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35. Hans Hinrich LÜERS (later known as Johann Heinrich LÜHRS) in the village of Widingen, 7 kms west of Soltau, Germany, on 26 Sep 1808. He emigrated to South Australia in 1843 (see The Arrival of Johann Heinrich Lührs in Australia). After arriving in S.A., he worked first as a lay Lutheran missionary in Encounter Bay S.A. and then moved north to Loberthal where he purchased land. In 1846, he married Anna Rosina SCHOLZ/SCHULTZ, (and in one early church book "Langmeil Lutheran Church Members 1849", p.90, as Scholzen the female version of Scholz), who was born on 28 Feb 1820 in Heinesdorf but left for Australia from Koitz, both villages are near Leignitz, Silesia. After their marriage on 6 Aug 1846, in Loberthal S.A., Johann Heinrich and Anna Rosina lived in Light Pass, where he was first a school teacher and then a farmer again. Johann Heinrich Luhrs died on 15 Oct 1863 at the age of 55 and Anna Rosina died on 19 Dec 1892, aged 72. Their graves are in the cemetery behind Strait Gate Lutheran Church, Light Pass.
Together, they had the following children:
80. i. Carl George LUHRS
, born 1847, Loberthal, died 1847, Loberthal, S.A.
81. ii. Heinrich Wilhelm LUHRS
was born on 25 May 1848, in Light Pass, S.A. and died on 19 Jan 1909, nr. Cookamidgera, N.S.W.
82. iii. Johanna Louise LUHRS
was born on 1 May 1850, in Light Pass, S.A. and died on 22 Dec 1933.
Married 27 Apr 1871, Ev Luth Church, Light Pass, S.A. to
Christian Gottfried HEIDRICH (b. 5 Jul 1849, d. 10 Nov 1926 at Greenock,
S.A.) They had the following children:
1. Johanna Louise Maria
HEIDRICH, born 20 Mar 1872 nr. Greenock, S.A. and died 9 Jul 1874, at
Neales, now called Eudunda, S.A. aged 2 yrs 3 months.
2. Louise Pauline HEIDRICH,
born 3 Sep 1873, Neales, S.A. and died 1875.
3. Gottfried August HEIDRICH,
born 20 Nov 1875 and died 3 Aug 1964, Point Pass, S.A. Married 7
Apr 1910 to Emma Louise Lydia SCHULZ (b. 5 May 1877, d. 3 Aug 1933),
at home in Sth. Hammocks, S.A. One son and one daughter.
4. Carl Wilhelm HEIDRICH, born
24 Jun 1877, Neales, S.A. and died 17 Apr 1964, Eudunda S.A. Married
14 Feb 1911 to Maria Martha SCHILLER (b. 18 Nov 1885, d. 5 Oct 1948) in St.
Stephens Ev Luth Chapel, Neales Flat, S.A. One son and three
daughters.
5. Anna Louise Bertha
HEIDRICH, born 29 Mar 1880, Government Well S.A. and died 19 Jan 1934,
Eudunda S. A. Married 14 Oct 1909 to Martin Alfred LINKE (b. 21 Jan
1885, d. 1 Jun 1982) at St Stephens Lutheran Church, Neales Flat, S.A.
No children.
6. Carl Gustav HEIDRICH, born
4 Sep 1888, Neales Flat, S.A. and died 20 Mar 1970, Eudunda, S.A.
Married 12 Feb 1923 to Dorothea Elisabeth GEISTER (b. 27 Oct 1893, d.
1967). Two sons and one daughter.
83. iv. Anna Maria LUHRS
was born on 11 Apr 1852, in Light Pass, S.A. and died in 31 Aug 1884 at
Neales Flat/Eudunda, S.A. Married 9 Sep 1869, Ev Luth Chapel, Light
Pass, S.A. to Heinrich August OBST (b. 26 Jul 1848, d. 3 Apr 1873).
They had the following children:
1. Carl Heinrich August OBST,
born 15 May 1870, Schoenfeldt, S.A. and died 14 Jun 1940, Albury, N.S.W.
Married 2 Jul 1896 to Johanna Salome TERLICH (b. 3 Dec 1878, d. 8
Dec 1955) at Pleasant Hills, N.S.W. Three sons and four
daughters.
2. Maria Elisabeth OBST, born
16 Dec 1872 at Light Pass, S.A. and died 1948, Sydney, N.S.W.
Married c. 1892, N.S.W. to William Gancer (b. 22 Feb 1871, d.
1943) Four daughters.
Then, after the accidental farm death of H. A. Obst in 1873, aged 24,
Anna Maria remarried. Second marriage of Anna Maria OBST nee
LUHRS, widow, married 9 Feb 1874 to Carl/Karl Hermann GLATZ (b. 1 Jan
1850), Strait Gate Ev Luth Chapel, Light Pass, S.A. They
had the following children:
3. Anna Ida Selma GLATZ, born
18 Dec 1874, Schoenfeldt S.A. Married 5 Oct 1898 to Emil Heinrich
August SANDER (b. 15 Apr 1876). Two daughters and one son.
4. Hannah Louise GLATZ, born
22 Apr 1876, Schoenfeldt, S.A. Married 17 Aug 1902 to Gustav
Adolph LIERSCH (b. 20 Jun 1876 nr. Tanunda, S.A.) Only one
daughter registered in S.A.
5. Pauline Klarra GLATZ, born
5 Jul 1880, Koonunga, S.A.
6. Ernstine Selma GLATZ, born
13 Oct 1882, Government Well, S.A. Married 11 Jan 1900, Dalkey,
S.A. to John James ANGEL (b. 18 Jul 1870). Three sons and one
daughter registered in S.A.
Widower Carl Herrmann GLATZ remarried 6 Aug 1885 and had two
more children.
84. v. Gotthard Daniel LUHRS
was born in 1854, in Light Pass, S.A. and died as infant.
85. vi. August Hermann LUHRS
was born 18 Jan 1856, in Light Pass, S.A. and died 24 Mar 1902, in Light Pass, S.A.
86. vii. Rosine Pauline LUHRS
was born 20 Mar 1858, in Light Pass, S.A. and died 19 or 24 Apr 1925.
Married 3 Jun 1879 at Pirie Street Luth Church, Adelaide to Carl
Friedrich Samuel JOHN (b. 16 Nov 1855, Stockwell S.A., d. 12 Jul 1923,
Malvern, S.A.). They had the following children:
1. Louisa Clara JOHN, born 22
Jun 1881, Eudunda, S.A. and died July 1963 in Maitland, S.A.
Married 29 Feb 1904, S.A. to John Carl Henry METTNER (b. 12 Nov
1875 in Germany, d. 26 Nov 1951). Three sons and one daughter.
2. Alfred Bernhard JOHN, born
23 March 1883, Eudunda, S.A. and died 13 May 1955. First married
14 Oct 1909 at Pt Germein S.A. to Anna Bertha Pauline GEIHLICH (b. 28
Mar 1884, d. 1910). Second marriage 30 Jul 1913, Eudunda Ev Luth
Church, to Bertha ROSSLER (b. 23 Sep 1891, d. 16 Jul 1974). They
had one daughter and one son.
3. Pauline Bertha JOHN, born
27 Aug 1884 nr. Stockwell and died 10 Nov 1962. Married 7 May
1907, S.A. to Fredrich Thomas BOWYER (b. 12 Jun 1884, d. 6 Apr 1917).
They had one daughter.
4. Carl Oscar JOHN, born 27
Mar 1886 (Reg. 27 Apr 1886), Eudunda, S.A. and died 19 Aug 1941.
First married 8 Feb 1911, Kilkerran Ev Luth Church S.A. to Emma
Frieda Bertha WEHR (b. 18 May 1886, d. 30 Jun 1916). Second
marriage to Mildred C.H Dutschke (b. 27 Jul 1892). 1st Marriage
two daughters, 2nd marriage one daughter.
5. Louisa Minna JOHN, born 22
Feb 1888 and died 24 Aug 1889, aged 18 months from diptheria.
6. Amalie Selma JOHN, born 2
Jan 1889 (Reg 16 Mar 1889), Eudunda and died 11 Jul 1889 at Eudunda,
S.A, aged 3 yr. 25 days from diptheria.
7. Helene Gertrude JOHN, born
22 May 1890 and died 2 Apr 1976. Married 17 Jul 1912, Kapunda,
S.A. to William George SMITH (b. 24 Aug 1889, d. 23 Jan 1954).
8. Friedrich Wilhelm JOHN,
born 5 May 1892, Eudunda, S.A. and died 13 Aug 1960. Married 6 Aug
1915 at Pinaroo Meth.Church S.A. to Violet Hannah YOUNG (b. 10 Sep 1890,
d. 28 Dec 1958). They had five daughters and two sons.
9. Ernst Albert JOHN, born 6
Sep 1894, Eudenda, S.A. and died 13 Aug 1966. Married 14 Apr 1925
at Urania Meth. church S.A. to Hilda Rose COULTER (b. 27 Jul 1891, d. 15
Oct 1974). They had one son and one daughter.
10. Beatrice Maud JOHN, born
24 Sep 1909, Eudunda, S.A. Married 21 Aug 1937, Meth Church Gawler
S.A. to William John Thomas HEBBARD (b. 19 Jun 1909). They had two
daughters and one son.
