Gottlob Friedrich (Friedrich) OTTO
married Auguste Ernestine HANEL
Friedrich was born 26 July 1837 in Brand-Erbisdorf, a small town near Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany.
He died 5 June 1926, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland from Epthelioma (skin cancer), Pneumonia and Syncope (fainting). He died at his daughter's home (Annie Karrasch) in Fewings St, Toowong.
(Source: GF Otto's Death Certificate and A Karrasch Electoral Roll)
Gottlob Friedrich's Death Certificate
Auguste was born 14 December 1839 in Rittersgrun, Sachsen, Germany.
She died 19 May 1919 on a train between Northgate & Brisbane, Queensland from Cancer of Stomach. Haemorrhage and Cachexia (a wasting syndrome occurring in people with advanced cancer) and Heart failure.
Auguste Ernestine's Death Certificate
Freidrich & Auguste were married on 15 September 1861
in the Protestant Lutheran Church, Parish of St Katherine, Zwickau, Sachsen, Germany.
(At the time of their marriage Gottlob Friedrich was a Miner and Auguste Ernestine was a Machine Attendant.)
Parents of Gottlob Friedrich Otto
Father: Gottlob Friedrich Otto
Mother: Johanna Rosina Klemm
Married abt 1835 in Frieberg, Germany
Parents of Auguste Ernestine Hänel
Father: Christian Friedrich Hänel
Mother: Christiane Friedericke Riedel
Friedrich & Auguste sailed to Australia with five of their seven children aboard the "Herschel" departing Hamburg on 1 April 1874 and arriving in Brisbane, Queensland on 16 July 1874. Another six children were born in Australia.
The Otto family on board the "Herschel" were
Gottlob - age 37
Auguste - age 33
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Alma - age 14
Nanny - age 9
Eugenie - age 8
Hans - age "3/4 month"
Otto - age "3/4 month"
Note: The above was taken from the Hamburg Passenger Lists. The twins were Hans and Clara (not "Otto") who both died on the voyage to Australia.
Families travelling together
It was reasonably common on these long sea voyages to another land to travel with extended family.
Also travelling aboard the "Herschel" was the sister of Auguste Ernestine, Pauline Sidonia Beck (24yrs). She travelled with her husband Friedrich Herman Beck (28yrs) and their two children Agnes (4yrs) and Elise (a baby less than a year old).
A nephew of Auguste & Sidonia also sailed to Australia aboard the "Herschel". This was 16yr old Albin Kehrer (Franz Alwin) whose mother was Albertine Wilhelmine Kehrer (nee Hanel).
Capt Friedrichs furnishes the following report of the passage of the Herschel:
"Left Hamburg April 1 and proceeded down to Ouxhaven, and in consequence of head winds came to anchor. On April 4, weighed and went to sea, the wind being from the south-west. Passed Dover on the 11th, and the ship was off the coast on 13th, where a very heavy gale was experienced.
Early on 14th the gale abating, a little, we sighted the English brig Eleanor Isabella, with distress signals flying from the fore-rigging, mainmast gone, and on her beam ends. Hove the ship to as soon as possible, to render assistance, but the sea was running too high to permit of a boat being lowered. The sea going down, stayed alongside and subsequently launched the lifeboat, saving the whole of the crew, nine in number, and landed them in Peurto de Moritz Bay, Madeira, on April 26.
Crossed the Equator, May 12, and passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on June 6; ran down the easting in the parallel of 45 deg S., meeting with strong westerly winds until we reached the meridian of Cape Leeuwin, when south-easterly weather was experienced. Passed Cape Otway July 5, and was off Point Lookout on the 11th, but in consequence of baffling winds and variable weather, did not reach Cape Moreton till July 14; took pilot on board the same day; beat into the Bay and anchored off the Pilot Station, finally arriving at the Bar on July 16, at 10 a.m., and landing the passengers all well the same day.
The Herschel was a ship of the Rob. M. Sloman & Co. line, the second ship of that line to bear that name. She had a burden of 333 C.L.1 or capacity 787 NRT2 and dimensions 50.3 m × 9.1 m × 5.79 m.3.
Originally she was a British steam ship — the Edith Byrne — built in 1857 in the Canada W. yard in Birkenhead. The Sloman line purchased her in March 1865 from Byrne of Liverpool.
This was the third of seven voyages that she made from Hamburg to Australasia — two to New Zealand and five to Australia.
After leaving Brisbane, she visited various trading ports before returning to Hamburg via Greenock in 1875.
She was sold on the 1 June 1891 to Hartvigsen of Arendal, Norway.
Children of Friedrich & Auguste
Ernestina Alma (Mina) b. 1860 Zwickau d. abt 1919
married Thomas Henry Moss
Pauline Nanny (Annie) b. 11 January 1864 Zwickau d. 4 July 1967 Brisbane Qld
married Friedrich Wilhelm Karrasch
Eugenie Alma (Janey) b. 1866 Zwickau d. 23 January 1937
married Samuel Smith
Heinrich Paul (Pagel) b. about 1868 Zwickau d. 4 January 1943
married Janet Halley Stirling
Gretta b. 1870 Zwickau d. 1872 Zwickau
Sidonia Selma (Selma) b. about 1872 Zwickau d. 12 February 1962
married William Henry Groves
married George Graham Goodfellow
Clara Selma b. 3 May 1873 (twin) d. 3 May 1874 on board the "Herschel"
Hans b. 3 May 1873 (twin) d. 14 May 1874 on board the "Herschel"
Ernest Bruno (Bruno) b. 13 December 1874 Kedron Brook, Brisbane Qld
d. 28 April 1950
married Jessie Satchell Spiers
married Martha Alvene Taege
Clara Flora b. 30 July 1876 d. 14 July 1954
married Herman Bottcher
Mathilda (Tilly) b. 8 November 1878 d. 22 May 1961
married Albert Henry Kruger
Hugo Ernest (Huey) b. 17 February 1881 (Newmarket Road off Bowen Bridge Road, Windsor, Brisbane Qld) d. 4 December 1971 Mackay Qld
married Martha Lucy (Maud) Rogers
Edwin Oscar b. 15 December 1882 d. 17 August 1883
Edwin died "Newmarket Road Off Kelvin Grove Road"
Cause of death "Supposed to be convulsions" - aged 8 months
Edwin Oscar's Death Certificate
Waldemar Oscar b. 25 July 1884 d. 5 March 1885
Waldemar died "Newmarket Road". Cause of death "Meningitis with Diarrhoea" - aged 7 months
Note:
The five children who sailed with Gottlob & Auguste were Ernestine, Pauline, Eugenie, Clara & Hans.
Twins, Clara & Hans, died during the voyage.
Clara Selma's Death Certificate
Hans' Death Certificate
Approximately two years later Heinrich Paul (Pagel) and Sidonia Selma sailed to Australia aboard the "Reichstag" arriving on 6 Oct 1876.
They travelled with Maria Flickenworth (age 21) and Ludwig Kahlert (age 26). Records show that Maria and Ludwig were married in Brisbane on 24 Nov 1878.
The same voyage was undertaken by Juliane Rosalie Kupkowski whose daughter, Martha, married Ernest Bruno.
Bruno, Clara, Mathilda, Hugo, Edwin & Waldemar were born in Australia.
Sidonia Selma (m. George Goodfellow)
Clara Flora m. Herman Bottcher
"Gran" - Pauline Nanny m. Friedrich Karrasch
Elsie Fleming - daughter of Pauline Nanny
m. Victor Robert Fleming
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Grandchildren of Friedrich & Auguste
Ernestina Alma (Mina)
married Thomas Henry Moss
Pauline Nanny (Annie)
married Friedrich Wilhelm Karrasch
Eugenie Alma (Janey)
married Samuel Smith
Heinrich Paul (Pagel)
married Janet Halley Stirling
Sidonia Selma (Selma)
married William Henry Groves
married George Graham Goodfellow
Ernest Bruno (Bruno)
married Jessie Satchell Spiers
married Martha Alvene Taege
Mathilda (Tilly)
married Albert Henry Kruger
Hugo Ernest (Huey)
married Martha Lucy (Maud) Rogers
Thomas Henry Moss
married Kathleen Margaret O'Shea
Alma Mabel Moss
married Frederick Christian William Kruger
Edwin Gordon Moss
Anna Clara Karrasch
married William Henry Johnson
William Henry Karrasch
married Isabell Mabel Catchpoole
Frederick Ernest Karrasch
Pauline Elsie Karrasch
married Victor Robert Fleming
Alfred Hugo Karrasch
married Maria Wilhelmina Otto
Ernest Edwin Karrasch
married Sarah Dobson
Lillian Ida May Karrasch
married Frederick Baty
William Edward Bernard Karrasch
Ida May Pauline Karrasch
married Percy William St Clair
Ivy Clara Selma
married Edward Ernest Russell
Elsie Anna Smith
married Harry Cocks
Oswald Frederick Smith
married Annie Mabel Noon
May Violet Smith
Heinrich (Henry) Paul Otto
married Margaret Westwood
James Stirling Roy (Roy) Otto
married Gertrude Westwood
Lillian Otto
married Roy Holyoke Cordell
William Henry Groves/Goodfellow
married Emily Vera Leitch
Step-children of Selma
George Graham Goodfellow
Margaret Goodfellow
married Thomas Barnes
Jessie Esther Goodfellow
Children of Bruno & Jessie
James Henry Treadwell Otto
married Dorothy Myra Ashcroft
Oscar Ernest Otto
died aged 5 years due to drowning
Children of Bruno & Martha
Alvene Matilda (Rene) Otto
married Frank Henry Ernest (Ernie) Brandt
Harold James (Pat) Otto
married Mary Wilton (nee Reddacliff)
Edgar (Joe) Otto
Marena Elsie (Marie) Otto
married Kenneth Ross
Veronica (Ronnie) Otto
Rudolph (Peter) Otto
married Crissie May Jose Arnall
Elsie May Otto
partner Clement Eric Morton Raetz
Norma Evelyn Otto
married John Thomas
married John Reese
Ivy Lillian Otto
died when only a few months old
Rosalie Eva (Eva) Otto
married Mervyn George Persal
Colin Reginald Otto
married Laurel Jane Jamieson
Ernest Lionel Albert Kruger
married Jessie Edith Leah Small
Cyril Leslie Henry Kruger
Russell Maxwell Kruger
married Lillian Agnes Bauer
Lillian Matilda Kruger
married Malcolm Brown Duncan
Dexter Ronald Kruger
married Gladys Doreen Beanland
Oscar Edgar Frederick Kruger
married Eileen Mabel Bliesner
May Louisa Edith Otto
married George Kerr
Pearl Ernita Martha Otto
Brent Ernest Coventry Otto
married Eileen Una Press
Meredith Sydney Charles Otto
married Robina Elizabeth Woodward
Stanley Raymond Lawrence Otto
married Joycelyn Dorothy Naumann
Brenda Mabel Lucy Otto
married Colin Jesse
Gottlob & Auguste settle in Brisbane, Queensland
After arriving from Germany in July 1874, Gottlob & Auguste lived in the Kedron Brook/Nundah area where they greeted the birth of Bruno, their first child to be born in this new country in December of the same year.
Bruno's younger brother, Hugo, was born in February 1881 at Newmarket Road off Bowen Bridge Road, Windsor.
Edwin was born in December 1882 and died in August the following year at Newmarket Road off Kelvin Grove Road.
Waldemar was born in July 1884 and died in March the following year at Newmarket Road.
1887 & 1888 - Post Office Directory shows Gottlob living at Wilston Road, Enoggera (Carpenter)
1889 - Post Office Directory shows Gottlob living at Newmarket Road, Enoggera.
Enoggera 1890
Day trippers travelling to Enoggera Reservoir abt 1896
Peachester
The first record of the Otto family in Peachester was selection of land by their eldest son, Heinrich Paul, in December 1887.
It wasn't until 1918 that Gottlob is shown as living at Peachester, and yet in October 1894 a Deed of Grant was issued to Gottlob over land in Peachester. To obtain this, it was declared that he "continuously and bona fide resided on the selection".
Peach Trees (now Peachester)
"It was so-called because it was the general camping ground of the timber getters, one of whom had come over from Toowoomba and brought some of the peaches for which Toowoomba was then very famous. The stones of these had germinated and the camping ground was named from the fact that a group of peach trees had grown there.
Mr John Simpson kept the hotel on the corner of the Gympie and Blackall Range Roads. Further along the road were F. Waldron, A. Careo, W. Raddatz, C. Weyer and H. Hume while at the top of the D'Aguilar Range, after surmounting a very steep pinch, was the store kept by the Otto family.
The descent of the D'Aguilar Range near the Otto's family residence was very steep indeed - so much so that drays had to be assisted up by chocking and on the downward trip a small tree or sapling had to be dragged behind to prevent the vehicle overrunning the horse or horses.
The Otto family is represented nowadays by Ernest Otto, son of Mr and Mrs Otto, previously referred to. His wife is in charge of the Peachester Post Office, which has been moved from the old Grigor sawmilling hamlet (now abandoned) to a central position in the township of Peachester at the junction of the Beerwah-Peachester and Woodford roads."
Source: The History of the Peachester and Crohamhurst District by Mr W.P.H. Harden - 1939
Friedrich & Auguste's home was at the top of "the Pinch" which came to be known as "Otto's Pinch". They had the first shop in Peachester which was one room of the house. Gottlob also opened the first butcher shop on part of the property.
Source: From "Peachester Pioneers ... A Centenary History - October 1985"
Image opposite: Otto's home at the top of Otto's Pinch. William Emblidge driving the coach.
Selection of land in Peachester
Selection No 556 Portion 37v (Parish of Bribie)
The land upon which the family home stood (160 acres) was selected by Heinrich Paul Otto, the eldest son of Gottlob & Auguste, on 2nd December 1887, before it was surveyed. The annual rent was threepence per acre, totalling £2.0.0. He also paid £1.6.8 as Survey Fee.
Heinrich Paul was granted a Lease which he transferred to his brother, Ernest Bruno, who then transferred it to their mother, Auguste Ernestine. Auguste eventually applied to purchase the land, and Grant of Title was subsequently issued. Details of these transactions are set out below.
Granting of Licence, Lease and Transfers of Lease
On 29th October 1888 HP Otto was granted a licence to occupy the land. Inspections were carried out from time to time as there were certain conditions as to creating a residence on the property. An inspection was conducted on 18th November 1889 stating that some improvements had been made, such as building, clearing, fencing to the value of £40.0.0 but it appears this was not sufficient and a warning was given. On 5th September 1890 Heinrich wrote a letter stating that he cannot make a living on his selection and requesting to employ a bailiff (a type of caretaker), his brother Ernest Bruno Otto.
Another inspection was conducted on 12th May 1891. The Land Commissioner reported to the Under Secretary for Lands:
"I beg to inform you that the condition of residence on the farm as per margin has not been complied with; but the land appears to be occupied by selectors mother and other members of the family, continuously, but he is said to be constantly employed in Brisbane. Improvements, consisting of fencing clearing and buildings and valued at about £45 have been effected."
Granting of Lease to HP Otto
Following further inspections, on 5th August 1893, a Certificate of Fulfilment of Conditions by Selector of an Agricultural Farm was approved and a Lease granted. The Application for the Certificate stated "the Selector by his Bailiff or Agent Ernest Bruno Otto continuously and bona fide resided on the Selection above described from 10th September 1888 to 10th July 1893. The subsequent Certificate stated "the conditions hereinunder specified have been fulfilled by the Lessee of the above Agricultural farm as required by law to entitle him to a Lease."
Transfer of Lease from HP Otto to EB Otto
On 31st October 1893, following due procedures, the Lease was transferred from Heinrich Paul to Ernest Bruno Otto.
Transfer of Lease from EB Otto to AE Otto
Procedures for the transfer of Lease from Ernest Bruno Otto to his mother, Auguste Ernestine Otto, commenced on 26th August 1898. It seems for some reason the tenure first needed to be converted and became known as Selection No AF3455. Finally, upon payment of £20.0.0 by Auguste to Bruno, transfer of the Lease was registered on 7th March 1899.
Application by Auguste Ernestine Otto to Purchase land Leased
On 18th May 1907 Mrs AE Otto applied to purchase the land. The purchase price was 15/- per acre, totalling £120.0.0 with £47.10.0 having already been paid (possibly the rent paid over time). The balance paid by Auguste, after other calculations were taken into account, was £69.17.11. Issue of Deed of Grant was finally completed with a note "Deed prepared 25.7.07."
Auguste made a Will leaving the house and five acres to their daughter, Eugenie Alma, and a life interest in the remaining part of the property to their son, Hugo Ernest. Refer the pages of Eugenie & Hugo for further information.
Otto's Pinch
THE CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1906
Peachester is situated on the Blackall Range at the head of the Stanley River, about six miles from Beerwah. The ride thereto does not impress one favourably of the nature of the country; from Beerwah to the foot of Otto's Pinch being, practically speaking, a kind of swamp, upon which there is seen very few homes. As to the roads - well, there are tracks by the dozen, and all leading in and out of each other. To define the right road seems to us a matter best left to a Philadelphia boardsman, for it seems hardly possible that a member of the Caboolture Shire Council would be able to tackle the task. Dr Simpson has been endeavouring to improve parts of the road with a ballasting of sawdust yet the imperfections are very easily discernable. Otto's Pinch is a very bad place and it is little to be wondered at that steps are being taken to get some alteration to the road at that point. In our opinion the people of that locality, including those who desire to use Alf's Pinch, should meet and come to an amicable understanding whereby they might get ONE good road from the range to Beerwah, even though it may lengthen the journey. This can be done if there is unanimity of action. Seek assistance from the Government on the same lines as given to the Obi Obi and Mapleton selectors By so doing it is quite possible to get a new road with a grade of 1 in 10 instead of 1 in 4 to 1 in 6 as at present ruling.
THE CHRONICLE, FRIDAY JANUARY 21 1919
OTTO'S PINCH - OFFICIAL OPENING (DEVIATION)
On Saturday last a large number of settlers and residents of the Beerwah-Peachester neighbourhood assembled at the summit of Otto's Pinch to witness the official opening of the deviation by the Chairman and Councillors of the Landsborough Shire.
Councillor Gay (chairman) called on Mrs. Walter Walker, wife of the chairman of Peachester Progress Association, to remove the then only obstruction across the entrance to the deviation, viz., a ribbon. This was easily accomplished and Cr. Gay declared the deviation "open for traffic."
Otto's Pinch is the gateway between Beerwah and Peachester. It is distant about 6 miles from Beerwah station, on the western side of the line, and the road leading to it from Beerwah is very little different to the general run of bush roads, having been made more or less by traffic. In places the full chain width is utilised, but in others where the shire's gang have been working, a much improved piece of road is noticeable. Some good work is being done on this road, but the deviation which has just been completed by the contractors, Messrs. R Blair and W.A. Grigor, is very creditable. The length of the deviation is about 1 mile, and the steepest gradient is about 1 in 7. The work was undertaken last September under the supervision of Mr. Harding Few, engineer, at a cost of £475/8/6.
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To commemorate the event the Peachester Progress Association invited the councillors to a luncheon in the School of Arts, where two tables, each about 30 feet in length, were nicely decorated by a goodly supply of dainty eatables etc., supervised and attend to by the wives and lady friends of the members of the Progress Association. About 100 ladies and gents, sat down to partake of the good things, after which Mr. W. Walker, chairman of the Peachester Progress Association, proposed the toast of "the King." He then proposed the toast of "The Shire Council," supported by Mr. O'Brien.
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Cr. Gay proposed the "Peachester Progress Association." He did not always look upon progress associations with favour, but he considered that the present association had done good work. ...... ...... ...... ......To Mrs. Otto was due the credit of having given free of charge the necessary land for the completion of the deviation: he thought that a good example to others. ...... ...... ...... ......
Mr. Walker thanked the councillor for his kind remarks. It was now 18 months since the association was formed. The matter of the deviation was their first effort, and he was pleased that it was such a great success. On behalf of the association he thanked the Council for their assistance, and Mrs. Otto for her donation.
Report to Landsborough Council by Harding Frew BE, Engineer in Charge reported in The Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser
24 January 1919 - original excerpt.
Notice in Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld: 1903-1922) Friday 23 May 1919, page 5
PERSONAL
Mrs. Otto (aged 76), the well-known resident of Otto's Pinch on the way from Beerwah to Peachester, was found dead in a railway carriage at Central Station at 7.30 pm on Monday. The deceased had been suffering from internal injuries and was being treated in Brisbane. Death occurred between Northgate Junction and Brunswick Street, as she was alive when the train left Northgate Junction. It is hard lines that as soon after the notorious Pinch has been made comfortably trafficable, one who was handicapped by it for so many years should have to pass away.
Queensland International Exhibition 1897
On 5th May 1897 the Queensland International Exhibition opened in Brisbane. This, the seventh international exhibition to be held in Australia was Queensland's contribution to the great series of World Expos that followed London's famous Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition also marked Queensland's recovery from a disastrous depression of the early 1890's proclaiming to the world that Queensland was now on a steady path of progress.
Its more recent successor was World Expo '88. (1988)
Auguste Ernestine received the Certificate of Merit (opposite) for Ginned Cotton.
(A cotton gin - "cotton engine" - is a machine that separates cotton fibres from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.)
Selection of land in Peachester
Selection No 553 Portion 36v (Parish of Bribie)
Gottlob Friedrich owned another lot close by (Portion 36v Agricultural Farm 553) and in November 1893 he received official "Proof of Fulfilment of Conditions on Selection" following an inspection by the Bailiff of Crown Lands. The document contained a declaration that the Selector "continuously and bona fide resided on the selection". He was issued a Deed of Grant for this Portion on 26 Oct 1894. Deed of Grant Portion 36V
On 22 Feb 1918 Portion 36V was transferred to Gottlob's son, Ernest Bruno. The amount paid by Bruno is unknown. Certificate of Title Portion 36V
According to a story by Brent Otto (son of Hugo Ernest), Friedrich & Auguste retired to Brisbane in about 1910/1912, building a home at the "Newmarket turnoff on the corner of the main road to the general hospital". However, according to Electoral Roll records, Auguste was at Peachester until she died in 1919 and Friedrich was at Peachester until at least 1922. In 1925 his address was Cross Street, Red Hill, which fits with the location described above.
Peachester Road - new road from Beerwah to Peachester
Blackall Range
Peachester
Daily Mail (Brisbane Qld) Tuesday 19 August 1924
The Main Roads Board surveyors are taking the level of a new road from Beerwah to Peachester. They anticipate a 1 in 20 grade at the steepest point. This road will be a great acquisition.
Bill Burgess grading road near Otto's Pinch 1935
Peachester Main Road
Beerwah Section commenced
Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser
Friday 8 February 1929
The contractor (Mr. A. Grayson, Nundah) for the Beerwah section of the Beerwah-Peachester main road has commenced operations. Only 10 to 12 men are employed at present, but it is thought more will be engaged upon the opening of the quarry and plant. Several applicants for employment arrived at Beerwah on Wednesday morning, but were unsuccessful.
