Rosa Conrad Stephensen b. 17 Aug 1852 Jerslev Sogn, Børglum Herred, Hjørring Amt, Denmark d. 29 Jul 1935 Pialba: Queensland Family Trees

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Birth	17 Aug 1852	Jerslev Sogn, Børglum Herred, Hjørring Amt, Denmark
	Jerslev Kirkebøg 1852 - 1868: Opslag 3: Birth No 20 Born 17 Aug 1852, Rose Conrad Stephensen, christened 27 Aug 1852, in the Kirke 7 Aug 1853. Father: Stephen Christensen and Johanne Marie nee Andersdatter, age 29 years.
Christened	27 Aug 1852
Gender	Male
Census	1880	Tilbjerge, Ugilt Parish, HjørringCounty
	Census year: FT-1880 County: Hjørring District: Vennebjerg Parish: Ugilt Place name: Tilbjerge Title no /address: Et hus Household-/ family no: 10 Source entry no: C2710 Record no: 224 Rosa Conrad Steffensen 27 Gift Husfader og Smed Jerslev Julie Kristensen 26 Gift Husmoder Hørmested Karoline mari Steffensen 7 Ugift Datter Hørmested Steffine mari Tomine Steffensen 23 Ugift Forsørges af manden Jerslev Smed = Blacksmith
Emigration	1884	From Hjørring County, Denmark to Queensland, Australia
	Passenger Ships into Queensland (1876-1885) GOALPARA 01 01 1884 Cleveland Bay ... ... ... .. .. .... PL M1708 (imm/138) .... .... ... GOALPARA 01 01 1884 Brisbane Plymouth 07 11 1883 PL M1700 (imm/118) via Cooktown & other Ports south to Brisbane Index to Registers of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals 1848-1912 NAME Age Ship Date Location Page M/film 1 Microfilm 2 STEFFINSEN Caroline 10 Goalpara 1 Jan 1884 IMM/118 567 Z1961 M1699 STEFFINSEN Conrad 21 Goalpara 1 Jan 1884 IMM/118 567 Z1961 M1699 STEFFINSEN Johanna 1 Goalpara 1 Jan 1884 IMM/118 567 Z1961 M1699 STEFFINSEN Julie 30 Goalpara 1 Jan 1884 IMM/118 567 Z1961 M1699 GOALPARA 1883 2,112 gross tons, length 285ft x beam 36.2ft, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), single screw, speed 10 knots. Built 1883 by A & J. Inglis, Glasgow for British India Steam Navigation's Queensland Royal Mail Service. On 5th Nov.1883 she left London for Suez - Batavia - Brisbane but made only one voyage on this route. In 1884 she transferred to Nagapatam - Straits Settlements mail service and was operated by the subsidiary Netherlands India S.N. Co. From 1902 she served on the Persian Gulf slow mail service between Karachi and Basra. 1912 sold to E. Enomoto, Japan renamed SENZAN MARU, based at Dairen. 21st Jan.1914 left Dairen for Vladivostok and went missing. [North Star to Southern Cross by John Maber] [Merchant Fleets, vol.11 by Duncan Haws]
Queensland Electoral Roll	1903	Pialba, Wide bay, Qld
	Blacksmith
	Rose Conrad Stephensen & Julia Stephensen
Died	29 Jul 1935	Pialba
	Death Notice - Maryborough Chronicle dated Wednesday, July 31, 1935: STEPHENSEN - At his residence Chapel Road, Nikenbah, Rosa Conrad, beloved father of Mrs L. List, Mrs D. Readdy, Mrs J. Blake and Conrad Stephensen; aged 82 years and 11 months. MR R. C. STEPHENSEN As one who had seen this district progress over the past 51 years and helped in that progress, the passing of a much respected old resident of Nikenbah, in the person of Mr Rosa Conrad Stephensen, will be regretted by a very wide circle of friends. Coming from Danish stock he was a great believer in the saying "A Man is only as old as he feels" and in spite of his near 83 years, he was a very active man and took delight in proving his youthful complex by standing on his head at each of his birthdays up to last year. He was to have celebrated his 83rd birthday in August next. He carried on his trade of blacksmith at Chapel Road, Nikenbah, up to the time of his death and passed away in his sleep some time on Monday night. The late Mr Stephensen wasborn in Denmark on August 15, 1852. At the age of 14 he started to learn the trade of black-smithing and after four years' apprenticeship opened a blacksmith shop himself, which he continued until he left for Australia in 1883. He landed at Maryborough on January 19, 1884, bringing with him his wife and family. He settled at Tinana, where he worked with the late Mr J. C. Stephensen (a brother), P. Hansen and Co., blacksmiths and wheelwrights at Gympie Road, Tinana. After two or three years there he went to Pialba and started a blacksmith shop near the old site of the Pialba School. At that time the farmers were all new settlers, and the road to Maryborough was only a bush track traversed by wagon and sulky. Blacks were numerous and times were hard to all pioneers of a new country. After many years he shifted to Scrub Hill, Nikenbah, where he carried on black-smithing and farming. Feeling that he would like to revisit the land of his birth, he made a trip to Denmark in 1912. In 1918 he lost his wife after 45 years of married life. Some time later he shifted into Nikenbah proper and established a blacksmith shop at Chapel Road. He married twice afterwards, but both his wives predeceased him. The late Mr Stephensen is survived by a family of three daughters and one son, of his first wife. The daughters are Mesdames L. List (Pialba), D. Readdy (Maryborough), and J. Blake (Maryborough), and the son Mr Conrad Stephensen (Nikenbah). One daughter, Mrs R. Blackley predeceased him about ten years ago. His descendants include 23 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. [1]
Buried	Nikenbah Cemetery
Person ID	I3806	Hickey
Last Modified	19 Jun 2010

Father	Stephen Christensen, b. Jul 1810, Vreilev Sogn Hjørring Amt , Denmark , d. 07 Dec 1856, Jerslev Sogn, Hjørring Amt, Denmark
Mother	Johanne Marie Andersdatter, b. 30 Apr 1820, Taars Sogn, Hjørring Amt ,Denmark , d. 17Jul 1889, Pialba, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia
Married	02 Jan 1844	Taars Parish, Hjørring Amt
Family ID	F1180	Group Sheet

Family 1 Julia Christensen, b. 09 Jun 1853, Neisthuus, Hørmested Sogn, Hjørring Amt, Denmark , d. 17 May 1918, Queensland, Australia

Married 8 Dec 1872 Hormested, Hjorring, Denmark

Children

>	1. Caroline Mary Stephensen, b. 31 Dec 1872, Homedokd, Hørmested Parish , Jylland, Denmark , d. Oct 1943, Pialba, Qld
>	2. Johanna Sorensen or Stephensen, b. 29 Apr 1879, Lilholt, Hjørring Sogn, Hjørring Amt Denmark , d. 08 Jun 1972, Maryborough. Queensland, Australia
	3. Christian Rose Stephensen, b. 23 Aug 1886, Qld , d. 28 Aug 1886, Qld
>	4. Dagmar Adelgondi Stephensen, b. 04 Feb 1890, Qld , d. 06 Jan 1924, Pialba, Qld
	5. Olga Stephensen, b. 09 Apr 1892, Qld
>	6. Conrad Musgrave Luther Stephensen, b. 12 Feb 1897, Qld

Last Modified 13 Apr 2010

Family ID F135 Group Sheet

Family 2	Jensine Maria Schmidt, d. 23 Aug 1921, Qld
Married	25 Jul 1919	Qld
Last Modified	02 Apr 2010
Family ID	F1970	Group Sheet

Family 3	Rassmena Elina Christiansen, b. 13 Sep 1858, Løjt Sogn, Rise Herred, Åbenrå Amt, Denmark , d. 27 Aug 1932, Queensland, Australia
Married	1922	Qld
Last Modified	31 Mar 2010
Family ID	F1971	Group Sheet

Photos		Stephensen Family,
		Rosa Conrad Stephensen, the Farrier from Nikenbah Photo of Rose Conrad Stephensen The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866-1939) Thursday 21 March 1935 SHOEING HORSES AT 82 A Nikenbah Notability (See photos, on page 30.) Although 82 years of age Mr. R C. Stephensen still follows his trade as a blacksmith, and during the last cane season he shod all the horses at Nikenbah, where he carries on his business. "I hope to do so again this season," he said to a Queenslander representative, "though soon I may have to retire." Mr. Stephensen was born in Denmark on August 15, 1862. He was one of a family of nine, and from seven years of age until he was 14 worked as a cowherd boy. Then he started to learn to be a blacksmith, and for four years worked from 5 a.m. till 7 at night. Subsequently he opened a blacksmith's shop and continued it until he left for Australia in 1883, landing at Maryborough on January 19, 1884. He had married when 20 years of age, and he and his wife settled in Tinana, where he obtained work with E. Stephensen (his brother), P. Hansen, and Co., remaining with them for two and a half years. He then went to the Pialba district, where he purchased an acre of land, built a blacksmith's shop, and carried on business there. Times were hard, all the farmers were new settlers, blacks were plentiful, and bush tracks were the only "roads." In 1912 Mr. Stephensen made a trip to Denmark, and on his return commenced cane growing, while retaining his blacksmith's shop. In 1918 he lost his wife, to whom he had been married 45 years; they had reared a family of four daughters and one son—Mrs. Lars List (Pialba), Mrs. Dan Ready (Maryborough), Mrs. J. Blake (Pialba), and Mrs. R. Blakely (now deceased), and Mr. Conrad Stephensen (Nikenbah). Later he married again, but his second wife died two years afterwards. In 1922 he married a widow—Mrs. Jens Berthelsen—who died in 1932. Mr. Stephensen's descendants include 23 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. One of his daughters is the mother of 14 children.
		Rosa Conrad Stephensen 80 years of age, and still going strong. 'The Queenslander' 2nd March 1933

Headstones

Stephensen. Rosa Conrad
Methodist, died 29th July 1935, aged 82years, born Denmark.
Status: Unmarked

Sources
[S77] Janet Martin has kindly given permission for use on this site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gordon/ .