NAA: A1, 1912/4932
Scharenberg, Anna Fredericke Elizabeth
Digital copy - 12824
| Occupation as written | Domestic Duties |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 9 Mar 1912 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 18 Mar 1912 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Lejeberrg, Holskin, Germany |
| Modern country | Germany |
| Age on application | 78 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 54 |
| Port of Departure | London, England |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 13 Aug 1887 |
| Name of ship | SS Orizaba |
| Voyage | Orizaba (1887-08-13) |
| Address in Australia | 9 Norton St., Croydon |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 3 years, 6 months |
| Previous address 1 | Mellbourne |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 6 years |
| Previous address 2 | Wagga (2 yrs 6 months), Sydney (2 yrs 4 m) |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 4 years, 10 months |
| Previous address 3 | Orange (3 months), Albury (3 1/2 yrs) |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 3 years, 9 months |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
5: 4 sons and 1 daughter. 2 sons in Croydon. 1 in Wagga Wagga. 1 in Albury. 1 daughter in Wagga. |
| Name of reference | Arthur Petersen |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (New South Wales) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Pension |
| Other information | Husband (John H. Christian Scharmberg), to DEA, 29 March 1912, p.7: he'd already been naturalised and thought this applied to his wife. 'but applying fo the Old Age Pension was tolds that under the Commonwealth Act. Women of Foreign Birth had also to be naturalized, make the Women had the same rights to Vote for a Parliament member' |
Husband (John H. Christian Scharmberg), to DEA, 29 March 1912, p.7: he'd already been naturalised and thought this applied to his wife. 'but applying fo the Old Age Pension was tolds that under the Commonwealth Act. Women of Foreign Birth had also to be naturalized, make the Women had the same rights to Vote for a Parliament member'