Ferdinand Schmidt and his wife Christiana Johanna Schmidt (nee Wetzel), early selectors at Laceys Creek

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TitleFerdinand Schmidt and his wife Christiana Johanna Schmidt (nee Wetzel), early selectors at Laceys CreekDescriptionThere were five sons and four daughters to their family. Ferdinand (Ferdie) Schmidt was born on 26 May 1864 at Horheim, Stuttgart, Germany. He married Christiana Johanna Wetzel on 21 July 1889 at the Parsonage, German Lutheran Church, Enmore, New South Wales. They had both arrived in Sydney Cove on the Hohenzollern on 13 July 1889. Ferdie was a blacksmith and wheelwright. On 27 August 1895 he selected his first property at Laceys Creek as an agricultural farm, being Portion 91V Parish of Samsonvale, containing an area of 80 acres. He added Portion 108V Parish of Samsonvale, containing an area of 250 acres, and Portion 41V Parish of Samsonvale, containing an area of 160 acres to his land holding at Laceys Creek.CollectorChambers, Stanley JohnRecord typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourSepia

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CollectionPortraits of Dayboro district residents, 1890 - 1920

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PlaceLaceys Creek (Qld.)Subject (keywords)familieswiveshusbandsfarmersblacksmiths (people)wheelwrightscouplesportraits

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