Johann Anton Subritzky

NZ BDMS DEATHS - 1912/1950 Subritzky Johannes Anton 82Y

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Maldon proclaimed a municipality 1858

John Anton elected as one of 7 councillors for the town Wagener family first meets Subritzky family, in Maldon 1858

Weckert family arrives in Adelaide on the 'Sophia'1858

1859 Joseph Matthews of Kaitaia ordained as a minister Subritzky family hears of the upcoming sale of land in NZ, particularly Kawau Island, nth of Auckland. Some of the family go to Sydney to arrange passage to NZ. John Anton and his family remained in Maldon late 1859,

Jan 1860 Ludolph and Heinrich sail from Sydney to Auckland on the steamship 'Prince Alfred'

Feb 1860 Ludolph and Heinrich charter the 'Dolphin' to travel north and inspect Kawau Island. The brothers continue north and inspect land in the Awanui region, north of Mangonui, plus the 'Ohore' land at what is now Houhora

Governor George Grey beat them to the purchase of Kawau, so they proceeded with the northern purchases

Apr 1860 to Jun 1861

Subritzky homestead built at the heads of Houhora Harbour, with Mt. Camel overlooking. At this time Sophie, Maria and the children remained in Sydney.

Edward Ferdinand Wagener marries Louisa Spanhake in Maldon

Aug 1861 early 1862 Ludolph takes passage to Sydney on a whaling ship.

Feb 1862 Ludolph chartered the 'Montezuma' and took his family back to NZ, with the exception of Old Sophie who remained in Sydney Frederick Edward Augustus (Edward) 1 Wagener born at Maldon Jun 1862

Louis Gustavus Henry Wagener 2 born at Maldon 1864 Frederick Henry Ferdinand (Fred) 3 Wagener born at Maldon Jun 1865 Herbert Walter Subritzky born to John Anton and Betsy Sep 1866

Louis Gustavus Henry Wagener 2 dies at Maldon 1868

John Anton sells up the family interests in Maldon Apr 1868 John Anton sails to New Zealand on the 'Prince Alfred' with his family and joins his clan in Houhora Eleanor Sophia Doris (Lena) Wagener 4 born at Maldon May 1868

Louisa Maria Henrietta (Weza) Wagener 5 born at Maldon Nov 1878

In early 1880's The first 'Dallie' families came to the Far North to dig gum. These were known as 'Austrians' but came from what we now know as Croatia and Serbia Doris Elise Wagener 6 born at Maldon Feb 1882

Edward Wagener 1 leaves Maldon due to poor work prospects 1883 Edward travels to New Zealand and works in Auckland

Jan 1884 Joseph Matthews performed the ceremony at Kaitaia Edward marries Louisa Bertha Leyland, widowed daughter of Ludolph Subritzky, in Kaitaia. In doing so he accepts her son Edward Ludolf (Lu) Leyland.

Elsie Augusta Maria Wagener 7 born at Maldon Mar 1884

Jul 1884 Ludolph Subritzky (Louisa's father) dies and is buried on Mt. Camel

Sep 1884 Frederick Ferdinand (Fred) Wagener born in Auckland

Jan 1886 Harold Bernard (Hally) Wagener born in Auckland John Henry Benjamin Wagener 8 born in Maldon Jul 1886

Edward Wagener 1 settles back in Maldon where he gets a job managing the gas works 1887 Edward returns to Australia, taking his young family with him, and a pregnant wife, plus stepson Lu Leyland

May 1887 St. Saviour's Church at Kaitaia consecrated Albert Ulysses (Bert) Wagener born at Maldon Oct 1887

1887 Thomas family moves from Auckland to Herekino on the coastal vessel 'Oreti', including 2 yr old Lillian

Jul 1891 Thomas family moves from Herekino to Pukenui, on the Houhora Harbour. Harold Tahana Thomas born a few days later, in a tent, with a Maori midwife Percy Melville Wagener born at Maldon Oct 1891

Maud Winifred Wagener born in Gippsland, VIC Feb 1890

Wilfred Ernest Wagener born at Maldon Aug 1893

1895 First school opens in Houhora

1895 Rev Joseph Matthews dies at Kaitaia at the age of 87

At the insistence of his wife Edward Wagener 1 leaves comfortable Maldon for NZ once again 1897 In NZ they buy the Subritzky homestead, largely to keep it in the family. In Houhora Edward worked as a blacksmith, and dug gum

Nov 1897 Ludolph's wife Maria Subritzky dies and is buried on Mt. Camel (Louisa's mother)

Death of Louisa Wagener (née Spanhake), wife of the original Wagener, in Maldon Dec 1899

Doris Wagener 6 marries Christopher Roberts in Victoria 1900

Abt 1900 Kauri Gum became in demand and gumdiggers moved north by the thousands to toil in the swamps. Most of this activity was around Dargaville, at the head of the Kaipara Harbour, and on the Aupouri Peninsula, north of Kaitaia.

Feb 1900 John Anton's wife Betsy Subritzky dies in Awanui

1901 Waiharara School opened in Kaimaumau Rd

Nov 1902 The vessel 'Elingamite' strikes the Three Kings Islands in fog and sinks; one lifeboat reaches Houhora with 57 survivors.

1903 Houhora Hotel, 'last pub north', is opened

John Henry Benjamin Wagener 8 joins the Victorian Police force, giving his previous occupation as Blacksmith Mar 1908

Death of Edward Ferdinand Wagener, in Maldon Sep 1908

Aug 1910 Bert Wagener marries Lillian Thomas at Pukenui

1911Ngataki School opened

Oct 1912 John Anton Subritzky dies in Auckland

World wide influenza epidemic hits Australia in 1918 and New Zealand particularly badly.

Aug 1935 Edward's wife Louisa Wagener dies and is buried on Mt. Camel

Jul 1944 Edward Wagener dies and is buried on Mt. Camel

1949 Waiharara School moved to present site beside main highway

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(Research):1843 'St. Pauli' arrives in Nelson, with German immigrants, including Subritzky, Spanhake and Körber families, among others

Conflict with the Maoris over land, and the non-allocation of pre-paid land by their agent disheartens many of the Germans Sept.1844 'Skiold' arrives in Nelson with second lot of Germans More Maori troubles. Some settlers leave for Australia.

After a futile final attempt to get the land owed to them, the Subritzkys, Spanhakes and Körbers leave for Adelaide and the flourishing German colonies there.

'Palmyra' arrives in Adelaide after a passage of 29 days August 1845 'Palmyra' leaves Nelson for Adelaide on 23 August 1845 The three families probably settled in Klemzig, a German settlement close to the north of Adelaide. There is no record of them at the alternate Hahndorf settlement.

Ludolf Subritzky marries Maria Westphal, the oldest of three girls who had travelled from Nelson with them. Late 1845 The Spanhakes have a son (William Henry) Sept.1846 Ludolf and Maria Subritzky's first child (Marien) is born and dies Oct.1846 Ludolf and Maria Subritzky's second child (August Henry) is born and dies July 1848 Doris Spanhake dies in childbirth at the Barossa valley. 1849 John Anton Subritzky marries Betsy Hoare in Adelaide 1850 First commercial interest in Kauri Gum in the Far North of NZ. Trial shipments to the UK and USA Gold discovered in Victoria near Ballarat, by one Thomas Hiscock 1851 John Anton and Betsy's first child (Sophia Doris) born May 1851 John Anton completes his butchers apprenticeship 1851

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