Adam Erbacher was born on 26 March 1848 in Heddesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany as the second child of Friedrich Erbacher and Anna Margaretha Margaret Edinger.He had seven siblings, namely: Carl, Anna Maria, Mary, Peter, Charles Frederick, Katherine, and Leonard.

Adam was employed as a Farmer.

When he was 27, he married Amelia Rosalia Moritz, daughter of Christian Moritz and Anna Katherian Morenhaur, on 29 July 1875[1] in Queensland, Australia.

Adam Erbacher and Amelia Rosalia Moritz had the following children:

1. Frederick Erbacher was born on 8 October 1876 in Queensland, Australia. He died in 1953 in Queensland, Australia.

2. Catherine Erbacher was born on 22 July 1878 in Queensland, Australia. She married Edward Charles Gustave Olsen on 19 December 1900 in Queensland, Australia. Catherine died on 16 February 1904 in Queensland, Australia.

3. Mary Matilda Erbacher was born on 8 January 1880 in Queensland, Australia. She married Thomas Francis Creedy in 1899 in Queensland, Australia. She married John Joseph McKeown in 1935 in Queensland, Australia. Mary died in November 1942 in Queensland, Australia.

4. Amelia Margaret Erbacher was born on 21 September 1881 in Queensland, Australia. She married Edmund McCabe on 18 July 1900 in Queensland, Australia. Amelia died on 03 July 1947 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

5. Margaratha Anna Erbacher was born on 10 March 1883 in Queensland, Australia. She married Daniel Hallahan in 1919 in Queensland, Australia. Margaratha died in 1972 in Queensland, Australia.

6. Adam Erbacher was born on 01 July 1885 in Queensland, Australia. He married Catherine Brown on 25 June 1913 in Queensland, Australia. Adam died on 11 May 1954 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

7. Charles Erbacher was born on 6 August 1887 in Queensland, Australia. He died in 1982 in Queensland, Australia.

8. Christina Erbacher was born on 22 August 1889 in Queensland, Australia. She married John James Gabbett on 16 October 1906 in Queensland, Australia. Christina died on 04 June 1975 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

9. William Erbacher was born on 17 August 1892 in Queensland, Australia. He died on 13 February 1894 in Queensland, Australia.

Adam died on 10 March 1915[2] in Drayton, Queensland, Australia, age 66.

Amelia died on 19 August 1930[3] in Drayton, Queensland, Australia, age 77.

Adam and Amelia are buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, RC1-017-0055

Citations:

1. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C901

2. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C1128

3. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C3257

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Advertising - Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922) Wednesday 21 May 1902 p 1 Advertising

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. - ALL Persons are hereby WARNED against SELLING GOODS of any kind to my wife, AMELIA ERBACHER, on credit and from Taking Goods from her in exchange for Wine or Spirituous Liquors. I shall not be responsible for any Debts she may contract after this date.

ADAM ERBACHER. Toowoomba, 21st May, 1902.

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