Siebel family burials
Westgarthtown Lutheran Cemetery
Given names |
Birth |
Death |
|
| [ | Johann Gottlob | 30.12.1812 Zauchau, Silesia | 02.10.1877 aged 64 |
| Christiane (née Neumann) | 26.04.1819 Rettkau, Silesia | 24.09.1898 aged 79 | |
| Anna Dowlera | 19.12.1855 aged 1 month | ||
| Johann Gottlob | 05.12.1857 | 01.04.1858 aged 4 months | |
| Johann Gottlob | 14.03.1859 aged 24 days | ||
| Johann Friedrich | 17.07.1860 | 18.11.1860 aged 4 months | |
| Annie Maria | 02.02.1863 aged 22 days | ||
| Wilhelmine Louise (née Nebel) | 18.08.1862 | 05.06.1890 aged 27 | |
| Tollis | 16.05.1904 | 25.07.1904 aged 10 weeks |
Additional information
Johann Gottlob Siebel (1812 – 1877) and Christiane Siebel (1819 – 1898)
The main headstone, with floral motifs embedded among stylised ferns on the upper section and urns on either side of the grave, relates to Johann Gottlob and Christiane Siebel, who built Siebel’s farmhouse. Their son Jack was organist at the Thomastown Lutheran Church for 50 years and one of their grandsons, Albert Siebel, founded the Pura Dairy at Preston to retail Westgarthtown’s milk.
Wilhelmine Siebel (1862 – 1890)
Wilhelmina Louise Siebel (née Nebel), died in 1890, aged 27. Her grieving husband Jack dedicated the following verse to her:
Du kommst nicht wieder her zu mir In dies betrübte Leben: Ich aber komm’ hinauf zu dir, Da werd ich mit dir schweben In höchster Freude, Wonn und Lust Die deine Seele taglich kost’t Drauf ich mich herzlich freue. |
You will never come back to me In this sad life: But I will ascend to you, There I will hover with you In the greatest joy, bliss and pleasure Daily tasting your soul To that I am looking forward with all my heart. |
Images
Johann Gottlob and Christiane Siebel's headstone
Wilhelmine Louise Siebel's headstone
