NAA: A1, 1909/12642
Meth, Augusta Marie Ottilie
Digital copy - 5444
| Occupation as written | Dressmaker |
| Standardised occupation | MF23: Manufacturing - Dress |
| Application received | 1 Jan 1909 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 12 Nov 1909 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Gollnow, Stettin, Prussia |
| Modern country | Germany |
| Age on application | 77 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
| Port of Departure | Hamburg |
| Port of Arrival | Adelaide |
| Date of arrival | 21 Nov 1855 |
| Name of ship | Peter Godeffroy |
| Voyage | Peter Godefroy (1855-11-20) |
| Address in Australia | North Terrace, Hackney, Adelaide |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 6 years |
| Previous address 1 | College Town |
| Address State | |
| Time at address | 7 years |
| Previous address 2 | Kent Town, Adelaide |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 19 years |
| Previous address 3 | Norwood, Adelaide |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | |
| Married | Widow |
| Children | Yes |
5: three daughters and two sons.
A daughter at Wonna in South Australia; two daughters in Hackney, Adelaide, South Australia; one son in Queensland; and one son in Western Australia. |
| Name of reference | Herbert Allchurch |
| Occupation of reference | Officer of Police, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Augusta is not sure of her year of her birth, she puts 1832 or 1831.
She is also not sure of the day of her arrival in Australia
Found Augusta on the passenger list for Peter Godeffroy (see "ship list" above) - her name Augusta Ottilie Meth (nee Bartels) with two children Bertha (4 yrs) and Paul (infant) and husband Carl Friederich (aged 30 yrs) who was a wheelwright..