Neils Peter Lindwall

Neils Peter Lindwall was born on 7 Nov 1826 in Alem, Sweden. It is believed that his parents were Abraham Lindwall (1796-1878) and Anna Margareta Gustafva Falkenberg (1804-1890). &nbsp

There is some confusion regarding his arrival in Australia. Different reports have him arriving in 1857 on the Henrietta and also arriving on 8 Nov 1858 as a Boatswain on the ship Capella.

He married Julia Russell (1846-1919) in 1864 in Broulee, NSW and settled in Nethercote where he worked as a dairy farmer.

He and Julia had 16 children - Mary (1865-1954), Anne (1867-1909), Elizabeth (1868-1943), Amelia (1870-1906), William (1871-1917), Frederick (1873-1929), John (1875-1875), Alice (1876-1963), Arthur (1878-1939), Esther (1880-1965), Letitia (1881-1946), John (1883-1947), Charles (1885-1969), Albert (1887-1971), James (1889-1932) and Isabella (1893-1968).

Neils died in Nethercote on 3 Sep 1914 and is buried in Bega Cemetery.