GADE, Johanne Eleonore

1842 - 1930  (88 years)

• Name	GADE, Johanne Eleonore
  Born	6 Jan 1842	Berlin, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Unique Id	7AF2A69F0F524802B4D40DE92A289D1DE6CF
  Died	20 Aug 1930	Maitland, South Australia, Australia
  Person ID	I1016	Tree One
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	GADE, Christian,   b. 1797,   d. 17 Aug 1879, Willowie, South Australia, Australia  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	NEE, Firstname
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SCHIRMER, Johann Gottlieb
  Children	+ 1. SCHIRMER, Pauline Amailia   2. SCHIRMER, Secondchild   3. SCHIRMER, Thirdchild   4. SCHIRMER, Fourthchild   5. SCHIRMER, Fifthchild   6. SCHIRMER, Sixthchild   7. SCHIRMER, Seventhchild   8. SCHIRMER, Eightchild   9. SCHIRMER, Ninthchild
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2007
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	HAMDORF, Ernst Wilhelm,   b. 1837,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	14 Jul 1859	Bethanian, South Australia, Australia   [1]
  	Anglican Church Bethanian SA
  Children	1. HAMDORF, Anna Louise,   b. 9 Jun 1860, Langmeil, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 28 May 1864, Greenock, South Australia, Australia  (Age 3 years) + 2. HAMDORF, Wilhelm August,   b. 6 Nov 1861, Langmeil, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 25 May 1941  (Age 79 years)   3. HAMDORFF, Johann Heirich,   b. 2 Oct 1863, Greenock, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 1 May 1865, Greenock, South Australia, Australia  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Jan 1842 - Berlin, Germany Married - 14 Jul 1859 - Bethanian, South Australia, Australia Died - 20 Aug 1930 - Maitland, South Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  The GADE Story as related to Edward (Ted) George GADE (10.10.1943) by letter 30th July 2007

  
  

• Notes

  In a letter from Lean O’LOUGHLIN (nee HAMDORF) to John EAMER on 08.10.2005, Lena gives anecdotal account of what she knew of the life of Johanne Eleonore GADE’s life, at the time of writing. In her letter Lena relates that Johanne, her Great-Grandmother, was known in her household in Port Pirie, where Lena was born, literally as "Grannie Schirmer – Mrs Hamdorf”. Lena was only 8yrs old when her Great-Grandmother died in 1930, and from that time until 1945, when her father died, Lena was fortunate to hear her father speak often about his Grandmother, ‘Grannie Schirmer – Mrs Hamdorf”. Lena was always perplexed as to why her Great-Grandmother was called ‘Grannie Schirmer – Mrs Hamdorf”. Her father later explained to her that ‘Grannie’ had gone off with a Johann SCHIRMER and her husband, Ernst Wilhelm HAMDORF then went abroad to Samoa, where he lived for 47 years. Before separating, Johanne and Ernst had three children, the eldest and youngest dying before reaching 5yrs of age. The middle child was Lena’s Grandfather who was brought up by his grandparents (Hamdorf side) as ‘Grannie Schirmer – Mrs Hamdorf” made a new life with Johann SCHIRMER. Lena tells the story that ‘Grannie Schirmer – Mrs Hamdorf” and Johann SCHIRMER produced a further nine ‘Schirmer children’ from a de facto relationship, none of which where registered with BDM Office of SA. Again from anecdotal stories, the couple actually raised a 10th child, Wilfred Sydney SCHIRMER, the child of their eldest and unmarried daughter, Pauline Amalia SCHIRMER. Apparently Wilfred (Wilf) was very close to Lena’s father, as they had been brought up as Uncle and Nephew, where the Uncle was the younger of the two, although the actual relationship was that of half-cousin. Lena’s also remembers her father relating the story of how his Grand-father, the banished Ernst Wilhelm HAMDORF, returned from Samoa after nearly 50yrs to tack down his only surviving son, Lena’s father’s father, and just turned up one day at the doorstep. Nobody believed him at first until it was apparent he knew all about the times prior to him leaving for Samoa, 47 yrs previously. A copy of Lena’s letter can be found under the files section of the GADE Clan web site

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Digger - SA Marriages, McBeath Geanological Services Pty Ltd, (South Australian Genealogical and Hearaldry Society Inc [SAGHS] 1998), dist ANG b39/p288 (Reliability: 3).