The Schossow Family:
From previous notes: The earliest known member of the
family is Friedrich Schossow who was born in 1754 at Grabow, and died in 1833.
When Friedrich married, and to whom, is not known although it is known that he
was married twice.
By searching the German transcripts is would appear that the parents were
Christoph Schossow and mother Elisabeth Hacken.
Their children were:
1. Johann Christoph Schossow b 1744 m Anna Regina Hencken They had at least 5 children:
Johann Christian Friedrich Schossow born 1789 d 24 April 1854 at Dorphagen
m Albertine Wilhelmine Dorothea Sophie Bartelt 1836
2. Christian Frederich Schossow b 1753 m Sophie Christine Elisabeth Ehlke He died 3 April 1832
3. Carl Frederich Schossow b 1754 m Regine Riechert d 1833 She may have been the 2nd marriage and there may have been 2 other children, but none that can be proven with the Prussian records.
There were at least 4 children
Friedrich Schossow b 1796 who married Anna Brock and died 184
Johanne Frederich Schossow b 1801 who married Christine Sarow and died 1859
Michael Frederich Schossow b 1804 m Carolina Sabina Bublitz
Sophia Henriette Schossow b 1809
Three more sons were forthcoming from his second marriage. Friedrich was born
in 1798, Johann in 1801, and Michael in 1803. It is known that all
of his children were born in Grabow, so it would appear that he lived there for
his entire life, and most probably married Grabow women. ..
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The Prussian borders |
Unfortunately the surviving records from Prussia are scant, but there are quite a few records for Schossow family in the Dorphagen area. They have been searched to confirm marriages
Very little is known of the lives of the Schossows beside the fact
that they were farmers or tradesmen, and more likely saddlers and cobblers. The
descendant line of interest is that of Johann who married Christine
Sarow.
They lived in the area known as at Pommern Germany, which is north west of Frankfurt and south of Bonn. Many of the Schossow families emigrated to America, and often in the German records the name was Schosseow.
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Grabow |
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Grabow Town Centre |
Three children were born of Johann and Christine, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm on 30th November 1829, Christine in 1832, and Friederike on 13th November 1834. Carl’s death certificate shows that he was born in Streithoff, Pommern, Germany.
Johann died 18 December 1859 in Dorphagen, Pommern, Prussia. He married Christine Sarrow in 1828 in Dorphagen.
There is no town known as Streithoff, but “hoff” means “comes from a
place” This old map indicates the
various districts in Pommern..
Carl married Louise Wilhelmine Durow who was born on 19th of February 1834. They married at Bagemuhl, Uckermark, in 1860.
On Carl’s death certificate,
he is shown as being married at Bagemuhl, Brandenburg Germany at the age of
thirty years Carl was described
as a trade labourer. Quite possibly, Louise was also born in Streithoff because
there is a note that Durow is a well known name in that village.
Louise Wilhelmine Durow was born 1834,
the daughter of David Durow and Dorothea Sophie Bootz
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The ships were held up in Moreton Bay subject to quarrantine regulations, and from the article it can be seen that some passengers on different ships had fevers.
Passenger lists record them as:
Carl Schossow, aged 35 years
Louise Schossow, aged 31 years.
Wilhelm Schossow aged 3 years
Very recent information has revealed that only one Schossow family emigrated to Australia. Several family members emigrated to the United States where there is apparently a larger decadency.
Very recent information has revealed that only one Schossow family emigrated to Australia. Several family members emigrated to the United States where there is apparently a larger decadency.
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Bagemuhl is a landmark close to the town of Grunberg, north east of Frankfurt. Schossow is a town around 300 klms from Hamburg.
In fact it is probably as it was back in 1865, but considering the family lived in the North Eastern parts there must have been a settlement of Schossows there in early times, its meaning is Slavic.
But in the US in 2000 there were only 374 people named Schossow, with the most living in the North Dakota region!
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The arrival of the German migrants to Queensland came about due to a petition from 206 freehold settlers from the Drayton and Toowoomba area, asking that more German colonists be brought out.
Mr J Heussler was appointed the immigration agents and he went to Germany to seek interested persons.
Carl and Louise moved to Engelsburg (Kalbar) in the Fassifern Valley area. It is likely that they worked as labourers on the many farms owned by German families before securing their own land.
Mr J Heussler was appointed the immigration agents and he went to Germany to seek interested persons.
Carl and Louise moved to Engelsburg (Kalbar) in the Fassifern Valley area. It is likely that they worked as labourers on the many farms owned by German families before securing their own land.
Three children were born in Australia: Albert in 1869, August Christian
Friedrich on 24th November 1870, and Anna 3 February 1874.
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