Waldau Cemetery Register (1988)

Booklet and Burial list is being reviewed (See Draft)

Pastor Max von Schramm 1876-1908

A Brief History of the Lutheran Cemetery at Waldau

The first burial at Waldau took place in December 1854 when August Lenkerstorff, one year old son of August and Catherine Lenkerstorff was laid to rest on land owned by Friedrich Straube.

Early records of Trinity Lutheran Congregation state that after members had previously met together for worship in private homes, a meeting was held on April 30th 1858 to discuss the erection of a chapel. The following members attended Gottlieb Thiele (elected Chairman), Gottfried Thiele, Carl Aumann senior, Carl Aumann junior, Andreas Zander, Wilhelm Zander, Friedrich Straube, Ernst Straube, Gottfried Walther, Friedrich Walther, Friedrich Tucheband, Carl Hanke, Christian Finger, Gottlieb Simon, August Lenkerstorff, Ernst Wittig, Heinrich Fromhold, and Valentin Gunther.

The meeting resolved to proceed with the building of a church, and elected a building committee. Three sites were offered to the congregation. A meeting was held four days later, after each of the sites had been inspected, and the congregation decided unanimously to accept Mr. Straube’s offer of one acre, as the majority of members were in favour of building the church near the cemetery. The meeting asked Mr. Straube to speed up the release of the site, in order that a beginning might be made with the erection of the church. Approval was given by the meeting for the erection of j a building 40 feet long, 20 feet wide and 10 feet high, the construction of the walls to be of poles with lath and plaster and the roof to be covered with palings.

At a meeting held on 23 June 1858, it was resolved that one third of a chain on the southern boundary of the block be cutoff, and one third of a chain be added to the eastern boundary in order that the church might stand more in the middle of the block.

Estimated Cost by Trustees and building committee

  • In each of the long walls - 3 windows @ £1 6.00
  • In the eastern gable wall - 2 half windows @ 10/- 2.00
  • One double door 2.00
  • 1500 palings @ 20/- per hundred 15.00
  • 500 feet of laths 4.00
  • 3000 shingles 4.10
  • Nails, tie clips etc 3.00
  • Labour for erection 13.00
  • Total £48.10
Waldau cemetery: The headstones of Carl Samuel Aumann and Henry Finger in the old Waldau Cemetery at Doncaster. 1920's  DP0561 

The church was dedicated, amid great rejoicing, on 26 December 1858 by Pastor Mathias Goethe. At a meeting of the congregation held towards the close of 1859 the following resolutions were adopted.

  1. That only those persons who receive Holy Communion in the church, be regarded as members of the congregation.
  2. That members of the congregation pay fifteen shillings for the grave of an adult and twelve shillings for the grave of a child under ten years of age.
  3. That the charge for a reserved grave be two pounds.
  4. That in the case of people who are not members of the congregation, the charge for the grave of an adult be one pound and of a child under the age of ten years fifteen shillings.
  5. That the charge for a reserved family section be in keeping with the number of graves.
  6. That for the digging of a grave and for the setting of a border around the grave, the grave digger be paid ten shillings in the case of adults and eight shillings in the case of children.
  7. That plans for the outlay of a cemetery be prepared.
  8. That children and adults be buried in separate sections.
  9. That a man be appointed as sexton (verger) and grave digger and that he be permitted to erect a home for himself on a part of the cemetery allocated to him.
  10. That before the commencement of the main church services at nine and ten o'clock, the church bell be rung for ten minutes, and that this be done also before the commencement of all official acts of the con-gregation.
  11. That after the death of a member of the congregation, the bell be rung for fifteen minutes at ten a.m. and also for fifteen minutes prior to the arrival of the casket at the grave.
  12. That every day the bell be rung three times: at the rising and setting of the sun and at twelve noon. 
  13. That in addition to a quarterly collection the sexton receive an annual salary of four pounds.

Waldau Church and cemetery from Friedensruh, c1860-70.  The cemetery and original wattle and daub Lutheran Church in Bismark (later Victoria) Street, Doncaster. The church grounds are enclosed with a post and three rail fence on the west and by a picket or palling fence on the other three sides. Straube's house can be seen at the rear and large trees remain in the distance. The site of the church is now occupied by Schramm's Cottage and Museum.  DP0452


In 1872 trees and shrubs from the Botanical Gardens were planted in the cemetery.

Altogether one hundred and twenty five people were buried in the Waldau cemetery - eighty children and forty five adults.

The cemetery was closed in October 1888 because of increasing seepage from graves into nearby Ruffey Creek, water from which was still being used for domestic purposes at the time. The last adult to be buried there was Elizabeth Zander who died on 23 April 1888, and the last child was Ludwig Thomsen who died on 24 June 1888.

For many years after its closure, the cemetery was lovingly cared for by John Finger, but during World War 11 all of the tombstones were destroyed through acts of vandalism. In 1974 the site was handed over to the City of Doncaster and Templestowe and has since been under the care of the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society.

Register Of Burials at Waldau Cemetery

Legend:   y = Year; m = Month; w = Week;  d = Day;  h = Hour;  SB = Still Born

Date of Death Name Age Cause of Death
7 Dec 1854 Lenkerstorff August ly
1 Jan 1855 Uebergang Caroline 36y Fever
24 Sept 1858 Thiele Anna Hedwig ly Whooping cough
9 Apr 1859 Thiele Anna 22y
16 Aug 1859 Zander Maria Elizabeth llm Pneumonia Convulsions
16 Aug 1859 Beyer Casper 9m
16 Dec 1859 Stecher Eva Christina 10m Diphtheria
26 Mar 1860 Nehring Amalie 42y Fever
20 Jul 1860 Finger Anna 3y
9 Mar 1861 Simon Heinrich 18d Diarrhoea
18 Nov 1861 S techer Emma 7w Aptha
23 Nov 1861 Simon Ernst 6y Diphtheria
Nov 1861 Thiele (baby) SB
Dec 1861 Simon (baby) 14d
3 Jan 1862 Thiele Anna Maria 3y Croup
5 Jan 1862 Thiele Magdalena ly Croup
10 Jan 1862 Connoell 40y Sunstroke
11 Apr 1862 Stecher Johann 4m Diarrhoea
13 Jun 1863 Dehnert Carl 7d Convulsions
20 Jul 1863 Leber Ernst 2m Convulsions
28 Dec 1863 Thiele Martha 5m
27 Nov 1864 Fuhrmann Henry 16d Atrophy/ Debility
23 Mar 1865 Zerbe Herman 15m Dysentery
3 Apr 1865 Stecher Charles Henry 10m Thrush
19 Apr 1865 Leber Ludwig llm Dysentery
11 Jul 1865 Simon John Gottlieb 48y Dyspepsia
3 Sep 1865 Fuhrmann Jacob 4h Premature
13 Oct 1865 Leber Bertha 4y Burns from clothing
13 Mar 1866 Schramm Rhoda 5m Bronchitis
21 Oct 1366 Lenkerstoff August 8y ?????
31 Dec 1866 Sirell Phillip William 40y Inflammation of bowel
29 Jan 1867 Schuhkraft Heinrich Gottfried 8m Dysentery
12 Feb 1867 Leber Arthur Hugo 5m Diptheria
6 Apr 1867 Tucheband Gottfried 86y Old Age
10 Aug 1867 Schmidt Elies 53y Phthisis
10 Jan 1868 Thiele John 6h Debility
3 Feb 1868 Snell William 7m Diarrhoea
5 Oct 1868 Fuhrmann Emma Emilie 12h Debility
28 Nov 1868 Leber Oscar 4m Diarrhoea
11 Dec 1868 Bullen Harriet 62y Stroke
3 Jan 1869 Tucheband Henrietta 58y Phthisis
11 Dec 1869 Zander Maria Louise 33y ???
11 Dec 1869 Zander Maria Emma 3y Phthisis, Croup
12 May 1870 Pickering Joseph 60y Fever
20 May 1870 White Lucy 6m Fever
17 Sep 1870 Zander Wilhelm August 3y Drowned in Dam
20 Sep 1870 Piggott Eliza Jane 3w Congestion of lungs
8 Jan 1871 Quinton William 2d Debility
22 Jan 1871 Zerbe Elenora Martha 5m Apthia
27 Apr 1871 Thiele Maria Lydia 2m Atrophy
8 Aug 1871 Rosel Augusta Caroline 5m Convulsions
3 Dec 1871 Bullen Thomas 7d Trismus Muscentium
13 Dec 1871 Tillach J. George 18m
17 Dec 1871 Neumann Louise Anna 18m
24 Dec 1871 Bagnell Thomas 77y Apoplexy
6 Jan 1872 Uebergang Caroline 21y Kidney Disease
9 Jan 1872 Wilson Robert Albert 6m Diarrhoea
10 May 1872 Quinton Charles William 2m Convulsions
15 May 1872 Williams John 75y Dropsy
23 Oct 1872 Rosel Ernstine 28y Dropsy
18 Apr 1873 Holden Ernst Matthew 13y Water on Brain
23 Apr 1873 Stecher Anna Susannah 1y Teething
9 Jul 1873 Jones Mary Jane 1d Premature
10 Jul 1873 Fuhrmann Carl 69y Double Pneumonia
7 Aug 1873 Leber Emma 20d Catching fire
27 Nov 1873 Beanland Robert Ambrose 6w Convulsions
13 Dec 1873 Scales William Edmund 7m
15 Dec 1873 Thiele Martha Elizabeth 4y Croup
25 Feb 1874 Groux Eliza 29y Fever
11 Mar 1874 Groux S.E. 24d
13 Apr 1874 Hanke Karoline Bertha 3y Croup
15 Apr 1874 Hanke Louise Ida 4y Croup
10 May 1874 Fuhrmann Herman Julius 3y Diphtheria
16 May 1874 Pickering Eliza 7m Congestion of lungs
8 Aug 1874 Gerlach Ellen 12y Inflammation of windpipe
.5 Nov 1874 Rosel Johanna Eleonora 70y Peritonitis
15 Jan 1875 Mays Alfred 2d Premature
18 Jan 1875 Bullen Alfred 2y Dysentery
28 Jan 1875 Berger Agnes Bertha 6d Convulsions
12 Apr 1875 Finger William David 14m Measles
19 Apr 1875 Leber Oswald 8m Diphtheria
27 Apr 1875 Muller Alice 67y Disease of the liver
14 Sep 1875 Pickering Henry 36y Phthisis
7 Nov 1875 Dehnert Paul Reinhold 3y Scarlatina
18 Jan 1877 Simpson Frank 25y Congestion of lungs
14 Apr 1877 Pump Friedrich Wilhelm 8m Teething
31 May 1878 Brown Maria 42y Congestion of lungs
17 Nov 1878 Brown John 4m Loss of mother's milk
29 Dec 1878 Zander Christina Emma 2m Diarrhoea
28 Mar 1879 Fuhrmann Heinrich Ferdinand 18m Congestion of lungs
14 Dec 1879 Leber Gottlob 54y Cancer
1 Feb 1880 Behrens Charlotte 49y Cancer
27 Apr 1880 Brown George 47y Aneurism of heart
17 Apr 1880 Bilton Samuel 87y Congestion
8 Sep 1880 Froebel Johanne Caroline 61y
10 Apr 1881 Leber Helen 2d Premature
20 Jul 1881 Muller Ludwig 72y
7 Apr 1882 Groux (Twins) Still born
29 Oct 1882 Aumann Carl Samuel 74y Stomach ulcer
20 Nov 1882 Fuhrmann Christiane 75y Cancer
23 May 1883 Mays Herbert George 17y Phtisis Pulmanalis
27 May 1883 Lenkerstorff August Christian 62y Heart failure
7 Aug 1883 D'Arcy John 4d
10 Nov 1883 Thiele Anna Maria 54y Laryngitis
29 Mar 1884 Hanke Wilhelm Heinrich 11y Congestion of the brain Convulsions caused by overfeed of green peas
28 Apl 1884 Zander Friedrich Wilhelm 48y
16 May 1884 Neumann Christian 72y
9 Nov 1884 Neumann Louise 69y Old Age
3 Dec 1884 Finger Henry 53y Aneurism of Aorta
5 Dec 1884 Froebel Carl 25y Suicide
25 Jun 1885 Hanke Karl 85y Old Age
15 Nov 1885 Ireland John 76y Old Age
24 Jan 1886 Groux Emily ld Premature
18 Feb 1886 Holden Hezekiah 80y Not Certified
25 Feb 1886 Maeder Johanna 42y Sunstroke
2 Mar 1886 Gregory Frank 44y Pneumonia
7 Mar 1886 Pickering Eliza Charlotte 72y Old Age
5 Apr 1886 Laurie J. Alexander 23y
21 Nov 1886 Gregory August Frank 9m Teething/ Effusion of the brain
11 Nov 1887 Thomsen Herman 4m Gastro-enteritis
24 Dec 1887 Zerbe August 8m Pneumonia
16 Jan 1888 Leber Olive Blanch 10m Gastro-enteritis
14 Feb 1888 Neumann Johanna 7d
7 Mar 1888 Schramm Albert 60y
21 Apr 1888 Zander Elizabeth 86y Old Age
24 Jun 1888 Thomsen Ludwig 8y Meningitis

Waldau cemetery in 1970, showing the damaged graves of Carl Samuel Aumann (front), Henry Finger (middle), and Alexander Laurie (back). The site of the original wattle and daub Lutheran Church is at the rear on the left.  DP0564

Family Register of Burials at Waldau

Grave Location Codes
 Row:  RA, RB, RC etc 
Compartment:  C1, C2, C3 etc
NBW = not buried at Waldau

  • AUMANN, Carl Samuel and Johanna Eleanore {nee Sommer)
    • Farmer, Victoria Street
    • Carl Samuel, 29 Oct. 1882, 74 years RI C4

  • BAGNELL, Thomas, 24 Dec. 1871, 77 years RF C2
    • Labourer, Father of Caroline Holden.

  • BEANLAND, John NBW
    • Farmer, Church Road
    • Child of John Beanland
      • Robert Ambrose, 27 Nov. 1873 6 weeks RB C18

  • BEHRENS, William and Charlotte
    • Farmer, Elgar Road
    • Charlotte, 1 Feb 1880, 49 years

  • BERGER, Gottlieb and Ann Maria (nee Gortz) NBW
    • Farmer, High Street
    • Child of Gottlieb Berger
      • Agnes Bertha, 28 Jan 1875, 6 days RD C4

  • BEYER, Casper, 1859, 9 months RC C16

  • BILTON, Samuel, (Webb) 17 Apl. 1880, 27 years RG C2
    • Labourer

  • BROWN, George and Maria
    • Farmer, Doncaster
    • George, 27 Apl .1880, 47 years RG C4
    • Maria, 31 May 1878, 42 years RG C7
    • Child of George and Maria Brown
      • John, 17 Sept. 1878, 4 months RD C9

  • BULLEN, George and Eliza NBW
    • Farmer, Doncaster Road
    • Children of George Bullen
      • Thomas, 5 Dec. 1871, 7 Days RB C9
      • Alfred, 18 Jan. 1875, 2 years RD C3
    • Mother of George Bullen
      • Harriet, 11 Dec. 1868, 62 years RC C7

  • CONNOEL, Alexander, 10 Dec. 1862, 40 years RC C2
    • Woodcarter, from Ireland

  • D 'ARCY, William NBW
    • Farmer, Doncaster Road
    • Child of William D'Arcy
      • John, 7 Aug. 1883, 4 days RD C14

  • DEHNERT, Reinhold and Christian (nee Aumann) NBW
    • Gardener, (Orchardist) Waldau Lane
    • Children of Reinhold
      • Carl, 13 June 1863, 7 days RA C9
      • Paul Reinhold, 7 Nov. 1875, 3 years RD C7

  • FINGER, Christian and Johanne Caroline (nee Heidrich) NBW
    • Gardener, Church Road
    • Child of Christian Finger
      • Anna, 2 July 1860, 3 years RC C17

  • FINGER, Henry and Caroline, Gardener (Orchardist): Waldau Lane
    • Henry, 3 Dec. 1884, 53 years RI C4
    • Children of Henry Finger
      • William David, 12 Apl. 1875, 14 months RD C5

  • FROEBEL, John and Johanne (nee Scholz)
    • Farmer, Scoresby North
    • Johanne Caroline, 8 Sept 1880, 61 years RH C6
    • Son of John and Johanne Froebel
      • Carl, 5 Dec. 1884, 25 years. Exhumed

  • FUHRMANN, August and Auguste (nee Geike) NBW
    • Farmer, King Street
    • Children of August Fuhrmann
      • Henry, 27 Nov. 1864, 16 days RA C12
      • Jacob, 3 Sept. 1865, 4 hours RA C16
      • Emma Emilie, 5 Oct. 1868, 12 hours RB C2
      • Herman Julius, 10 May 1874, 3 years RD C1
      • Heinrich Ferdinand, 28 March 1879, 18 months RD C11

  • Parents of August Fuhrmann
    • Carl, (Bricklayer) 10 July 1873, 69 years RF C6
    • Christianne, 20 Nov. 1882, 75 years RH C4

  • GERLACH, William, NBW
    • Scoresby
    • Child of William Gerlach
      • Ellen, 8 Aug. 1874, 12 years RF C8

  • GREGORY, Frank, 2 March 1886, 44 years RG C1
    • Gardener, Box Hill Child of Frank Gregory
    • August Frank, 21 Nov. 1886, 9 months RE C2

  • GROUX, Louis and Eliza (nee Watkins)
    • Gardener, King Street
    • Eliza, 25 Feb. 1874, 35 years RF C7
    • Child of Louis and Eliza Groux
      • Sylvia Emily, 11 Mar. 1874, 24 days RF C7
      • Louis and Elizabeth (nee Toomer) NBW
    • Children of Louis and Elizabeth Groux
      • Twins, 7 April 1882, Stillborn RD C13
      • Emily, 24 Jan. 1886, 1 day RD C16

  • HANKE, Carl Wilhelm and Hannah (nee Pachholke) NBW
    • Gardener, Doncaster
    • Children of Wilhelm and Hannah
      • Wilhelm Heinrich, 29 Mar. 1884, 11 years RD C15
      • Karoline Bertha, 13 April 1874, 3 years RE C1
      • Louise Ida, 15 April 1874, 4 years RE C1
    • Father of Wilhelm Hanke
      • Karl Friedrich, 25 June 1885, 85 years RI C10

  • HOLDEN, George and Caroline (nee Bagnell) NBW
    • Gardener, East Doncaster
    • Children of George
      • Ernst Mathew, 18 Apl. 1873, 13 years RB C14
    • Father of George
      • Hezekiah, 18 Feb. 1886, 80 years RI C7
      • Wood splitter, Doncaster.

  • IRELAND, John and Hannah (nee Cousins)
    • Gardener, Beverly Street East Doncaster
    • John, 15 Nov. 1885, 76 years RI C6

  • JONES, Mary Jane, 9 July 1873, 1 day RB C16

  • LAURIE, J. Alexander, 5 April 1886, 23 years RI C9
    • Farmer, Doncaster Road

  • LEBER, Johann Gottlob and Theresa (nee Herr)
    • Farmer, Manningham Road, later Mitcham Road
    • Johann Gottlob, 14 Dec 1879, 54 years RG C5
    • Children of Johan Gottlob
      • Ernst, 30 July 1863, 2 months RA C10
      • Ludwig, 19 April 1865, 11 months RA C15
      • Bertha, 13 Oct. 1865, 4 years RA C17
      • Arthur Hugo, 12 Feb. 1867, 5 months RA C20
      • Oscar, 28 Nov. 1868, 4 months
      • Emma, 1 Aug. 1873, 20 days RB C17
      • Oswald, 19 Apl. 1875, 8 months RD C6

    • Otto and Sarah (nee Wilson) NBW
    • Farmer, Mitcham Road
    • Son of Gottlob and Theresa
      • Helen, 10 April 1881, 2 days RD C12
      • Olive Blanch, 16 Jan. 1888, 10 months RE C5

  • LENKERSTORFF, AUGUST Christian and Catherine (nee Von Aspem)
    • Carpenter, Waldau Victoria Street
    • August Christian, 27 May 1883, 62 years RH C3
    • Children of August Lenkerstorff
      • August, 7 Dec. 1854, 1 year RC C10
      • August, 21 Oct. 1866, 8 years RA C17

  • MAEDER, Carl and Johanna (nee Musttoph)
    • Johanna, 25 Feb. 1886, 42 years RG C2

  • MAYS, James and Ellen (nee Pickering) NBW
    • Carter, Doncaster.
    • Children of James Mays
      • Alfred, 15 Jan. 1875, 2 days RD C2
      • Herbert George, Blacksmith, 23 May 1883, 17 years RI C2

  • MULLER, Ludwig and Alice
    • Farmer, Nunawading
    • Alice, 27 April 1875, 67 years RG C9
    • Ludwig, 20 July 1881, 72 years RH C5

  • NEHRING, Amalie, 26 March 1860, 47 years RC C1
    • nee Von Aspern Mother of Catherine Lenkerstorff

  • NEUMANN, Johann Christian and Johann Louise
    • Doncaster
    • Johann Christian, 16 May 1884, 72 years RF C10
    • Johann Louise, 9 Nov. 1884, 69 years RF C10
    • Grand children of Johann Christian
      • Louise Anna, 17 Dec. 1871, 18 months RB C11
      • Johanna, 14 Feb. 1888, 7 days RE C6

  • PICKERING, Joseph and Eliza Charlotte
    • Postmaster, Doncaster Road
    • Joseph, 12 May 1870, 60 year RI C1
    • Eliza Charlotte, 7 March 1886, 72 years RI C1
    • Child of Joseph
      • Henry, 14 Sept. 1875, 36 years RI C2
      • Butcher, Doncaster Road
      • Elizabeth, 16 May 1871, 7 months RI C2

  • PIGGOTT,
    • William and Eliza NBW
    • Blacksmith, Doncaster
    • Child of William
      • Eliza Jane, 20 Sept. 1870, 3 weeks RB C5

  • PUMP, Johann and Christine (nee Stecher) NBW
    • Farmer, Waldau Lane (George Street)
    • Child of Johann Pump
      • Friedrich Wilhelm, 14 April 1877, 8 months RD C8

  • QUINTON, Henry and Elizabeth NBW
    • Farmer, Deep Creek
    • Children of Henry Quinton
      • William, 8 Jan. 1871, 2 days RB C7
      • Charles William, 10 May 1872, 2 months RB C13

  • ROSEL, Johann and Ernstine (nee Aumann)
    • Farmer, Waldau
    • Ernstine, 25 Oct. 1872, 28 years RF C5
    • Children of Johann Rosel
      • Augusta Caroline, 8 Aug. 1871, 5 months RB C8
      • Mother of Johann Rosel
      • Johanna Eleanora, 15 Nov. 1874, 70 years RF C9

  • SCALES, William Edmund, 13 Dec. 1873, 7 months RB C19

  • SCHMIDT, Elias, 10 Aug. 1867, 53 years RC C6
    • Sailor.

  • SCHRAMM, Max and Kate (nee Pickering) NBW
    • Teacher and Lutheran Pastor, Doncaster
    • Child of Max Schramm
      • Rhoda, 13 Mar. 1866, 5 months RI C3

  • SCHUHKRAFT, Gottfried and Maria (nee Fankhauser) NBW
    • Farmer, Waldau
    • Child of Gottfried Schuhkraft
      • Heinrich Gottfried, 29 Jan. 1867, 8 months RA C19

  • SIMON, Johann Gottlieb and Juliane Fredericke (nee Seidel)
    • Farmer, Waldau
    • Johann Gottlieb, 11 July 1865, 48 years RC C3
    • Children of Johann Gottlieb Simon
      • Heinrich, 9 Mar. 1861, 18 days RC C18
      • Ernst, 25 Nov. 1861, 6 years RA C2
      • Johann, Dec. 1861, 14 days RA C5

  • SIMPSON, Frank, 18 Jan 1877, 25 years RG C8
    • Fanner, Deep Creek

  • SIRELL, Phillip William, 31 Dec. 1866, 40 years RC C4
    • Labourer, alias William Phillip

  • SNELL, Richard and Charlotte NBW
    • Carpenter, Doncaster
    • Child of Richard Snell
      • William, 2 Feb 1868, 7 months RB C1

  • STECHER, Friedrich and Maria (nee Wolf) NBW
    • Gardener, Church Road.
    • Children of Friedrich Stecher
      • Eva Charlotte, 16 Dec 1859, 10 months RC C17
      • Emma, 8 Nov. 1861, 7 weeks RA C1
      • Johann, 11 Apr. 1863, 4 months RA C8
      • Charles Henry, 3 Apl. 1865, 10 months RA C14
      • Anna Susannah, 23 Apl. 1873, 1 year RB C15

  • THIELE, Johann Gottfried and Anna Maria (nee Goethe)
    • Carpenter and Cabinet Maker, Waldau, later Doncaster
    • Anna Maria, 10 Nov. 1883, . 54 years RH C2
    • Children of Johann Gottfried Thiele
      • Baby, Dec. 1861, Still born RA C4
      • Anna Maria, 3 Jan. 1862, 3 years RA C6
      • Magdalena, 5 Jan. 1862, 1 year RA C7
      • Martha, 28 Dec. 1863, 5 months RA C11
      • John, 10 Jan. 1868, 6 hours RA C21
      • Maria Lydia, 27 Apl. 1871, 2 months RB C7
      • Martha Elizabeth, 15 Dec. 1873, 4 years RB C20

  • THIELE, Johann Gottlieb and Philippine (nee Burckner) NBW
    • Gardener, Waldau
    • Child of Johann Gottlieb Thiele
      • Anna Hedwig, 24 Sept 1858, 1 year RC C13

  • TILLACH, J. George, 13 Dec. 1871, 18 months RB C10

  • THOMSEN, Martin Wilhelm and Auguste Constantia (nee Anderson)
    • Children of Martin Wilhelm Thomsen NBW
      • Herman, 11 Nov. 1887, 4 months RE C3
      • Ludwig, 24 June 1888, 8 years RE C7

  • TUCHEBAND, Gottfried
    • Gentleman, Waldau
    • Gottfried, 6 Apt. 1867, 86 years RC C5

  • TUCHEBAND, Christian Friedrich and Henriette (nee Kikebusch)
    • Storekeeper, Doncaster Henriette, 3 Jan. 1869, years RC C9

  • UEBERGANG, Johann Gottfried and Charlotte Caroline (nee Ruh)
    • Gardener (orchardist) Waldau Lane later King Street
    • Chartotte Caroline, 1 Jan. 1855, 36 years RC C11
    • Daughter of Johann Gottfried
      • Caroline, 6 Jan. 1872, 21 years RF C3

  • WHITE, Henry and Elizabeth NBW
    • Farmer, Andersons Creek Road
    • Lucy, 20 May 1970, 6 months RB C4

  • WILLIAMS, John, 15 May 1872, 75 years RF C4
    • Miner, father of W. S. Williams Leeds Street

  • WILSON, Child of Sarah Doncaster Road
    • Robert Albert, 9 Jan. 1872, 6 months RB C12

  • ZANDER, Friedrich Wilhelm and Charlotte (nee Haag)
    • Gardener, Waldau Lane
    • Friedrich Wilhelm, 29 Apr. 1884, 48 years RH C1

  • ZANDER, Johann Andreas and Maria Louise (nee Linke)
    • Farmer, Cr. Doncaster and Church Road
    • Maria Louise, 11 Dec. 1869, 33 years RC C8
    • Children of Johann Andreas and Maria Louise
      • Maria Elizabeth, 16 Aug. 1859, 11 months RC C14
      • Maria Emma, 11 Dec. 1869, 3 years RC C8
      • Wilhelm August, 17 Sept. 1870, 3 years RB C3

  • ZANDER, Johann Andreas and Louise (nee Fischer) NBW
    • Children of Johann Andreas and Louise
    • Christina Emma, 29 Dec. 1878, 2 months RD C10
    • Mother of Johann and Friedrick Zander
      • Catherine Maria Elizabeth (nee Koppern) 21 April 1888, 86 years RF C1

  • ZERBE, August and Ellen (nee Neumann) NBW
    • Farmer, Waldau Lane
    • Children of August Zerbe
      • Johann Herman, 23 March 1865, 15 months RA C13
      • Eleonora Martha, 22 Jan. 1871, 5 months RB C6

  • ZERBE, Johann August and Auguste Bertha (nee Fuhrmann) NBW
    • Gardener, Waldau Lane
    • Child of Johann August
      • August Wilhelm, 24 Dec. 1887, 7 months RE C4

Cemetery Map

Karoline and Louise Hanke headstone

Here Rest in God Two Sisters
The small inheritors of heavan died still innocent
Therefore one does not grieve for them

Addendum from 1991 03 DTHS Newsletter "Hanke Sisters:
The inscription on the headstone of the Hanke grave is written in German.  Several people with a knowledge of german have attempted to make a translation of the inscription. One German visitor recognised the lines as a quotation from a song she used to sing in kindergarten.  She was able to give the meaning but the translation did not read well. It could not be literally translated.  Del Haack sent a copy of the inscription to Dr. Maurice Schild at  the Lutheran Seminary in South Australia. He has kindly sent us a correct translation. 

Here rest in God two sisters 
Karolina Bertha Hanke 
Louise Ida Hanke  
Softly rest their ashes  
When little heirs of heaven 
Die in their innocency 
Then one loses them not  

Neumann headstone 

Johann Christian Neumann
Geb. 27 Juli 1812
Gest. 16 Mai 1884
Und seine Ehefrau

 Johanna Louise Neumann
Geb Klose
Geb. 24 Juni 1816
Gest. 9 November 1884
Die mit Tranen Saen
Werden mit Freuden Ernten

Transcribed by Mr. W. Drews in 1956
 Johann Christian Neumann
Born 27 July 1812
Died. 16 May 1884
And his wife

 Johanna Louise Neumann
Geb Klose ???
Born 24 June 1816
Died. 9 November 1884
Those with tears Saen??
Be happy to harvest

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Henry Finger Headstone

Headstone of Karl Heinrich Finger 1980. The shattered headstone of Karl Heinrich (Henry) Finger, in the Waldau Cemetery, broken by vandals.  DP0562
Heir ruhet bis zum Auferstehungsmorgen
Karl Heinrich Finger
Geboren 20 Juli 1831
Gestorben 3 Dezember 1884

 “Ich Weiss dass mein Erloser Lebet
Und meine Augen werder Ihn schauen.”
Hiob 19 v25

 Lieber Vater ruhe wohl
Du verschlafst veil Sorgen
Bis dich einst erwecken wird
Jener frohe Morgen 

Transcribed by Mr. W. Drews in 1956		 Here rest until the resurrection morning
Karl Heinrich fingers
Born 20 July 1831
Died 3 December 1884

 "I know that my saviour lives
And my eyes will see Him. "
Job 19 v25

 Dear father, rest well
You are worried about sleep
Until you are awakened
That happy morning

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Pastor Mathias Goethe  1858 - 1867

Compiled by Eric Collyer and Irvine Green.  Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society
An Australian Bicentennial Project with financial assistance from the Victorian Government.
Copyright 1988 Doncaster - Templestowe Historical Society, 81 McGowans Road, Donvale, Victoria 3111.
National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 947535 01 1.  http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/585190 

The Waldau Cemetery Register has been compiled from records of Trinity Lutheran Church Doncaster, the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the Archives of the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society. We wish to thank Mr. Bruce Bence (Deceased) of Warrandyte for his work in searching records at the Registry of Deaths.  Original Booklet Scan 1988


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