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About Wilhelm Gustav Adolph
Wilhelm Gustave Adolph was born in Sommerfeldt, Prussia, now known as Lubso, Poland. He was shown on his naturalisation papers as a "Journeyman cloth weaver" He was the eldest child, and went under the name of 'Gustavus'. The Adolph family sailed to Cape Town, South Africa, from Hamburg in 1860 on board the SS San Francisco. In 1865 the family sailed to Auckland, New Zealand, on board the SS Eveline from Cape Town, arriving on 22 January 1865 and settling in Patumahoe along with Wilhelm's brother Heinrich and sister-in-law Emma. The infamous New Zealand Company targeted Cape Town residents to settle lands confiscated from Maori during the New Zealand Wars. English migrants received 10 acres per adult male, Cape migrants got 5. Often settlers had been at Cape Town for only 5 years and were called "Cape Pigeons" after Cape birds.
By the death of Mr Gustave Adolph, who passed away at the residence of his daughter, Mrs A. [Paulina] Hartman, of Waiuku, on Saturday last, at the ripe age of 89 years. the district has suffered the loss of one of its oldest residents. The deceased was burn in Sommerfeldt, Germany, and came to New Zealand in 1864, in the sailing ship Evelyn, and has therefore been resident in the Dominion for 51 years. He first settled at Patumahoe, where he followed his vocation as farmer, but on the death of his wife 15 years ago, he came to Waiuku and lived with his daughter, until after an illness lasting nine months, which, happily, was not a painful one, death closed the chapter of his life. The funeral took place on Monday in St. Bride's Church cemetery, Mauku, the Rev. Barr, Presbyterian minister, conducting the service. It may be mentioned that although the late Mr Adolph was not actually engaged in the Maori war, he, in common with the male community generally, had to go armed to work, and the women folk had to remain at Onehunga, or some other protected settlement. Deceased leaves a grown up family of three sons and three daughters. General sympathy is expressed for the bereaved relatives. (Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 41, 28 May 1915, Page 1)
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- Residence: Between 1880 and 1881 - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Wilhelm Gustav Adolph's Timeline
| 1827 |
September 30, 1827
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Sommerfeld, Krossen, Brandenburg, Germany [fka Prussia]
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| 1847 |
May 13, 1847
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| 1851 |
January 29, 1851
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Sommerfeld [Prussia], now Lubsko [Poland], Poland
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| 1853 |
April 30, 1853
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Sommerfeld, Krossen, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
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| 1855 |
July 21, 1855
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Prussia, Germany
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| 1857 |
July 28, 1857
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Sommerfeld [Prussia], now Lubsko [Poland], Poland
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| 1859 |
August 24, 1859
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Sommerfeld, Krossen, Brandenburg, Germany [fka Prussia]
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| 1861 |
August 28, 1861
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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| 1864 |
1864
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Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
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