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 | birth_date    = c. 1814
 | birth_place   = Silesia, Prussia (Schlesien, Preußen)
 | death_date    = 11 July 1902
 | death_place   = Adelaide, South Australia
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==Biography==
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==Family==
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Gottfried and Balbina had the following children:
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|Louise
|c. 1846
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|Otilie Lydia
|27 November 1850 Adelaide
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|Alfred Smart (1875)
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|Mathilde Emilie
|24 March 1854 Adelaide
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|Samuel Arthur Burford (1872)
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|Gustav Adolph
|22 April 1856 Adelaide
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|Harry Eras
|5 May 1859 Adelaide
|7 November 1905 Kent Town, South Australia
|Eva Lilian Mcintyre (1899)
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|William
|3 September 1862 Adelaide
|18 April 1916 Adelaide
|Edith Clara Gray (1892)
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==Published Obituary==

From the Chronicle, Saturday 19 July 1902:
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Obituary
Mr. G. Kuhnel, a well-known old colonist, died at North Adelaide last week, at the age of 88 years. He was born at Schleisse, Prussia, and came to this State in the ship Paulina. He landed on September 2, 1847. He entered business in Hindley-street as a cabinetmaker, and afterwards built the Phoenix Hotel in that thoroughfare. At one time Mr. Kuhnel owned a half-share in the premises known as White's Rooms, where the Tivoli Theatre now stands. In 1873 be opened business in Rundle-street as a piano importer, but seven years later removed to Pirie street, where he remained for 21 years. Mr. Kuhnel was very successful in the piano trade, and retired from business ten years ago, when he divided his property among his children, Mr. W. Kuhnel taking over the business, which he is still carrying on. Mr. Kuhnel has left one daughter, Mrs. Alfred Smart, and three sons. Dr. G. A. Kuhnel, who is at present in America, Mr. H. E. Kuhnel, and Mr. W. Kuhnel.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87824824 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=Chronicle  |volume=45, |issue=2,291  |location=South Australia |date=19 July 1902 |accessdate=21 September 2023 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>

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[[Category:Individual]]
[[Category:1846 Pauline arrivals]]
[[Category:Prussian citizens]]
[[Category:South Adelaide residents]]
[[Category: Cabinetmaker]]
[[Category:Musical Instrumentmaker]]