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x ) useful supplementary information relating to the Godeffroys and the Webers was also advised by Florence Funck , Dr Johann Dietrich Hahn-Godeffroy and Ulrich Mühlenbruch .
The assertion that Theodor Weber was trained under the personal supervision of J . C . Godeffroy was made by Weber himself to Thomas Trood , later British vice Consul in Apia , see Trood , “ Island Reminiscences : A graphic detailed Romance of a Life spent in the South Sea Islands ,” McCarron , Stewart & Co ., Sydney , 1912 , p . 52 .
xi ) Photo of Clementine with Haaben family – another image of Emil Haaben with his white parrot is viewable online in the German collection of AKG Images .
What They Said About Theodor Weber
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Weber background , and that for his partner and daughters , see Chapter 6 references , especially viii ) & ix .
Robert Louis Stevenson quoted from Stevenson , “ A Footnote to History ” Cassell , 1892 , p . 89 .
Harry J . Moors quoted from Moors , “ Some Recollections of Early Samoa ,” pub . Western Samoa Historical & Cultural Trust , Apia , 1986 , pp . 46-47 .
iv ) Trood quote , see op . cit . Trood , pp . 51-52 .
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Werner von Bulow : The Mystery Man of Matapo ’ o
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Op . cit . “ Cyclopedia of Samoa ,” profile of von Bulow pp . ; also Grevel comments on postal service p .
Interviews with Herbert ‘ Bert ’ Brunt , of Paeroa , 1972-74 . Bert ( and his parents and siblings ) lived at Matapo ’ o on the former von Bulow property from about 1914-20 .
Ta ’ isi O . F . Nelson ’ s address to the Samoa Research Society , of 1923 , referencing von Bulow was published in the “ Journal of the Polynesian Society ,” Vol . 34 , No . 2 ( 134 ) ( June , 1925 ), pp . 124-145 .
Fagamalo photograph of German officials party – identifications obtained from a near identical photograph featured in Hermann Hiery , “ Bilder Aus Der Deutschen Südsee ,” Fotografien 1884-1914 , Mit einem Bertrag von Antje Kelm , pub . Ferdinand Schöningh , München , 2005 .
Advice from von Bulow researcher , I ’ u Tuagalu , of Auckland , especially on von Bulow ’ s conflict with local Samoans and the circumstances of his death and burial .
There is much material on von Bulow that can be obtained online through the ‘ Papers Past ’ website , http :// paperspast . natlib . govt . nz / cgibin / paperspast , especially in issues of the “ Samoanische Zeitung .” For the Zeitung he needs to be searched with the spelling “ von Buelow ”. vii )
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The author was also able to find the site of von Bulow ’ s old residence with the guidance of local matai and the Matapo ’ o LMS pastor in 1975 . It was marked by old bricks beneath the undergrowth . A subsequent search in 2002 was unsuccessful . The site appeared to have been taken up by village housing .
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Malietoa-Axmann-Gebauer : So ’ o le fau ma le fau .”
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Jonas Coe marriage to a kinswoman of Malietoa Moli per Malama Meleisea , “ The Making of Modern Samoa ,” 1987 , Institute of Pacific Studies , University of the South Pacific , Suva , Fiji , p . 144 .
Feodor Axmann birth and ship service details supplied by Pacifica genealogist Christine Liava ’ a in Sept . 2013 .
Much genealogical and background information on members of the Spemann , Gebauer and Warns families , including the Samoa years of Adolf Spemann , was supplied by descendant , Rudolf ‘ Rudy ’ Spemann , of Orere Point , in both documentary form and verbally in an interview on 28 June 2013 ; also supplemented in follow-up emails ( especially of 30 August ) and telephone conversations in 2013 .
Some information on Hermann Axmann ’ s life in Australia supplied by Christine Liava ’ a in
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