Deborah Cronau Ph.D.
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Signed 20 Jan 2020 | 39,252 contributions | 570 thank-yous | 9,891 connections
dr Deborah A. Cronau Ph.D.
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Anthony Charles John Cronau
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
Sister of
[private brother (1970s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Qualifications - Ph.D. ; M.App.Sc. (library & info.management) ; M.Ed.[research] ; B.A.(library & info.science) ; B.Ed.(management) ; Dip.T.(p-10) Selected for Queensland Table Tennis representative teams - 1984, 1987, 1988, 2018. Achieved Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and Gold Award Every Girl & Boys Rally (Gospel Hall Church youth groups). Bass tenor drummer with Queensland Highlanders' Pipe Band and later City of Brisbane Pipe Band having won numerous competitions as a member of each band and competing in grades 1 & 2 at national level. Competed in state and national band championships in A and B grade with Brisbane Symphonic Band on 2nd clarinet and later alto clarinet 1985-1995 and competed in A grade national band championships on Alto and Contra Alto Clarinet in QWAB [qwab.com.au] from 1996. Published author in professional journals.
As a person, i have reached a stage in life where I know who I am, and what I like, my strengths and my weaknesses. I've cut off forever those who have hurt me and am now in a state of relief that the stress of being close to them has gone forever - certain relationships that i never want to rekindle and people I will never think about again because any good memories have been replaced by the hurt and betrayal that thinking of them would re-ignite and that just isn't healthy. The fresh start several years ago was the best thing that could have happened and happened for a reason and I never looked back. Setting up this family history online meant sorting through all the family documents and rehousing or disposing and has been like a closure to never revisit some relationships.
As I write this I can even summarise my favourite things in life pretty clearly - a picture of who i was for after i'm gone ...
Favourite colour - lavender blue ; favourite bird - pelican ; favourite animal - wombats ... particularly bald baby ones!! favourite insect - dragonfly ; favourite composer to listen to - Mozart ; favourite composer to play - Albert Reed ; favourite piece to play - Puszta Four Gypsy Dances ; favourite Australian singer - Anthony Warlow ; favourite American singer - Micky Dolenz ; favourite English singer - George Michael ; favourite concerts - I was at the last concert of the George Michael world tour in Melbourne ; and I saw Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith perform in Brisbane ; favourite artist - Monet ; favourite book / movie - Picnic at Hanging Rock - visited the rock in 2018 and in 2009 went to the house in the Barossa Valley which was used for Appleyard College in the movie ; singer/songwriter i admire the most is Billy Joel - i may not like all his work but I think he has perfected his art ; favourite tv show - Hill Street Blues ; role model growing up - Veronica Hamel in the role of Joyce Davenport in Hill Street Blues ; favourite books - People & Pearls ; and Ocean Planet ... both books are collections of short writings on topic and inform and transport the reader ; favourite jewerly - pearls ; and favourite fabric - silk.
The decision to use this platform to document the lives of family members comes from having to make the difficult decision to donate all the certificates and memorabilia of parents, aunts/uncles, and paternal grandfather to relevant museums/libraries so they will endure.
Unfortunately both sides of the family were disfunctional so I grew up without bonding with relatives from either side, this affected me emotionally and I'm heartbroken that this has continued to the next generation who will probably have the same bitterness towards parents when they grow, unanswered questions as to why they were denied the possibility of love from the largest number of relatives possible. I've still got the email from when my brother got engaged, for example, I emailed the bank to find out how much was the ideal amount to start trust funds for babies - something I never got the chance to use. It is important to record history to answer the questions of such future generations so they know the love was there for them to be spoilt - they were just denied it by their parents. So common in this busy, weird world we live in.
Our parents, although being modest in resources, gave us every opportunity, not wanting us to take part time work etc. while we were still at university, and providing us with sport and musical education as well as spiritual growth through Sunday Schools. I have spent my life trying to honour this sacrifice and give back. Dad had retired by the time I started work so I paid things like my brother's tertiary tax and even bought an expensive sop. sax for his 21st for his parents to give him. All dad wanted me to do was take mum on holidays because he didn't want to travel so Mum and I saw a lot of the world and that was my primary contribution through my early adult years - paying for all mum's holidays :) This continued throughout life and I still think that providing this for mum each year is what dad would have wanted.
The last time I went out with Dad he told me how disappointed he was in a relative he'd lent money to to buy something - they didn't repay it - Dad said he hadn't told mum about the loan he made - after I too ended up in a similar situation with that relative, buying concert tickets and a weekend away, I confided in mum about what dad had said - only to be told he'd also decided to tell her about the un-repaid loan just before he died - did he know his end was near and was it some sort of insight and warning that we didn't grasp at the time - who will know? But that was the sort of person dad was, generous and giving. Unfortunately it also showed the sort of person our close relative was becoming.
After dad died, I paid all the family bills, which I continue to do to this day. I invested as I went along, even investing in properties with a close relative who was a silent partner ... while this back-fired and we suspect, from things his wife said to mum, untruths have been used as a form of control, a way of keeping them away from family - I wanted to establish this family history online so, while not receiving any of these memory items in physical life, they will at least have them as online memories so any children will one day learn a little about the family they never got to know. It is also important as this family member has had, it seems, their best friend try to research me online, linkedin etc., this puts family history all together so that they can look at it themselves without mates sneaking around online - upfront and honest and freely available for future generations.
Please email me directly if you have any questions where your family tree overlaps with this one. I still have some photographs from the family that I've been unable to put names to. I can let you know which museums or libraries have the memorabilia if you're interested.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Dr Deborah Ann Cronau at registration.
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- Deborah Cronau is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 9, 2023.
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Maria Huyan died . She married Heinrich Cronau.
They had the following children:
M i Johannes Cronau Johannes Cronau was born about 1838 in Ernsthausen, Kurhessen, Germany. He died 1 on 11 Jan 1902 in Queensland, Australia. He married Anna Elizabeth Banff.
Anna Elizabeth Banff was born about 1841 in Ernsthausen, Kurhessen, Germany. She died 1 on 2 Oct 1889 in Queensland, Australia. She was buried in Fernvale Cemetery, Esk Shire, Queensland, Australia. She married Johannes Cronau.
They had the following children:
M i John Cronau was born 1 on 16 Oct 1865 in Queensland, Australia. F ii Elizabeth Cronau was born 1 on 15 Nov 1869 in Queensland, Australia. M iii Charles Jacob Cronau M iv Unnamed Cronau was born 1 on 3 Feb 1873 in Queensland, Australia. M v Edward Cronau was born 1 on 26 Feb 1875 in Queensland, Australia. M vi William Wiegand Cronau M vii August Philip Cronau M viii George Cronau was born 1 on 19 Oct 1878 in Queensland, Australia. He died in 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. M ix James Cronau F x Caroline Amelia Cronau Johannes Cronau
Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879 No: 413 Surname: CRONAU Given Names: Jost Town: Ernsthausen State: Kurhessen Standing: Schuhmacher Age: 25 Sex: m Destination: Moreton Bay Ship: Beausite Year: 1863 ID: 17065
No: 414 Surname: CRONAU Given Names: Elisabeth Town: Ernsthausen State: Kurhessen Standing: Age: 22 Sex: f Destination: Moreton Bay Ship: Beausite Year: 1863 ID: 17066
The 'Beausite' sailed from the River Elbe on 26th May 1863 with 508 German immigrants on board, arriving in Moreton Bay 12th September, 1863.
Anna Elizabeth Banff
Qld death records have Anna's parents as Carl BANF and Anna Bargara JINHOF.
REGARDS DAN RYAN (my mother Doreen Nowitzke born Maryborough Qld) [email address removed]
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Funeral Notice - Brisbane Courier dated Friday, 12 April, 1929: CRONAU - The Friends of the late Acting Sergeant Charles J. Cronau, of Wlckham Street, Gympie, are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, to move from the Albert-street Methodist Church, after service, commencing tomorrow (Saturday) Morning, at 9 45 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery. Motor service.
Cronau - The Friends of Mrs. Charles Cronau and Family, Edward, Ivy, Lily, Violet, Barbara, and Anthony Cronau, of Gympie, are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral of her deceased Husband and their Father (Acting Sergeant C. J. Cronau). to move Irom the Albert street Methodist Church, after service, commencing tomorrow (Saturday) Morning, at 8.45 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery. Motor service.
Cronau - The Friends of Messrs. and Mesdames John, William, August, George, and James Cronau, Miss Elizabeth Cronau, Mrs. L. Harris (Ipswich), Mrs. Larsen (Sydney), are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased Brother and Brother-in-law (Acting Sergeant C. J. Cronau), to move from the Albert-street Methodist Church, after service, commencing tomorrow (Saturday) Morning, at 9.45 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery. Motor service.
Cronau - The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomas, of South Brisbane, and Banff Brothers and Sisters (Coominya) are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased Brother-in-law and Cousin (Acting Sergeant C. J. Cronau), to move from the Albert-street Methodist Church, after service, commencing tomorrow (Saturday) Morning, at 9.45 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery. Motor service.
CRONAU.— Loving memory of my darling Dad. Charles Jacob Cronau. who left us on April 11th. Many a lonely heartache, Often a silent tear. But there's always a loving memory, Of the days, Dad, when you were Inserted by his loved Daughter, and son-in-law, lvy and Joe Lyndement. CRONAU.— In loving memory of our dear Father, Charles Jacob Cronau who passed away April 11th. No one knows how much we miss him. Some may think the wound Is healed, For they cannot see the sorrow. In our aching hearts concealed. The cherished memory of one so dear, Is oft recalled by a silent tear; Loved In life, honoured In death, Treasured in memory, one of the best. Inserted by his ever-loving Children. ...[Courier Mail dated Thursday, 10 April 1952]
Brisbane City Council Burial Record: Surname CRONAU Given Names CHARLES JACOB Other Names Date of Birth Unrecorded Date of Death Unrecorded Age 57 Years Date of Service 13-04-1929 Service Type Burial Cemetery Details Cemetery Toowong Cemetery Address Cnr Frederick St & Mt Cootha Rd, Toowong 4066 Grave Location 4-29-9
Other Deceased Surname Given Names Date of Birth Date of Death Age Date of Service CRONAU EDWARD REUBEN No Date No Date 67 Years 07-05-1968 CRONAU MARGARET MARY No Date No Date 62 Years 21-12-1945
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