Phister Family

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The Pfisterer/Phister family arrived in Moreton Bay in 1855, just thirteen years after the area was opened for free settlement. Jakob and his brother Gottlieb were born in Steinheim an der Murr (Steinheim on the river Murr) in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wurtemburg. Jakob on 25 February 1835 and Gottlieb on 18 April 1838. They emigrated to Australia aboard the ship the 'Grasbrook' from Hamburg.

Gottlieb died in November 1929, the funeral moved from the residence of Mrs. A. Wilks who lived in Queen Street, Newtown, Ipswich.

Jakob (Jacob) married Mary Jane Morrison in Ipswich on 16 February 1860. Jane was born c.1839 and she died on 14 February 1913. Jakob (Jacob) who was a labourer by trade, died suddenly at his home at Three-Mile Creek on the 19th August 1877. They had ten children:

John Phister born 24 May 1861
James Morrision born 16 September 1862
Robert Morrison born 2 December 1863
Frederick born 17 November 1865
Sarah Ada born 11 April 1868
Samuel born 28 December 1869
Mary Jane born 11 January 1871
Alfred Nelson born 11 November 1873
Matilda Gordon born 17 October 1876
Catherine Whitney born 17 October 1876

References (online)Painful AccidentMarriageMarriage. Gardner-PhisterMagisterial InquiriesFuneral - Mary Jane PhisterRead More At Ipswich LibrariesIndex to Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia 1850 to 1859

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Place of DepartureHamburg, GermanyName of ShipGrasbrookPlace of ArrivalMoreton BayDate of Arrivalc.1855

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Phister Family