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Walla Walla Lutheran Church and Cemetery

In 1869 a group of 56 people came to this area from the Barossa Valley in South Australia. They were Lutheran farmers, of German and Wendish descent, looking for new land. They came overland along the Murray River in covered wagons. One of these can be seen in a building near the church. During the six week trek they were under the leadership of Elder Johann Gottlieb Klemke. The first church, built of bush materials, was situated between the present church and hall.

 

Headstone at Walla Walla NSW

  1. Johanna Sophia Arnold (nee Michel)

 

Born: 13 November 1825 at Rackel near Bautzen, Saxony

Died: 19 November 1889 at Gerogery, NSW

 

Sophia married the second son of Elisabeth and Gottfried, Johann Gottlob Arnold on 21 October 1851 in Langmeil Church. They had nine children between 1852 and 1869 all baptised at Langmeil Lutheran Church in Tanunda. In 1886 they moved to Walla Walla and three years later Sophia died.