Who was Emily Margaret Rose Stocker?
Emily Margaret “Rose” Stocker was born to Jane Kezia Stocker (nee Elliot) in Glanville, Adelaide, South Australia, on 5 Mar 1897. The details of her father however are not so…
Information Sought for Anna Margaretha Herbert (nee Warneke)
Help Required I am wanting to contact descendants of Anna Herbert (nee Warneke) in the US as part of my genealogy research. Are you able to help?? Anna Margaretha Warneke…
Frederick John Langlois Found Guilty of Larcony
The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia) on Friday 7 August 1896: ”THE CRIMINAL COURT. The whole of Tuesday was occupied in the Criminal Court by the hearing of the case against…
Cyclist Injured on Port Road – Police Enquire Into Cause Of Accident
The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia) Friday 2 June 1939: ”CYCLIST INJURED ON PORT ROAD Police Enquire Into Cause Of Accident The Port Adelaide police are enquiring into the circumstances in…
Olive Pearl Warneke (nee Smith)
Olive Pearl Smith was born to parents Joseph and Elizabeth Margaret (nee Stocker) Smith at Queenstown, Adelaide, South Australia, on 9 Oct 1886. As a child she and her family…
Behncke Robert Christian Jorgen
Robert Christian Jorgen Behncke was born in Yatala, South Australia, on 13 Mar 1885, the fifth child (third son) to Peter Henry Frederick and Harriet Annie (nee Emery) Behncke. On…
Warneke Jack – A Potted History
John “Jack“ William David Warneke was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 26 Mar 1911. He was the second child and first son to John Helmuth David Warneke and…
The Warneke Family
A family legend in our family says that my Grandfather John Warneke from Hamburg, was a ship’s engineer and jumped ship at Port Adelaide way back around the turn of…
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