F. W. Basedow

Frederick William Basedow, born Emil Friedrich Wilhelm Basedow (22 March 1867 – 23 October 1939),[a] was an Evangelical Lutheran minister in Adelaide, South Australia.

History

Basedow was born in Tanunda, South Australia, to Johannes Christoph Basedow and Anna Louise Basedow, née Rischiek or Rieschiek. He was a cousin of Dr Herbert Basedow, explorer and geologist.[2]

As a young man he was inclined to a life of service to the church, and was accepted for training in Basle, Switzerland. After six years there he was ordained in Württemberg then served as a missionary to Kamerun (now Cameroon), for ten years, after which he returned to Australia, working in Murtoa, Victoria. Then he received a call to St Stephani Church in Adelaide, which he accepted.[3]

In 1906 he succeeded Ernst Johann Eitel as pastor of the newly erected St Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wakefield street,[4] where he served until his retirement in 1937.

He died at his residence, 248 Young Street, North Unley, aged 73.[5] His remains were buried in the West Terrace Cemetery.

Family

Basedow married (Helen) Sophie Hiller (c. 1871 – 23 February 1935).[6] Sophie was a daughter of Rev. C. G. Hiller.[b]

  • Elsa Anna Basedow (1906–1961) married Rev. Samuel Oswald Gross on 5 April 1932. Gross, of Horsham, Victoria, was a missionary in Central Australia. More to find, maybe in Back of Beyond.
  • Dr Karl Johannes Basedow (1913–2004) married Hilda Hanna Rohde on 11 September 1946. She was daughter of Rev. Edwin Rohde (1890–1952)[10] of St Paul's Church, Freeling; he was resident physician of Blyth Hospital.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with Friedrich Wilhelm Basedow, youngest son of Friedrich Basedow. He married Eleanor Mary Kearney (c. 1862 – 17 March 1937) in Caltowie, South Australia on 22 April 1889.[1]
  2. ^ Carl Georg (or Charles George) Hiller (died 23 June 1921)[7] of Hamilton and Murtoa, Victoria,[8] was father of Rev. Anton Hiller (died at Kingaroy 28 April 1959), president of the Board of Foreign Missions of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia,[9] Dr Konrad Hiller of Toorak and Collins Street, Melbourne, Otto Hiller, stationer of Murtoa, and Rev. Eugen Hiller of Beenleigh, Queensland. Rev. C. G. Hiller and his wife spent their last years with the Basedows in Young Street, North Unley.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. LIV, no. 13, 247. South Australia. 29 April 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 26 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Death of The Rev. F. W. Basedow". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXXIII, no. 5, 070. South Australia. 24 October 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "St Stephani Church, Adelaide". The Observer (Adelaide). Vol. LXIII, no. 3, 359. South Australia. 17 February 1906. p. 38. Retrieved 26 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "St Stephani Church, Adelaide". The Observer (Adelaide). Vol. LXIII, no. 3, 359. South Australia. 17 February 1906. p. 38. Retrieved 21 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Family Notices". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXXIII, no. 5, 070. South Australia. 24 October 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia. No. 248 is on the King William Road corner.
  6. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 310. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ a b "Obituary". Fassifern Guardian. Vol. IX, no. 29. Queensland, Australia. 20 July 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 26 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia. a useful article
  8. ^ "Pastor Hiller's Jubilee". The Horsham Times. No. 5634. Victoria, Australia. 2 March 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Personal". Fassifern Guardian. Vol. XIV, no. 12. Queensland, Australia. 24 March 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 26 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Obituary". The Leader (Angaston). Vol. 33, no. 1739. South Australia. 10 July 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Family Notices". The Leader (Angaston). Vol. 27, no. 1447. South Australia. 19 September 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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