52 Ancestors Week 15 - How do you spell that?

BARTSCH OR BARTSH?

My maternal great-great grandmother, Anna Dorothea BARTSCH was reputedly born in 1855 on board the Danish ship "Acmel".  Her parents, two older sisters, grandparents, cousins and Uncles and Aunts were bound for Australia from Prussia. 

Another family researcher has claimed Anna was not born on the ship.  I have yet to look further into the claim.

The Bartsch/Bartsh family, Johann Heinrich (John Henry) and his wife Anna Dorothea nee NEBEL, settled in the Beechworth area of North East Victoria.

Anna's maternal grandparents, Georg NEBEL and Anna Dorothea nee SCHULTZ, settled in Westgarthtown (Thomastown) near Melbourne where there was a large Prussian community.

Anna Dorothea BARTSCH married Joseph HULME on the 16th of March 1865 at Beechworth. They went on to have ten children who all lived to adulthood.

Anna pre-deceased her husband by twelve years.  She passed away on the 5th of August 1908 at Oxley, Victoria.

 52 Ancestors Challenge 
  by Amy Johnson Crow at "No Story Too Small"

Tombstone Tuesday - Thomastown Lutheran Cemetery

Nebel, Georg, b. 2 Feb 1793, d. 2 Sep 1877, Und Seine Ehefrau, s/w Anna Dorothea Nebel,
Anna Dorothea, b. 18 Mar 1796, d. 29 Oct 1877, Selig Sind Die Todten Die in Dem Herrn Sterben, s/w Georg Nebel

Photos of the headstones in this post are courtesy of  Carol's Headstone Photos  

There is a list of cemeteries at which she has taken headstone photos.

Carol will very kindly email requested photos to you.

Carol also has a blog at http://carolsheadstonephotographs.blogspot.com.au/

My fourth great grandparents Georg Nebel and 

Anna Dorothea nee Shultz came to Australia with other family members in 1855 on board the Danish ship Acmel.

Many of those Prussian (German) settlers are buried at Thomastown (Westgarthtown) Lutheran Cemetery.

The photos below show the Nebel family plot.

Westgarthtown's Historical Legacy

A wonderful brief history of Westgarthtown

Whitehat.com.au has an interesting site about Thomastown (Westgarthtown) Lutheran Cemetery

A list of burials at the cemetery on interment.net website.