LUDWIG JOHANNES LEHFELDT

AND

ALICE JANE COXON

 

Ludwig  Johannes LEHFELDT was the sixth child of Heinrich Wilhelm Lehfeldt and his wife Anna Silbertoff.  He was born on the 26th September 1871 at Quarsnstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen.  Because it was conpulserary for Men to join the German Army when they turned 18,  Heinrich shipped his sons of to Australia to avoid Conscription.  Ludwig and his younger brother Wilhelm, sailed from Gravensend aboard the ship “Jumna” on the 31 May 1888  arriving in Brisbane on the 23rd of June of that year.

 

Ludwig and Heinrich worked their way up to Kabra in Central Queensland.  One of the many projects Ludwig worked on was the building of the much need Railway line between Kabra and Mount Morgan and the building of the Number 2 Dam, to supply water for the Mount Morgan Township and the near by Mine.

 

Ludwig meet a Local Nurse Alice Jane COXON and on the 10 September 1900, at the Saint Mary’s Church of England, Mount Morgan, Ludwig and Alice was married.  Alice was born on the 29 December 1876, at Horsehay, Salop, England to William Coxon and Margaret Groves.

 

Ludwig brough land at  Woodend, latter to be called Kalapa, and set about making a home for his new Bride, while Alice remained in Mount Morgan working at a local Doctors Surgery.  He was to call his new home “Quarnlea” . 

 

Ludwig and Alice had five children, all born in Rockhampton.

 

Ludwig and Alice sold their farm and moved back to Mount Morgan, where they both died and were buried, Ludwig on the 10 Jan 1946 and Alice on the 10 Sep 1959.

 

Their Children:

 

(1)  Anna Margaret – ( 1901 -     )

 

(2)  Alma Florence – (1903 -     )

 

(3)  Alice Ella – (1906 -     )

 

(4)  Nelllie Agnes – (1909 -      )

 

(5)  Rudolph Ludwig – (1913 -     )

 

Last updated:  August 5, 2000

 

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