Ernst Adolph Heinrich Burmester

1864 - 1954  (89 years)

• Name	Ernst Adolph Heinrich Burmester
  Nickname	Amiel
  Birth	29 Dec 1864	Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   [1, 2]
  Christening	22 Mar 1865	Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	22 Mar 1865	Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland   [1]
  Emigration	2 Dec 1886	Habsburg, Germany
  Immigration	2 Dec 1886	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  	Arrived on ship Habsburg from Hamburg / Bremen age 21.|ref http://immigration-records.mooseroots.com/l/27957693/E-A-Burmester
  Occupation	1898	Yangan, Queensland
  	Storekeeper as recorded on birth record of Ernest Otto.
  _AMTID	192683706260:1030:204653251
  _COLOR	10
  _FSFTID	MJGT-621
  _UID	52D7CB83CA9463C7B001EC9B2EE86229D89E
  Death	17 Aug 1954	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [3]
  Burial	18 Aug 1954	Mount Thompson Crematorium
  Person ID	I55634	World of Hyde
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Carl Christian Friederich Burmester,   b. 16 Sep 1823, Hamburg-Altona, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany d. Jun 1897 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sophia Dorothea Elisabeth Josephine Schultz,   b. 8 Apr 1834, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland d. 1877 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1853	Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
  Family ID	F17899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Wilhelmine Auguste Albrecht,   b. 21 Oct 1871, Bethania, Queensland, Australia d. 21 Aug 1907, Warwick, Queensland, Australia (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1891	Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia
  	recorded on birth record of Ernest Otto.
  Children	1. Victor William Ernest Burmester,   b. 22 Jun 1897, Queensland, Australia d. 7 Dec 1958, Oakey Cemetery, Oakey, Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years)   2. Ernest Otto Burmester,   b. 20 Sep 1898, Yangan, Queensland, Australia d. 27 Feb 1974, Nambour, Queensland (Age 75 years)   3. Edgar Raymond Burmester,   b. 1900, Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia d. 6 Aug 1973, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F17778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine Schnitzerling,   b. 23 May 1872, Warwick, Queensland, Australia d. 30 May 1947, Queensland, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1908	Queensland, Australia
  Notes	When Catherine Schnitzerling married Ernest Adolph Burmester she also took responiblity of raising Victor and Ernest Burmester which were two children of Ernest Adolph Burmester' s Previous marriage which had ended of the death of his first wife .
  Children	1. John Schnitzerling,   b. 1893, Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia d. 12 Feb 1894, Queensland, Australia (Age 1 year)   2. Otto Conrad Burmester,   b. 27 Jul 1909, Queensland, Australia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Nellie Christine Burmester,   b. 5 Nov 1911   d. 4 Nov 1988, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 76 years)   4. John Albert Burmester,   b. 19 Jun 1913   d. 1968, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F17898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 22 Mar 1865 - Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia Baptism - 22 Mar 1865 - Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland Immigration - 2 Dec 1886 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Marriage - 9 Sep 1891 - Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia Occupation - Storekeeper as recorded on birth record of Ernest Otto. - 1898 - Yangan, Queensland Marriage - 27 Aug 1908 - Queensland, Australia Death - 17 Aug 1954 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Burial - 18 Aug 1954 - Mount Thompson Crematorium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		Ernest Adolph BURMESTER from naturalisation 1948
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  Documents

  Collection of letters and papers Includes naturalisation & licencing documents & personal letters

  
  

• Notes

  Owned picture theatres in Brisbane

  
  

• Sources

  [S779] Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Massachusetts rriages, and Burials, 1500-1971. 0414513-00146.jpg 0414513-00038.jpg 0414513-00057.jpg 0414513-00093.jpg 0414519-00133.jpg 0414519-00267.jpg [S799] England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921, Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Colonial and Foreign E 1043-1203 to Colonial and Foreign F 1210-1413; Reel Number: 25. [S781] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985.