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Johann Bohlmann (b.1812 Thedinghausen, French Kindom of Westphalia - d. 1901 North Adelaide, South Australia) was a master tin metal worker from Bremen who arrived in South Australia aboard the "[[Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel]]" in 1846 and lived in South and North Adelaide until his death.
Leopold Conrad (b.1839 Kindom of Hanover - d. 1918 Adelaide, South Australia) was a butcher and meatworks proprietor in the City of Adelaide from 1863 until his death.
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{{Infobox person
  | name          = Johann Bohlmann
  | name          = Leopold Conrad
  | image        = [[File:Johann Bohlmann.jpg|200px|center]]
  | image        = [[File:Leopold Conrad.png|200px|center]]
  | image_size    =  
  | image_size    =  
  | alt          =Studio portrait photograph of Johann Bohlmann and his granddaughter Kitty circa 1895
  | alt          = Newspaper photo of Leopold Conrad from his obituary in 1918 
  | caption      = Johann Bohlmann and his granddaughter Kitty circa 1895
  | caption      = Leopold Conrad
  | birth_name    = Johann Büssenschütt
  | birth_name    =  
  | birth_date    = 1 March 1812
  | birth_date    = 4 October 1839
  | birth_place  = Thedinghausen, French Kingdom of Westphalia
  | birth_place  = Duderstadt, Kingdom of Hanover
  | death_date    = 10 December 1901
  | death_date    = 17 December 1918
  | death_place  = North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  | death_place  = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  | nationality  = {{unbulleted list|French (1812-1813)|Brunswicker (1813-?|Bremener (?-1846)|British(1846-1901}}
  | nationality  = {{unbulleted list|Hanoverian (1839-1870)|British(1870-1918}}
  | other_names  = John Bohlmann; John Bohlman
  | other_names  =  
  | occupation    = Tin metal worker (Blechenschläger)
  | occupation    = Butcher
  | resting_place  = North Road Cemetery, South Australia
  | resting_place  = West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
  | spouse          = {{unbulleted list|1. [[Anna Louise Bohlmann (1811-1854)|Anna Louise Hartmann]] (married 1841 Bremen)|2. [[Catharina Seecamp (1829-1920)|Catharina Seecamp]] (married 1855 North Adelaide)}}
  | spouse          = {{unbulleted list|1. [[Elizabeth Hannah Smith (1842-1921)|Elizabeth Hannah Smith]] (married 1863 Adelaide)}}
}}
}}
==Biography==
==Biography==


=== In Germany ===
=== In Germany ===
Johann Bohlmann was born Johann Büssenschütt, the illegitimate son of Gesche Büssenschütt and Georg Friedrich Bohlmann, on 1 Mar 1812 in the village of Thedinghausen. At the time Thedinghausen was in the area under the control of Napoleon's Kingdom of Westphalia, but by 1813 it had reverted to the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, before the Prinicipality was raised to the Duchy of Brunswick in 1815. These complexities of life mark Boihlmann's life story before his migration to Australia.


In 1814, Johan and his mother moved to Bremen, where Gesche married the elderly widower Albert Wohlers in 1815. One son was born to thge mariage: Heinrich in 1816, given Johann his first half-brother. In his early teens, Johann was apprenticed as a Blechenschlager [''tin metal worker''] and by the time of his marriage at age 30 to Anna Louse Hartmann in 1841, he was listed as a Blechenschlageramtsmeister, or official with the guild. Johann's guild and apprentice records have not yet been identified, but a normal timeline would be for the apprenticeship to begin at age 15 for 7 years, followed by 3-4 years of journeying before a tradesperson would be considered for admission as a master to the guild. By the time of his marriage, Albert Wohlers had died (1829), Gesche had remarried (1830 to Franz Heinrich Carl Kohlwes) and her third child and son had been born (1833 Carl Kohlwes).
Johann and Anna had two children during their life in Bremen, living on the Papenstrasse. Franz Carl was born in 1842 but died at the age of one. Anna Louisa was born in 1844.[[File:B-3130.jpg|left|thumb|Johann Bohlmann's House, Kermode Street [SLSA B-3130]]
=== In Australia ===
=== In Australia ===
In 1846, the entire extended family made the migration journey to South Australia. On the ''Pauline'' travelled Gesche, FHC and Carl Kohlwes, Heinrich Wohlers, his wife and children, and the eldest two children of Gesche's brother, Johanna and Albert Büssenschütt. Following a month later on the ''"[[Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee Patel]]"'' was Johann, Anna Louise and Anna Louisa.


On arrival, the family split up with those from the ''Pauline'' moving the German area of Hope Valley, along with a number of their shipmates, while Johann and his family settled in the city itself. This was probably an economic decision based on the likelihood of work in Johann's trade. Initially living in Gilbert street, then Currie street, the family purchased land in on Kermode Street in North Adelaide in 1848 and built a house. The family had increased with a son, Johann, born in 1848 and another son, Jacob Conrad, born in 1850, though Johann and Anna's daughter had died in 1847. Tragedy struck again when Anna Louise died in 1854, leaving Johann a widower with 2 young sons. In 1855 he married Catharina Seecamp, a recent arrival from Baden bei Achim, on the south east borders of Bremen. The couple had 7 children, six living to adulthood adn the family continued to live at the Kermode Street residence until Catharina's death in 1920.
The last two children of Johann's first marriage also died young: Johann at 21 in 1869, and Jacob at 30 in 1880.
==Family==
==Family==
Johann Bohlmann had a wide and extended family in South Australia. His mother was Gesche Kolwes of Hope Valley, and his two half brothers, Heinrich Wohlers and Carl Kolwes, also lived in that district. His uncle Johann Hinrich Büssenschütt also lived in the north east suburbs of Adelaide. A niece, Gesine Wohlers married [[Håkan Linde (1820-1907)|Håkan Linde]], and another niece, Gesine Kolwes, married [[Wilhelm Gustav Kindermann (1855-1901)|Wilhelm Gustav Kindermann.]]
The couple had the following children:
 
Johann married [[Anna Louise Bohlmann (1811-1854)|Anna Louise Hartmann]] in Bremen in 1841, prior to leaving for South Australia. The couple had the following children:
 
* Franz Carl - 11 Jul 1842 Bremen - 1843 Bremen
* [[Anna Louisa Bohlmann (1844-1847)|Anna Louisa]] - 25 Jul 1844 Bremen - 22 Feb 1847 Adelaide
* [[Johann Bohlmann (1848-1869)|Johann]] - 13 Feb 1848 Adelaide - 2 Nov 1869 North Adelaide
* [[Jacob Conrad Bohlmann (1850-1880)|Jacob Conrad]] - 11 Mar 1850 North Adelaide - 16 Jul 1880 Adelaide
 
Johann's wife Anna Louise died in 1854 and Johann married the recent arrival [[Catharina Seecamp (1829-1920)|Catharina Seecamp]] in 1855. The following children were born from this second marriage:


* [[Gesina Bohlmann (1855-1858)|Gesina]] - 27 Nov 1855 North Adelaide - 1 Sep 1858 North Adelaide
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* [[Julius Bohlmann (1857-1933)|Julius]] - 22 Jul 1857 North Adelaide - 29 Oct 1933
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* [[Anna Catharina Bohlmann (1859-1939)|Anna Catharina]] - 9 Jul 1859 North Adelaide - 15 Jul 1939 Adelaide
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* [[Adelheit Bohlmann (1861-1952)|Adelheit]] - 1 Oct 1861 North Adelaide - 20 Dec 1952
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* [[Gesiene Bohlmann (1865-1939)|Gesiene]] - 12 Aug 1865 North Adelaide - 15 Sep 1939
* [[Henry Bohlmann (1867-1949)|Henry]] - 30 Nov 1867 North Adelaide - 26 Jul 1949
* [[George Albert Bohlmann (1870-1938)|George Albert]] - 27 Apr 1870 North Adelaide - 24 Dec 1938 Adelaide


==Residences in the City==
==Residences in the City==
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