5007 and parts of sections 3732 and 3698 in the Hundred of Macclesfield.  The annual rental was 20 pound per year plus 1/- per acre which was cultivated.  The land had to be cultivated within 4 years.
• Gottlieb was a farmer; it appears likely that he also did some shearing.  Much of the land mentioned above is still in the possession of members of the family.  On May 11, 1893, Gottlieb passed away at the age of 69 years.  His widow attained the age of 75 years, passing away on May 30, 1902. Both are buried in the Hahndorf Cemetery where a tombstone marks their resting place.  It is of interest to note that Christian's 3 children and their spouses are buried in adjacent blocks in the Hahndorf Cemetery.'

8.  The couple KUCHEL/LIEBELT.                                                                                                                                                             Johanne LIEBELT's (b1848) father is Gottlieb LIEBELT (b1823) and his mother is Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL (1798)

 

Alan WITTWER wrote in the 'LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY' pge 44: 

'Christian married Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL, the daughter of Daniel KUCHEL who lived in the village of Lochow (see map above). We know of three children born to this marriage - Johann Gottlieb, Johann Christoph & Johanne Eleonore were all born in Germany and emigrated to Australia with their parents on the 'Zebra', in 1838.' 

'Maria Elisabeth's sister Anna Dorothea (Mrs Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL) and husband and children, together with Danie KUCHEL, emigrated on the 'Heerjeebhoy Rustonjee Patel' in the year 1845.  They settled near Hahndorf.  Daniel was listed as 'grossknecht or foreman.'

​'Maria Elisabeth lived on in Hahndorf until her death at the age of 81 years on the 2nd of August 1879. She was buried two days later by Pastor STREMPEL in the St. Michael's Cemetery; her bearers were J.F. & J.W. THIELE, W. & A. SCHÜTZ, F.W. WITTWER, C JAENSCH, C. MARKS and F. SCHNEEMILCH.  Her tombstone which matches that of her husband still stands.'

'Inscription on tombstones: Here rests in God, our beloved mother Elisabeth LIEBELT, born KUCHEL. She was born January 4, 1798, and died on August. I know that my Redeermer lives; What comfort this sweet sentence gives! PSALM 19.25

8.  The couple KUCHEL/LIEBELT                                                                                                                                                                  Johanne LIEBELT's  (b1848) father is Gottlieb LIEBELT and his father is Christian LIEBELT

 

Photo from Liebelt Family History

Alan Wittwer wrote in the LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY pge 44:  

• 'Johann Christian was born on February 2, 1801. The place of his birth is not known although it seems likely that it was either Nickern or Schoenborn in the Province of Brandenburg.  Little is known of his life in Germany except that at the time of registration for emigration his place of residence was the village of Nickern and that his occupation was "Schäfer" (Shepherd).  In Australia he was known as "Schäfer" LIEBELT'.
• 'Christian and his family were among the pioneer settlers in Hahndorf.  Christian was allocated approx. 4 1/4 acres of land in the new village.  His homestead block was numbered 15 (now 19).  The block was near the northern end of the Main Street (no 106). In addition he received farming blocks numbered 21,25,36, 51c and 66b. (Now 59, 63, 86, 105 and 138).  On September 16, Christian became the registered owner of this land; previously it had been vested in the original trustees of Hahndorf, Christian and Johann Christian Erdmann JAENSCH.  Christian built his humble home of wattle and daub on this property.  It consisted of two rooms and a porch.  In addition, a cellar of similar construction was built somewhat removed from the house.  Portion of this cellar still stands.  In the door of the old homestead was a spear mark where a spear struck into the door after an aboriginal had thrown it at Maria Elisabeth as she fled into the house.  She only just made it to safety.'
• 'In 1843 Christian had 3 acres of wheat under cultivation as well as 1/2 acre of potatoes.  He owned 6 cattle and 2 pigs.  After their marriage his two sons left the Hahndorf township and took up land at Friedrichstadt.  His daughter Eleonore and her husband Carl FAEHRMANN lived on the old homestead. Originally Christian and his family were members of Pastor Kavel's congregation but in 1851 they joined Pastor FRITZSCHE's congregation.'
• ​'Christian passed away on October 4, 1858. It appears that he died fairly suddenly as his will, made in German, was only witnessed on October 2 of that year; the witnesses to the will were his sons Gottlieb and Christoph and Reinder van der MOLEN'
• 'Maria Elisabeth was to have the use of the property, one room in particular, for the remainder of her life.  On her death the property was to go to Johanne Eleonore FAEHRMANN.  The homestead remained in the family until recent times.Christian was buried in the cemetery of the original church where his resting place is marked by a simple tombstone, which is still standing.'
• 'Inscription on tombstones: Here rests in God, our beloved father, Johann Christian LIEBELT.  He was born on February 2, 1801, and died on October 4, 1858, aged 57 years, 5 months and 2 days.  Jesus, only in your wounds Have I found the sinner's comfort.'

9.  Family tree so far for Johanne Louise LIEBELT b1848

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Johanne LIEBELT b1848. This cut and paste photo taken from No3 is almost identical  to the coloured photo on left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  The couple LUBASCH/LIEBELT.

J                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Johanne LIEBELT's (b1848) mother is Karoline LUBASCH (b1827)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.  The couple LUBASCH/LIEBELT                                                                                                                                                            Johanne LIEBELT's (b1848), father is Johann 'Gottlieb' LIEBELT (b1823)

 

                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alan WITTWER wrote in the LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY pge 45:

• 'Johann Gottlieb (LIEBELT) was born on December 28, 1823, probably in the German village of Nickern. (See Meyers Gazette map above)  On arrival in Australia in 1839 he lived with his parents in Hahndorf; it seems likely that he was employed as a shepherd in the early days.  Gottlieb and Johanne Caroline LUBASCH were married on September 9, 1847; the ceremony was conducted by Pastor A.L.C. KAVEL in the school room at Hahndorf.  The witnesses to the marriage were Gottlieb KUCHEL and Christian ZILM'
• This Gottlieb KUCHEL was probably Erdmann's youngest brother who had come out on the Prince George and who he may have named his first son after, the Gottlieb KUCHEL of this article. The LIEBELT's and the KUCHEL's were already very good friends, from knowing them in Lochow, not at all far from Nickern, or from their shared experiences in Hahndorf  (JBH author/researcher).
• 'Gottlieb and his wife were among the earliest settlers at Friedrichstadt - it is not known exactly when he settled at Friedrichstadt but as his nick-name was 'Squatter' it seems likely that be 'squatted' on his selection before he formally took up the land.  On December 5, 1850, he became the registered owner of Section 3903 of the Hundred of Kuitpo.  this 80 acre section was purchased from Johann Friedrich PAECH of Grünthal for 80 pound.  Access was allowed to other settlers to the water pools on this property.  On this section Gottlieb built his first home of mud, straw and slabs.
• This home stood until 1912 when it was destroyed in a disastrous bushfire.  The home had been replace earlier by an all brick home - one of the first in the Hahndorf area to be built entirely of brick. Over the years Gottlieb purchased and leased additional properties. In February 1856 he paid 300 pound for 30 acres, part of section 3899.  On October 16, 1866 he took over the lease of sections 3897, 3895 and 3884 and part of section 3896 in the Hundred of Kuitpo from Gottlob SCHULZ.
• Gottlieb leased from the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, sections 3696, 3733, 5007 and parts of sections 3732 and 3698 in the Hundred of Macclesfield.  The annual rental was 20 pound per year plus 1/- per acre which was cultivated.  The land had to be cultivated within 4 years.
• Gottlieb was a farmer; it appears likely that he also did some shearing.  Much of the land mentioned above is still in the possession of members of the family.  On May 11, 1893, Gottlieb passed away at the age of 69 years.  His widow attained the age of 75 years, passing away on May 30, 1902. Both are buried in the Hahndorf Cemetery where a tombstone marks their resting place.  It is of interest to note that Christian's 3 children and their spouses are buried in adjacent blocks in the Hahndorf Cemetery.'

8.  The couple KUCHEL/LIEBELT.                                                                                                                                                             Johanne LIEBELT's (b1848) father is Gottlieb LIEBELT (b1823) and his mother is Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL (1798)

 

 

Alan WITTWER wrote in the 'LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY' pge 44: 

'Christian married Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL, the daughter of Daniel KUCHEL who lived in the village of Lochow (see map above). We know of three children born to this marriage - Johann Gottlieb, Johann Christoph & Johanne Eleonore were all born in Germany and emigrated to Australia with their parents on the 'Zebra', in 1838.' 

'Maria Elisabeth's sister Anna Dorothea (Mrs Johann Gottfried Erdmann KUCHEL) and husband and children, together with Danie KUCHEL, emigrated on the 'Heerjeebhoy Rustonjee Patel' in the year 1845.  They settled near Hahndorf.  Daniel was listed as 'grossknecht or foreman.'

​'Maria Elisabeth lived on in Hahndorf until her death at the age of 81 years on the 2nd of August 1879. She was buried two days later by Pastor STREMPEL in the St. Michael's Cemetery; her bearers were J.F. & J.W. THIELE, W. & A. SCHÜTZ, F.W. WITTWER, C JAENSCH, C. MARKS and F. SCHNEEMILCH.  Her tombstone which matches that of her husband still stands.'

'Inscription on tombstones: Here rests in God, our beloved mother Elisabeth LIEBELT, born KUCHEL. She was born January 4, 1798, and died on August. I know that my Redeermer lives; What comfort this sweet sentence gives! PSALM 19.25

8.  The couple KUCHEL/LIEBELT                                                                                                                                                                  Johanne LIEBELT's  (b1848) father is Gottlieb LIEBELT and his father is Christian LIEBELT

 

Photo from Liebelt Family History

 

Alan Wittwer wrote in the LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY pge 44:  

• 'Johann Christian was born on February 2, 1801. The place of his birth is not known although it seems likely that it was either Nickern or Schoenborn in the Province of Brandenburg.  Little is known of his life in Germany except that at the time of registration for emigration his place of residence was the village of Nickern and that his occupation was "Schäfer" (Shepherd).  In Australia he was known as "Schäfer" LIEBELT'.
• 'Christian and his family were among the pioneer settlers in Hahndorf.  Christian was allocated approx. 4 1/4 acres of land in the new village.  His homestead block was numbered 15 (now 19).  The block was near the northern end of the Main Street (no 106). In addition he received farming blocks numbered 21,25,36, 51c and 66b. (Now 59, 63, 86, 105 and 138).  On September 16, Christian became the registered owner of this land; previously it had been vested in the original trustees of Hahndorf, Christian and Johann Christian Erdmann JAENSCH.  Christian built his humble home of wattle and daub on this property.  It consisted of two rooms and a porch.  In addition, a cellar of similar construction was built somewhat removed from the house.  Portion of this cellar still stands.  In the door of the old homestead was a spear mark where a spear struck into the door after an aboriginal had thrown it at Maria Elisabeth as she fled into the house.  She only just made it to safety.'
• 'In 1843 Christian had 3 acres of wheat under cultivation as well as 1/2 acre of potatoes.  He owned 6 cattle and 2 pigs.  After their marriage his two sons left the Hahndorf township and took up land at Friedrichstadt.  His daughter Eleonore and her husband Carl FAEHRMANN lived on the old homestead. Originally Christian and his family were members of Pastor Kavel's congregation but in 1851 they joined Pastor FRITZSCHE's congregation.'
• ​'Christian passed away on October 4, 1858. It appears that he died fairly suddenly as his will, made in German, was only witnessed on October 2 of that year; the witnesses to the will were his sons Gottlieb and Christoph and Reinder van der MOLEN'
• 'Maria Elisabeth was to have the use of the property, one room in particular, for the remainder of her life.  On her death the property was to go to Johanne Eleonore FAEHRMANN.  The homestead remained in the family until recent times.Christian was buried in the cemetery of the original church where his resting place is marked by a simple tombstone, which is still standing.'
• 'Inscription on tombstones: Here rests in God, our beloved father, Johann Christian LIEBELT.  He was born on February 2, 1801, and died on October 4, 1858, aged 57 years, 5 months and 2 days.  Jesus, only in your wounds Have I found the sinner's comfort.'

 

9.  Family tree so far for Johanne Louise LIEBELT b1848

 

9.  Family tree so far for Johanne Louise LIEBELT b1848 

 

10.  Gottlieb KUCHEL  (b1848) and his siblings and ancestors.  

 

 

 

Johann Gottlieb KUCHEL b1846. This photo is almost identical to the coloured one below right.

 

               Photo in John's home

     

 

The couple: KUCHEL/KUCHEL.                                                                                                                                                                                                              Gottlieb KUCHEL's (b1846) mother is Dorothea KUCHEL (1811)    

                                                                                                                                                         

 

             Dorothea KUCHEL Rear of photo on left

 

Seated: Dorothea KUCHELRear of photo on left

 

 

 

 

The couple:  KUCHEL/KUCHEL.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Gottlieb KUCHEL's (b1848) father is Erdmann KUCHEL (1812)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of parents & parents parents photo's

 

The family tree so far for Gottlieb KUCHEL

Gottlieb KUCHEL (b1846) his siblings, 3 sisters & 1 brother

 

 

Grandfather KUCHEL and sisters

 

 

 

.Gottlieb KUCHEL's 1st sibling:  Johanna Louise b1840, married in 1859 to Eduard David GREGOR, b1836

 

 

GREGOR

 

GREGOR

 

 

             

 

GREGOR

     

 

 

    

 

Gottlieb GREGOR's wedding

 

 

Emma KUCHEL Herb COLLINS

 

GREGORS Golden Wedding

 

 

End of KUCHEL / GREGOR photographs

 

Gottlieb KUCHEL's 2nd sibling:  Johanna Dorothe