James Ernest Grenenger

James Ernest Grenenger
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1838 – 1918 79 years

Born October 1838 in Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDied 16 August 1918 in Goulburn, New South Wales, aged 79

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Parents

JG Johannes Grüninger 1805–1879 father MK Maria Sophia Knabenschuh 1810–1879 mother

Spouse

EB Elizabeth Brown 1841–1912 m. 1 October 1861

Children with Elizabeth Brown

WG Wenzel Albert Grenenger 1878–1950 JG James Ernest Grenenger 1864–1953 GG Gertrude Grenenger 1881–1966 LG Leslie Augustus Grenenger 1883–1965 FG Frederick John Ernest Grenenger d. 1936 EG Eliza Ann Grenenger d. 1961

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1830s
Born October 1838

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

His own naturalisation certificate calls him 'a native of Frankfort a/M Germany'

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1850s
Immigrated 1857 aged 19

Arrived in the Colony of New South Wales in 1857; the ship's name on his certificate reads 'James Payne'

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1860s
Married to Elizabeth Brown 1 October 1861 aged 23

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia

St Bede's Church, Braidwood, by the late Rev. Dean O'Brien, assisted by the late Rev. John O'Brien

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Birth of son James Ernest Grenenger 1864 aged 26

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
1870s
Birth of son Wenzel Albert Grenenger 1878 aged 40

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Death of father Johannes Grüninger 1879 aged 41

Butzbach, Hesse, Germanyaged 74
Death of mother Maria Sophia Knabenschuh 2 November 1879 aged 41

Butzbach, Hesse, Germanyaged 69
1880s
Birth of daughter Gertrude Grenenger 1881 aged 43

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of son Leslie Augustus Grenenger 1883 aged 45

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Naturalised 22 January 1886 aged 47

Certificate of Naturalization no. 440, given under the hand and seal of Governor Carrington at Government House, Sydney

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1910s
Death of wife Elizabeth Brown 13 January 1912 aged 73

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australiaaged 71
Died 16 August 1918 aged 79

Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Buried 17 August 1918 aged 79

Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery, Gore Hill, New South Wales — no place row exists for it yet. His wife Elizabeth Brown was buried there in January 1912

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