J TOLLNER

Fritz aka Johann Friedrich Joachim Carl Tollner is believed to have emigrated from Mecklenberg, Germany to Australia in 1848. Mecklenberg is in northern Germany along the Baltic Coast – east of Hamburg and north of Berlin – see more information. That area of Germany was part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenberg Schwerin, that is now Mecklenberg-Vorpommern, and is represented by Angela Merkel, the current Chancellor of Germany in 2013. This area became part of East Germany after WWII prior to the reunification of Germany in 1990, whilst the eastern part of Mecklenberg became part of Poland after WWII. Tollner was sometimes spelled as Toellner, Thoellner and Thollner in Germany. Fritz arrived at Port Adelaide on April 8th on the President Smidt, having sailed from Bremen. Thus Fritz had missed the political upheavals in Germany which saw thousands lose their lives. His occupation was listed as Labourer on the Ship’s List, and he had been born in Goldewin, Gustrow, Mecklenberg-Vorpommern, Germany in 1825. Fritz was the son of Joachim Friedrich Adolph Tollner and Anna Maria Dorothea Moller, a grandson of Christian Christoph Tollner and Elisabeth Hopner, and a great grandson of Jacob Tollner. Soon after his 1848 arrival at Port Adelaide, Fritz Tollner was serving as a Constable, and in 1849 he married Catherina Maria Dorathea Schmidt known as Dorothea Schmidt. They took up farming in Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley where many Germans had settled, and their son Johann Fredrick Carl Tollner was born at Lyndoch in 1856. Later they moved to Mount Gambier and to Natimuk Victoria where son Johann Frederick Carl would have son – George William (August Wilhem) Tollner born in Natimuk in 1881. He was Marjorie’s father. Source : The Horsham Times September 22 1911 – also Adelaide Chronicle December 3 1927. The story of Fritz‘s early days in Australia is contained in “Second to None: A Story of the Rural Pioneers of Mt Gambier“, by Pam & Brian O’Connor. Tollner Family Tree Extract Jacob Tollner b 1730 his son Christian Christoph Tollner m Elisabeth Hopner Christian & Elizabeth's son Joachim Friedrich Adolph Tollner b 2 Jun 1805 in Wick,Mecklenburg-Schwerin,Germany – d 6 Oct 1878 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany - he married Anna Maria Dorothea Moller b 1800 Goldenitz,Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany- d 1829 Lussow,Mecklenburg-Schwerin,Germany Joachim and Anna Maria's son “Fritz” was Johann Friederich Joachim Carl Tollner who emigrated to Australia in 1848 b 1825 Goldewin, Gustrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany – d 1911 Mt Gambier, South Australia. He married in 1849 Catherina Maria Dorathea Schmidt b 1823 Prussia – d 1891 Natimuk, Victoria, Australia Johann and Dorothea's children - Wilhelmine Maria Tollner b 1848 Onkaparinga, South Australia Johann Friedrich August Tollner b 1850 Onkaparinga, South Australia – d 1872 South Australia, Australia - Marian Christine Julie Tollner b 1854 South Australia, Australia - Johann Friedrich Carl Tollner b 1856 Lyndoch Valley, South Australia – d 1893 Natimuk, Victoria, Australia. He married Anna Maria Louisa Koops b 1859 – d 1939 Johann and Anna Maria's children - Heinrich Carl Tollner b 1877 Tollners Hill, South Australia – Mt Gambier ? - Annnie Emelia Tollner b 1879 Natimuk Victoria - George William/ August Willhelm Tollner b 1881 Natimuk Victoria d 1966 Thirroul. George married Sarah Elizabeth Holloway b 1877 Barnawartha Victoria d 1951 Gosford NSW George and Sarah's children - Marjorie Louisa Tollner b 1915 Temora d 2002 Thirroul m 1936 Kenneth Charles Joy b 1902 Penshurst NSW d 1952 Unanderra - George Morris Tollner b 1919 in Cootamundra, New South Wales d 1982 in Concord West, New South Wales Note - Kenneth Charles Joy was the older brother of my grandmother Mary Constance Callcott nee Joy.