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In the footsteps of Otto Sielaff -Hamburg Emigrant

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January 3rd 2017
Geo: 53.5534, 9.9922An amazing day, treading in the footsteps of my great-grandfather.Otto Rudolph Carl Sielaff was born in about 1855 in Lauenberg, in what was then Prussia. We know that he came to Queensland, arriving in Maryborough (or Brisbane) on 25 June 1889, on the Merkara ship. He married Hannah Blass (1876-1939) at Laidley in 1898, and lived around the Darling Downs (Gatton, Clifton ... read more

Europe » Germany » Hamburg

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As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more