Catherine Bohlmann (1829-1920)

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Catherine Bohlmann née Seecamp/Seekamp (1829-1920) was born in Baden bei Achim in the Kingdom of Hanover.

Catherine Bohlmann
Born
Catherine Seecamp
Nationality
  • 1829-1855 Hanoverian
  • 1855-1920 British Subject
Other namesCatherine Seekamp; Catharina Seekamp
Spouse(s)Johann Bohlmann (married 1855 in North Adelaide)

Biography

In Germany

Catherine Seecamp was born in Baden bei Achim in the Kingdom of Hanover on 8 July 1829, the second child of Bösche and Anna Seecamp, and baptised 4 days later in the Church of St Laurentius in Achim. between 1854 and 1861, Catharina, her siblings and parents all chose to emigrate from their home. Catharina and her older married sister Becka Weidenhoefer chose to follow Becka's husband's family to South Australia in 1854, while the rest of the family migrated to Louisville in Kentucky over a period of nearly ten years.

In Australia

Catherine and Becka arrived on the ''Reiherstieg'' from Hamburg on 26 October 1854

Family

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