Christian Friedrich Borchardt was born on 04 January 1802 in Werchenstorp, Germany as the first child of Christian Friedrich Borchardt and Anne Elisabeth Stolzenfeld.

When he was 31, Christian married Mary Christine Koppen on 18 November 1833 in Germany.

Christian Friedrich Borchardt and Mary Christine Koppen had the following children:

1. Frederick Borchardt was born in 1834 in Germany.

2. Charles Borchardt was born in 1837.

3. August Ludwig Karl Friedrich Borchardt was born in 1839 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He married Louisa Schirmer in 1886 in Queensland. He died on 28 November 1908 in Queensland.

4. Wilhelmine Borchardt was born in 1841 in Biecenburch, Germany. She married John Wieting in 1865 in Queensland. She died on 17 Dec 1932 in Springsure, Queensland.

5. Julia Borchardt was born in 1844 in Germany.

6. Fredericka Augustine Caraline Borchardt was born on 28 October 1846 in Germany. She married Balthasar Haupt on 15 November 1865 in Gayndah, Queensland. She died on 16 January 1932 in Queensland.

7. Johanne Fredericka Wilhelmine Borchardt was born in 1850 in Claushagen, Germany. She died on 06 May 1883.

When he was 49, Christian married Maria Elisabeth Koppen, daughter of Joachim Koppen, in 1852 in Claushagen, Germany.

Christian, Maria and family sailed from Hamburg on 7th November, 1863 on the ship ‘The Johann Cesar’, but because of bad weather they went into Cowes on the Isle of Wight for shelter and to obtain further provisions, and didn't leave there until 18th December, 1863. There was 231 German immigrants on board and they arrived in Moreton Bay on 25th April, 1864. No records survive of passenger lists for this voyage. (click here for source)

Christian Friedrich Borchardt and Maria Elisabeth Koppen had the following children:

8. Mary Hannah Dora Borchardt was born in 1857 in Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany. She married Peter Vock on 14 April 1880. She married Daniel Haughton in 1903. She died on 18 September 1935 in Queensland.

9. Ernest Borchardt was born in 1859. He died in 1926.

10. Frederick William Borchardt was born on 01 October 1863 in Berlin Stadt, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. He married Annie Frederika Schmierer on 24 February 1882 in Gayndah, Queensland. He died on 23 December 1929 in Gayndah, Queensland.

11. Hannah Frederica Louisa Borchardt was born on 05 July 1867 in Rawbelle, Queensland. She married Johann Jacob Horn in 1884 in Queensland. She died on 08 December 1952 in Eidsvold, Queensland.

Christian died on 01 October 1882[1] in Queensland.

Citations:

1. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, C326

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