1 the german settlers who remained in nelson - Lessels Website

What happened to the St Pauli passengers www.lynly.gen.nz/index.htm
184 LAUKERS widow
little sister
7 & 11 yrs children husband
died in settlement
Close to Ranzau Skiold
194 MANSEN gardener Wife & 3 children wife Nelson St Pauli
194 OVYE
semesters
Wife remained in Germany Waimea district south St Pauli
194 PAARY labourer Wife & 4 children Nelson Skiold
185 SCHRODER Wife & 7 children 4 grown up
3 sons 1 daughter
Waimea district middle Skiold
194 SCHUMACHER joiner Wife & child wealthiest of
Germans in town
Nelson St Pauli
194 SCHUSTER shoemaker Wife & 3 children Nelson St Pauli
184 SCHWASS Wife & 11 children Close to Ranzau Skiold
185 SIGGLEKOW Wife & 11 children several Waimea district middle Skiold
grown up
194 TITJEN (Land Beit) Wakapuaka St Pauli
194 WENDLEBORN Wife & 6 children 3 grown up Waimea district middle Skiold
194 Englishman Wife is German & 2 children Waimea district south
Early German Settlers memories and diaries
JMC Karsten / Bisley Autobiography
On 7 th August 1893 JMC Bisley formerly Karsten wrote an interesting account of her
memories of the early years in Nelson around the 1840’s. It not only tells the story of her
Karsten family but she also mentions other early German settlers. 6
Rev Heine Diary
Rev Heine settled in the Nelson district serving to the needs of the Lutheran settlers until his
death. His memories and diary are a valuable resource when researching the early German
settlers and settlement of Nelson. 7 “Nelson, A History of Early Settlement” author Ruth Allan
made many references to Heine’s diary especially when writing the chapter on the German
settlers of Nelson.
August Heine
Rev Heine’s son Augustus Heine compiled and collected information and papers on the early
German Settlers of Nelson. He wrote to many of the descendants of the St Pauli and Skiold
settlers. The letters of reply he received from the early German settlers and their
descendants have survived. 8
These letters and documents have been copied onto microfilm. On reel 4, papers dated
June 1843-March 1844 are some translation from Rev Heine’s Diary. On reel 5 are copies of
the protest papers signed by the early “St Pauli” German immigrants. On reel 5 there is a
letter written by Miss Mary Elizabeth MANSSEN in reply to August Heine request for
information about the descendants of George and Johanna MANSSEN.
Anna DIERKS Diary 1875-1882
6 Nelson Provincial Museum, Isle Park, Stoke, Nelson Bisley JMK 1836-1917 Memoirs
7 Nelson Provincial Museum Isle Park Stoke Nelson
8 Alexander Turnbull Library Manuscript & Archives Section Wellington MS papers 1765 folder 1 & Microfilm MS 260 Reel 4 & 5
Heine Family Papers 1841-1959
German Settlers in Nelson compiled by Lynly Lessels Yates updated April 2009 5