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Marriage: Children:
  1. Anna Louise Zadow: Birth: 31 May 1825 in Birnbaum Posen. Death: 9 Sep 1854 in Blumberg SA Rathjens Paddock

  2. Gottfried Wilhelm Zadow: Birth: 17 Jan 1826 in Prussia. Death: 14 Oct 1878 or 24 Nov 1878 ( probably the former)

  3. Ludwig Zadow: Birth: 1 Feb 1830 in Siedlitz, Germany. Death: 11 Oct 1912 in Palmer, South Australia

  4. Anna Christina Zadow: Birth: 1831. Death: 7 Apr 1849 in Rathje's paddock Birdwood Unmarked

  5. Anna Justina Zadow: Birth: 1834.

  6. Anna Juliana Zadow: Birth: 1836. Death: 2 Dec 1848 in Rathje's paddock Birdwood Unmarked

  7. Anna Carolina Zadow: Birth: 1838. Death: 28 Feb 1849 in Rathje's paddock Birdowwd Unmarked

  8. Anna Susanna Zadow: Birth: Abt 1840 or 1848 in Badow, Silesia, Prussia. Death: 10 Jan 1917

  9. Johann Zadow: Birth: 1843.

  10. Anna Rosina Zadow: Birth: 1844. Death: 8 Jun 1907 in Sedan


Sources
1. Title:   Zadow Family History Notes
Page:   Full notes
Author:   Peter Nelson
Publication:   Gathered from visit to Poland in early 2000s
Text:   See multimedia attached to this individual
2. Title:   Letter from Reimar von Zadow
Author:   Reimar von Zadow
Text:   see in notes for Andreas Zadow Generally useful about Zadows in greater German
3. Title:   Ships List Web Site - Hermann Von Beckerath, Bremen to Adelaide 1847
Author:   Ships List Web Site
Text:   Full details in the Zadow file. Lists full details of the list of passengers arriving in Adealide, including Andreas and his family Anna Schmidt ( his wife), Gottfried, Ludwig, Christian, Julaine, Caroline, Susanne and Rosina. ALso note that Louisa Zucht nee Schnmidt was on barod with her one year old son, and her husband Gottfried.
4. Title:   SA Passenger lists
5. Title:   Settlement at Blumberg ( Birdwood) page 18
6. Title:   Holy Cross Lutheran Church Blumberg Brochure

Notes
a. Note:   outh Australia has been put togther by Peter Nelson. The main points are shown below: BIOGRAPHY: Arrived 15 December 1847 on Hermann von Beckerath, was a farmer at Blumberg, Posen In October 1946, Gottfried Zadow and his family departed from Bremen on the ship "Heloise" and arrived in Port Adelaide in March 1847. The family lived at Neudorf, whcih was close to Lobethal, before moving to Birdwood. There is anecdotal evidence that Andreas Zadow was forced to move from his home in Siedlec Hauland because of revolutionary uprisings. In 1847 he emigrated to Austrralia on the ship "Herman van Beckerath" whcih sailed from Bremen in July 1847, and arrived in Port Adelaide in December 1847. In 1855, Johann Zadow and his family came to Australia, and he was accdompanied by his sister Anna Dorothea who was by then a widow. They travelled on the "Steinwarder" whcih departed Hamburg in August 1855 and arrived in Port Adelaide in December 1855. the family lived in Birdwood on their arrival, and later moved to the Palmer area. THE EARLY DAYS IN AUSTRALIA Gottfried Zadow, his wife Anna Susanna, and his three sons, Johann Ludwig, Freifrich and Christof departed from Bremen on 12/10/1846 On 25/10/1846, when the "Heloise" was sailing in the English Channel between Dover and Claias, Anna Susanna gave birth to thier daughter Hermine Maria. On his arrival In Australia, Gottfried settled in Neudorf, whcih is about 3km from Lobethal, and leased land. In 1850, the twins Auguste Albertine and August Gotthard were born. At some time in the period 1850 to 1855, Gottfried and his familyu moved to Birdwood where they leased land. In 1855, the youngest son, Julius was born at Birdwood. One of the god-parents listed in the church records of the baptism was Ludwig Zadow, and it was stated that he was the nephew of the father of the baby As Ludwig was the son of Andreas Zadow, this is proof that Andreas and Gottfried were brothers. Anna Susanna died from scarlet fever at the age of 52 years, and was buried in Birdwood Lutheran cemetary. Her grave is unmarked and the exact location is not known. In 1869, Gottfired purchased 217 acres of land in the Palmer district. Gottfried's son Freidrich moved to Summerfield in 1870 after his marriage, but it is not known when Gottfried moved to the area. Gottfried was care for by his son Friedrioch and his family until his death on 13/10/1888 at age 86. He was buried in hte Palmer cemetery on 15/10/1888, and his grave is marked by a headstone. Andreas Zadow, his wife Anna Elizabeth, and their eight surviving children, their son-in-law and grandson arrived in Port Adelaide in December 1847. Andreas' eldest daughter Anna Louise had married Gottfried Zucht in Prussia and they hada one year old son, Ludwig. On arrival they were probably met by Gottfried Zadow, and taken to Neudorf. Pastor Fritzsche, who was based in Lobethal, told them about an impressive area of land he passed through on regular trips to Bethany in the Barossa Valley. Gottfried Zadow drove several of the new arrivals, including Andreas Zadow, in his bullock dray to inspect the land. This trip resulted in four of the immigrants obtaining leases from the South Australian Company, and occupying thier land in January 1848. The settlement was named Blumberg after a small town in Silesia. The name was later changed to Birdwood. Andreas Zadow was one of the four original settlers, and leased an area of 29 acres. He and his family were founding members of the first and second Lutheran church congregations. In the summer of 1848-49, three of his daughters, Julianne, Caroline and Christine died of typhoid fever. In 1861, his married daughter Anna Louise died suddenly from heart problems at age 29 years. All four sisters were buried in unmarked graves in the first small Lutheran cemetery, whcih is now known as Rathjen's paddock. On 25/12/1866 at 10.30pm, Andreas Zadow died at age 68 from the complications of nerbvous typhoid fever. He was buried in grave no 71 in the Birdwood Lutheran church cemetery. No headstone marks his grave. Anna Elizabeth Zadow spent the last years of her life with her son Ludwig, at Palmer. She died of old age on 26/7/1881 aged 75 years, and is buried in unmarked grave no 4 in the Palmer cemetery. The families of Gottfried and Andreas Zadow became more closely linked when Johann Ludwig, the eldest son of Gottfried, married Anna Sussanna, daughter of Andreas on 4/5/1861, at Birdwood. Johann Zadow, his wife and four children departed from Hamburg on the ship "Steinwarder" on19/12/1855. It is presumed that his five year old son, Ludwig, diwed during the voyage and was buried at sea. Johann Gottfried Hermann and his wife Anna Louise ( nee Zadow) were alos passengers on that ship. There is evidebnce that Anna Louise, who was 17 years old, was Johann's elsedt daughter. Johann and his family leased land in Birdowwd, and later purchased land at Summerfield where they built their home. Johann died in Summerfiled on 30/3/1884, and was buried at Palmer cemetary in grave number 19. A headstone marks his grave. Anna Justine died on 13/7/1891 at Mannum and was buried at Mannum cemetery. A headstone marks her grave Anna Dorothea Zadow travelled to Australia with her brother Johann and his family. There is no information about her life in Australia, and it is presumed that she lived with Johann and his famil;y. She died onj 15/2/1882, age 87 from rheumatic fever, and was buried at Palmer cemetery in grave number 5, which does not have a headstone. Also included in this document are pictures of the catholic church at Siedlec, where the baptisms were recorded for Muichael and Marianna Zadow. Also views of the locality known as Siedlec Hauland, entries in the Evangelical Church book for the marriage of Andreas Zadow and Anna Dorothea Zadow, and for Johann Zadow, and an old map of the area where the Zadow's lived. These are also included in the Gedcom file as multimedia notes From " Settlement at Blumberg" On arrival in Port Adelaide in 1847, the passengers of the Hermann von Beckareth settled temporarily with relatives or friends at Lobethal or other parts of the colony They were met at the port in bullock drays, and driven to their destination. The newcomers were greatly impressed with the glowing descriptions of the countryside about nine or ten miles from Lobethal, through which the river Torrens flowed, as told by pastor Fritzsche. He had travelled by foot or bullock dray through this country many times and was enchanted with the lush pastures, the tall stately gums trees and the proliferation of wild flowers that grew there.George Fife Angas and the South Australian company had purchased part of this land. Without delay, an exploration trip was arranged by Andreas Zadow and possibly Christopher Kruger, Gottlieb Kalms and J. Samuel Matthes. They were driven out by Gottfried Zadow who had arrived some nine months earlier on the Heloise, to inspect the land. Samuel Geller, a fellow passneger, and D. Huebner followed a week or two later. The result of this inspection was an application to the South Australian Company and Angas for some of this land. When their application was approved, the land was leased to them with the right of purchase at a later date. Christopher Kruger, Kalms, Matthes and Andreas Zadow were the original settlers, immediately followed by Samuel Gellert, D. Huebner, A Piltz and C. Rathmann. All took up thier leases during the month of January 1848 The first settlers one of whom origineated from Blumberg in Silesia, named thier settlement Blumberg. The present name of Birdwood was given in 1917 From a brochure on the Holy Cross Lutheran Church Birdwood 1848 - 1931 In the 1830's the Prussian ruler Kaiser Wilhelm the 3rd decreed that all reformed and Lutheran Churches should come under the control of the state and worship with a common Liturgy, the text of which he would decide. This union was to be voluntary, with no penalties for non compliance. However this soon proved not to be the case and Churches who resisted were dealt with extremely harshly with imprisonment and the confiscation of property common. By 1842 several Ship loads of refugees had already left and immigration ceased for several years. In the mid 1840'x, encouraged by letters from those who had bone before, as well as crop failure and the threat of war, many German families left their homeland bound for America, South Africa and Australia. "KREUZ CHRISTE" (Christ's Cross) now called Holy Cross Lutheran Church at Birdwood formerly Blumberg was founded in January 1848 when the first settlers of Blumberg arrived aboard the "Hermann von Beckerath" from Hamburg on the I5th of Dec. 1847. This ship was an 580 ton, 3 massed barque, built in 1841 in Jacobstad, owned by J. Lonning & sons of Bremmen, and arrived via Rio de Janeiro, Capt. Kahle was master of the vessel. On arrival they sought advice from Pastor Fritzsche of the Lobethal parish as to where they could obtain land to settle. Having been so captivated by the natural bush and birdlife in the Torrens Valley, through which he used to walk on his way from Lobethal to Bethany in the service of his Parish, he had no hesitation in recommending the Blumberg area to them. A tour of inspection was arranged, and one Gottfried Zadow, who had arrived about 9 months earlier took them in his wagon to look at the area. This resulted in an application to the South Australia Company for some of land. Their application was favorably entertained and land was leased to them with the right to purchase at a later date. In January of 1848, eight settlers took up their blocks, and the names of these were, Christoph Krueger, Gottlieb Kalms, J. Samuel Mattes, Andreas Zadow, S. Gellert, A. Piltz, D. Huebner and C Rathmann. Homes were built, of which the simplest was constructed by throwing up low earthen walls and covering over with saplings and thatch, or more commonly with Wooden slabs. Most of these first settlers, because of the inability to purchase their land when they would have wished, moved on to other areas where land was more readily available for immediate purchase as well as being of larger acreage. They then either helped to swell those congregations where they went, or set up new ones. They, in the meantime, however, named their new home "Blumberg" and being of sound Lutheran stock, set about arranging for divine services to be held. The first of these was held in the home of Brother Krueger, who was one of the elders of the new congregation. Services continued in his home until his death in June of 1850. A small church was built about 1 mile to the North West of the present Church and services were transferred to there. As a result of continued arrivals, the congregation, in the first 10 years grew to between 400 and 500 souls, and in 1858 a total of 37 children were baptized. Near the secluded spot where the first church stood there is still a small cemetery with its lonely graves, all that remains of those first pioneers. Bearing testimony to the hardships and indeed the heartbreak which they must have suffered those many years ago are the names of some of those buried there. Julianne Zadow Aged 12 years 8 months, died 2 Dec 1848 (fever) buried by elder Kruger Caroline Zadow Aged 10 years 8 months, died 18 Feb 1849 (fever) Christine Zadow Aged 16 years 6 monhths, died 7 April 1849 (Typhoid) Anna Lopuise Zucht nee Zadow, daughter of Andreas, died during the night of 8/9 Sept 1854, heart disease Now notes from Reimar von Zadow - copy of his letter in the Zadow file The first part of this letter is in English It is unlikely that our families are related to each other. In German towns there are many Zadows in the phone books. In 1983 I was busy with intensive family research. I found that in the former eastern part of Germany and also in Poland at least 8 villages with the name Zadow, Zadowo, Sadowo, Zadowice, Zadownik, Sadowie, and Zadowski. The basic word "Sad" means in the German language "Siedlung" or "settlement" in English. The name "Michael Zadow" sounds like German. With this family living near Poznan ( Posen in German) in 1820, it is possible that they came from our village Zadow which is located near the little town of Markisch Friedland ( 8 km south ) or Kallies (10 km west ) in Pomerania. Poland was split into three European countries from about 1790 ( Russia, Germany and Austria ). So it is possible that a German, named Zadow, settled near Posen which up to 1919 belonged to Germany. I can explain all of this much better in my own language, and this will avoid misunderstandings. The following is a translation of the German part of the letter • In Germany, very often family names were derived from place names. Someone who moved to another area took his Christian name. Surnames were not in use in medieval times. Because of that it might be possible that all the Zadows around today originate from the village Zadow mentioned above. The village is situated in the area previously known as Neumark in the province of Deutsch-Krone, south of Markisch Friedland and east of Kallies in the province of Dramburg. This place was officially registered and documented on 13th February 1314 as a village at lake Zadow. This lake, beautifully located in a forest, still exists today whereas the village is "dying" and was especially laid to waste during the second World War. However, when I visited it last in 1937 it was already "dying". Now to our family -- that is the reason for my intense research. We are a family of descendants of "born knights' ( ritterbt!rtige in German ). It is well-documented that the knights got their name from the above place. Our family appeared first with Tide (Dietrich ) and Henning von Zadow in the year 1410. That is why we are regarded in Germany as Ruradelig"( original nobles ). This means we never got our title from a king or earl but it was a historical one. Since your family lived in Australia since 1820 you cannot be familiar with these aspects of German and European history, that is why I have explained them. Because of the many wars in which the family von Zadow was obliged to participate our family stayed small. It did not expand through the daughters very much either. My grandfather Eduard von Zadow was in his time the last of the line. He had 10 children, including 4 sons. One died childless, another had 5 daughters and so the name was lost. My father died in France in the First World War and left 2 sons. My brother died in Russia in the Second World War. I am the only surviving member of this line of the family. There is another younger unmarried cousin whose brother died in France in the Second World War. It is possible that there are some Zadows in Posen ( Poznan ). They will be Polish now and their names will be Cadow or Sadow. There are also many Zadows in German cities. It is unlikely that they are all from our Zadow. The original village Zadow was German for 700 years until 1945. Today it is part of Poland. You probably know that the eastern provinces were given to Poland after the Second World War and all the Germans were made to leave. It is almost impossible that the family from Posen is connected with our family even though it is theoretically possible. Until 1800 the former "knights-families"were land-bound as were the peasant families bound by right to the knight families. If someone did not want to work for the state as an officer or civil servant and did not want to use his land, he had to give up his title and holdings and his name would revert to Zadow. My thorough research of my fathers ancestral line did not show that it ever happened in our family. Summarising, I must say that you will not be very successful with your genealogical studies. Certainly not in Posen. No German documents will exist any more. Also, the nationality changed between Polish and German too often. Especially not in Zadow ( Deutsch Krone ). Because of the 30 year war (1618-1648 ) all church books were destroyed. Later church books I copied completely, regarding my family. There is nothing left ( all was destroyed in 1945 ). Both churches are gone, the one in Zadow and the one in the neighbouring village of Spechtsdorf where the church books were kept. I am sorry I cannot help you further. Yours sincerely, Reimar von Zadow Notes by J. G. Zadow, assember of this tree: The small town of Zadow, from whcih possiblky the forebears of Andreas may have come, is in Markisch Freidland, or its Polish name Miroslawiec, in the province of Zachodniopornorskie. a province on the border with current Germany. The township of Sidlec Hauland is near Posen, or Polish name Poznan, in the province of Wielkopolskie, whcih is on the east side of Zachodniopornorskie, so it is feasible that the Zadows may have moved there at some stage. Deatils of each of these provinces is in the Zadow file Ships List Web Site, Ships List Web Site - Hermann Von Beckerath, Bremen to Adelaide 1847. "Full details in the Zadow file. Lists full details of the list of passengers arriving in Adealide, including Andreas and his family Anna Schmidt ( his married daughter), Gottfried, Ludwig, Christian, Juliane, Caroline, Susanne and Rosina. Note thatthe age for Anna is incorrect - it is shown as 40, but she was 25. Note also that Louisa Zadow came out with her husband, Gottfired Zucht and their one yeqr old son, Ludwig on the same boat. Fromn a book on the family history of the Gellert, there is a fascinating exceprt onthe voyage of the Hermann Von Beckerath, pages 13 through 14. It also shows a map of the vyage, whcih left from Bremen, experienced a storm inthe North sea, and arrived in Rio on 24 Spetmeber, where they remained for a fortnight. They then set sail for Adelaide arriving on 15 december after 22 weeks at sea
Note:   A major document about the trips of the Zadow Brothers, Andreas and Gottfied from Europe to S


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