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Christian Schintler
German
Immigrant of the 1850's who came to Australia to mine gold and
ended up settling in Adelong, NSW
Christian Schintler departed from Bremen
Germany on 5 June 1851 on board the barque "Herder" and
arrived in Australia on 21 September 1851 at Adelaide SA. Also on
board this ship was Sophie Beegling's brother and his family.
SCHINTLER, CHRISTIAN - Obituary from Tumut & Adelong Times 28
July 1905
The late Mr Schintler was native of Hanover (Germany), and sailed
for Australia in 1850. On landing at Adelaide he went into
farming pursuits , but soon gave such up when the gold fever
began to rage.. In 1852 he did very well at Bendigo, and then
returned to South Australia, where he married Miss Sophie
Beegling, sister to mr W Beegling of Goulbourn, and to Mrs H
Farrington of Adelong. The Ovens, Beechworth and Yackandandah
fields were afterwards visited by him and a fair amount of gold
gathered. Adelong was reached in 1858, and with the exception of
two years spent in alluvial digging at Tumbarumba, NSW, the
deceased has resided in Adelong the whole time since.
By his steady habits and untiring energetic thrift he secured a
nice portion of land within a mile of the town, and erected a
stone residence thereon. The deceased was a man of unassuming
manners, quiet, affable and courteous. During the early years of
his life he took an active interest in all matters having for
their aim the good and welfare of the district, and he was very
beneficient in charity. Deceased and his good wife reared a
family of 13 children, four of whom predeceased their father. The
surviving members of the family are - Charles (who lost his
eyesight from an explosion in the Great Victoria Mine), Harry,
Alfred Ernest, Mrs C Capel, Mrs James Elphick, Mrs J Dark
(Campbelltown), Mrs John Burns, Mrs Chicaro (Sydney) and Mrs W
Davis (Dapto). The funeral took place on Friday afternoon and was
largely attended. The coffin embelished with black and gold, was
covered with beautiful wreaths, tokens of sympathy from many
friends. The Reverend C Newton Moll read the burial service at
the grave. Mr James Elphick was the undertaker, and the funeral
arrangements were carried out in an excellent manner.
Christian was naturalized on 11 December 1869.
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