Ernest & Augusta MEURER

[DaveHam9]

Arrival for both of them from Germany ???

The name night be HEIFER.

Naturalisation
MEURER Christian Frederick Germany 24 Nov 1857 2 79 - [4/1201] 129
MEURER Ernest Germany 13 Mar 1861 3 27 - [4/1202] 130
MEURER Ernest Germany 23 Aug 1861 3 30 - [4/1202] 130
MEURER Otto Germany 25 May 1877 5 107 - [4/1204] 130


NSW Marriage 1733/1860 MEURERR ERNEST - HELSSER AUGUSTA - GRAFTON ** 18 Aug

Looking for their deaths.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[gibbo]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Wednesday 25 March 1908

MEURER.-March 15, at her late residence, 9 Pawley-street, Surry Hills, August, widow of the late Ernest Louis Meurer, an old resident of Grafton and Ballina. Her end was peace.

315/1908 MEURER AUGUSTA 75 YRS SYDNEY SYDNEY

 

[gibbo]

4509/1900 meurer ernest l susannah sydney

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks gibbo.

I thought that might be easy with those names.

Perhaps their arrivals will be a bit tougher.

 

[gibbo]

Ok Otto is the one who is giving us a lead on their arrival

Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954)
Saturday 24 February 1934

He was only a lad when in 1859 he arrived in Sydney from Karlsruhe, Germany, on the sailing ship Wonga wonga.

1645/1934 MEURER OTTO CHRISTIAN F SOPHIA CHATSWOOD

 

[DaveHam9]

So far I can't see a notice in TROVE for Ernest:

Death 4509/1900 MEURER ERNEST L - SUSANNAH - SYDNEY ** 27 June

 

[DaveHam9]

The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 16 March 1908 p.12
FUNERALS
MEURER.-The Relatives and Friends of the late Mrs. AUGUSTA MEURER are respectfully invited to attend her Funeral, to leave her late residence, 9 Pawley-street, Surry Hills, THIS AFTERNOON, at 1.30, for the Necropolis.
COFFILL and COMPANY, Central Office, 375 George-st, Haymarket.

Does not say CofE or Independent.

 

[DaveHam9]

Oh. I don't know those in the list of Naturalisations are the same family and arrived together.

We are on EDST now so it's 10:20 here and I'll be off soon.

 

[ocky]

Hi DaveHam9,

Ernest Louis Meurer died on 27 June 1900 at Pawley Street, Surrey Hills, Sydney. I am Ernest's GG Grandson.

Regarding the other Meurer family, Otto Meurer. This has intrigued me for some time, although the information available to date indicates no relationship i am a little suspicious. There were two Meurer families to arrive in Australia from Germany in the 1850's. Both families (Otto and Ernest's) landed in Sydney and soon travelled to live and work in the NSW north coast region. But so far research has not provided any evidence of the families being related.

Ernest and Augusta arrived in Sydney on the Barque 'Armin' from Bremerhaven, Germany on 19/11/1858. A few days after landing in Sydney they traveled to Grafton NSW to work at a tallow/candle factory.

Hope this information is useful.
I have more details if you are interested, you could PM me.


Cheers
Ocky

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello Ocky and welcome to the Forum.


Thanks for the information. The family is well off any of my main lines but in my extended tree by this marriage:

4786/1880 WHITEMAN ALBERT - MEURED SOPHIA CATHERINE - RICHMOND RIVER


It will be interesting to see if a connection can be found between the two families.

Dave

 

[ocky]

Hi DaveHam9,

Thanks for the reply. Thats interesting that you are linked to the Whitemans. I did some research on Albert Whiteman and Sophia Catherine Meurer (my Great Aunty) last year and found that their story is quite interesting. You probably know of the link to that family owning pubs in Casino NSW and particularly the Cecil Hotel that still exists. They built the Cecil, it was relocated to its current position. The restaurant at the Cecil is now called Sophia's after Sophia Meurer who ran the pub after Albert's death. Nice link from the past to the present.

Ocky