1855 - 1948 (93 years)
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Name |
Emilie Ziebel |
Born |
15 Jul 1855 |
Germany |
Gender |
Female |
Emigration |
10 Nov 1872 |
To Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
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 |
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
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Died |
01 Aug 1948 |
97 Ariadne Street, , Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
- 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)
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Death Notice |
2 Aug 1948 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
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 |
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 |
- 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)
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Person ID |
I5897 |
Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen | Sengstock |
Last Modified |
31 Dec 2014 |
Family |
Carl Sengstock, b. 1 Sep? 1852, Prussia/Germany , d. 28 Aug 1940, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 87 years) |
Married |
20 Feb 1874 |
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
- Marriage Registration
SENKSTOFF Carl: Marriage: Spouse: ZIEBEL Emielie: Date: 20.02. 1874 Reg No 1874/000384 [Queensland Pioneers Index 1829 -1889]
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Children |
+ | 1. Bertha Johanna Sengstock, b. 07 Jul 1874, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 05 Mar 1948, Maryborough. Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years) |
| 2. Johann Heinrick Sengstock, b. 25 Sep 1876, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 24 Nov 1957, Bidwell via Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 81 years) |
| 3. Sengstock, b. 18 Oct 1878, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| 4. August Albert Sengstock, b. 18 Oct 1878, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 25 May 1865, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| 5. Emma Louisa Theresa Sengstock, b. 25 Oct 1880, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| 6. Alwine Ernestina Sengstock, b. 11 Mar 1883, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| 7. Helena Emilie Caroline Sengstock, b. 28 Jul 1885, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
+ | 8. Carl Heinrich Sengstock, b. 3 Feb 1890, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 13 May 1977, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 87 years) |
+ | 9. Wilhelmine Mathilde Caroline Sengstock, b. 11 Feb 1893, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 22 Mar 1966, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years) |
| 10. Wilhelm Gottfried Sengstock, b. 5 Mar 1895, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 3 Feb 1982, St. Stephen's Church Hospital, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 86 years) |
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Last Modified |
26 Oct 2012 |
Family ID |
F1916 |
Group Sheet |
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