William Schulitz (1821-1889): Difference between revisions

Schulitz arrived in South Australia in about 1849, but the vessel he arrived on is not known. He is first documented in a number of reports of court proceedings from July 1849 onwards, with the first time he is described as a pawnbroker being November 1853. Over the next few years, Schulitz appears regularly in the Adelaide newspapers, usually involved with court cases relating to stolen goods (which he typically had identified and reported, although sometimes was suspected of fencing), or giving to the war relief fund for the Crimean War, possibly due to his origin within the Russian Empire, and as the executor of deceased estates. Schulitz and Julia apaprently had no children, as no registrations in South Australia have been identified and none were named in wills, although a Mrs and Miss Schulitz and a Miss Saunders were mentioned as vacationing in Victor Harbor in 1905 (although may have in fact been a Miss Lazarus, sister or niece of Julia).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162427888 |title=Ladies' Page. |newspaper=[[Observer]] |volume=LXII, |issue=3,309 |location=South Australia |date=4 March 1905 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211406657 |title=Society Gossip. |newspaper=[[Critic]] |volume=VIII, |issue=387 |location=South Australia |date=1 March 1905 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> William is also noted as playing a lead role in the early days of the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation while Julia was involved in supporting fundraising events for the Synagogue after Williams death. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58934901 |title=ADELAIDE HEBREW CONGREGATION. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |volume=LXXIII, |issue=19,299 |location=South Australia |date=19 September 1908 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208452168 |title=THE ADELAIDE SYNAGOGUE. |newspaper=[[The Express And Telegraph]] |volume=XXX, |issue=8,881 |location=South Australia |date=28 June 1893 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=4 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160126315 |title=HEBREW SABBATH-SCHOOL PICNIC. |newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]] |volume=XXVI, |issue=1989 |location=South Australia |date=15 November 1879 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Like many other non-British citizens, William chose to take part in wider British society both through being a member of the Militia and of fraternal lodges. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93951279 |title=THE DRUIDS' ANNUAL FESTIVAL. |newspaper=[[South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail]] |volume=XVII, |issue=848 |location=South Australia |date=14 November 1874 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article879566 |title=SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER MILITARY FORCE. |newspaper=[[The South Australian Advertiser]] |volume=IV, |issue=1032 |location=South Australia |date=7 November 1861 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>