The following Family History Notes were compiled by Reg Butler (Hahndorf Historian).

Please refer to the Disclaimer and other Information on the Family Histories Index.

Family History Notes - Altman Families

Ship George Washington - passengers from Bremen 12/9/1844

PROBST, Captain Matthew (//-//) He made several journeys to the rual SA German settlements to make favourable reports to the ship owner in Bremen.

ALTMANN, Johann Joseph (25/5/1798-6/7/1857) Born Rindegurge by Weiche, Kreis Freistadt, Silesia, Prussia. Died Grünberg SA. Journeyman mason from Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia. Bricklayer; Hahndorf then Farmer; Grünberg. Lutheran. Biog Altmann FH.

ALTMANN, Mrs JJ nee Anna Maria BAUMANN (20/12/1803-9/3/1896) Born Weiche, Kreis Freistadt, Silesia, Prussia. Died Stockwell SA, at her son-in-law Gottlieb Kruschel residence Carrara Hill.

ALTMANN, Johann Carl August (17/10/1823-23/7/1902) Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died Moculta SA. Farmer; Hahndorf, Moculta. Lutheran. m 29/6/1852 Pastor A Kavel residence likely Hahndorf, Johanna Eleonore nee REIMANN (//c1824-2/8/1893)Died Moculta SA. Perhaps sister to Anna and Eduard Reimann and a passenger on the Emmy 1850.

ALTMANN, Johann Carl Joseph (29/4/1825-28/11/1909) Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died near Balhannah SA, at his residence Blackwood Park. Lutheran Missionary; Encounter Bay, Lake Alexandrina then Miner; Callington, Bendigo Vic, then Farmer; Blackwood Park Balhannah. Lutheran. m 5/5/1854 Lutheran Church Lobethal, Luise nee Liebelt.

ALTMANN, Johanna Eleonore (25/5/1829-22/5/1918) Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. m 13/2/1851 Lutheran Church Hahndorf, Gottlieb Fiedler.

ALTMANN, Johanna Christiane (30/10/1835-20/2/1923)Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died SA, perhaps Peep Hill. m (1) 19/4/1856 Light Pass, Gottlieb Schirmer m (2) 1/5/1871 Lutheran Church Grünberg, Gottlieb Dohnt (nb).

ALTMANN, Anna Rosina (14/1/1838-14/1/1926) Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died perhaps Tiparra SA. m 18/4/1856 Immanuel Lutheran Church Light Pass, Gottlieb Schilling.

ALTMANN, Johann Ernst (7/4/1840-21/4/1930) Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died perhaps Tanunda SA. Farmer; Moculta, Melrose, Wilmington then Retired; Tanunda. Lutheran. m 4/9/1861 Lutheran Church Grünberg, Ernestine nee Hentschke.

ALTMANN, Anna Dorothea (11/9/1842-11/12/1927) Born Schloin, Kreis Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia. Died near Stockwell SA, at her residence Carrara Hill. m 19/9/1862 Lutheran Church Grünberg, Gottlieb Kruschel.

Shipp Patel - 6 cabin and 268 steerage passengers from Bremen 18/9/1845.

LAUN, Captain Eugen

ALTMANN, Gustav Adolph (18/4/1821-12/10/1871) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Joiner from Crossen. Joiner; Adelaide then Farmer; Rowlands Flat. Lutheran. m 14/5/1850 Groom residence Adelaide, Dorothea nee Kappler. Definitely not a son of fellow passenger FA Altmann – perhaps a nephew, as Mrs FA Altmann gave birth to Gustav Adolph Altmann 6/2/1852 North Adelaide.

ALTMANN, Friedrich August (//c1806-1/8/1874) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Lobethal SA, of dropsy, aged 69. Master joiner from Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Elder of the Crossen Old Lutheran congregation. Cabinetmaker; North Adelaide, Lobethal. m (3) 17/11/1859 District Registry Office Inverbrackie, Mrs Georg Halbroth nee Johanne Koehler.

ALTMANN, Mrs FA nee Johanna Wilhelmine TIETZ (//c1819-15/8/1854) Died Lobethal SA.

Family from 1st marriage.

ALTMANN, Johanne Auguste Wilhelmine (//c1838-//) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. m 15/9/1859 District Registry Office Inverbrackie, Diedrich Heinrich SCHMIDT (//c1834-//). Farmer, tanner; Lobethal, Bowden. Lutheran. Son of Diedrich Heinrich Schmidt.

ALTMANN, Maria Luise Mathilde (18/9/1838-27/6/1914) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Rosenthal SA. Celebrated 7th birthday at sea. m dnr Gustav Dost. 1 brother 1 sister alive at the time of her death.

Family from 2nd marriage.

ALTMANN, Johann Otto (//c1844-24/11/1892) Died Hindmarsh SA. Settled; Callington. m 23/4/1868 Lutheran Church Salem, Caroline nee Bruns. Was Mrs Johanne Luise Auguste PROMNITZ nee Altmann (12/6/1850-23/11/1924) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Adelaide SA. a relative??

Ship Patel - passengers from Bremen 28/10/1846

LAUN, Captain Eugen

ALTMANN, Mr (//-//)

ALTMANN, Mrs (//-//)

ALTMANN, child (//-//)

ALTMANN, child (//-//

ALTMANN, child (//-//)

Possibly - Conjecture

ALTMANN, possibly Johann Gottlieb (?/1/1801-23/4/1885) Died Neales Flat SA.

ALTMANN, Mrs JG nee Johanne Christiane Caroline MUELLER (//c1814-25/6/1890) Died Neales Flat SA.

ALTMANN, Johanne Pauline Caroline (//c1838-5/10/1919) Born Trebschen, Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Vic. m 24/6/1856 Lutheran Church Bethanien, Gottfried Schneider.

ALTMANN, Johanne Pauline Caroline Henriette (14/1/1840-25/10/1934) Born Trebschen, Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Milbrulong NSW. m 6/3/1860 Lutheran Chapel North Rhine, August Schneider.

ALTMANN, Johann Carl Heinrich (//c1843-7/4/1896) Died Neales Flat SA. Farmer; North Rhine, Neales Flat. m (1) 2/8/1864 Lutheran Church Gnadenberg, Ernestine Wilhelmine Minna GAERTNER (//c1846-31/12/1878) Born Germany. Died Neales Flat SA, by suicide by drowning, ‘while suffering from the effects of typhoid fever’. Observer 4/1/1879 p3a. Father; Johann Gottfried m (2) Caroline nee Schulz (nb).

Definitely Born in SA to this family

ALTMANN, Friedrich Wilhelm (26/10/1854-//) Born SA, place not stated.

ALTMANN, Friedrich Gustav (25/5/1856-//) Born SA, place not stated. Settled Saddleworth 1870s.

Perhape Also – likely a son of this family as Gustav Altmann settled Saddleworth in the late 1870s.

ALTMANN, Johann Gottlieb (//c1847-//) Settled; Saddleworth. m 16/12/1866 unrecorded Saddleworth, Anna nee BROUGHAN/BROGAN (//c1846-//) Father; Thomas.

Ship Cesar Godeffroy - passengers from Hamburg 2/1/1854

MEYER, Captain 11 passengers died - 6 adults, 5 children - 1 dropsy, 7 dysentery, 1 consumption, 2 cramp Observer 7/1/1854 p5b.

ALTMANN, Gottlieb (//-//) Blacksmith from Pfeifferhahn, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. A widower??

ALTMANN, August (//c1850-//)

Conjecture

ALTMANN, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand (//c1818-7/11/1880) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Tablelands nr Eudunda SA. Blacksmith from Pfeifferhahn, Kreis Crossen. Blacksmith; Hahndorf, Dutton, Tablelands. Lutheran. m (2) 13/1/1865 St Michael Hahndorf, Mrs Carl Kruger nee Anna Reimann.

ALTMANN, Mrs JFF nee Johanna ? (//c1823-6/5/1864) Died Hahndorf SA.

ALTMANN, Johanna Auguste Marie (//c1844-24/2/1876) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died Paringa SA (of Mt Rufus). m 7/9/1865 St Paul Lutheran Church Hahndorf, Gottlieb Kuchel (nb).

ALTMANN, Johanna Luise Auguste (12/6/1850-23/11/1924) Born Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Died SA. m 6/4/1869 Rev ED Appelt residence Hundred of Neales, Eduard Carl August PROMNITZ (//c1843-21/12/1942) Farmer; Tablelands, Ramco, Waikerie etc. Lutheran. Son of August Promnitz.

Child of Ferdinand Altmann and Mrs Carl Krueger nee Anna Reimann

ALTMANN, Pauline Agnes (8/9/1867-//) Born Hahndorf SA. m 22/10/1908 JA Schultz residence Kapunda, James Agnew Eckersley Greor SHAW (//c1870-//) Father; John Agnew Shaw.

Further Complication Here

Already in SA by 1853 – and still to be placed on a boat.

ALTMANN, Gottlieb (//-//)

ALTMANN, Mrs Gottlieb nee Luise ? (//-//) Gave birth to Johann Carl Altmann 9/1/1853 place not stated SA.

Ship Johann Cesar - passengers from Hamburg 1/1/1855

MOLLER, Captain

ALTMANN, Johanne Luise (//-//) From Crossen/Oder, Kreis Crossen, Brandenburg, Prussia. A widow or perhaps wife of Gottlieb ALTMANN who emigrated 1854 Cesar Godeffroy??

ALTMANN, Luise (//-//)

ALTMANN, M (//-//)

ALTMANN, AG (//-//)

Or is she the wife of Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Altmann??

Therefore

ALTMANN, Luise (//-//)

ALTMANN, M (//-//)

ALTMANN, AG (//-//)

Steamer Barcelona – 62 passengers from Hamburg 22/11/1881

BROECKER, Captain

ALTMANN, Wilhelm Franz (//c1858-//) From Saxony, Germany. Son of Leberecht Altmann. Farmer; Sheaoak Log. Lutheran. m 6/9/1887 J Roediger residence Gawler River, Lydia Hermine Elisabeth LESKE (13/4/1867-//) Born Cockatoo Valley SA. Daughter of August Carl Leske and Juliane nee Haeusler.

Steamer Procida – 26 passengers from Hamburg 10/9/1885

LEESE, Captain D (//-//)

ALTMANN, Emma Bertha Emilie (//c1865-//) From Langhermsdorf, Kreis Freistadt, Silesia, Prussia, Germany. Daughter of Ferdinand Altmann. Was she in fact a daughter of Ferdinand Altmann and Anna nee Reimann of Hahndorf who was returning from a visit to Germany??

m 29/11/1894 St Stephen Adelaide, Paul Richard MINKWITZ (10/1/1866-//) Born Hahndorf SA. Lived; Oakbank, Adelaide, Hahndorf. Son of Wilhelm Minkwitz and Ernestine nee Hampel.

Ship Emmy - passengers from Hamburg via Melbourne 18/1/1850

MEYER, Captain JHO

Passengers who belonged to Pastor Oster’s congregation - travelled by the Hermann Von Beckerath & Gellert in 1847 & Emmy in 1850.

KRUEGER/KRUGER/KRÜGER, Carl Wilhelm (//c1811-5/9/1863) Died Hahndorf SA, ‘of exhaustion’. Widowed bootmaker from Unruhstadt, Kreis Bomst, Posen, Prussia. Bootmaker; Hahndorf. Likely related to Mrs Gottlieb Bock nee Wilhelmine Kruger of North Rhine. m (2) 3/6/1853 Lutheran Church Lobethal, fellow passenger Anna Elisabeth nee Reimann.

KRUEGER, child perhaps Martha Maria (//c1844-//) m 3/7/1863 St Michael Hahndorf, Johann Wilhelm Thiele (nb). Farmer; near Mt Barker, Kanmantoo. Lutheran.

KRUEGER, child (//-//) Not yet traced.

REIMANN, Anna Elisabeth (//c1826-1/11/1906) Died Monarto SA, at her son-in-law Wilhelm Frahn residence. Likely a sister to fellow passenger Eduard Reimann. m (1) 3/6/1851 Lutheran Church Lobethal, fellow passenger Carl Krueger m (2) m (2) 13/1/1865 St Michael Hahndorf, Ferdinand Altmann.

Family of Carl Krueger and Anna nee Reimann

KRUEGER/KRUGER/KRÜGER, Ernestine Wilhelmine b 30/4/1854 Hahndorf. m 23/4/1874 St Michael Hahndorf, Wilhelm Frahn.

REIMANN, Carl Friedrich Eduard (18/1/1816-30/5/1879) Farmer from Gross Schmöllen, Kreis Bomst, Posen, Prussia. Died Rebensberg near Hahndorf SA, at his residence. Farmer; Rebensberg nr Hahndorf. Lutheran. Likely brother to fellow passenger Mrs Wilhelm Kruger nee Anna Elisabeth Reimann.

REIMANN, Mrs CFE nee Blondine Clothilde Leontine SCHROEDER (5/11/1819-3/12/1905) Born Kreis Bomst, Posen, Prussia. Died Rebensberg near Hahndorf SA, at her residence. Sister to fellow passenger Eduard Schroeder.

SCHROEDER/SCHRODER/SCHRÖDER, Eduard Wilhelm (31/10/1821-9/9/1895) Died Rebensberg near Hahndorf SA, at his residence. Farmer from Gross Schmöllen, Kreis Bomst, Posen, Prussia. Died near Hahndorf SA. Farmer, vigneron; Rebensberg nr Hahndorf. Lutheran. Brother to fellow passenger Mrs CFE Reimann.

SCHROEDER/SCHRODER/SCHRÖDER, Mrs EW nee Johanne Auguste SCHAEPEL (22/8/1824-24/11/1905) Died Rebensberg near Hahndorf SA, at her residence.