Name | Alfred Gotthold Otto Wegener [1] | |
Born | 16 Apr 1880 | Caloote, South Australia [1] |
Gender | Male | |
Baptism | Palmer, South Australia [1] | |
Education | Alfred went to school at Caloote [1] | |
Occupation | Alfred worked on the family property until early in the new century, when he moved to Millendella [1] | |
Occupation | After marrying, Alfred rented a faming property near Hildesheim. [1] | |
Occupation | Alfred worked with his brother in law Gotthold Rochow in Millendella [1] | |
Residence | Alfred and Hulda moved to Loxton after Alfred was struck with rheumatic fever [1] | |
Residence | 1916 | Alfred purchased Section 40Hd. of McGorry near Meribah in the Mallee near the Victorian border at 2 shillings an acre. [1] |
Residence | 1919 | Alfred left for section 40 with a relative Fred Horn, on a German wagon. The trip took 7 days through thick mallee along a narrow track little more than wheel ruts. He build a house of pine posts an [1] |
Residence | 1920 | and 6 children followed Alfred to section 40Hd. by catching a paddle steamer from Mannum to Murray Bridge and the train to Meribah - a two day journey. [1] |
Residence | 1941 | The family moved into a more substantial housenear Meribah though still running the farm [1] |
_MDCL | In 1946 an attack of rheumatic fever paralysed Alfred from the waist down; he was confined to bed and was never able to walk again. | |
Died | 8 Sep 1957 | Loxton, South Australia [1] |
Age | 77 years | |
Person ID | I0145 | PRUNSTER2005 |
Last Modified | 30 Dec 2013 |
Father | Carl Heinrich Andreas Wegener, b. 1 Jan 1834, Osterwieck, Germany , d. 23 Jan 1897, Caloote, South Australia Age: 63 years | |
Relationship | Natural | |
Mother | Susanna Concordia Johanne Hanckel, b. 1836, Furstenberg, Germany , d. 31 Oct 1921, Mannum, South Australia Age: 85 years | |
Relationship | Natural | |
Married | 21 Apr 1857 | Holy Cross, Blumberg, South Australia |
Family ID | F255 | Group Sheet |
Family | Hulda Alma Elizabeth Rochow, b. 6 Apr 1890, Milendella, South Australia , d. 3 Apr 1982, Loxton, South Australia Age: 91 years | |||||||||||||||
Married | 27 Apr 1910 | Milendella, South Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Family ID | F266 | Group Sheet |
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