OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Haebich Family collection 1913 - 1969

DATE1913 to 1969

MEDIAArchive

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.A134.29

HISTORY

Written on the back of the sympathy card: “Augustus and Annie Haebich settled at “Stanton” Bittern early in the nineteen hundreds. He was a butcher who travelled the district with horse and cart, selling his meat. To make ends meet Annie ran a boarding house in the large dwelling. Like most German immigrants Augustus ran the farm and later [illegible] with many hand made implements the [illegible] stables for his horses (he owned a handsome big black stallion) a blacksmith shop, dairy, meat cooling house, a bacon smoking and curing shed and even a cobbling shed to be self sufficient. In 1960 Annie (Gran to all) eventually moved into the [illegible] and the farm was taken over by her granddaughter Dorothy Turner and grandson Ray Haebich. Much respected Annie lived to 104 years of age”

DESCRIPTION

A collection of photographs and memorabilia of the Haebich family, consisting of receipts, a sympathy card, a television licence, a catalogue for drawing materials, a letter about correspondence courses and a school workbook.

SUBJECTS

Genealogy

KEYWORDS

Bittern Primary School, Brewer, Edie, Egan, Miss, Haebich, Annie, Haebich, Augustus, Haebich, Eddie, Haebich, Johann, Haebich, L, Haebich, Les, Haebich, Merle, Haebich, Ray, International Correspondence Schools (Australasia) Pty. Limited, Jim Paton, Hastings, Keith Mann Pty. Ltd., Lillywhite, H, McPherson’s Limited, Stanton Farm, Bittern, Turner, Dorothy, Tyabb Co-Operative Trading & Cool Stores Limited, Western Port Timber, Hastings