Emilie Ziebel

Female 1855 - 1948  (93 years)


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  • Name Emilie Ziebel 
    Born 15 Jul 1855  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Emigration 10 Nov 1872  To Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name: Emilie Zrebel
    Departure Date: 10 Nov 1872
    Destination: Queensland
    Birth Date: abt 1853
    Age: 19
    Gender: weiblich (Female)
    Marital Status: ledig (Single)
    Residence: Schonow, Pommern (Pomorskie)
    Ship Name: Alardus
    Captain: Popp
    Shipping line: Theodor Wille, Hamburg
    Shipping Clerk: Louis Knorr & Co.
    Ship Type: Segelschiff
    Accommodation: ohne Angabe
    Ship Flag: Deutschland
    Port of Departure: Hamburg
    Port of Arrival: Queensland
    Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 027 D
    (Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934, Staatsarchiv Hamburg)

    Emilie Ziebel, age 19. Emilie was a free passenger.
    From the Passenger List of the Alardus which saild from Hamburg on 11 November 1872.
    (Passenger list of the Alardus)

    Emilie's future husband Carl Sengstock was also on the Alardus 
    Personal 15 Jul 1942  Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    NINETY YEARS OLD TODAY
    MRS E. SENGSTOCK :
    GRAND OLD PIONEER
    Typical of the hardy German pioneers who blazed the trail in the early days of Queensland's settlement, Mrs Emelie Sengstock, of 97 Ariadne Street, Maryborough, today reaches the venerable age of 90 years, 73 of which have been spent in Maryborough and district where she reared a family of five daughters and four sons.
    She has 128 direct descendants living of whom she knows. Three of her great-great-grandchildren - that is, the fifth generation - are the children of the late Corporal Alex Henderson, who paid the supreme sacrifice in Syria just over 12 months ago, and who was mentioned in despatches.
    Mrs Sengstock's life has been one of hard work and devotion to her family. Her stories of the hardships suffered in the early days of development emphasise how much the present generation owes to the men and women of earlier times.
    Born in Germany on July 15, 1852, her father and mother, two sisters and one brother - all those near and dear to her - were wiped out in a plague of cholera. Only nine months old, she was left to the care of relatives. An aunt, Mrs Schonrock, reared her and sent her to school till she was 14.

    HARD WORK
    Early in her young life she was to learn the meaning of work. Tilling the soil, shearing sheep, spinning and weaving were all occupations in which she was regarded as an expert before she left school! For three years after she left school she worked at these jobs on farms for the magnificent remuneration of 2d a day in winter time and 3d a day in summer time! The hours extended from daylight to dark and in the bitterest cold. At night she and other girls had to make their own clothes, often spinning and weaving till midnight.
    When she was 17, her aunt decided to come to Australia. Mrs Sengstock landed in Maryborough on July 15, 1869, and her first job was in service at the old Melbourne Hotel, situated where the Criterion Hotel now stands, and then owned by Miss Gregory. Although the pay she received was only 8/- a week, it was, in her own words, 'like heaven' to what she had been used to.
    About a year after he arrival she married her shipmate sweetheart. Immediately they were married, her husband left for the country to look for work. Mrs Sengstock smilingly recalls the old song, "What's the good of a honeymoon if you leave your wife behind?". But those were days when needs must when the devil drives.
    A further year went by, and the next she heard of her husband was that he was in hospital. Again he left for work and again she next found him in hospital. In the meantime she had continued her employment with Miss Gregory. Finally they went to Yengarie where Mr Sengstock, who predeceased her two years ago, was employed.
    Later they came to Maryborough and settled first in Sydney Street. Subsequently they engaged in farming pursuits at Bidwell for 19 years. Her period of residence in Sydney Street was marked by two disasters. Firstly their home was burnt out, and then in the 1893 flood they lost everything. Even these setbacks failed to daunt their courage and they set out to build anew.

    TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY
    Mrs Sengstock believes that the young people today are too pampered; that a little hard work would do them good. While she recognises that conditions have improved, making the human lot a happier one, she is of the opinion that the present generation is not self reliant enough.
    She quoted several experiences of her own, which, although they were frequent enough in the eighties and nineties, would make front page news today. Among the many was one occasion on which she carried in her arms one of her sons, suffering from typhoid fever, from Yengarie to Maryborough, on foot, the journey taking just on seven hours. With no friends in the city and no hospital, she sought assistance from people in the city, and told how she was allowed to stay on the verandah of a home while she doctored her own child with medicine prescribed by the then doctor. All the covering she had for the child was two corn bags loaned to her, and her husband's coat and her own petticoat. Fortunately her child survived.
    She regularly walked to Maryborough from Yengarie and back in the one day, carrying the week's provisions on the return trip.
    Such was the life led by this grand old pioneer until her family was reared. She has no regrets, and proudly claims Australia as her country.
    In her old age she lives in a cottage of her own, provided by her family and surrounded by loved ones, in whose welfare she takes a keen interest.
    Remarkably preserved for her years, Mrs Sengstock can do her ordinary housework unaided. Only on rare occasions does she use glasses, although she finds it most difficult to read small print. Until two years ago she prided herself in the garden, but old age has compelled her to relinquish this hobby.
    Her husband and three daughters, Mesdames T. Heilscher, A. Bretzke and H. Heath have predeceased her. Another daughter died at birth. She is survived by two daughters, Mesdames W. Melksham and J. Stutz (both of Maryborough) and four sons, Messrs Jack (Tinana),August (Maryborough), Charles (Mundubbera) and William Sengstock (Granville). She is also survived by 52 grand-children, 64 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

    Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland Wednesday, 15 July 1942
     
    Died 01 Aug 1948  97 Ariadne Street, , Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Death Registration
      Name: Emielie Ziebel Sengstock Death Date: 01 Aug 1948: Father's name: Carl Ziebel Mother's name: Wilhelmine Penzel Registration Number: 003458
      (Queensland Historical Deaths)

      SENGSTOCK Emilie Zibell
      Death notice 01 AUG 1948
      Death at age 95, late of Maryborough
      Fraser Coast Chronicle (Hervey Bay), 29 AUG 1948
      (The Ryerson Index Online Database)
    Death Notice 2 Aug 1948  Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    SENGSTOCK-On August 1, 1948, at her residence, 97 Ariadne-street, Maryborough, Emilie Zibell, widow of the late Carl Sengstock and beloved mother of John (Bidwell), August and Charlie (Maryborough), and William (Torquay) and Mrs J. Stutz (Teddington), four daughters having predeceased her. Aged 95 years.
    "Peace Perfect Peace"
    Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 2 August 1948 
    Funeral Notice 2 Aug 1948  Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The relatives and friends of the late EMILIE ZIBELL SENGSTOCK are respectfully invited to attend her fineral to move from St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, John-street, TO-MORROW (TUESDAY ) AFTERNOON, after service commencing at 2.30 o'clock, for the Maryborough Cemeterv.
    J. KIRK & SON, Funeral Directors
    Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 2 August 1948  
    Buried 03 Aug 1948  Maryborough Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Maryborough Cemetery
      Queensland, Australia
      Sengstock, Carl, d. 27-8-1940, 88y11m
      Sengstock, Emilie, d. 1/8/1948, born, 15/7/1855

      Sengstock, Emily Zibell
      (Fraser Coast Regional Council Cemeteries Online)
    Person ID I5897  Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen | Sengstock
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2014 

    Family Carl Sengstock,   b. 1 Sep? 1852, Prussia/Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1940, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1874  Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Registration
      SENKSTOFF Carl: Marriage: Spouse: ZIEBEL Emielie: Date: 20.02. 1874 Reg No 1874/000384 [Queensland Pioneers Index 1829 -1889]
    Children 
    +1. Bertha Johanna Sengstock,   b. 07 Jul 1874, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Mar 1948, Maryborough. Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Johann Heinrick Sengstock,   b. 25 Sep 1876, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1957, Bidwell via Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Sengstock,   b. 18 Oct 1878, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. August Albert Sengstock,   b. 18 Oct 1878, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1865, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Emma Louisa Theresa Sengstock,   b. 25 Oct 1880, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Alwine Ernestina Sengstock,   b. 11 Mar 1883, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Helena Emilie Caroline Sengstock,   b. 28 Jul 1885, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Carl Heinrich Sengstock,   b. 3 Feb 1890, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1977, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +9. Wilhelmine Mathilde Caroline Sengstock,   b. 11 Feb 1893, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1966, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     10. Wilhelm Gottfried Sengstock,   b. 5 Mar 1895, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1982, St. Stephen's Church Hospital, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F1916  Group Sheet


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