i just found out my 3rd great grandmother was not fully german.
adolphine augusta charlotte wilhelmina gebert was born in 1864, concordia, south australia.
on her marriage cert, her father's name is adolph hermann carl gebert. same for her death cert. mother was frederike wilhelmina elizabeth eisfelder. they married in 1866.
i figured out she was born before marriage, and just thought she was not registered, as her 8 brothers were and her birth never showed up.
yesterday kerri on here was nice enought to look under eisfelder for me, and bang, a birth reg was found.
she was registered under coen. mother was frederike eisfelder, father was john coen. im still reeling. i have adolph's family to 1780 in mecklenberg and now im not related. it's not that i followed any wrong leads. all the info said she was a gebert. but now she's not. dissapointing yes, but know i wanna know why!!
apparently john and frederike never married. so, is adolphine illegitimate?
i thought only a mother was registered in that case.
did they marry overseas? did she make him up?
did frederike leave john and had adolph raise adolphine?
did he die?
did she have an affair with adolph when she was with john?
i can't find any newspapers online for south australia, and i think they are my best shot. any ideas?
adolphine augusta charlotte wilhelmina gebert was born in 1864, concordia, south australia.
on her marriage cert, her father's name is adolph hermann carl gebert. same for her death cert. mother was frederike wilhelmina elizabeth eisfelder. they married in 1866.
i figured out she was born before marriage, and just thought she was not registered, as her 8 brothers were and her birth never showed up.
yesterday kerri on here was nice enought to look under eisfelder for me, and bang, a birth reg was found.
she was registered under coen. mother was frederike eisfelder, father was john coen. im still reeling. i have adolph's family to 1780 in mecklenberg and now im not related. it's not that i followed any wrong leads. all the info said she was a gebert. but now she's not. dissapointing yes, but know i wanna know why!!
apparently john and frederike never married. so, is adolphine illegitimate?
i thought only a mother was registered in that case.
did they marry overseas? did she make him up?
did frederike leave john and had adolph raise adolphine?
did he die?
did she have an affair with adolph when she was with john?
i can't find any newspapers online for south australia, and i think they are my best shot. any ideas?
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