Abt 1860 - 1928 (~ 67 years)
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Wilhelm August Christian Bottcher |
- Sometime before the first World War, Wilhelm and Wilhelmina changed their and their children's surname from Bottcher to Burcher. I assume this was because Germans would not have been really popular around the time of the first world War. Wilhelm also changed his Christian name to William.
- Wilhelm August Christian Bottcher was born in December 1860 Prenzlou, Kleinow Province, Brandenburg State, Prussia. His father was Christian Bottcher who was a boilermaker and his mother was Christina (or Freda) Reibow. He married Wilhelmina Louise Christine Dahn on the 18th Nov 1881 in Blankenburg, near Berlin,in Brandenburg, Prussia.
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Nickname |
William |
Birth |
Abt Dec 1860 |
Kleinow, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
Immigration |
22 Aug 1887 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Wilhelm, Wilhelmina and their 4 children Marie (Mary), Hans (John), Wilhelm (William) and infant Rudolph left their home in Prussia and journeyed to England where they stayed for a short period as new born baby Rudolph got sick. They sailed from England to Australia aboard the Bulimba. The Bulimba was a 2510 gross ton ship, length 96.26m x beam 11.64m, one funnel, two masts, 11 knot single screw steamer built in 1881 by A & J Inglis, Glasgow for the British India Steam Navigation Co.
The Bulimba left Gravesend England on the 28th June 1887 at 5pm and travelled via Malta to Port Said, Port Said. They continued their journey through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. At the southern end of the Red Sea the Bulimba stopped a, then continued to Point de Galle. Galle is situated on the south western tip of Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon. Then continuing across the Indian Ocean, sailed through the Sundra Straits and at 11.50pm on 2nd August arrived at Tandjock Prior Harbour, near Jakarta. The ship observed strict quarantine and finished coaling at 4am on the 4th August.
The journey was continued on to Thursday Island and down the east coast of Australia via the ports of Cooktown, Townsville, Mackay, Bowen and Rockhampton. Finally arriving at their destination of Brisbane Queensland, on 22nd August 1887.
Immigrants arriving in 1887 most likely would have gone to the newly opened Immigration Depot at Kangaroo Point, which replaced the old barracks at William Street.
Wilhelm and his family immigrated to Australia as "Free Nominees" which means that someone who already was an Australian citizen would have nominated them to immigrate by obtaining a passage warrant from the
Government, as at the time Australia was looking for new workers. The warrant was then forwarded to the relative or friends in Europe and their passage would then be arranged by a representative in the respective country.
Whether, there was a family member already here or a firm nominated them is still unknown and will most likely never be found out as in 1898 the Brisbane River Flooded destroying the majority of government records and the list of Free Nomior this period was destroyed.
They first stayed at Albion which was then situated in the Caboolture district, approx 5km from the now Brisbane central business district. Later they lived on a dairy farm in the Ipswich area.
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The Brisbane Courier Newspaper - Monday, August 22, 1887 This is a PDF copy of the newspaper printed on the day that Wilhelm, Wilhemina and their young family arrived in Brisbane aboard the ship "RMS Bulimba". A mention of the ships arrival is listed on page 4 column 1. Details of the voyage can be found in the following days edition of the news paper which is also attached to this page.
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The Brisbane Courier Newspaper, Tuesday, August 23, 1887 This Pdf copy of the newspaper has the voyage of the RMS Bulimba printed on page 4 Column 1 (arrival) and page 4 column 3 (the voyage). It describes the journey from England to Brisbane. Read the newspaper and get a feel what Brisbane was like in 1887. |
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Queensland Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 - Ship Bulimba - Passengers Wilhelm Bottcher and Family. Wilhelm, accompanied by his wife Wilhelmine, children Marie, Hans, Wilhelm and Rudolph, sailed from London, England, aboard the ship Bulimba, departing 28th June 1887 and arrived at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 22nd August 1887. |
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Assisted Immigration 1848- 1912 - Ship Bulimba This is the full passenger list of the Ship Bulimba including all its 1887 voyages from London England to Brisbane Queensland, Australia. The voyage that included Wilhelm Bottcher and his family, 28th June 1887 to 22 August 1887 starts on page 198 of the register and the family are located on page 212. |
Naturalization |
18 Dec 1894 |
Government House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Wilhelm Was granted all the rights and capacities within the said Colony of New South Wales of a natural born British Subject. |
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Certificate of Naturalization A copy of the Certificate of Naturalization granted to Wilhelm August Christian Bottcher. |
Death |
12 Feb 1928 |
Liverpool Hospital, N.S.W, Australia |
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Death Certificate Death certificate of Wilhelm August Christian Bottcher |
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Burial |
14 Feb 1928 |
Church of England Cemetary, Liverpool, NSW,Australia |
Person ID |
I2433 |
Tucker Family Tree | Bottcher family tree |
Last Modified |
2 Aug 2022 |
Family 1 |
Wilhelmina Louise Christine Dahn, b. Abt 1860, new berlin, Germany d. 28 Mar 1904, Brown Street, St Peters, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Age ~ 44 years) |
Marriage |
18 Nov 1881 |
Blankenburg, New Berlin, Prussia, Germany |
Children |
+ | 1. Marie Christine Louise Bottcher, b. 20 Aug 1881, Berlin, Prussia, Germany d. 8 Mar 1964, 7 Belgium St Riverwood, NSW, Australia (Age 82 years) |
+ | 2. Hans Fredrick Carl Bottcher, b. 27 Jan 1884, Angermunde,Prussia, Germany d. 27 May 1955, 88 Baptist St Redfern, New South Wales, Australia (Age 71 years) |
+ | 3. Wilhelm August Christian Bottcher, b. 20 Nov 1885, Prussia, Germany d. 7 Sep 1962, 24 Bayley St, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia (Age 76 years) |
| 4. Rudolph George Bottcher, b. Abt 1887, Kleinow, Prussia, Germany d. 13 Dec 1974, Kogarah Endeavour Nursing Home, Kogarah, New South Wales Australia (Age ~ 87 years) |
| 5. Annie Bottcher, b. 9 Nov 1888, Albion, Queensland, Australia d. 21 Sep 1897, Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia (Age 8 years) |
| 6. Baby Boy Bottcher, b. 1889 - 1892 |
+ | 7. Frederick William Bottcher, b. 20 Jul 1892, 8 Campbell St Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia. d. 26 Jan 1979, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 86 years) |
+ | 8. Wilhelmina Augusta Bottcher, b. 26 Nov 1894, 1 Park Street, Camperdown, Erskinville, New South Wales, Australia d. 15 Dec 1964, Sans Souci, New South Wales, Australia (Age 70 years) |
+ | 9. Eva May Butcher, b. 16 Sep 1897, 8 Campbell St Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia. d. 22 Sep 1963, 12 Napoleon St Sans Souci, New South Wales, Australia (Age 66 years) |
+ | 10. Rita Martha Bottcher, b. 18 Nov 1900, 1 Crown Street, St Peters, Sydney New South Wales Australia d. 26 May 1993, Sydney,New South Wales, Australia (Age 92 years) |
+ | 11. Albert Edward Butcher, b. 9 Nov 1902, 8 Campbell St, Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales Australia d. 12 Sep 1977, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 74 years) |
| 12. Cleopatra Alexandra Bottcher, b. 28 Mar 1904, 1 Brown St, St Peters, New South Wales, Australia d. 6 May 1904, St Peters, New South Wales, Australia (Age 0 years) |
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Family ID |
F0700 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
8 Mar 2009 |
Family 2 |
Adelaide Mary Foran, b. 09 Nov 1873, Kings Creek, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia d. 23 Apr 1958, Wynleigh Private Hospital, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
3 Jul 1909 |
Congregational Church, Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia |
Children |
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Family ID |
F1952 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
27 Jul 2008 |
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Notes |
- Death Certificate Registration number 1928/003716.
I found out that the family (Wilhelm, Wilhelmina with Mary 5y.John 3y,
William 1y. and Rudolph - infant) have arrived as "free nominees" on the
"Bullimba" ship on the 22nd of Aug. 1887.
Free nominees means, that somebody nominated them who were Australian
citizens already. Now there were "Bottchers" in Brisbane already by 1890,
but I could not link them so far. A prospective company could have been
nominating them as well, promising work- in that case the immigrants usually
had a kind of a contract to stay in the original state as they arrived in
for about 3 years. It would be good to find out who nominated them.
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