The young couple in the first photograph are Jane Wilhelmina Esther (Esther) Arnold (1888–1992) and Albert John Batstone (1885–1965). They were married in a ‘quiet ceremony’ on 1st August 1911 at St Matthew’s Church in Albury. This marriage brought together two old business families of Albury. Albert’s father, John George established a cabinet-making and furniture […]
Jewellery is a very personal item and as such is usually held within a family and passed down through the generations. This beautiful silver locket was owned by Johanna Hermine (Mina) Wagner (née Rosler) (1858–1921) and has been handed down through the Rosler family. It is unknown when Hermine received the locket but as a […]
The marriage of Gustav (Gus) Wagner and Ottilie (Tilly) Schmidt in October 1907 was definitely an important and notable event in the social circles of Jindera and represented the coming together of four of the original German settler families: the Wagners, Roslers, Schmidts, Kalms and if Ottilie’s mother’s family is included, the Schultzs. The young […]
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