The ship Gutenberg passenger list below contains the names of those who travelled from the port of Bremmerhaven, Germany leaving on the 18 December 1875. They arrived in Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington Harbour) on 23 March 1876. It will be 150 years to the day on Monday 23 March 2026 when these Vogel Scheme immigrants arrived in Wellington. Alve descendants are planning to mark the occasion with a gathering in Wellington (and possibly cruise on the harbour) on Sunday 22 March 2026. If you are a descendant of one of the immigrants who arrived in Wellington on this ship you might like to join us. The Alves and the Schormanns knew each other in the Ruhr Valley, Germany, travelled together on the Gutenberg, worked on the construction of the Rimutaka railway line and subsequently building the line to Masterton before farming together on the Alfredton Road east from Eketahuna from 1880. Heins Briesemann moved to Stratford and farmed. His grandson Trevor and his children live in Tawa, Wellington near where I live. Tina White (a great grand daughter) wrote an interesting historical reflection about Clara Malgraff and her family who, within a week of landing in Wellington, travelled on the s.s. Napier to Foxton, as did about 30 others early April 1876. She eloped (and married leter 1876 as a 15 year old) with Jan Iskierka, a Polish man who had arrived a short time before on the Terpsichore. Her family subsequently went to Whanganui. She (Clara Malgraff Iskierka) lived into the 1930's dying in Auckland. https://tinyurl.com/malgraff Perhaps you are a (Wellington) Gutenberg passenger descendant, or know someone who is. If so you may be interested in getting in touch. Perhaps marking this occasion is something that you would like to do. Get in touch: [email protected] or 027 600 1926. Terry Alve Alve Family Historian & Genealogist Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document. We have recently obtained a picture of the ship Gutenberg taken when it was on an Adelaide, Australia slipway undergoing an annual inspection in 1868. At that time it was named the Edinburgh before it was sold to a German company to become the immigration ship Gutenberg Gutenburg).
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Grace Ficinus
5/2/2025 06:05:51 pm
Hello! This is a really interesting post to come across; I'm a descendant of Carl and Bertha Ficinus (which appears to have been mistranscribed as Fieinus, which is fair given that it is cursive), particularly their son born on the ship, Alexander Guttenberg Ficinus. They came from the town of Guben in Prussia. They didn't end up staying in New Zealand, instead immigrating to Melbourne in 1877 where Carl worked as a carpenter. It's really cool that you and others have collated this information!
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9/2/2025 07:16:28 am
Grace thank you for your post. And for the name of the only child born on the voyage of the Gutenburg to Wellington. Interesting to note that Ficinus family moved to Melbourne so soon after their arrrival in NZ. Can I assume that there are no descendants now in NZ?
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9/2/2025 11:35:31 am
Grace may I respectfully ask, Are you descended from Alexander Guttenberg Ficinus or from one of his siblings?
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10/2/2025 11:35:30 am
Grace further progess. I have setup a Facebook page promoting the Sunday 22 March 2026 Gutenberg sesqui Wellington Reunion - see: Gutenberg1876-2026
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