1971, Melbourne. With Granddad Proposch, Great-Aunt Elsie looks on
I am a member of the sixth generation of the Proposch Wends who came to Australia from Lower Lusatia in the 1850s.
Read "Easter in Germany: Sorbs, Wends and Easter eggs": judithsalecich.com/easter-germany-sorbs-wends-easter-eggs/
George Proposch (1799-1877), a grandson of Martin Proposch, was my great-great-great-grandfather. George was born at Dissen, near Cottbus. At 54 he migrated to Australia, along with his second wife Anna (nee Koal) and two of his children from his first marriage. They were among 50 or so Wendish migrants from Babow near Cottbus who came to Australia in 1854. They boarded the Malwina Vidal at Hamburg on 10 June 1854 and arrived in Melbourne on 5 October 1854 (nearly 4 months later). They proceeded to Adelaide, South Australia, and settled there. They were all sincerely pious Christians – Lutherans. George was a farmer, and I am told that he had to be reasonably well-off to be able to afford the trip to Australia. George died in 1877, at Robertson, South Australia.
1971, Melbourne. With Granddad Proposch, Great-Aunt Elsie looks on
I am a member of the sixth generation of the Proposch Wends who came to Australia from Lower Lusatia in the 1850s.
Read "Easter in Germany: Sorbs, Wends and Easter eggs": judithsalecich.com/easter-germany-sorbs-wends-easter-eggs/
George Proposch (1799-1877), a grandson of Martin Proposch, was my great-great-great-grandfather. George was born at Dissen, near Cottbus. At 54 he migrated to Australia, along with his second wife Anna (nee Koal) and two of his children from his first marriage. They were among 50 or so Wendish migrants from Babow near Cottbus who came to Australia in 1854. They boarded the Malwina Vidal at Hamburg on 10 June 1854 and arrived in Melbourne on 5 October 1854 (nearly 4 months later). They proceeded to Adelaide, South Australia, and settled there. They were all sincerely pious Christians – Lutherans. George was a farmer, and I am told that he had to be reasonably well-off to be able to afford the trip to Australia. George died in 1877, at Robertson, South Australia.