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From: "Beverly Markham" <>
Subject: Re: A Deserving Class of People
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 07:22:57 -0000


Dear Debbie and all, Is this book 'A Deserving Class of People" still
available? If so, how does one get a copy of it? What other information
does it contain?
anxious to hear, Beverly.
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Howse <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 5:14 AM
Subject: A Deserving Class of People

>Hi Belinda and all,
>>From the book A Deserving Class of People Toowoomba's German Heritage
1855-
>1885"
>At a meeting held in 1884 to try to gain support for an English- German
>school so that the children would be able to speak German and converse with
>immigrants -"Mr E Busch offered a prayer after which Rev. T. Langebecker
>dismissed the meeting with the benediction."
>There were more mentions of the name Hartmann but not Harmann wonder if it
>is the same.
>Carl Hartmann mentioned in 1871 as a member of the agricultural society and
>a grape grower.Carl a botanist and nurseryman from Leipzig.
>August Hartmann mentioned 1879 in a list of Middle Ridge Residents asking
>for the area to be made a shire. Believed to be an almost complete list of
>eligible residents.
>Henry Geitz is mentioned in 1879 so is not the one you are interested in
>Belinda.
>Also mentions the name Reichel. I am interested in a Sophia Eichel and
have
>been unable to find shipping records for her . Could the name Reichel be
>mispelt Eichel?
>Debbie in Caboolture , Qld

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