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Mariane Bentzen and the
Appeldorff Family
Mariane BENTZEN, along with Jacob and Hans APPELDORFF, and their families,
all arrived in Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia on the ship "EUGENIE"
in March 1872. They were all Danish. Mariane was to later marry Jacob and
Hans’s younger brother Carl APPELDORFF.
Mariane Bentine BENTZEN
Marianne Bentine BENTZEN arrived in Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia
aboard the ship "EUGENIE", March 1872. She was a single, female,
general servant, aged 25 yrs, Protestant (Lutheran) and could read and
write. Her last residence was Skodsborg, Kobenhavn, Denmark, where she
worked as a servant. On arrival in Hobart, Marianne was contracted to work
for Mrs. Forgusen for 3 months.
Mariane was the 5th of six children and was born in 1846, Søllerød,
Kobenhavn. Denmark. Mariane's parents Ole BENDTSEN and Karen RASMUSDATTER
were married in Trintatis, Kobenhavn in 1840. Ole was a paper courier at
the nearby paper mill.
Ulricke Abeline BENTSEN APPELDORFF was supposedly born July 1871 in
Kobenhavn. No birth certificate has been found and no record of her
leaving Denmark or arriving in Australia has been found.
Mariane Bentine BENTSEN, 27, Spinster, married Carl APPELDORFF, 30,
Laborer, in Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia in 1874, according to the
rites and ceremonies of the Congregational Church, in the presence of
Niels Peter and Johanne NIELSEN, (who had also traveled to Tasmania on the
"EUGENIE".) Carl may have left Denmark in late November 1870, his
ship left Gravesend, England, December 1870 and he arrived in Wellington,
New Zealand in March 1871. His brothers Jacob and Hans APPELDORFF, with
their families, arrived in Tasmania aboard the "EUGENIE" in March
1872.
Mariane and Carl moved to New Zealand, where their next two children were
born, Matilda in Christchurch 1875 and Mary in Wellington 1877. Carl's
brother Jacob, with his family, moved to New Zealand as well. They all
moved back to Tasmania in 1878, after their brother Hans wrote and told
them that cheap land was available at 5 shillings an acre. The APPELDORFFS
settled in Sorell Creek, (later named Bismarck in the mid 1880's and
renamed Collinsvale in 1915) just out of Hobart, and two more children,
Ulrick, 1878 and Martha, 1882, were born here. Jacob and Hans had 100
acres and Carl 60 acres, all next to each other. Carl and Mariane moved in
with Hans, before eventually moving to Launceston in the north of the
state, where they settled. The remaining children were, Florence, born in
1884 in Goulds County and Grace in 1887 in Exton. Carl worked as a
laborer, but would probably have had carpentry and cabinet making skills
like his brothers. Mariane and Carl's daughters all worked as Tailors.
Their son Ulrick worked in mining industry in the north before moving back
south to Hobart.
Mariane died in Launceston in 1921, her residence was 8 Frederick St
Launceston. Widow, Children: 1 living male and 3 living females. 3
deceased females. No death record has been found for Carl APPELDORFF.
Appeldorff Family
The APPELDORFF family had lived in Randers,
Denmark since 1843. Their father Ulric was a blacksmith and unexamined
veterinarian, who moved from Svendborg on the island of Odense, Denmark to
Ålsoe, Randers in 1843. Jacob and Hans were born in Svendborg, Denmark;
Carl was born in Ålsoe, Randers, Denmark. 2 other brothers had died in
childhood. After their mother, Maren LARSDATTER, died in 1849, Ulric
remarried in 1853, and had another 5 children. In 1856 Ulric moved to
Grenaa, Randers and worked as an unexamined veterinarian. Jacob and Hans
both did compulsory Military Service. Hans returned from his in 1862.
In 1869 another veterinarian arrived and moved into the same street as
Ulric. After having libels written about himself in the local paper by the
other veterinarian, Ulric moved to a nearby town of Kolindbro in 1871.
About this time Jacob and Hans decided to migrate to Tasmania. In 1870 the
Tasmanian Government had sent an Agent to Denmark and Germany to recruit
new immigrants by contract work. On 24 May 1871 the brothers Jacob and
Hans APPELDORFF advertised in the Grenaa newspaper, that due to their
future departure, they will have a public auction on 3 June 1871 of their
households goods, brewery equipment, carpenter tools, animals, etc.
Jacob and Hans APPELDORFF arrived in Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia on
the "EUGENIE" in 1872. Jacob 39, with wife Karen 32, and children
Andrea 8, Karl 5, Marie 3 and Anna 1. Hans 32, wife Karen 28, children
Ulricke 4 and Marie 8 months. Jacob was a Farmer/Carpenter and Hans a
Farmer/Cabinet maker. They were Protestants and could read and write.
There last residence was Grenaa, Randers, Denmark.
They were contracted to work for two years, before they could work for
themselves. Jacob worked for a Mr. Cameron on the estate of "Lowestoft' at
Berriedale. Jacob and Karen had a son William in 1873 at Berriedale.
Jacobs’s brother Carl had told him how wonderful New Zealand was, so Jacob
and his family moved to NZ. A son Peter was born here in 1876. Hans later
wrote to Carl and Jacob in New Zealand about cheap land available, they
returned to Tasmania in 1878. The brothers all bought land in Sorell
Creek, (later named Bismarck in the 1880's and renamed Collinsvale in
1915.) Jacob and Karen had their last child Andrew in 1883. Karen died in
1891 and Jacob remarried. Jacob died in 1923 in Collinsvale.
Jacob's daughter Andrea Ulricka married Hans Peter Carl NIELSEN, who had
arrived in Tasmania with his family on the "EUGENIE". Anna married
Nicholas WESSING, whose parents and siblings had arrived on the "EUGENIE".
Hans had built a small house by the time Carl and Jacob arrived back in
Tasmania. They all lived with Hans until Jacob built his own house. Carl
later moved his family north to Launceston. The first house was just a
wooden slab dwelling with thick bark for the roof, with dirt floors and
mud plaster on the walls. The land that the brothers had bought was virgin
bush, so it had to be cleared before any cultivation. As they had no horse
and plough, the land was dug with mattock, picks, forks, etc. It was a
while before anyone in the district had a horse.
Hans and Karen had 3 more children. Charles in 1874, Emily in 1876 and
Albert in 1880. Hans died in Devonport, Tasmania in 1914. Karen had died
in 1901. Hans’s daughter Ulricke married Laurets Peter LARSEN, who had
arrived in Tasmania, with his family on the "EUGENIE".
Jacob’s, Hans’ and Carl’s descendants have know spread across Australia.
Jacobs’s granddaughter still lives in Collinsvale.
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