NAA: A1, 1920/12270
Matthaeus, Friedericke Louise
Digital copy - 38968
| Occupation as written | married woman |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 25 Nov 1915 |
| Application status |
Already a Subject |
| Official | A.H. |
| Date of approval or denial | 6 Jan 1916 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Tuchheim, Magdeburg, Germany |
| Modern country | Germany |
| Age on application | 62 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 30 |
| Port of Departure | Magdeburg, Germany |
| Port of Arrival | Adelaide |
| Date of arrival | 8 Jun 1883 |
| Name of ship | Toormina |
| Voyage | Toormina (1883-06-08) |
| Address in Australia | Nuriootpa |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 30 years |
| Previous address 1 | Wolseley |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 1 years |
| Previous address 2 | North Kilkerran |
| Address State | South Australia |
| Time at address | 2 years |
| Married | Yes |
| Children | Yes |
5: 1 male, 4 females. Son in W. Australia. 1 daughter in Warnerstown, SA, 1 in Port Pirie, 1 in Aulalry, 1 same as applicant |
| Name of reference | Friedrich Wilhelm Habich |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace, Tanunda, South Australia |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | Yes |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
NAA file name refers to her surname as 'Matthews'.
Police Report, R. Reed, M.C., Nuriootpa, South Australia, 13 December 1915: 'from information received, he thinks the applicant a fit and proper person'. Doesn't associate with other Germans because 'the applicant is very old and practically unable to get about.' She produced a church certificate of christening which confirmed her name and date of christening (19 March 1853).
Hunt to Mathaeus, 21 Dec 1915: husband's nationality, and if naturalised
F. Homburg, Auctioneer, Estate and Financial Agent, Tanunda, to DEA, 30 Dec. 1915: husband, Johann Carl A. Mathaeus, applied for naturalisation in Adelaide in previous month. Of German nationality.
Hunt to Homburg, 6 January 1916: her husband granted naturalised on 22 December so already gets it through him.
There is also a 1920 Old-age Pension check whether eligible and confirmed that both would be.