1 Johann Gottlieb & Johanne Christiane Arnold had 24 Grandchildren
Born: 12 June 1820 at Maunder, Selesia
Died 14 November 1884 at Gnadenfrei, South Australia
Gottlieb was the first child of Gottfried and Elisabeth Arnold and married Christiane Bachmann in October 1850in Selesia.
Their four children were born in Selesia and on 27 October 1866 Gottlieb and Christiane with their children, Carl Friedrich Christiane Ernstine, Ernst Wilhelm and Ernstine Auguste left Neundorf to travel to Hamburg. The young family departed from Hamburg aboard the 600-ton vessel ‘Wandrahm’ for South Australia, onboard were thirty-seven passengers bound for Adelaide and six passengers for Sydney.
Although ready for sea on 1 November the vessel was wind bound for a month and on getting out to sea had a continuation of westerly gales till passing The Lizard. For the next fifteen days they contended against heavy gales, but after making south, the light north-east trades set in, bringing pleasant weather until crossing the equator when the calms were provokingly lengthy and it was several days before they could make good progress to the south. A fortnight was occupied in travelling the last 370 kilometers
(200 miles) when light easterly weather set in, thus preventing a rapid termination of the voyage.
The ‘Wandrahm’ arrived in Adelaide on 2 April 1867 after a passage of 122 days from Cuxhaven or 107 days from The Lizard. It’s arrival in South Australia was announced in the ‘Register’ on 3 April 1867 which also advised the master of the ship, Fruchtenicht, was appointed to the vessel only three days before her departure from Hamburg. It was reported that the ‘Wandrahm’ had on board the usual miscellaneous assortment of Hamburg cargo and about forty-seven passengers, some of whom were returning colonists who had been paying a visit to the Fatherland. It is a remarkable fact that few of the voyages by this time were marked by sickness or death. In this instance the people on board were reported as in excellent health and spirits.
After arriving at Adelaide, the family walked from Port Adelaide to Gnadenfrei in the Barossa Valley – a distance of approximately seventy kilometers (forty-three miles).
Gottlieb purchased thirty-two hectares (eighty acres) at Gnadenfrei in the Barossa Valley being Section in the Hundred of Nuriootpa on 13 April 1874. This land was sold to his son Carl Friedrich on 2 April 1884. He also purchased another sixteen hectares (forty acres) at Gnadenfrei being part of Section 87 in the Hundred of Nuriootpa on 13 April 1876. This land was controlled by his executors upon his death on15 November 1884 and eventually transferred to his son Carl Friedrich on 5 July 1911 following the
death of Gottlieb’s wife, Christiane. Gottlieb and Christiane were members of the Lutheran Church at Gnadenfrei and are buried in the church cemetery.