Carl Fredrick Maul

Carl and his wife Wilhelmine (and their 2 children Frederick Alfred Otto & Wilhelmine Frederica) arrived in Wellington from Germany onboard the 'Guttenberg' in 1876. Making the final part of their journey from Foxton to Palmerston North by way of the wooden tramline to join the early settlers of the Manawatu district. Carl (Fritz) Maul became one of the first 361 property owners to pay Palmerston North's rates when they were levied in 1878.

Maggie McEwen also joined the Maul family at the age of 6, after the death of her mother, and was formally adopted by Wilhelmine snr in January 1885.

(taken from John Hamilton)