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'Lorraine KRAMM Photographic Collection & Other Archival Material' 

 

The LIEBELT / STEINBORN’s 2nd son

Lorraine KRAMM's husband Trevor Donald KRAMM was a grandchild of

 

Anna Bertha LIEBELT

married Carl Reinhold KRAMM

 

 

Anna Bertha LIEBELT's Bible

The author, Janice SCHUBERT, Faye JONES & Lorraine KRAMM 21 October 2022.  Janice & Faye are 1C2R to Lorraine, 

 

Summary

This German Family Bible has a handwritten name and date on the inside cover, 'Bertha LIEBELT, 1893', making it 130 years of age.  It is held in the guardianship of  Lorraine KRAMM from Mt Barker. The actual age of the book has not yet been determined. There are 15 historic small photographs embedded in the back of the book, and 8 births recorded under 'Family Records'.  There are two swatches of silk threads between the pages.

 

The family surnames that are mentioned in this article:

DOBSON, FÄHRMANN, GERLACH, HAEHNEL, JONES, KRAMM, KUCHEL, LIEBELT, LUBASCH, MÜLLER, MUELLER, NIESCHE, SCHUBERT, STEINBORN, THWAITES

 

Aim of this Article

  • Document the memories of  Lorraine KRAMM [the custodian of the book] to track the Bible's provenance.
  • Provide a summary of the individuals and their relationship to the STEINBORN/LIEBELT/GERLACH/KRAMM/ family
  • Identify the individuals photographed
  • Share photographs from this 130 year old Bible with photographs
  • Identify the photographers and the possible dates their studios operated 

 

Table of Contents

1.     Author's Note

2.    Extracts from LIEBELT Family History, 1975.

 

 

1.    Author's Note

What appears to be the owner of this 'Family Bible', 'Bertha LIEBELT, 1893', is the 10th & last child of Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT & Johanna Caroline LUBASCH.  Two years after Anna Bertha LIEBELT wrote her name on the inside she married Carl Reinhold KRAMM at St Michael's Church, in Hahndorf.  Bertha was 28 years & Carl 29 year of age. 

 

2.      LIEBELT Family History, 1975.

 

 

2nd son: 1st child,  Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT [1823-1893] & Johanna Karoline LUBASCH [1827-1902]

Liebelt Family History by Fairalie LIEBELT & Alan WITTWER,1975     

             2nd son

                Johann Christian LIEBELT & Maria Elisabeth KUCHEL

 2nd son's 1st child

Gottlieb LIEBELT & Johanna Caroline LUBASCH

2nd son's 1st child, 10th child

Bertha LIEBELT & Carl Reinhold KRAMM

Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 75
All of these sepia photographs come from the back of the Family Bible.  
 

 

 

 

 
 

This photograph is of the younger brother of Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT.  This couple, both LIEBELT's & 1st cousins are:

Johann Christoph LIEBELT & Johanna Louise LIEBELT. 

     Taken before 1898.

This particular photograph is the only one of its kind that the author has seen.  There is another identical photo in the Family Bible.

 

 It is Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT & Johanne Caroline LUBASCH. The same couple as the ones above it, page 46 LIEBELT Family History.

Taken before 1893.

This particular photograph is the only one of its kind that the author has seen.

 

It is Johanne Eleanore LIEBELT the younger sister of her two brothers on the left.

 

There is also in the Family Bible a photograph of her husband, 

Johann Carl Friedrich FÄHRMANN, identical backgrounds & both taken by HAEHNEL & Co.

      Taken before 1896.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                      Wedding date: 27 August 1925.

                                                          All 3 photographs are taken in front of the LIEBELT/LUBASCH home off Echunga Rd.    

                          For more information about this property & home see:                                                          

'John MULLER Photo Collection'

 

'John MULLER Photo Collection'

Reverse: 'Elsa KRAMM wedding, Otto SCHMIESS'

'John MULLER Photo Collection'

 

 

 

 

'John MULLER Photo Collection'

 

 

This photo on the left, is  seen above from the Liebelt Family History, page 75.

 

This photo is a KUCHEL/LIEBELT photograph it has nothing to do with the 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Selected pages from the Bible

 

1

 

2 3

4

 

Front cover of Bible Thickness of Bible 'Bertha LIEBELT 1893'  

5

 

6 7 8
       

A9

 

10 11 2
       

13

 

14    
       

 

15 photographs & 1 card mounted on blue decorative album pages at the back of the Bible

All photographs identified by the author.

Photo No 1.   Johanna Caroline LUBASCH & Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT

Photographer: C.W. HAEHNEL & Co

 

Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL part 1

Rudolph Richard Edmund DIEDERICH part 2

Photo No 2.    Johanna Eleonore LIEBELT

 

Photographer above: : C.W. HAEHNEL & Co

For information about the involvement of photographer Edmund DIEDERICH with HAEHNEL & Co see:

Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL part 1

Rudolph Richard Edmund DIEDERICH part 2

 

Photo No 3
    Photographer: Charles NIESCHE 97 Rundel St, Adelaide.

 

Photo No 4
    Photographer: J.R. DOBSON & Co,The Temple of Light, 44 Rundle St, Adelaide, 

 

 

Photo No 5
 
  Johann Carl Friedrich FÄHRMANN

Photographer: C.W. HAEHNEL & Co

Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL part 1

Rudolph Richard Edmund DIEDERICH part 2

Photo No 6
 
     

 

Photo No 7
   

Photographer: W. THWAITES Jun.,

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/walter-william-mclean-thwaites/biolgraphy/

 

 

Photo No 8
   

Photographer: W. THWAITES Jun.,

https://www.daao.org.au/bio/walter-william-mclean-thwaites/biolgraphy/

 

Photo No 9
     

 

Photo No 10
  Johanna Caroline LUBASCH & Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT          Identical photo to No 1

Photographer: C.W. HAEHNEL & Co

Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL part 1

Rudolph Richard Edmund DIEDERICH part 2

 

Photo No 11
    Photographer: Charles NIESCHE, 97 Rundle St, Adelaide

 

 

Photo No 12
     

 

 

Photo No 13
    Photographer: Franz Otto, Schwiebus [Brandenburg,Prussia]

 

 

Card No 14

 

     

 

Photo No 15

 

 

 

   

Photographer: C.W. HAEHNEL & Co

Anna Elizabeth KUCHEL part 1

Rudolph Richard Edmund DIEDERICH part 2

Photo No 16
  Johann Christoph LIEBELT & Johanna Louise LIEBELT Photographer: C. NIESCHE, 97 Rundle St, Adelaide

 

Photo No 1, 2 & 16 are the LIEBELT siblings & No 5 is Johanna's husband FÄHRMANN

Photo No 1

Author's great, great, great great great uncle & aunty

Trevor KRAMM's great grandparents

John MUELLER's great, great grandparents

Photo No 16

Author's great, great, great great great uncle & aunty

Trevor KRAMM's 

John MUELLER's

Photo No 2                                              Photo No 5

Author's great great grandparents

Trevor KRAMM's great, great aunt

John MUELLER's

 

 

 

  

 

Johanna Caroline LUBASCH &  Johann Gottlieb LIEBELT Johanna Louise LIEBELT & Johann Christoph LIEBELT  Johanna Eleonore LIEBELT       Johann Carl Friedrich FÄHRMANN

 

Loose sheets inside the Bible

 

 

 

Fine Silkworm Threads

In 'Lorraine KRAMM's Collection' is this small box of silkworm threads similar to what are between the pages of the Bible above.  To see the contents revealed go to Fine Silkworm Threads.