Dear Heidi
Christian and Anna GULBIN are my great-great grandparents. They were apparently a Wendish couple, of Slavic rather than mainstream German origin. They lived in small villages near Cottbus, then Prussia, prior to emigrating to Australia. Two children died in Prussia and a further two died en route to Australia.
I have seen Anna's surname spelled in a number of ways, but the only document I've seen which originated in Germany, the emigration papers, record her as LESKA. I've been researching the GULBIN family in Australia for a little while now, and am about to start trying to trace any relatives still living in Germany.
I would be happy for you to contact me at
megsouter@optusnet.com.au if you would like any further information.
Margery (Meg) Souter.