Friedrich Bierwierth and Caroline Kiene

Known Child of Friedrich and Caroline
Julius - born 2nd March 1819 in Northeim Germany - died 2nd January 1853 in Mittleschulenberg Germany

Johann August Friedrich Knorr and Elizabeth Christiane Augustine Geyer

Child of Johann and Elizabeth
Antoinette Louise Auguste Henriette Knorr - born during 1825 in Germany - died 16th October 1860 in Adelaide Australia

Friedrich and Caroline's son Julius Bierwierth and Antoinette Louise Auguste Henriette Knorr
Married during 1844 in Zellerfeld Germany

Notes for Julius Bierwierth
Julius Bierwierth was born on the 2nd March 1819 in Northeim Germany
He died on the 2nd January 1853 in Mittleschulenberg Germany
Julius had been a supervisor of the forestry department

Notes for Antoinette Louise Auguste Henriette Knorr
(1) - Recorded in the Official Emigration Lists from the Harz as:
------------5. BIERWIERTH, Louise, nee Knorr (widow)
------------Age 32
------------Residence - Zellerfeld
------------Children - Otto age 13 - Bertha age 10 - Hubert age 8 - Wilhelm age 3
------------From Zellerfeld
------------Ship 14 - 'Johan Cesar'
(2) - Recorded in the Hamburg Passenger List on board the 'Johan Cesar' (1854 No 12)
------------Bierwirth 4 kdr (kinder) v (aged) 13 - 3 J (years)
------------Departed Hamburg Germany on 9th October 1854
------------Arrived Adelaide South Australia 2nd January 1855

Louise registered for destitute relief on 13th April 1855, previously living in Freeman Street Adelaide
Louise died on 16th October 1860, aged 35, and was buried on 20th October 1860
Her address at the time she died was Clarendon Street Adelaide (recorded in the West Terrace Burial Register)
Her religion is recorded as Lutheran

Children of Julius and Antoinette
Friedrich Theodor Otto - born 11th October 1841 in Clausthal Hartz Mountains Hanover Germany
Bertha - born about 1844
Hubert - born 6th September 1845 in Hanover Germany - died 4th July 1919 in Adelaide South Australia
Wilhelm Carl - born 14th February 1851 in Zellerfeld Germany - died 10th May 1913

John McInerney and Anne Lawson

John was born during 1812 and died in Jamestown South Australia in 1904
Anne was born in Co Clare Ireland during 1815

They are buried in Saddleworth St Stephen's Catholic Cemetery in South Australia

Children of John and Anne
Mary - born 20th October 1844 - died 15th July 1921

James Meers and Judith Meers (nee ???)

James was born in Clare Ireland during 1816 and Judith was born during 1823

The couple arrived in Port Adelaide on 5th November 1849, and the passenger list states that at this time James was thirty three years old and Judith was twenty two
However, Judith's death is recorded on her headstone as being on 8th October 1907 when she was eighty four which means that she was around twenty six years of age when they arrived in Australia

They travelled on the barque "Constance" and were accompanied by their children Elizabeth who was two years old and John who was one

When he emmigrated, John had been working as a shepherd

After their arrival, the family first settled at Dry Creek South Australia

Judith died on 8th October 1907 at the age of eighty four ... she is buried at Carrieton Cemetery in South Australia

A note from Margaret McDonald on Sunday 21st November 2010
I have a copy of Daniel's birth certificate here somewhere, but it doesn't give a mother's name ... only the father, James
And Daniel's death certificate states he was born at Dry Creek

Known children of James and Judith
Elizabeth - born 1847 - died 6th October 1926
John - born 1848 - buried 1st September 1929
Daniel - born 1853 - died 20th May 1921

John McCabe and Ellen Frost

John McCabe was born in 1815 in Tipperary and was christened on 2nd March 1816 and came from Cavan Ireland, and Ellen Frost was born during 1826 in Killaloe / Sixmilebridge County Clare Ireland
She came to Adelaide around 1847 and married John McCabe

The family lived and worked in Carrieton and Yanyarrie South Australia

John died on 2nd August 1888 and Ellen died on 7th February 1898 and they are buried together in Carrieton Cemetery

Known children of John and Ellen
Mary - born during 1856 - died 7th August 1942

Julius and Antoinette's son William Carl Beerworth (Wilhelm's name was Anglicised through common useage) and Mary McInerney
Married during (1861?) 1873 in Tarlee South Australia
Marriage recorded in the South Australian Marriages Index, 1868-1878, Book 95, Page 445

Notes for William Carl Beerworth
Born 14th February 1851 in Zellerfeld, Germany - died 10th May 1913 in Pamatta via Carrieton South Australia
Baptism was on 23rd March 1851 in St Salvatoriskirche Zellerfield Germany
William was naturalized on 10th November 1909 - File Number 9/13833
His death recorded in the South Australian Death, 1906-1915, Book 374, Page 220 - died 10th May 1913
The cause of death is listed as carcinoma of liver and stomach
He is buried in the Carrieton Cemetery

A member of a family BIERWIRTH (Bierwoth/Bierwith?) who arrived in Adelaide South Australia on 2nd January 1855 on board the "JOHAN CESAR" - Moller, Master
It had departed Hamburg, Germany on 9th October 1854

Notes for Mary McInerney
Born in Brightom South Australia on 20th October 1844
Married at the age of sixteen years to Thaddeus McInerney of Limerick in 1861
Thaddeus took up farm land at Manoora, South Australia
He was thrown from a horse there and killed instantly leaving Mary with six young McInerneys
Mary married again in 1871 to a German migrant named Wilhelm Carl Bierwirth (by common practice the name became William Beerworth)
Mary and her six children together with the husband left Manoora and went North in the big land rush in the 1870's
They took up farm land at Boolcunda about eighteen miles east of Quorn, and lived there for many years
Another six children were born to Mary, twelve children in all - six McInerneys and six Beerworths
Mary Beerworth (nee McInerney) was a woman of remarkable appearance
Her intellect, popularity and personality were known far and wide
A deeply religious woman displayed in the manner in which she brought up her twelve children in the love of God at her knee
There were no convents or colleges at their disposal because they were poor
Not one of the twelve children failed in the teachings received at the Mother's knee
Mary died in retirement at Burra South Australia on 15th July 1921 - aged 77 years
Buried at Carrieton South Australia

Children of William and Mary (six named Beerworth, and there were six McInerney children as well)
William - born 19th February 1880 in Boolcunda/Carrieton South Australia - died 4th August 1946 in Glenelg South Australia
Catherine - born 24th June 1875 in Chinkford South Australia
John - born 22nd August 1877 in Manoora South Australia
James Michael - born 12th April 1884 in Peterborough/Boolcunda South Australia
Frederick Hubert - born 17th May 1886 in Quorn South Australia - died 17th May 1968 in Cowandilla South Australia
Louisa Mary - born during 1883 - died 12th January 1976

Daniel Meers and Mary McCabe

Daniel was born in Boolcunda South Australia in 1853 and died 20th May 1921 - he is buried in Carrieton Cemetery in South Australia

Mary was the eldest and only daughter of John McCabe and Ellen Frost and she met Daniel and the Meers' family while her and her family lived and worked in Carrieton and Yanyarrie South Australia
She was born during 1856 and died 7th August 1942 and is also buried in Carrieton Cemetery

Children of Daniel and Mary
James John - their only son who was born on 27th October 1881 - died 4th December 1967

William and Mary's daughter Louisa Mary Beerworth was born during 1883 in Petersburg South Australia
Married - James John Meers who was born on 27th October 1881 in Yarrowie South Australia

Marriage - 27th October 1909 at St Raphael's Church Carrieton South Australia

James and Louisa farmed in the Mt Bryan East area, later moving into town at Hallett South Australia
James then worked with Clydesdale horse teams 'damsinking' with scoops on the eastern stations

Note for Louisa Beerworth
"In speech and ways very much like her Mother, of bright and good appearance"

James passed away on 4th December 1967 at the age of 86 years, and Louisa died on 12th January 1976 at 93 years of age and they are buried together in Brighton Cemetery South Australia

Children of James and Louisa

Mary Gertrude Meers	born 27th January 1911		married Norman Dann
Winifred Francis Meers	born 27th June 1912		married Colin Sunman
Daniel Joseph Meers	born 9th January 1914	died 2nd June 1962	married Kathleen Victory
William Patrick Meers	born 2nd June 1915	died 26th December 1974	'Uncle Bill'
James Vincent Meers	born 18th June 1916	died 1st July 1984	married Margaret
Eileen Veronica Meers	born 1st June 1918	died 30th April 2002	married Andrew Roneberg
Joseph Michael Meers	13th December 1919	died 25th December 1975	married Margaret Bowers

Johann Friedrich August Raneberg and Sidney Cecil Hackett

Children of Johann and Sidney
John Andrew - born 8th April 1908

For complete details, CLICK HERE to go to "The 'Raneberg/Roneberg' Family History" which is John Andrew's side of the family and includes photos and information going back to the 1800's

John Andrew Roneberg was born on 8th April 1908 at Port Augusta

Lived with his parents at Winninowie, near Mambray Creek
Attended the Baroota Whim School with his brothers and sisters

Following his school years, he lived and worked on the family farm and after the death of his father in 1927, he became the mainstay of the family until the farm was sold in the late 1930's as mentioned above
His mother then went to stay with her daughters in Port Pirie, South Australia - her death was in 1977

He married for the first time on 20th April 1931 to Dorothy Emily Hunn and they had a daughter Shirley who was born late in 1931 at Port Pirie - and CLICK HERE to read newspaper articles from 1935 to 1951 which include Shirley (link to Trove Newspapers)
Shirley lived in Western Australia with her second husband, Jack Holden and is now deceased

John Andrew and Dorothy Emily Roneberg were divorced on 28th April 1939

Joan I Slatter the Engagement Notice opposite was 'discovered' during January 2013 I have no other details but will follow it up

... and I have now found this Marriage Notice Wonder what happened between January 1941 and John Andrew and Eileen Veronica Roneberg's marriage during March 1943 as shown below ??

John Andrew Roneberg then married Eileen Veronica Meers on 6th March 1943

He had enlisted in the Australian Infantry Forces and served in the Second World War

Following his Honourable Discharge from the Army, the family settled in Gladstone South Australia, where he operated a service station and motor repair shop
They then moved to Somerton Park, in the western suburbs of Adelaide where many of the family continued their involvement in the automotive repair industry

Many details on their lives, including photos and records, are contained within this web site - CLICK HERE
And also CLICK HERE to go to "The 'Raneberg/Roneberg' Family History" which is John Andrew's side of the family

Andrew, as he was known, died in August 1994 aged 86 years, and Eileen passed away in April 2002 aged 83
They are buried together in Brighton Cemetery, Adelaide South Australia

They raised six sons
John Andrew - born 15th March 1945 at Henley Beach
Terrence James - born 13th October 1947 at Gladstone
Geoffrey Gerald - born 3rd April 1949 at Laura
Brenton David - born 9th November 1950 at Crystal Brook
Rodney Martin - born 18th May 1957 at Gladstone
Gavin Daniel - born 17th December 1963 at Glenelg

Ronald Hill Coudrey and Laurel Margaret Knowles

Many details on their lives, including photos and records, are contained within this web site - CLICK HERE
And also CLICK HERE to go to "The 'Coudrey' Family History" which is Ronald Hill's side of the family
And also CLICK HERE to go to "The 'Knowles' Family History" which is Laurel Margaret's side of the family