NAA: A1, 1908/6179

Karl, Sarah Jane

Digital copy - 9385

Details

Occupation as writtenwidow
Standardised occupationXX00: Other - Other
Application received1 Jan 1908
Application status Approved
OfficialLTF
Date of approval or denial13 Jul 1908
If rejected, why?
Birthplace as writtenManchester, Lancashire, England
Modern countryUnited Kingdom
Age on application57
Age on arrival in Australia28
Port of DepartureManchester
Port of ArrivalBrisbane, Queensland
Date of arrival1 Jun 1879
Name of shipEarly of Derby
VoyageEarly of Derby (1879-06-01)

Addresses

Address in AustraliaTowoomba, Queensland
Address StateQueensland
Time at address14 years
Previous address 1Chinchilla, Queensland
Address StateQueensland
Time at address12 years
Previous address 2Towoomba, Queensland
Address StateQueensland
Time at address3 years

Family

MarriedWidow
ChildrenYes

4: 3 girls, 1 boy.
Eldest and youngest girl and the boy 'reside with me' and middle one is married and lives in Towoomba, Queensland too.

References

Name of referenceJoseph Troy Merchant
Occupation of referenceJustice of the Peace (Queensland)
Marginalia description

Lady

Police report attachedNo
Link to other applicant
LiterateYes

Why are they applying?

ReasonBuying land or mortgage
Other information

Further comments

She is described as a 'Lady' - written in another hand
Her husband was a Bavarian German named Michael Anthony Karl, a Toowooba Railway employee; married in 1880.
Application goes through her attorney and cover letters are typed - B. J. Beirne Esq., Solicitor, 'Commissioner for Affidavits', Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Letter from solicitor, 5 June 1906: 'The widow now wishes to purchase a piece of land but as she is under the Queensland laws, an Alien, I have the honor to request whether under these circumstances she could obtain a certificate of Naturalisation upon filing the usual Affidavits in such matters.'
Follow on letter from solicitor, 17 June 1908: please expedite because 'the applicant has purchased some land and paid a deposit and is borrowing money to may the balance and the intended Morgagee requires a definite answer shortly as to whether the loan will be required.'