NAA: A1, 1920/7928

Koenig, Johane Christiane

Digital copy - 38696

Details

Occupation as written	Farmer
Standardised occupation	AG01: Agriculture - Farming/Land Service
Application received	23 Aug 1909
Application status	Approved
Official
Date of approval or denial	24 Sep 1909
If rejected, why?
Birthplace as written	Gerlitz, Prussia, Germany
Modern country	Germany
Age on application	79
Age on arrival in Australia	22
Port of Departure	Germany
Port of Arrival	Melbourne
Date of arrival	1 Jan 1852
Name of ship	Atale
Voyage	Atale (1852-01-01)

Addresses

Address in Australia	Harkaway, near Berwick, Melbourne
Address State	Victoria
Time at address	5 years

Previous address 1	Berwick, Melbourne
Address State	Victoria
Time at address	49 years

Previous address 2	Bendigo
Address State	Victoria
Time at address	3 years

Family

Married	Yes
Children	No

References

Name of reference	Henry George Rankine
Occupation of reference	Teacher of State School, Berwick, Victoria
Marginalia description
Police report attached	No
Link to other applicant
Literate	Yes

Why are they applying?

Reason	N/A
Other information

Further comments

The front page of the National Archive bundle puts this person's name as "Johane Christiani Koenig", however, I think the name is definitely "Johane Christiane Koenig" with no "i" at the end of "Christian".
Johane puts her birth place as "Gerlitz" in Prussia, but the only village I can find in Prussia is "Gorlitz".
She does not know her day or month of arrival in Australia, only her year of arrival, so I have put 01/01/1876.
She puts her ship as "Otale?", so it may not be correct, and I couldn't find a ship with this name.
Her certificate was returned to the "Dead Letter Office", and she has to write saying it should have been sent to "Mrs" not "Mr". Evidence that they think a farmer had to be a man?
There is also a few scribbled notes dated 1920 asking for details of her naturalisation - not sure what this is about.