In 1854 Johann Friedrich Laube and Dorothea Elisabeth Laube (Teichert) were among 48 Prussian immigrants who arrived in South Australia amongst the 171 colonists who arrived aboard the Steinwaerder. They were helped by George Fife Angus, a director of the South Australian Company established to develop the new settlement in South Australia. He was a […]
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Chapter 11.4 – “The Scrapings of the Pot”
Howard Dangerfield had a varied employment history throughout his life as did most people of the time. Work was hard to get and so people would take any job that was available and so work was found on the land or in the mines at places such as Broken Hill and Kadina, or for Howard […]
Chapter 11.3 – “The Scrapings of the Pot”
In 1877 Joseph Dangerfield 2 married Margaret Thoday the daughter of my great-great grandparents, Henry and Maria Thoday. They had children, William Charles, Alice Maud (my grandmother), Joseph Henry (Harry), Elizabeth Lilian, Elijah, twins Mary and Martha who died in infancy, Ivy an adopted daughter and and finally came Howard, or as he humorously described […]
Chapter 11.2 – The Scrapings of the Pot
In 1877 Joseph Dangerfield 2 married Margaret Thoday the daughter of my great-great grandparents, Henry and Maria Thoday. They had children, William Charles, Alice Maud (my grandmother), Joseph Henry (Harry), Elizabeth Lilian, Elijah, twins Mary and Martha who died in infancy, Ivy an adopted daughter and and finally came Howard, or as he humorously described […]
Chapter 8 – The Truth Seeker
William Charles Dangerfield was the first member of the Dangerfield family to become a Christadelphian. He began to question the doctrines he had been taught in his youth as a member of the Methodist Church. It was this questioning that brought him into contact with the Christadelphian’s and through them he learned ‘the Truth’ of […]
Chapter 11.1 – The Scrapings of the Pot
In 1913 Howard married Charlotte Maud (Lottie) Offler, and they spent the next 50 years together and enjoyed a very happy marriage. On 25th May 1963, sadly, Howard’s beloved wife died and Howard was bereft!
Chapter 10 – The Minstrel Boy
My grandmother was born in Yacka, South Australia in 1879 and spent her early years traveling from place to place wherever her father Joseph Dangerfield could find work. They moved from Yacka
to Port Broughton, to Bookabie near Fowler’s Bay on the Great Australian Bight, then back to Port Broughton, to Carey’s Gully, to Kadina, to Broken Hill, to Koppio, then to a farm out from Murray Bridge and finally to Pinnaroo.
Chapter 9 – Pioneers of the Wilderness
On 7th Feb 1877, at the Wesleyan Church, Clare, South Australia, Joseph Dangerfied 2, my great-grandfather, married Margaret Thoday, second daughter of Henry and Maria Thoday who were my great-great grandparents. The Thoday family were a very artistic family and Margaret was a music teacher. The men were miners and farmers and several of the […]
Chapter 9 – Pioneers of the Wilderness
On 7th Feb 1877, at the Wesleyan Church, Clare, South Australia, Joseph Dangerfied 2, my great-grandfather, married Margaret Thoday, second daughter of Henry and Maria Thoday who were my great-great grandparents. The Thoday family were a very artistic family and Margaret was a music teacher. The men were miners and farmers and several of the […]
20160128 – Thursday – All about Olive and German Charlie
After breakfast this morning I drove to the beach and walked along the foreshore for some exercise and then sat on a bench and thought peaceful thoughts for a while. The sea is absolutely essential to my daily life. It is a lovely day, much cooler than yesterday and the sea is a little bit […]