Lienert Charles and Elizabeth
| Type of person | Individual |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1863 |
| Place of birth | Hahndorf |
| Principal occupation | Lime Burner |
| Date of death | 1955 |
| Place of death | South Australia |
Charles Thomas Gustav Lienert was born in Hahndorf in 1863 to Johann Heinrich Gustav Lienert and nee Elizabeth Willis. His father died when he was just two months old, and within six months his widowed mother had made her way to Gawler, where she married William Knibbs in St George’s ‘New Church’. [see Knibbs William & Family]
In 1893, when he was 30, Charles also married a widow – Elizabeth Tarrant, who had just arrived from England aboard the ship ‘Port Caroline’ with her three children William Thomas Tarrant (8), Florence Tarrant (7) & Richard George Tarrant (1).[1]
In 1895 Charles’ wife Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Lienert (often alternatively spelled Lenert) purchased the Redbanks Road Lime Kilns from Robert Crossing for £200 and allotment 20 in Waltham,[2] which was situated across the road from the lime kilns. It is likely the cottage on this allotment, now known as 4 Princess Street Willaston, was built under her ownership and became the family’s home (it was sold in 1923).[2]
In 1899 the ‘Lenert’s’ lost a court case regarding a payment dispute for a dray purchased from Mr Staehr; during the trial it was suggested that Charles could neither read nor write, Mrs Lenert used to pay accounts and purchases were made with money she had before she was married.[3] William Thomas Tarrant, Elizabeth’s eldest son by her first marriage was one of the witnesses.[3]
The Lienert’s also operated a lime kiln at Balaklava; it was taken over by Mr W P Peek in 1911,[4] then reopened by Charles in 1920,[5] before being put up for auction (with accompanying Balaklava residences) in 1923.[6]
The Willaston kilns were eventually sold to Ayling and Dwyer, who later donated the land to Council so it could become the Ayling & Dwyer Lime Kiln Playground. Details of the transfer from the Lienert’s to Ayling and Dwyer have not yet been found, but it likely took place before September 1921 as the Bunyip reported young H Trenowden was carting stone for Ayling and Dwyer when his horse was struck by lightning and killed.[7]
By 1939 Charles and Elizabeth had relocated to Southwark, in metropolitan South Australia.[8] She died in 1951 aged 87, and he followed in 1955, aged 92. They are buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.
Note: it is sometimes suggested that Charles’ mother Elizabeth Knibbs (nee Elizabeth Willis) was the owner of the Redbanks Road lime kilns and the cottage at 4 Princess Street Willaston, both of which are recorded to have been purchased by 'Elizabeth Lenert' in 1895. Whilst 'Elizabeth Knibbs' was 'Elizabeth Lienert', for the brief time between her first and second marriages, that was much earlier from 1862-1864, and she died in 1894 before the land transfers. The 'Elizabeth Lenert' who owned to lime kilns and cottage was Charles’ wife Elizabeth Lienert/Lenert (formerly Tarrant).
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Lienert Family Births, Deaths & Marriages
LIENERT Charles Thomas Gustav (alternatively LINERT/LENERT/LEANET)
b. 20 Jul 1863, Hahndorf, SA (‘Charles Thomas Gustav Linert’, Reg. Nairne 29/216)
m. 27 Nov 1893, ‘Elizabeth TARRANT’, North Adelaide, SA (‘Charles Leanet’ [sic], Reg. Adelaide 177/751)
d. 14 Jul 1955, SA, aged 92 (‘Charles Thomas Augusta Lienert’, Reg. SA 829/4013)
Buried Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, SA (with wife Elizabeth & stepson Richard George)
nee ??? Elizabeth (TARRANT)(LIENERT)
b. Abt. 1864, England
m. William James Tarrant, England (d. 1891, England)
- TARRANT William Thomas (b. 1884, England – d. 1948, SA)
- TARRANT Florence (BURROWES)(b. 1885, England – d. 1961, SA)
- TARRANT Richard George (b. 1890, England – d. 1960, SA)
Arrived 1892, Adelaide, SA – aboard ship ‘Port Caroline’, as widow with 3 children
m. 27 Nov 1893, Charles Leanet’ [sic], North Adelaide, SA (‘Elizabeth TARRANT’, Reg. Adelaide 177/751)
d. 21 May 1951, SA, aged 87 (‘Elizabeth Lienert’, Reg. SA 769/3402)
Buried Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham (with husband Charles & son Richard George)
Child of Charles Lienert & Elizabeth
LIENERT Laura Elizabeth (WILDER)(1894-1983)
References
- ↑ UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 via Ancestry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Certificate of Title 322/116
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Local Court – Gawler” (Bunyip 31 Mar 1899) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97580828
- ↑ (The Areas' Express 3 Nov 1911) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219439137
- ↑ (The Wooroora Producer 27 May 1920) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207110350
- ↑ (The Wooroora Producer 10 May 1923) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207136105
- ↑ “Killed by Lightening” (Bunyip 9 Sept 1921) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97753681
- ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 via Ancestry
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