Free official index. Death rows name BOTH parents, which is what makes it the key to an emigrant's parentage in the country they left. Certificates are purchased separately and were not viewed.
Frederick John Steffens | Death | 14/10/1916 | Frederick Steffens | Ethel May Butterfield | 1916/C/4886
Queensland historical BDM index, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Matches the tree's 14 OCT 1916 exactly; parents' names match exactly (no ambiguity).
Herman Christoph William Riek b. 04/06/1886, father Christoph Carl Riek, mother Wilhelmina Lindenburg (1886/C/1092). Albert Frederick Riek b. 23/06/1889, father Christopher Riek, mother Wilhelmine Lindenberg (1889/C/1749). Wilhelmina Louisa Rick b. 07/03/1892, father Christopher Rick, mother Wilhelmina Lindenburg (1892/C/1498).
Three Queensland birth registrations name her as mother after the 21 Feb 1886 death date the tree carried, so none of the three posthumous-birth errors is a wrong child link. Six registrations 1876-1892 give her maiden name as Lindenberg/Lindenburg/Lenneberg. The 21 Feb 1886 death registration the tree used (1886/C/1443, Wilhelmine Riek, father Gottlieb Groth, mother Johanna Weber) belongs to another woman.
Frederick William Albert Krenske | Death | 03/05/1974 | Frederick William Albert Krenske | Emilie Mauteuffel | 1974/C/3429
The index's own Father column repeats the deceased's name (informant/register quirk); mother 'Emilie Mauteuffel' matches Emilie Manteufel, so quality lowered to 2.
Ruby Augusta Pokarier, born 25/12/1903, father Carl Frederick William Pokarier, mother Auguste Wilhelmine Stumer, 1903/C/3828.
Same day and month as the tree, four years earlier. Her mother died 2 Mar 1907, so 1907 was impossible; 1903 is not. The parent link is correct and needs no change. Her siblings' registrations all match the tree: Henry John 05/05/1900 (1900/C/4654), Elsie Martha 02/06/1901 (1901/C/4460), Laura May 07/04/1904 (1904/C/4486), Lily Violet 03/08/1905 (1905/C/4351).
"August Schimke β 04/01/1917 β father: Christian Schimke β mother: Carolina Labod"; "August Schimke β 09/10/1890 β other party: Auguste Catharina Puschack β 1890/C/1579"
Identity evidence. Note the marriage index date 09/10/1890 differs by two days from the 7 OCT 1890 recorded in the tree and on the Find a Grave memorial; I have not changed it.
Ernst Friedrich Hermann Devantier | Death | 21/08/1937 | - | Friederike Devantier | 1937/C/3108
Queensland historical death index, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Father column is '-' (no name recorded); mother matches the tree's Friederike Devantier exactly. Date matches the tree's existing DEAT date (21 AUG 1937) to the day. Subject was born 1857 in Cremzow, Brandenburg, Germany (pre-migration) so no QLD birth registration exists for him.
Alfred Charles Peters | Death | 29/07/1970 | Alfred Peters | Elizabeth Jane Dean | 1970/C/3745
Queensland historical death index row, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Registration number. Confirms #19535's parents exactly as recorded, and rules out identity with #20482 and #27026 (duplicate_person items #4805/#4806), whose own birth/death registrations below name different parents.
Alfred Charles Peters | Birth | 23/07/1896 | Alfred Peters | Elizabeth Jane Dean | 1896/C/2167
Queensland historical birth index row, same columns. This is #19535's own birth registration (independently found in this skeptic pass), refining the tree's bare 'JUL 1896' to an exact day and further confirming his parentage against #20482 and #27026.
Queensland births to David Giebel and (Anna) Christina Naumann: Violet Agnes 24/02/1902 (1902/C/4428), Ruby Catherine 21/06/1904 (1904/C/4563), Edward John 08/03/1907 (1907/C/4804), Elsie Christina 23/09/1910 (1910/C/4121), Pearly Eileen 18/02/1914 (1914/C/4772).
All four children in family 6012 are registered to this couple on the exact dates the tree already holds, so none of the four posthumous-birth errors is a wrong child link - his 1879 death date was. A fifth registered child, Pearly Eileen b. 18/02/1914, is not in the tree and proves he was still alive then. No David Giebel death appears in the Queensland index 1870-1970, so the death is left open as AFT 18 FEB 1914.
Name: Lorna Muller | Event: Birth | Date: 14/09/1924 | Reference: 1924/C/8256 | Father: Henry Muller | Mother: Anna Maria Naumann
QLD BDM registers this infant (born and died 14 SEP 1924, per the existing GEDCOM-sourced Beryl Muller record) under the given name Lorna. Added as an attested aka name rather than overwriting the primary name Beryl.
Heinrich Muller, Death, 28/10/1927, father Heinrich Muller, mother Elizabeth Imhoff, 1927/C/4813
Exact date match and supplies parents this row lacked. #39189 was born at Gruenberg in Thuringia, married Mary Orth at Ipswich in 1876 and died at Laidley in 1932. Two men.
George Muller, Birth, 06/01/1894, father Heinrich Muller, mother Catherine Wagner, 1894/C/8444
QLD BDM birth index row. Matches tree parents Johann Heinrich Muller x Catherine Wagner (fam 6014), sibling of #19601 above, birth date 6 JAN 1894 exactly. Distinguishes from #14514 George Henry Muller, different parents (item #4658).
William Heinrich Muller | Birth | 08/08/1892 | 1892/C/9740 | Father: Henry Muller | Mother: Katherina Wagner
Columns: Name | Event | Date | Registration No. | Father | Mother, QLD BDM index birth search (surname Muller, given William, 1891-1893). Confirms parents Henry/Heinrich Muller & Catherine Wagner already on the tree (family #6014, brother of #19595 above); distinguishes #19599 from William Charles Muller #20604, flagged at review item 4817.
Ann Gertrude Muller, Birth, 31/12/1886, father Henry Muller, mother Catherine Wagner, 1887/C/7451
QLD BDM birth index row (registered the year after a 31 December birth, as usual). Matches tree parents Johann Heinrich (Henry) Muller x Catherine Wagner (fam 6014) and birth date 31 DEC 1886 exactly. Distinguishes from #9098 Anna Elizabeth Muller, different parents (item #4508).
Johann Schmidt, Death, 19/06/1911, father Johann Schmidt, mother -, 1911/B/14249
Exact date match to the tree's recorded 19 Jun 1911 death. A different registration to Johann Gottlieb Schmidt's (#18623, 1903/C/1826, died 1902) -- the two men also differ in birthplace (Auenstein, Wurttemberg vs Melchow, Brandenburg), arrival year (1855 vs 1865) and wife (Caroline Haag vs Justine Krueger).
Name: Emilie Kamp; Event: Death; Date: 03/11/1935; Reference: 1936/C/426; Mother: Julie Louise Jahnke; Father: Gottfried Primus
Corrects the previously unsourced death date of 1947 (no citation existed for it). This BDM death record, under her married name, names her parents as Gottfried Primus and Julie Louise Jahnke, matching the tree's existing Godfried Primus (#62351) and Julia Wilhelmine Jahne. This is also the link identifying her as the wife of Richard Robert Rudolph Kamp and mother of the Kamp children added in this proposal.
John George Gunn | Death | 09/11/1938 | Hugh | Fanny McLeod
Row from the QLD historical death index, quoted in the CLI's own column order: name | event | date | father | mother, reference 1938/C/4873. Retrieved 2026-09-17 (gen qld-bdm --surname Gunn --given "John George" --type deaths --death-from 1935 --death-to 1940). Confirms this John George Gunn's parents as Hugh Gunn and Fanny McLeod (family #6204). Review item #4837 paired him with John Donald Gunn #26381, son of the unrelated couple Donald Gunn and Mary Ann Rattray Deuchar (family #8010, married in Stanthorpe) who died 1966 in Brisbane after marrying Clara Ethel Winks in 1909 - different parents and a 28-year gap in death dates settle these as two different men.
QLD historical birth index, CLI column order name | event | date | father | mother. Retrieved 2026-09-17 (gen qld-bdm --surname Gunn --given James --type births --birth-from 1870 --birth-to 1875). Refines the tree's year-only 1872 to the exact date and confirms his parents as Hugh Gunn/Fanny McLeod (family #6204).
James Gunn | Death | 03/06/1917 | Hugh Gunn | Frances McLeod
QLD historical death index, CLI column order name | event | date | father | mother. Retrieved 2026-09-17 (gen qld-bdm --surname Gunn --given James --type deaths --father Hugh --mother Fanny). Settles this James Gunn's previously-unrecorded death and confirms the same parents as his birth row above. Review item #4838 paired him with James McElgunn Gunn #65613, born in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, Ireland to John Gunn/Nancy Smyth and already fully documented there with his own Irish and Queensland civil registrations (citations #49215/#50291/#50292) - different parents and different birthplaces settle these as two different men.
John Ewing Gunn | Death | 19/08/1877 | John Gunn | Mary Campbell | 1877/C/2574
Queensland historical death index, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Matches this person's own birth registration (John Ewen Gunn, born 1875, ref 1875/C/1372, father John Gunn, mother Mary Campbell); 'Ewing' is the index's transcription of 'Ewen'. Corrects the GEDCOM-imported death date of 14 SEP 1990 (age 115, flagged implausible_age), which actually belongs to a grandson of the same name already correctly recorded in the tree as John Ewen Gunn #20177 (b.1909, son of Ewen William Gunn & Rosie Sophia Giesemann - QLD BDM death 1990 names those exact parents). This was a name-reuse import conflation.
William Zoinig Peters | Birth | 21/04/1904 | 1904/C/5013 | Father: August Henry Peters | Mother: Juliane Caroline Zoinig
QLD BDM historical index, Births. The registration itself spells the mother's maiden name "Zoinig" (elsewhere "Zornig"), explaining the child's middle name. Confirms #20465's parents, distinct from #18659's.
Thomas Humphrey Peters | Death | 18/01/1972 | Frederick Alfred Peters | Margaret Emma Hoge | 1972/B/29755
Queensland historical death index row, found independently in this skeptic pass (the original drafter's quick check missed it). Confirms #20474's own death and his parents Frederick Alfred Peters & Margarete Emma Magdalene Hoge, distinguishing him from Thomas Peters #27024 (item #4842) whose parents are Wilhelm Peters & Auguste Gutke.
Christiana Skuse | Death | 14/12/1941 | 1941/C/5246 | Father: Frederick Ferdinand Peters | Mother: Bertha Louise Welke
QLD BDM historical index, Deaths. Father/mother match #20484's own confirmed parents and 1891 birth registration exactly. Supersedes the imported '25 APR 1972' value, which matches her son Leslie's own death date (see companion citation on #43240).
Ottilie Wilhelmine Schultz, birth 09/10/1892, father Hermann Robert Schultz, mother Ernestine Wilhelmine Gehler. Reference 1892/C/4067
Queensland birth index. Tree had 9 OCT 1891, 95 days from her sister Helena Ernestine, whose 04/07/1891 the index confirms at 1891/C/3754 with the same parents. Only the year was wrong.
Name: Edward Heinrich Freier; Event: Birth; Event Date: 25/12/1886; Father: Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Freier; Mother: Friederika Kretzmann; Registration Number: 1887/C/2853
Birth registration for the man recorded twice in this tree as #20721 'Edward Heinrich Freier' and #20769 'Edward Albert Henry Freier'. Supports the merge in this proposal.
Name: Edward Heinrich Freier; Event: Death; Event Date: 28/01/1973; Father: Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Freier; Mother: Friederika Kratzmann; Registration Number: 1973/C/1509
Death registration; date and parents match #20769's existing death date (28 JAN 1973) exactly, and the registered name matches #20721.
Daniel Lobegeier, Death, 06/09/1949, August, Christina Schneider, 1949/B/23699
Queensland historical index, deaths search. Columns: Name, Event, Date, Father, Mother, Registration reference. Surname registered 'Lobegeier'. Matches #20862's recorded death date of 6 SEP 1949. His brother Julius Lobegeier (d. 23/08/1952, 1952/C/3730) carries the same parents, August and Christina Schnieder.
John Dennis Ware | Death | 26/08/1897 | Mark Ware | Jane Dennis | 1897/C/2870
Queensland historical death index, columns Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Died the day before the tree's burial on 27 AUG 1897 at Maryborough; the middle name Dennis is the mother's maiden surname, which is why the tree holds him as 'John D'.
Family name: Staatz; Given name(s): Dorothea; Event: Death; Date of event: 05/03/1903; Registration reference: 1903/C/3646; Father: Wilhelm Scheinrecht; Mother: Charlotte -
QLD BDM historical index death entry; confirms the death date and matches the tree's recorded parents (Wilhelm Scheinrecht / Charlotte), settling that the 1913 Residence event is a post-death artefact.
Family name: Staatz; Given name(s): Martin Friedrich; Event: Death; Date of event: 18/01/1923; Registration reference: 1923/C/452; Father: Martin Friedrich Staatz; Mother: Charlotte Stockfisch
QLD BDM historical index death entry; confirms the death date and matches the tree's recorded parents, settling that the 1937 Residence event is a post-death artefact.
"Annie Emilie Mary Otto | Birth | 20/05/1890 | reg 1890/C/5115 | father=Friedrich Wilhelm Otto | mother=Wilhelmina Albrecht"
Distinct from Annie Mary Wilhelmina Otto #34052, daughter of Wilhelm Frederick August Otto and Ada Anna Muller (1890/C/1845). Two registrations, two couples, four months apart.
Norman Alfred Krause | DEAT | 01/08/1971 | 1971/B/25682 | Carl Wilhelm Krause | Helene Albertine Kuhz | surname: Krause | id: D300086356 | refid: 6702c783a1ef1e15e4c3ea39c43ddb7fb1bb944c0cf8812c040dba6592cb7f10 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/6702c783a1ef1e15e4c3ea39c43ddb7fb1bb944c0cf8812c040dba6592cb7f10
Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1971/B/25682, found while researching #26082 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #21018 (Norman Alfred Krause) by exact date 01/08/1971 (tree 1 AUG 1971) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (1 AUG 1971). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.
Augusta Louise Krause | DEAT | 03/01/1902 | 1902/C/3557 | Carl Wilhelm Krause | Helene Albertine Kuhz | surname: Krause | id: D994214 | refid: f985b57dafb7e9c4f02617703ba3b4de4bf1563c67e1bc8bdeff80d2bbf8a198 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/f985b57dafb7e9c4f02617703ba3b4de4bf1563c67e1bc8bdeff80d2bbf8a198
Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1902/C/3557, found while researching #26133 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #21019 (Augusta Louise Krause) by both parents Carl Wilhelm Krause & Helene Albertine Kuhz (tree Carl Wilhelm Krause & Albertine Elene Kuhz) and the DEAT year 1902 (strong match, parent_name). The tree's DEAT event exists (1902): cited only; refine the event from this row by hand. Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.
Hermann Kohler | Death | 26/10/1865 | John Kohler | Wilhelmine Rosenheter | 1865/B/2622
Queensland historical death index row, quoted in the index's own column order: Name | Event | Date | Father | Mother | Reference. Retrieved 2026-08-29. "John" is the index's anglicisation of Johann; the father is in any case a Kohler, not a Gorber.
Herman Friedrich Kammholz | BIRT | 04/11/1896 | 1896/C/8977 | Carl Friedrich Erdmann Kammholz | Marie Wilhelmine Ernestine Gierke | surname: Kammholz | id: B1346809 | refid: 7cac1fd091249f17c4bfaa94718091d5d25ba32b50566ecb5298683b2c054ee0 | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/7cac1fd091249f17c4bfaa94718091d5d25ba32b50566ecb5298683b2c054ee0
Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) BIRT index row, reference 1896/C/8977, found while researching #14082 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #21226 (Hermann Friedrich Erdmann Kammholz) by exact date 04/11/1896 (tree 4 NOV 1896) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the birthDate the tree already holds (4 NOV 1896). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.
Herman Frederich Kammholz | DEAT | 18/01/1975 | 1975/C/782 | Carl Friedrich Erdmann Kammholz | Maria Wilhelmine Ernestine Gierke | surname: Kammholz | id: D900068464 | refid: 2c16436edb80ed8333e8d13b0c044cb24bf95b60cb1acdb55737271d8b32f5be | detailsUrl: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/2c16436edb80ed8333e8d13b0c044cb24bf95b60cb1acdb55737271d8b32f5be
Queensland BDM historical index (qld-bdm) DEAT index row, reference 1975/C/782, found while researching #14082 (the row is not about that person). Identity: recognised as existing person #21226 (Hermann Friedrich Erdmann Kammholz) by exact date 18/01/1975 (tree 18 JAN 1975) (decisive match, exact_date). Supports the deathDate the tree already holds (18 JAN 1975). Built from the row's structured fields by code; the quote is the verbatim row.