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On 24th June 1847, German immigrants from Posen recently arrived on the Heloise [6], took up Sections 567 and 568, containing 740 acres, at an annual rental of 6/- per acre [10]. The land was leased from the South Australian Company and George Fife Angas. Joined by some earlier arrivals from Bethany and Klemzig, they established the village of Hoffnungsthal, meaning Valley of Hope. For a few years the settlers lead an idyllic life in Hoffungsthal as recounted GR Juers in The Story of Old Hoffungsthal in South Australia or MacKenzie [12].
The Land Return of September 1847 showed 15 dwelling huts erected, wells dug, a kangaroo fence in progress, 166 acres planted to wheat, 8 to barley, 2.5 to potatoes, 2 to hay, and 16 of garden. Just one year later, in 1848 this had increased substantially with 360 acres being devoted to wheat, 63 to barley and 34 to hay. At its height, the village contained 37 cottages, outhouses, a church, a school and a cemetery.
Unfortunately, after prolonged torrential rain, the area was flooded in October 1853 and, while a few remained in the area [9], most left over the next few years and the settlement was finally abandoned.
![]() Church foundations and
Memorial Plaques
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![]() 125th Anniversary Memorial Plaque |
Some of the families of the Hoffnungsthal settlement during the
period 1847-1853 were:
family
name |
first
name |
arrival
in SA |
birthplace
or place of origin |
departed to |
Beinke
[7,8] |
Johann
Friedrich August |
Gellert
1847 |
1810 Posen |
|
Theodora
(nee Kreschevska) |
Gellert 1847 | 1816 Posen |
||
...Gustav Emil | Gellert 1847 | 1836 Posen |
||
...Carl Joseph |
Gellert 1847 | 1839 Posen |
||
...Anna Julianna |
Gellert 1847 | 1841 Posen |
||
...Johann Friedrich |
Gellert 1847 | 1843 Posen |
||
...Carolina | Gellert 1847 | 1843 Posen |
||
... Louise Christine | Gellert 1847 | 1846 Posen |
||
...Adolph | 1848 |
|||
...Andreas Edward | 1850 |
|||
... Nicodemus Wilhelm |
1852 Hoffnungsthal, SA |
|||
Blaesing [8] |
Johann Gottlieb |
Skjold 1841 |
1809 Kuniker Hauland, Posen | Lyndoch, SA |
Anna Dorothea (nee Schenscher) |
Skjold 1841 | 1812 Posen (d 1854) | ||
...Johanne
Juliana |
Skjold 1841 | 1835 Posen |
||
...Johanna Pauline | - |
1842 Bethany, SA |
||
...Johann Gottlieb |
- | 1844 SA |
||
...Ernst Gotthilf |
- | 1846 SA |
||
...Johanne Ernestine |
- |
1848 SA |
||
...Maria Elisabeth |
- |
1850 SA |
||
...Friedrich Wilhelm | - |
1852 SA |
||
Brasch |
Johann |
|||
Giersch |
Johann
August |
|||
Anna
Elizabeth (nee Selge) |
||||
...Carl
Julius |
- |
1848 Hoffnungsthal SA |
||
...Johann
Wilhelm |
- |
1850 Hoffnungsthal SA | ||
...Gottlieb
Ernst |
- |
1853 Hoffnungsthal SA | ||
Griesche |
Gotthelf |
Gellert
1847 |
||
Beate |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Auguste |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Juliane |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Emilie |
Gellert 1847 | |||
Goile |
Heinrich |
|||
Hausler [8] | Johann Georg |
Heloise
1847 |
1786 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | Rowland Flat, SA |
Christian (nee Baum) | Heloise 1847 | 1801
Nekla-Hauland, Posen |
||
...Johann Friedrich |
Heloise 1847 | 1820 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Gottfried |
Heloise 1847 | 1824 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Anna Rosina |
Heloise 1847 | 1826 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Caroline |
Heloise 1847 | 1832 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
(..Anna
Elizabeth) see Lemm |
||||
...Friedrich Wilhelm |
Heloise 1847 | 1836 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Carl August |
Heloise 1847 | 1839 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Christine |
Heloise 1847 | 1840 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Julianne |
Heloise 1847 | 1842 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Huf |
Johann |
Heloise 1847 | 1803 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | Hochkirch, Vic, 185? |
Anna Christina (nee Gruning) |
Heloise 1847 | 1812 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Koch [3] | Johann Friedrich Wilhelm |
Catharina 1839 |
1793 Rackau, Züllichau, Brandenburg | Rowland Flat, SA |
Anna Dorothea (nee Baum) |
Catharina 1839 | 1802 Rackau, Züllichau, Brandenburg | ||
...Wilhelm
August |
Catharina 1839 | 1823 Rackau, Züllichau, Brandenburg | ||
...Johann
Friedrich Wilhelm |
Catharina 1839 | 1826 Rackau, Züllichau, Brandenburg | ||
...Johanne Louise | Catharina 1839 | 1830 Rackau, Züllichau, Brandenburg | ||
...Johann Gottlieb | Catharina 1839 | 1833 Rackau, Züllichau, Brandenburg | ||
...Johann
Christian |
- |
1842 Klemzig, SA | ||
Koenig [2]* |
Johann Christian |
Leontine 1848 | 1823 Gross
Rosenburg, Magdeberg |
Hochkirch, Vic, 1856 |
Maria Pauline Amalie (nee Lemm) |
Leontine 1848 | 1830 Potsdam, Brandenburg | Hochkirch, Vic, 1856 | |
...Johan
Christian |
- |
1850 Hoffnungsthal, SA | Hochkirch, Vic, 1856 | |
...Friedrich
Carl Christian |
- |
1852 Hoffnungsthal, SA | Hochkirch, Vic, 1856 | |
...Marie
Pauline Bertha |
- |
1855 Hoffnungsthal, SA | Hochkirch, Vic, 1856 | |
Krieg |
Carl
Ferdinand |
Heloise 1847 | 1816 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
Anna
Elisabeth (nee Leske) |
Heloise 1847 | 1827 Nekla-Hauland,
Posen |
||
...Pauline |
Heloise 1847 | 1844 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Johannes
Eduard |
- |
1848 Lobethal, SA |
||
...Lydia
Emily |
- |
1850 Hoffnungsthal, SA | ||
Krieg |
Johann Christoph |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
Anna Juliane (nee Huf, formerly
Hermann) |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Lehmann |
Johann Gottlieb |
Leontine 1848 | 1816 Gross Rosenburg, Magdeberg | Schoenborn,
SA |
Karoline Sophie Amalie (nee Lemm) |
Leontine 1848 | 1826 Potsdam, Brandenburg | ||
...Louise
Bertha Pauline |
Leontine 1848 | 1826 Potsdam, Brandenburg | ||
...Johannes
Gottlieb |
- |
1850 Hoffnungsthal, SA |
||
...Christian
Heinrich |
- |
1851 Hoffnungsthal, SA | ||
...Maria
Martha |
- |
1853 Hoffnungsthal, SA | ||
Lemm [8] |
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm |
Leontine 1848 | 1791 Potsdam, Brandenburg | Schoenborn, SA |
Sophie Amalie (nee Hoff) |
Leontine 1848 | 1798 Potsdam, Brandenburg | ||
...Heinrich
August Wilhelm |
Leontine 1848 | 1823 Potsdam,
Brandenburg (d 1858) |
||
...Karl
August |
Leontine 1848 | 1828 Potsdam, Brandenburg | ||
(...Marie
Pauline Amalie) see Koenig |
||||
(...Heinrich
Gustav) see below |
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Lemm [8] |
Heinrich
Gustav |
Leontine 1848 | 1833, Potsdam, Brandenburg | |
Anna
Elisabeth (nee Hausler) |
Heloise 1847 | 1834, Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Heinrich
Friedrich Wilhelm |
- |
1854 Hoffnungsthal, SA (d 1854) |
||
...Heinrich
Ausust Wilhelm |
- |
1855 Hoffnungsthal, SA | ||
Leske |
Samuel Gottfried Johann |
Heloise 1847 | 1802 Nekla-Hauland, Posen (d 1857) | |
Anna Dorothea (nee Mibus) |
Heloise 1847 | 1801 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Anna
Elisabeth |
Heloise 1847 | 1827 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Gottfried
Johann |
Heloise 1847 | 1831 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Anna
Paulina |
Heloise 1847 | 1836 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Samuel
Gottfried Johann |
Heloise 1847 | 1843 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
... Anna Julianna |
Heloise 1847 | 1842 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Menzel |
Christian |
Heloise 1847 | 1791 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
...Johann
Gottlieb |
Heloise 1847 | 1823 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Michael |
Heloise 1847 | 1826 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Johann |
Heloise 1847 | 1829 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Wilhelm |
Heloise 1847 | 1833 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Daniel |
Heloise 1847 | 1834 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Maria Dorothea (nee Richter) | Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Karl
August |
Heloise 1847 | 1837 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Anna
Elisabeth |
Heloise 1847 | 1839 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Pauline |
Heloise 1847 | 1839 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Emelie |
Heloise 1847 | 1842 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Friedrich |
Heloise 1847 | 1844 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Ludwig |
- |
1848 Hoffnungsthal, SA | ||
Mibus |
Johann |
Heloise 1847 | 1816, Nekla-Hauland, Posen | Hochkirch, Vic, 185? |
Dorothea (nee Huf) |
Heloise 1847 | 1816 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | Hochkirch, Vic, 185? |
|
Mibus |
Gottlieb |
Heloise 1847 | 1807 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
Anna
Juliane (nee Nuske) |
Heloise 1847 | 1812 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Noske |
Joseph Christian |
Heloise 1847 | 1802 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
Henriette (nee Graeger) |
Heloise 1847 | 1818 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Friedrich |
Heloise 1847 | 1833 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Carl |
Heloise 1847 | 1835 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Nuske |
Christoph |
Heloise 1847 | 1811 Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
Oehm |
Wilhelm |
Gellert
1847 |
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Helene |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Ferdinand |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...August |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Wilhelmine |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Amalie |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Emilie |
Gellert 1847 | |||
Ossig |
Gottfried |
Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Roehr |
Karl Wilhelm |
Skjold 1841 | ||
Dorothea Louise
(nee Hampel,
formerly Hoffmann) |
Skjold 1841 | |||
Schultz [5] |
Johann Samuel |
Heloise 1847 |
1814, Neu Borui, Posen | Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 |
Anna Rosina (nee
Mueller) |
Heloise 1847 |
1821, Posen |
Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 | |
...Johanne Juliane |
Heloise 1847 | 1841, Posen | Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 | |
...Caroline |
Heloise 1847 | 1843, Posen |
d 1850, Hoffnungsthal, SA | |
...Johann August |
Heloise 1847 | 1845, Pose | Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 | |
...Johanne Wilhelmine |
- |
1848, Hoffnungsthal, |
Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 | |
...Johann Gotthilf |
- |
1848, Hoffnungsthal, |
Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 | |
...Heinrich |
- |
1854, Hoffnungsthal, |
Hochkirch, Vic, 1855 | |
Semmler |
Johann |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | |
Anna Dorothea (nee Seifert) |
Heloise 1847 |
Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Gottlieb |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Ludwig |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Julianna |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
...Friedrich |
Heloise 1847 | Nekla-Hauland, Posen | ||
Tepper |
Johann Christoph |
Gellert 1847 |
||
Johanna Wilhelmina (nee Protsch) | Gellert 1847 |
|||
...Otto |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Paul |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Nathaniel |
Gellert 1847 | |||
Zweck |
Friedrich |
Gellert
1847 |
||
Wilhelmine |
Gellert 1847 | |||
...Wilhelm |
Gellert 1847 |
Hoffnungsthal Residents
[1] Mattner, M.; Ross, D.; Coleman, L. The Mattners in Australia
1839-1980
Mattner Family Reubion
Committee: Adelaide, 1981 (pp 28, 20, 245, 246).
[2] Heinrich E. Christian and Karl Koenig and
their Descendants in Australia Lutheran Publishing House,
Adelaide, 1990 (pp 25-27)
[3] It is not clear that the Koch family were ever resident in
Hoffnungsthal. The family were living in Rowland Flat in
1844 [4]. They were, however, members of the Hoffnungsthal
congregation.
[4] Koch Connections Koch Family Reunion Committee:
Gawler,
1999.
[5] A number of Hoffnungsthal families (Huf, Koenig, Mibus, Schultz)
moved to western Victoria to Hochkirch (Tarrington) and are buried in
the Hamilton
South Lutheran Cemetery. Their stories are recounted in Huf,
E. Courage, Patience and Persistence 150 Years of German
Settlement in the Western District Sesquicentenary Committee,
St Michael's Lutheran Church: Tarrington, Victoria, 2003.
[6] The Heloise with
214 passengers departed Bremerhaven 12 October 1846 under the command
of Captain Jan Beckmann and arrived
in Port Adelaide, South Australia on 17 March 1847. No official
passenger list exists. A list that first appeared in the
Adelaide Register on 24 March 1847 is available on line.
An expansion on this list, the work of HFW Proeve that originally
appeared in The Lutheran Yearbook of 1974, appears in With
Pride, The Menzels of Hoffnungsthal 1847-1984 [9].
The South Australian on 19 March 1847 reported
"... The Bremen ship Heloise, Captain Beckmann, 155 days from
Bremen. Passengers - Dr. Bayer,
Physician to the ship, Messrs. Menkens, Doussa, Beddies, Monikes,
Pappe, and 198 others, viz: 1 mason, 1 shoemaker, 1 gold and silver
smith, 1 butcher and sausage-maker, 1 miller, 1 cloth weaver, 2 cabinet
makers, 40 farmers and labourers, 14 miners, 6 female servants, 38
married women and 103 children ..."
A report in the Adelaide Observer on
20 March 1847 states "On board the Heloise
from Bremen there were six births and six deaths, namely, four young
children, an aged woman named Anna Roena Sighdon (in her 85th year),
and a young sailor named Pelser Kerter, aged 20, who fell overboard
before the ship was under canvas ..."
[7] The Gellert
departed Bremen 28 August 1847 under the command of Captain Ihlder
and
arrived in Port Adelaide on 21 December 1847. A passenger list
for
the Gellert appears in The Mattners in Australia
1839-1980 [1].
[8] South Australians 1836-1885 edited by Jan Thomas, South
Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, Inc.: Adelaide, 1990 (Beinke
p 49,
Bl(a)esing p 64, Hausler p 354, Lemm p 469).
[9] With Pride. The Menzels of Hoffnungsthal 1847-1984,
Menzel Family Reunion Committee: Salisbury Downs, SA, 1984.
[10] Signatories to the lease of Section 567 were Johann Krieg,
Christoph Noske and Gottfried Ossig.
Signatories to the lease of Section 568 were Carl Wilhelm Roehr, Samuel
Leske and Christian Noske.
[11] Huf, Elizabeth (editor), Huf 150 Years in Australia 1847-1997,
Huf Family Reunion Committee: Adelaide, 1997.
Hoffnungsthal
[12] MacKenzie E.C.V. Hoffnungsthal
1847-1972 MacKenzie E.C.V.: Lyndoch, SA, 1972.
[13] Proeve, H.F.W. A Dwelling Place at Bethany First
Edition, Lutheran
Publishing
House: Adelaide, 1983 (pp 22, 36-39).
[14] Munchenburg, R.S., Proeve, H.F.W., Ross, D.A., Hausler, A.,
Saegenschnitter, G.B. The Barossa - A Vision Realised
Barossa
Valley Archives and Historical Trust: Tanunda, 1992 (pp 34, 81, 83, 96).
[15] Ioannou, N. Barossa Journeys Second Edition, New
Holland: Sydney, 2000 (pp 38-41).
[16] Hausler, A., Semmler, M. (compilers). Krieg History 1847-1973, Krieg
Family Reunion Committee: Adelaide, 1973.
Links
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Hoffnungsthal families
Johann Samuel SCHULTZ
Phillip Jacob
OSTER
Johann Christoph TEPPER (under 'T')
Christian Menzel (Sandford)
First Families 2001
Samuel
Gottfried Johann LESKE
Christian
MENZEL
Johan
Samuel SCHULTZ
Hoffnungsthal description
Hoffnungsthal,
Valley of Hope (Flinders Ranges Research)
Hoffnungsthal
Lutheran Cemetery (Grave
Secrets)
Hoffnungsthal,
South Australia
Hoffnungsthal,
South Australia (Wikipedia)
Hoffnungsthal Pioneer Memorial