Comments on: Along The Old North Road http://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/along-the-old-north-road/ The Personal Blog of Neil Ennis Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: NeilEnnis http://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/along-the-old-north-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1502 NeilEnnis Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:45:59 +0000 http://blog.neilennis.com/?p=1081#comment-1502 G'day Yvonne Thanks so much for your comments. Mary Anne's Cottage is now a lovely Bed & Breakfast operated by Meg Thomas. She has collected an impressive array of memorabilia about the cottage and its inhabitants over the last 170 years. I'm sure she will have a lot of the information you're after. You can get her phone number from her web page at <a href="http://maryannscottage.com.au" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://maryannscottage.com.au</a>. The Bauer family now lives at the old Franz farm on Franz Road. They're in the white pages - the only "Franz" in Franz Road Moorina. You've got some illustrious ancestors! Julian, who left a comment on this post earlier is a descendant of Johannes Wagner - one of the other German missionaries at Zion Hill / Nundah. Would you mind if I pass your information on to him? Best wishes Neil G’day Yvonne

Thanks so much for your comments.

Mary Anne’s Cottage is now a lovely Bed & Breakfast operated by Meg Thomas. She has collected an impressive array of memorabilia about the cottage and its inhabitants over the last 170 years. I’m sure she will have a lot of the information you’re after. You can get her phone number from her web page at http://maryannscottage.com.au.

The Bauer family now lives at the old Franz farm on Franz Road. They’re in the white pages – the only “Franz” in Franz Road Moorina.

You’ve got some illustrious ancestors! Julian, who left a comment on this post earlier is a descendant of Johannes Wagner – one of the other German missionaries at Zion Hill / Nundah. Would you mind if I pass your information on to him?

Best wishes

Neil

]]> By: Yvonne Tunny http://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/along-the-old-north-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Yvonne Tunny Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:36:20 +0000 http://blog.neilennis.com/?p=1081#comment-1500 Hi, I read with interest your musingsalong the North Road. My mother is Vera Franz and she grew up at the Franz farm at Moorina. I remeber holidays there. I was particularly interested to see the photo of Mary Ann'e cottage. Maurice Schneider was the son of My great great grandmother. She was pregnant with him on the voage to Australia. Her husband Moritz Schneider died from typhus contracted on the journey and she later married my great great grandfather Friedrich Leopold Franz. He was one of the first free settlers at the German station in Nundah and his son later moved to the Caboolture area. I am working on the family tree and notice that you have some other photos related to the cottage. I was wondering if you had any information about who the people were and whether I could get a copy, if they are related Regards Yvonne Hi,
I read with interest your musingsalong the North Road. My mother is Vera Franz and she grew up at the Franz farm at Moorina. I remeber holidays there. I was particularly interested to see the photo of Mary Ann’e cottage. Maurice Schneider was the son of My great great grandmother. She was pregnant with him on the voage to Australia. Her husband Moritz Schneider died from typhus contracted on the journey and she later married my great great grandfather Friedrich Leopold Franz. He was one of the first free settlers at the German station in Nundah and his son later moved to the Caboolture area. I am working on the family tree and notice that you have some other photos related to the cottage. I was wondering if you had any information about who the people were and whether I could get a copy, if they are related

Regards
Yvonne

]]> By: NeilEnnis http://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/along-the-old-north-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 NeilEnnis Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:55:58 +0000 http://blog.neilennis.com/?p=1081#comment-1281 G'day Julian Please feel free to use any photos you need. And please let us know when your book is published, I'd love to buy a copy. Regards Neil G’day Julian

Please feel free to use any photos you need. And please let us know when your book is published, I’d love to buy a copy.

Regards

Neil

]]> By: Julian Wagner http://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/along-the-old-north-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Julian Wagner Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:56:37 +0000 http://blog.neilennis.com/?p=1081#comment-1280 Hi, I read your article with great interest and especially noted the photograph of Gregors Creek and footage. I am trying to finish a book about Brisbane and the outskirts in the 1840s and 1850s and one segment concerns the deaths of Andrew Gregor and his servant Mary Shannon on 20 October 1846 in the vicinity of Gregor's Creek which presumably runs off the North Pine River. I would be grateful if I could publish your photo of the creek. You may be aware that on 22 January 1848 Gregor's brother, Reverend Gregor,drowned at a waterhole at Nundah (German Station) - some believed it was suicide. My Great Great grandfather (Johannes Gotfried Wagner) was one of the handful of German Missionaries who established German Station (Zion's Hill) in 1838. He and others trekked out via the Pine River to the Bunya Mountains in 1842. They were told of the conflicts between aborigines and whites - undoubtedly catalysed by the so-called Kilcoy Massacre of aborigines. By all means contact me via julian_wagner [at] hotmail (dot) com or at work (07) 3229 2355. Best regards,Julian Wagner 13 December 2010. Hi,

I read your article with great interest and especially noted the photograph of Gregors Creek and footage. I am trying to finish a book about Brisbane and the outskirts in the 1840s and 1850s and one segment concerns the deaths of Andrew Gregor and his servant Mary Shannon on 20 October 1846 in the vicinity of Gregor’s Creek which presumably runs off the North Pine River. I would be grateful if I could publish your photo of the creek. You may be aware that on 22 January 1848 Gregor’s brother, Reverend Gregor,drowned at a waterhole at Nundah (German Station) – some believed it was suicide. My Great Great grandfather (Johannes Gotfried Wagner) was one of the handful of German Missionaries who established German Station (Zion’s Hill) in 1838. He and others trekked out via the Pine River to the Bunya Mountains in 1842. They were told of the conflicts between aborigines and whites – undoubtedly catalysed by the so-called Kilcoy Massacre of aborigines. By all means contact me via julian_wagner [at] hotmail (dot) com or at work (07) 3229 2355. Best regards,Julian Wagner 13 December 2010.

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]]> By: Along the Old North Road (Part 2) « Musings http://blog.neilennis.com/index.php/along-the-old-north-road/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Along the Old North Road (Part 2) « Musings Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:08:02 +0000 http://blog.neilennis.com/?p=1081#comment-649 [...] Along the Old North Road (Part 2) Last week Simon and I road from Wamuran to Moorina along the historic Old North Road. [...] [...] Along the Old North Road (Part 2) Last week Simon and I road from Wamuran to Moorina along the historic Old North Road. [...]

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