Heinrich Jacob "Harry" JURGENSEN b. 27 Mar 1872 Mutdapilly, Queensland, Australia d. 14 Sep 1956 Queensland, Australia: Colston & Wenck families in Australia

1872 - 1956 (84 years)

Name	Heinrich Jacob "Harry" JURGENSEN
Nickname	Harry
Born	27 Mar 1872	Mutdapilly, Queensland, Australia [1, 2]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	9FPJ-8KQ
FamilySearch link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9FPJ-8KQ
Died	14 Sep 1956	Queensland, Australia [3, 4]
Buried	15 Sep 1956	Kalbar, Queensland, Australia [5]
	Kalbar General Cemetery
		JURGENSEN, Heinrich & Paulina Headstone, Kalbar General Cemetery
Notes	Heinrich was called Harry. His father died when he was five years old, so he would have been reared by his stepfather William Riches. The family lived in the Fassifern area and Harry is named as a pioneer farmer of the Moogerah area in the early days of subdivision (1900s). He and other settlers were instrumental in getting a school for Moogerah. Harry was secretary of the school committee. His postal address was Charlwood, where his second cousin Theodor Wenck was a teacher. This was the closest school and was five miles by the nearest road. A provisional school was opened at Moogerah in August 1908. The parents having supplied land, a building and board for the teacher. Harry must have been successful, because he owned the third car to come to the area, a 1916 Talbot The name Moogerah is a puzzle. In local aboriginal dialect it means thunder. The postal service in 1881 used the name Tineravelah Receiving Office and the name in the postal directory in 1900 is Moogerah Creek. [Source: Win Brighton]
Person ID	I246	Colston & Wenck families in Australia
Last Modified	8 Sep 2018

Father	Heinrich Thomas JÜRGENSEN, b. 6 Dec 1838, Föhr Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia , d. 25 Sep 1877, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 38 years)
Mother	Anna WENCK, b. 3 Apr 1838, Tiebensee, Dithmarschen, Holstein , d. 2 Sep 1899, Engelsburg (Kalbar), Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years)
Married	24 Mar 1867	Langenhorn, Holstein, Germany
Family ID	F75	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Paulina "Polly" QUICK, b. 4 Mar 1879, Fassifern, Queensland, Australia , d. 4 May 1968, Kalbar, Queensland, Australia (Age 89 years)

Married 13 Jul 1898 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [6, 7, 8]

St Paul's Church of England
Age given on certificate for bride is 21 years, but she was 19 years [6]

Children

+	1. Heinrich Thomas Frederick "Henry" JURGENSEN, b. 25 Jul 1899, Kalbar, Queensland, Australia , d. 19 May 1977, Kalbar, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years)
+	2. Grace Levina Camilla JURGENSEN, b. 15 Sep 1902, Kalbar, Queensland, Australia , d. Feb 2000, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 97 years)

Last Modified 8 Sep 2018

Family ID F52 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 27 Mar 1872 - Mutdapilly, Queensland, Australia
	Married - 13 Jul 1898 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
	Died - 14 Sep 1956 - Queensland, Australia
	Buried - 15 Sep 1956 - Kalbar, Queensland, Australia

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Jurgensen, Harry - builder of Kalbar School of Arts building
from page 33 of The Story of Kalbar - Fassifern, Queensland: Out of the Brigalows: The Kalbar District 1872-1972
Written and Compiled by H. A. Krause

[S8] Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889, (Brisbane, The Registrar-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2000), 1872/ 001109.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Birth registration: Heinrich Jacob Jurgensen, Birth date: 27/03/1872, Mother's name: Anna Wenck, Father/parent's name: Heinrich Thomas Jurgensen, Registration details: 1872/C/1109.
[S98] Dern Index Queensland, Monumental Inscriptions, DERN, David & Julie, (David & Julie DERN 1999), MI Kalbar.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Death registration: Heinrich Jacob Jurgensen, Death date: 14/09/1956, Mother's name: Anna Wenck, Father/parent's name: Heinrich Thomas, Registration details: 1956/C/3343.
[S99] Queensland Cemetery Records Series #32 Cemetery Burial Register Index, (Brisbane, GSQ, 1994), Kalbar Cemetery Index 1921-1993 page 4.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, (Copy of) Certificate of Marriage, obtained from Boonah Shire Archives Ref JUR.H-QUICK/429.
[S16] Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914, (Brisbane, The Registrar-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2004), 1898/ 001637.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Marriage registration: Heinrich Jurgensen, Marriage date: 13/07/1898, Spouse's name: Paulina Quick, Registration details: 1898/C/1637.