Person:Johanna Denys (1)

Johanna Christiana Dorothea Denys

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m. 19 Sep 1875

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Name^[1]	Johanna Christiana Dorothea Denys
Married Name	_____ Gross
Alt Name^[6]	Christiana _____
Gender	Female
Birth^[2]^[3]^[4]	6 Aug 1852	Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Marriage	19 Sep 1875	Hamburg, Hamburg, Germanyto Louis Julius Gross
Emigration^[5]	24 Oct 1883	Australia
Death^[4]	27 Mar 1939	Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Burial^[4]	28 Mar 1939	Box Hill, Victoria, AustraliaBox Hill Cemetry

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Christiana Denys/Gross

References

↑ Probate papers for Louis Julius Gross, in McBeth, Sue. Probate index, Victoria, 1841-1992. (Melbourne, Victoria: MacBeth Genealogical Books, 1992)
1924.

Given names written this way in both Louis Gross's will and the probate documents drawn up after his death.

Image available free at http://prov.vic.gov.au/wills-and-probate.
↑ Birth registration, Christiane Gross, in Victoria, Australia. Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates. (Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages)
22 Feb 1887.

Mother's age given as 34. Birthplace given as Hamburg Victoria - presumably should be Hamburg Germany.
↑ Bertha Laidler's Birthday Book.

August 6th Mrs C Gross – grandma
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Death registration, Christiane Dorothea Gross, in Victoria, Australia. Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates. (Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages)
29 Mar 1939.

Age at death: 86
↑ Hamburg, Germany. Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
24 Oct 1883.

Sailed on the Procida, with husband and four children.
↑ Christiana was the first given name shown on many documents, such as the birth registration of her daughter, and her own death registration. Presumably, Christiana was her Rufname, or "call name", in the German tradition.