Milde, August Wilhelm

Descendants of :

August Wilhelm MILDE

Generation 1

1. August Wilhelm MILDE was born 13 Jan 1799 in Hamburg and died 13 Aug 1884 in Tanunda, SA. He married Catherina Elisabeth STEFFENS. She was born 03 Mar 1807 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and died 22 Nov 1896 in Hd Julia, SA.

Other events in the life of August Wilhelm MILDE
Residence: BET 1837 & 1840, Kangaroo Island
Immigration: 16 Oct 1837, Solway

Children of August Wilhelm MILDE and Catherina Elisabeth STEFFENS:
i. 2. Elise Charlotte Wilhelme MILDE was born 13 Mar 1837 in at sea, Solway and died 26 Apr 1919 in Tanunda, SA
ii. Emma Karoline MILDE was born 10 Sep 1838 and died 07 Apr 1839 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
iii. 3. August Wilhelm MILDE was born 25 Dec 1839 in Adelaide, SA and died 23 Apr 1896 in Milendella, SA

Generation 2

2. Elise Charlotte Wilhelme MILDE was born 13 Mar 1837 in at sea, Solway and died 26 Apr 1919 in Tanunda, SA. She married August Friedrich Christian GEYER 29 Oct 1857 in Langmeil, SA. He was born 06 Jun 1835 in Lautenthal-am-Harz, Hanover, Germany and died 18 Apr 1908 in Tanunda, SA.

Other events in the life of Elise Charlotte Wilhelme MILDE
Residence: BET 1837 & 1840, Kangaroo Island
Immigration: 16 Oct 1837, Solway

Children of Elise Charlotte Wilhelme MILDE and August Friedrich Christian GEYER:
i. 4. Augusta Wilhelminie Emilie (Emilie) GEYER was born 31 Jul 1859 in Grunberg, SA and died 21 Feb 1948 in Welland, SA
ii. Emmanuel Joseph August GEYER was born 14 Jan 1861 in Gnadenfrei, SA and died 16 Mar 1862 nr Tanunda, SA
iii. Ernst Christian Johannas GEYER was born 06 Dec 1862 in Rosenthal, SA
iv. 5. August Philippe Wilhelm GEYER was born 23 Feb 1867 in Rosenthal, SA and died 11 Nov 1942 in Tanunda, SA
v. 6. Elise Dorothea Wilhelmina GEYER was born 16 Dec 1868 in Rosenthal, SA and died 1919 in Dimboola, Victoria
vi. Emma Rosalia Martha GEYER was born 01 Sep 1870 in Rosenthal, SA and died 13 Dec 1939 in Tanunda, SA
vii. Theodor Julius Samuel GEYER was born 28 Mar 1873 in Rosenthal, SA

3. August Wilhelm MILDE was born 25 Dec 1839 in Adelaide, SA and died 23 Apr 1896 in Milendella, SA. He married Johanna Louise FISCHER 21 Nov 1867 in Gnadenberg, SA. She was born ABT 1848 and died 26 Jan 1921 in Mannum, SA.

Generation 3

4. Augusta Wilhelminie Emilie (Emilie) GEYER was born 31 Jul 1859 in Grunberg, SA and died 21 Feb 1948 in Welland, SA. She married Otto Gustav Hermann HUBNER 31 Jul 1879 in Langmeil, SA. He was born 20 Mar 1854 in Adelaide, SA and died 20 Oct 1930 in Welland, SA.

5. August Philippe Wilhelm GEYER was born 23 Feb 1867 in Rosenthal, SA and died 11 Nov 1942 in Tanunda, SA. He married Maria Martha HOFFMANN 21 Sep 1899 in Bethanien, SA. She was born 02 Jul 1867 in Siegersdorf, SA and died 04 Nov 1951 in Tanunda, SA.

6. Elise Dorothea Wilhelmina GEYER was born 16 Dec 1868 in Rosenthal, SA and died 1919 in Dimboola, Victoria. She married Max Leopold WENTZEL 14 Jan 1892 in Langmeil, SA. He was born ABT 1871.

Last updated : 22 January 2023

About MILDE, Elise Charlotte Wilhelme

Obituary.

Mrs. E. C. W. Geyer, who recently died at the residence of her son, Mr. T. Geyer, Tanunda, at the age of 82 years, arrived in South Australia 81½ years ago. She left Hamburg on June 2, 1837 with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs Milde, in the sailing vessel Solway, under the command of Captain Pearson. On October 16, 1837 they landed on Kangaroo Island, where they lived for about 2½ years Mr. Milde having signed on with the South Australian Company. They moved to Currie-street, Adelaide, where Mr. Milde carried on a business as baker and confectioner. The prices in those days differed immensely from those of to-day. Flour was £10 per bag, butter 5/ a lb., and eggs 9/ per dozen. Adelaide consisted of a few huts. The streets were quagmires, with huge stumps projecting at intervals. The family proceeded to Tanunda, and settled down there. Mr. Milde assisted the late Captain Cook in surveying the country around Kapunda and Bagot's Well. While thus engaged the lives of the settlers were greatly endangered by a large bushfire that swept the country for weeks, owing to the thick scrub that then existed. After a fierce struggle, they escaped, although much anxiety was felt concerning their fate. The journey to Adelaide, a distance of 40 miles, was done on foot, as there was no other means of transportation. Mr. Julius Milde, a brother of Mrs. Geyer, was the celebrated artist who painted the window above the main entrance of the Cologne Cathedral. This work was presented to the cathedral by the late Empress Frederick, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. In 1857 Mrs. Geyer married Mr. A. Geyer, a private teacher for 46 years, who died 11 years ago. Mrs. Geyer, since the death of her husband, had lived with her youngest son. She leaves two sons, Mr. A. Geyer, and Mr. T. Geyer, Tanunda, and four daughters, Mrs. E. Hubner, Frederick-street, Welland; Mrs. C. Tremel, Tanunda; Mrs. E. Wentzel, Dimboola; Miss E. Geyer, Tanunda. There is an adopted daughter, Mrs. R. Kleeman, of New York. There are 12 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Two sons died some time ago.

When The State Was Young

FEW South Australians can claim a closer connection with the pioneering days of the State than Mrs. E. A. Hubner, of Frederick street, Welland.

"My maternal grandparents arrived at Kangaroo Island in 1837," Mrs. Hubner told me, "and they lived there for more than two years before coming to the main land. Grandfather, who was a confectioner, came out at the invi tation of the South Australian Company." Mrs. Hubner's paternal grandparents arrived in 1840.

Mrs. Hubner, now in her 78th year, was born at Grunberg, near Angaston, where her father was a schoolmaster. Soon afterwards the family moved to Rosenthal, and it was here that Mrs. Hubner attended her father's school. "There were eight children and my father taught us all. In those days there was plenty of work for children. In addition to school tasks. We helped with bread baking and butter making, too, and sewing always seemed to be a pressing item in our household. I remember when my father bought the first sewing machine that was sold in the district, and how our friends envied this wonderful saving in time."

Even in this busy home Mrs. Hubner always found time for reading. "I have been fond of books ever since I was a small child, and even now I often read until one o'clock in the morning," she confessed.

When her father went to Tanunda Mrs. Hubner helped in his school and taught the junior classes.

A few years later, when she married, Mrs. Hubner went to live at Carlsruhe, near Waterloo, where her husband was In charge of the Christian Day School Here, too. she helped with the teaching.

"My grandfather Milde and a Mr Cook surveyed the Kapunda district, said Mrs. Hubner, "and I remember hearing how they were caught in a bushfire, and all hopes of seeing them alive were given up. However they rode back through the smouldering scrub unharmed. Grandfather, too, was a teacher in the early days of the colony."

Mrs. Hubner comes of an artistic and musical family. Indicating a picture in her room of Cologne Cathedral, she spoke of the beautiful stained glass window by Milde, her grandfather's brother which he executed to the order of the Empress of Germany, who presented it to Cologne.

"Music was a great comfort to the early colonists," said Mrs. Hubner. "For people living in country districts there were very few pleasures outside their own homes. We all learned to play and sing, and entertained ourselves this way. A brother of mine gave promise of being a successful composer, but he died before he could prove it."

Mrs. Hubner takes an active part in the work of the Guild of the Flinders street Lutheran Church. One of her prized possessions is the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz presented to her by the German Government for relief work which she organised in Adelaide after the war.