Occupation as written | Widow |
Standardised occupation | XX00: Other - Other |
Application received | 5 Jun 1920 |
Application status | Approved |
Official | JGM |
Date of approval or denial | 20 Jul 1920 |
If rejected, why? | |
Birthplace as written | Rochlity, Saxony |
Modern country | Germany |
Age on application | 61 |
Age on arrival in Australia | 25 |
Port of Departure | South Africa |
Port of Arrival | Port Adelaide |
Date of arrival | 2 Jun 1884 |
Name of ship | Adele |
Voyage | Adelaide (1884-06-02) |
Address in Australia | 83 Alfred Str. Parkside, Adelaide |
Address State | South Australia |
Time at address | 7 years |
Previous address 1 | Carrieton |
Address State | South Australia |
Time at address | 29 years |
Married | Widow | |
Children | Yes | 6: oldest, a daughter, born 37 years before in Cape Town, the rest in South Australia. |
Name of reference | Henry Reynolds Paterson |
Occupation of reference | Police Constable, South Australia |
Marginalia description | |
Police report attached | Yes |
Link to other applicant | |
Literate | Yes |
Reason | Pension |
Other information | Memorandum, LF, 14/7/20: dependent on her children and wants to Old Age Pension |
See also NAA: D1915, SA223, Rehm, Agnes Liddy - Parkside, SA - application for naturalization - German nationality (Canberra, 1915-21)
Memorandum, LF, 14/7/20: 'Her children were christened and brought up in the Church of England. The eldest son enlisted in W.A. and was twice wounded during the recent war.'
Applicant letter, May 1920, p.14-15: wants to know if naturalised. Explains that her husband used to run 'a small greengrocer shop' in ordeer 'to do the best for my family' but the property sold and now a financial burder on family.
Applicant letter, 19 May 1920, p.12: Doesn't know if husband naturalised. But he used to say before he became ill that 'have nothing to do with the old Country... if war break out, between England and Germany that the boys have to fight with England, it is our Country'