NAA: A1, 1915/12504
Grothe, Martha Hedwig Ida
Digital copy - 33193
| Occupation as written | Married |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 29 Oct 1909 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 2 Dec 1909 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Berlin, Germany |
| Modern country | Germany |
| Age on application | 40 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 21 |
| Port of Departure | Germany |
| Port of Arrival | Adelaide |
| Date of arrival | 4 Jun 1891 |
| Name of ship | Hohenzollern |
| Voyage | Hohenstollern (1891-06-25) |
| Address in Australia | 16 Franklin Street, Adelaide |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 16 years |
| Previous address 1 | Greenock |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 1 years, 7 months |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
Three children, two boys and one girl. |
| Name of reference | James Philips Wilson |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace, South Australia |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Buying land or mortgage |
| Other information | She writes in 1915 asking for a copy of her naturalisation certificate so she can by property. She further states, under oath, that she left her husband after his ill treatment and was afraid to go back to find the original certificate as he had threatened to kill her. She has, she says, received a letter from her solicitor saying her husband has now returned to Germany. |
Martha''s ship the Hohenzollern left Bremen on 15 April 1891 and arrived in Llargs Bay , Adelaide, on 2nd June 1891 according to the Passengers in History Website for South Australia.