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The last two children of Johann's first marriage also died young: Johann at 21 in 1869, and Jacob at 30 in 1880. | The last two children of Johann's first marriage also died young: Johann at 21 in 1869, and Jacob at 30 in 1880. | ||
Two years after arriving in South Australia, Johann applied for naturalisation as a British Subject and this was granted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158926943 |title=Nauralization of Aliens |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |volume=VI, |issue=288 |location=South Australia |date=30 December 1848 |accessdate=18 October 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> | |||
Johann worked as a tinsmith in his own business until mid 1860 when he joined the SA railways Construction Department at the yards between the River Torrens and North Terrace. Apart from a short break in 1864, Johann, or John as he was generally known by this time, was employed by the railways until 1888, when he retired aged 76. He lived the rest of his life comfortably at his Kermode residence, dying in 1901 at the age of 91. | Johann worked as a tinsmith in his own business until mid 1860 when he joined the SA railways Construction Department at the yards between the River Torrens and North Terrace. Apart from a short break in 1864, Johann, or John as he was generally known by this time, was employed by the railways until 1888, when he retired aged 76. He lived the rest of his life comfortably at his Kermode residence, dying in 1901 at the age of 91. | ||