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Twins Philipp and Ursula Ettinger were born on the 11th March 1827, in a small village of Winkel, Rüdesheim, Germany. Philipp the son of Philipp Ettinger, the weaver and Barbara Dietrich. On 11 November 1854, he married Elizabetha Schweikert of the same village. Elizabetha was born on 6th March 1834, daughter of Franz Schweikert and Clare Klotz. | ||||
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| The German
Newspaper Amtsblatt,
dated 7th October 1854, announced the departure of Philipp Ettinger
on the 4th October 1854, from Winkel. Translation "The single male
Philipp Ettinger of Winkel intends to emigrate to Australia, 4 October
1854." Niederwald a hill close to Rüdesheim am Rhein, southwest foothills of the Taunus, between Rüdesheim and Assmannshausen, vineyards were grown on the southern slopes. The Rheingau, villages and small towns on the right shore of the river Rhein, down stream from the city of Wiesbaden, it was a great wine growing area in the Dukedom of Nassau, Hessen. The village of Winkel has preserved its characteristic aspect, now part of Oestrich-Winkel, this is the area that Philipp and Elizabetha came from and so named their home Niederwald at Canley Vale, Sydney, Australia. Philipp and his friend Aloys Diener applied for naturalization on 4the June 1869, stating they wished to purchase a house and land. They were both naturalized on the 16th July 1869, at Tambaroora, Hill End was one of the richest gold mining areas in New South Wales. Philipp came to Australia to seek his fortune but but only made enough to keep his family; when he became ill he sold his mining claim to a fellow German, Bernard Holtermann, who struck it rich a few days later. Philipp packed up, sold his home and with his family returned to Germany in 1871.When Philipp recovered his health and after the birth of his daughter Barbara, they came back to Australia in 1873, settling first at Old Guildford than at Canley Vale.
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