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Some of the dates are approximate and these are marked with an asterisk.

1850*	The Drew family, with daughter Mary Ann, moved to Bathurst from Sydney
1863	Amandus arrived in Australia
1865 – 1866	Amandus worked as a sailor in the coastal shipping
1870	Amandus and Mary married at Georges Plains, near Bathurst
1880	The family moved to a farm at Kerrs Creek, near Orange, and Amandus worked on railway construction
1886	The family, including ten children, arrived at Upper Orara from Bathurst
1886 – 1896*	Difficult years for the settlers – primarily due to lack of transport to sell produce
1887+	Progress Associations active in the area
1888	Post Office opened at Orara
1891	Dunvegan School opened at Upper Orara, built on land owned by John McLeod.
1892*	Road to Coffs Harbour – there was a track long before this and gradually a decent road
1892	Jetty at Coffs Harbour built
1898*	Grass (paspalum) introduced which provided good grass for cattle and horses
1898*	Dairy Farming made possible by the introduction of paspalum grass
1898	Upper Orara school opened – also known as Dunvegan school
1905	Arthur, the youngest child, dies of illness at age 11
1909	Amandus travelled to Germany, indicating how prosperous the family had become
1914-18	WW1 – Edward and Albert enlisted, and Edward served in France
1922	Frederick, the third child, is drowned at age 48
1923	Amandus junior, the ninth child, dies of illness aged 39
1923	Mary dies, aged 76
1928	Amandus dies aged 84

Family Events

Year	Event
1844	Amandus born in Stettin, Prussia
1847	Mary Ann Drew born in Newcastle, NSW
1862	Mary Drew’s father John Wellesley Drew passed away in Bathurst, NSW aged 44 years.
1865	Amandus arrives in Sydney, NSW
1870	Amandus and Mary marry in Georges Plains, NSW
1871	Birth of first son, George William Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1872	Birth of second son August Frank Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1874	Birth of third child, Frederick Amandus Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1875	Birth of fourth child Jessie Caroline Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1877	Birth of fifth child Annie Jane Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1879	Birth of sixth child Albert John Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1881	Birth of seventh child Edward Thomas Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1883	Birth of eighth child Harold Robert Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1884	Birth of ninth child Amandus Ludwig Hoschke in Bathurst, NSW
1886	Birth of tenth child Ernest Carl Hoschke in Orange, NSW
1886	Amandus, Mary and ten children travel to the Orara Valley, NSW
1889	Birth of eleventh child Mary Gertrude Isabel Hoschke in Upper Orara, NSW
1892	Birth of twelfth child Hulda Minnie Hoschke in Upper Orara, NSW
1893	Birth of thirteenth child Arthur Henry Charles Hoschke in Upper Orara, NSW
1894
1895
1896	Marriage of Jessie Caroline Hoschke and George Davis in Upper Orara, NSW
1897	Birth of James Clarence Davis, son of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW
1898	Death of James Clarence Davis, son of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW Birth of Allan Frank Davis, son of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW
1899
1900	Birth of Herbert Bruce Davis, son of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW
1901	Marriage of George William Hoschke and Ruthetta Maston in Orara, NSW.
1902	Birth of Ada Mary Davis, daughter of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW
1903	Death of Ann Drew (nee Jones) Mary Ann Hoschke’s mother in Georges Plains, NSW aged 86. Marriage of August Frank Hoschke and Henrietta Selina Richards in Grafton, NSW Marriage of Frederick Amandus Hoschke and Clunie Bain Manson in Orara, NSW
1904	Birth of Walter Frank Hoschke, son of Frank and Henrietta in Grafton, NSW Birth of Elsie Bain Hoschke, daughter of Fred and Clunie in Orara, NSW Birth of Nellie Edith Davis, daughter of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW
1905	Death of Arthur Henry Charles Hoschke, youngest son of Amandus and Mary, aged 11. Death of Ruthetta Hoschke, wife of George William Hoschke, in Coffs Harbour, aged 28.
1906
1907	Birth of Lionel Edgar Hoschke, son of Frank and Henrietta in Grafton, NSW Birth of Arthur Charles Hoschke, son of Fred and Clunie in Orara, NSW Marriage of Harold Robert Hoschke and Alice MM Morris in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1908	Birth of Arthur George Davis, son of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW Birth of Edith May Hoschke, daughter of Harold and Alice in Orara, NSW.
1909	Marriage of Amandus Ludwig Hoschke and Helen ME Dammerel in Grafton, NSW
1910	Birth of William Frederick Hoschke, son of Fred and Clunie in Orara, NSW Birth of Irene Margaret Hoschke, daughter of Harold and Alice in Grafton, NSW.
1911	Marriage of George William Hoschke and Elizabeth Aitchison in Brisbane, QLD Birth of Selina May Hoschke, daughter of Frank and Henrietta in Inverell, NSW Birth of Edward Norman Davis, son of Jessie and George Davis in Upper Bucca Creek, NSW
1912	Birth of John William Hoschke, first son of George and Elizabeth, in Upper Orara, NSW Birth of Nellie Enid Hoschke, daughter of Harold and Alice in Orara, NSW.
1913	Birth of Dorothy Nellie Hoschke, daughter of Fred and Clunie in Orara, NSW Birth of Norman Frank Hoschke, son of George & Elizabeth, In Upper Orara, NSW Birth of Henry Carl Hoschke, son of Frank & Henrietta Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1914	Marriage of Ernest Carl Hoschke and Ellen EF Buckland in Wollongong, NSW Marriage of May Gertrude Isabel Hoschke and William David Tait in Wellington, NSW Birth of Edith Elizabeth Mary Tait, daughter of May and William Tait in Wellington, NSW
1915	Birth of Arnold Arthur Charles Hoschke, son of Harold and Alice Hoschke in Bellingen, NSW Birth of Ralph Robert Ide, son of Robert and Hulda Minnie Ide nee Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1916	Birth of Colin James Black Hoschke, second son of George and Elizabeth in Orara, NSW Birth & death of Anzac Kitchener Hoschke, son of Frank and Henrietta in Coffs Harbour, NSW Birth of Phyllis May Hoschke, daughter of Ernest and Ellen in Wollongong, NSW Birth of Robert William Tait, son of May and William Tait in Wellington, NSW Birth of Geoffrey Edward Hoschke, son of Edward & Margaret Hoschke in Kempsey, NSW
1917	Birth of Norman Frank Hoschke, third son of George and Elizabeth, in Coffs Harbour, NSW Birth of Frances Mary Joyce Hoschke, daughter of Fred and Clunie in Orara, NSW Birth of Jessie Norma Davis, daughter of Jessie and George Davis in Coffs Harbour, NSW Birth of Cleive Ernest Hoschke, son of Ernest and Ellen Hoschke, in NSW Birth of Herbert Bruce Ide, son of Robert and Hulda Minnie Ide nee Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW.
1918	Birth of Leslie Harold Hoschke, son of Harold and Alice in Orara, NSW Birth of Mary Ethel Tait, daughter of May and William Tait in Wellington, NSW
1919	Marriage of Edward Thomas Hoschke and Margaret Porter in Taree, NSW
1920	Birth of Edward Arthur Tait, son of May and William Tait in Wellington, NSW
1921	Birth of Nancey Evelyn Hoschke, daughter of Amandus and Helen Hoschke in Orara, NSW Birth of George Edward Hoschke, son of Ernest and Ellen, in NSW Birth of Jean Isobel Tait, daughter of May and William Tait in Wellington, NSW
1922	Death of Frederick Amandus Hoschke in Karangi, aged 48 years.
1923	Death of George Davis, husband of Jessie Caroline Hoschke, in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 53. Death of Amandus Ludwig Hoschke in Orara, aged 38 years. Death of Mary Ann Hoschke in Upper Orara, NSW aged 76 years.
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928	Death of Amandus August Ludwig Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 84.
1929	Birth of Doreen Ellen Smith, daughter of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke.
1930	Birth of Bruce Reginald Davis, son of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1931
1932	Marriage of Arthur Hoschke and Jean Graham in Nambucca Heads, NSW Birth of Marie Jean Davis, daughter of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1933	Birth of Frederick Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke Birth of Marjorie Louise Hoschke, daughter of Walter and Muriel Hoschke
1934	Marriage of Lionel Edgar Hoschke and Emma Smith in Ballina, NSW Marriage of Dorothy Nellie Hoschke to Jonathan (Jack) Holdforth Baines in Wyalong, NSW Birth of Kay Enid Smith, daughter of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke.
1935	Birth of Kenneth Carl Hoschke, son of Cleive (Pat) & Valerie Hoschke in NSW.
1936	Birth of Irene May Smith, daughter of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke in NSW.
1937	Birth and death of Shirley Davis, daughter of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1938	Birth of Frederick Harold George Smith, son of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke in NSW. Birth of Douglas Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke nee Graham in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1939	Death of Albert John Hoschke, son of Amandus & Mary in Parramatta, NSW aged 60. Death of Marie Jean Davis, daughter of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 6 years.
1940
1941	Birth of Noel John Hoschke, son of Colin & Edna Hoschke in NSW
1942	Birth of Frank Hoschke, son of Lionel and Emma Hoschke in NSW Birth of Barbara Norma Davis, daughter of Arthur & Alice Davis, in NSW.
1943	Birth of John Kenneth Davis, son of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Coffs Harbour, NSW Birth of Arthur Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke nee Graham in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1944
1945
1946	Death of Elizabeth Hoschke, wife of George William Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 66. Marriage of Edith EM Tait and Irvine James Finucane at Wellington, NSW. Death of Edith EM Finucane, daughter of Mary and William Tait in Wellington, NSW aged 28. Birth of Velda Maree Hoschke, daughter of Colin & Edna Hoschke in NSW Birth of Bruce Douglas Casson, son of William & Nellie Casson in Coffs Harbour, NSW
1947	Death of Henrietta Selina Hoschke, wife of Frank, in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 68.
1948	Birth of David Ernest Hoschke, son of Cleive (Pat) & Valerie Hoschke in NSW.
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954	Birth of Paul Richard Hoschke, son of Geoffrey and June Hoschke
1955	Birth of Michael Bruce Ide, son of Robert and Hulda Minnie Ide nee Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW.
1956	Death of George William Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 85. Death of George Edward Hoschke, son of Ernest and Ellen, in Sydney, NSW aged 35.
1957
1958	Death of Harold Robert Hoschke in Parramatta, NSW, aged 75.
1959
1960	Death of Frederick Harold George Smith, son of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke aged 22.
1961
1962
1963
1964	Death of Kenneth Carl Hoschke, son of Cleive (Pat) & Valerie Hoschke, aged 29.
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969	Death of Allan Frank Davis, son of George and Jessie in Grafton, NSW aged 70. Death of Michael Bruce Ide, son of Robert and Hulda Minnie Ide nee Hoschke, aged 14.
1970	Death of Walter Frank Hoschke, son of Frank and Henrietta in Brisbane, QLD aged 66. Death of Annie Jane Hoschke, daughter of Amandus & Mary, in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 92.
1971
1972
1973
1974	Death of Clunie Bain Gould, wife of Fred Hoschke, in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 90. Death of Herbert Bruce Davis, son of George and Jessie in Grafton, NSW aged 73. Death of Arthur Charles Hoschke, son of Frederick and Clunie Hoschke, in Upper Orara, NSW, aged 67.
1975	Death of Nellie Enid Murray nee Hoschke, daughter of Harold and Alice in Orara, NSW, aged 63. Death of Leslie Harold Hoschke, son of Harold and Alice, aged 57.
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980	Death of Cleive Ernest Hoschke, son of Ernest and Ellen Hoschke, aged 63.
1981	Death of Edith May, daughter of Harold and Alice Hoschke in Botany Bay, NSW aged 73.
1982	Death of William Frederick Hoschke, son of Frederick and Clunie Hoschke in Brooms Head, NSW, aged 72. Death of David Ernest Hoschke, son of Cleive (Pat) & Valerie Hoschke, aged 34.
1983
1984	Death of Robert William Tait, son of May and William Tait, aged 68.
1985	Death of Bruce Douglas Casson, son of William & Nellie Casson in Kootingal, NSW aged 39. Death of Kay Enid Smith, daughter of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke, aged 51. Death of of Phyllis May Raward nee Hoschke, daughter of Ernest and Ellen, aged 69. Death of Ralph Robert Ide, son of Robert and Hulda Minnie Ide nee Hoschke, aged 70.
1986	Death of Geoffrey Edward Hoschke, son of Edward & Margaret Hoschke in Gosford, NSW aged 70.
1987	Death of Lionel Edgar Hoschke, son of Frank and Henrietta, in QLD aged 80. Death of Arnold Arthur Charles Hoschke, son of Harold and Alice Hoschke, aged 72.
1988	Death of Arthur George Davis, son of George and Jessie in Casino, NSW aged 80. Death of Frances Mary Joyce, daughter of Fred and Clunie in NSW, aged 71.
1989
1990	Death of Marjorie Louise, daughter of Walter and Muriel Hoschke in NSW, aged 57.
1991
1992
1993	Death of John Kenneth Davis, son of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Grafton, NSW aged 50 years
1994
1995	Death of Selina May Hoschke, daughter of Frank and Henrietta, in Sydney, NSW aged 84.
1996
1997	Death of John William Hoschke, son of George and Elizabeth in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 84.
1998	Death of Ada Mary Davis, daughter of George and Jessie, in Grafton, NSW aged 96.
1999
2000	Death of Birth of Herbert Bruce Ide, son of Robert and Hulda Minnie Ide aged 83.
2001	Death of Noel John Hoschke, son of Colin & Edna Hoschke in Sanctuary Point, NSW aged 60 years. Death of of Irene Margaret Hodgson nee Hoschke, daughter of Harold and Alice, aged 91.
2002	Death of Dorothy Nellie, daughter of Fred and Clunie in Wauchope, NSW aged 89.
2003	Death of Colin James Black Hoschke, son of George and Elizabeth Hoschke in Beverley Hills, Sydney, NSW aged 87.
2004	Death of Nellie Edith Casson, daughter of George & Jessie Davis in Newcastle, NSW aged 100.
2005
2006	Death of Edward George Davis, son of George and Jessie in Casino, NSW aged 95.
2007
2008	Death of Velda Maree, daughter of Colin & Edna Hoschke in NSW, aged 62. Death of Arthur Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke nee Graham in Coffs Harbour, NSW aged 64.
2009	Death of Birth of Irene May Long nee Smith, daughter of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke aged 73.
2010
2011	Death of Eric Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke nee Graham
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2025	Death of Jessie Norma Martin, daughter of George and Jessie in Grafton, NSW aged 94. 2013 Death of Norman Frank Hoschke, son of George and Elizabeth Hoschke in Coffs Harbour, NSW, aged 100. 2013 Death of of Nancey Evelyn McLaren nee Hoschke, daughter of Amandus and Helen Hoschke aged 92. 2014 Death of Henry Carl Hoschke, son of Frank and Henrietta Hoschke, in Lane Cove, NSW, aged 100. Death of Bruce Reginald Davis, son of Herbert Bruce & Elma Minnie Davis in Woombah, NSW aged 85. 2015 Death of Doreen Ellen Armstrong nee Smith, daughter of Carlson and Edie Smith nee Hoschke, aged 86. Death of Frank Hoschke, son of Lionel and Emma Hoschke in Darwin, NT, aged 76. 2019 – Death of Barbara Norma Davis, daughter of Arthur & Alice Davis, in NSW aged 77. 2020 – Death of Frederick Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke nee Graham, aged 87. 2023 – Death of Douglas Grahame Hoschke, son of Arthur & Jean Hoschke nee Graham in Coffs Harbour, NSW, aged 85. 2025 – Death of Paul Richard Hoschke, son of Geoffrey and June Hoschke, aged 71.