Genealogical Interests
Mr Geoff W. Raebel
Ancestors
Son of Robert William Raebel BEM and Marjorie Haynes
Brother of [private brother (1940s - 2010s)]
Father of [private son (1980s - unknown)]
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Geoff
Mr Geoff W. Raebel
Ancestors
Son of Robert William Raebel BEM and Marjorie Haynes
Brother of [private brother (1940s - 2010s)]
Father of [private son (1980s - unknown)]
Parents
10 Oct 1916 - 04 Feb 1992
Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia
1910s - 1980s
Grandparents
23 May 1883 - 11 Jul 1970
Black Rock, South Australia, Australia
21 Jun 1887 - 24 Dec 1977
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
05 Oct 1887 - 03 Feb 1940
Woods Point, Victoria, Australia
13 Dec 1884 - 20 May 1977
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Great-Grandparents
08 May 1843 - 03 Nov 1917
Grund, Germany
21 Oct 1844 - 25 May 1929
Berlin, Germany
25 Jan 1860 - 16 Nov 1924
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
26 Jul 1864 - 12 Nov 1927
Benger, Western Australia, Australia
15 Dec 1847 - 23 Apr 1925
England, United Kingdom
10 Oct 1851 - abt 1901
Burra Burra South Australia
06 Aug 1855 - 01 Aug 1912
Bourke St Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
02 Jun 1857 - 04 Feb 1953
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
2nd-Great-Grandparents
21 Mar 1806 - 18 Feb 1867
07 Jul 1820 - 09 May 1892
abt 1813 - 11 Nov 1859
abt 1820 - 05 Apr 1890
abt 09 Feb 1834 - 05 Feb 1897
1829 - 28 Nov 1903
1835 - abt 07 Jan 1915
1830 - 24 Feb 1905
18 Aug 1822 - 04 Nov 1912
16 Oct 1827 - 19 Jun 1907
abt 1830 - abt 1890
abt 1830 - abt 1890
26 Apr 1810 - 13 Nov 1871
27 Sep 1810 - 01 Nov 1892
01 Aug 1824 - 16 Dec 1902
1826 - 11 Sep 1899
Descendants of Geoff Raebel
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Biography
My Father's family came to South Australia in 1849 from Pomerania and were in the Barossa area around Black Rock SA . My Grandfather moved to Western Australia and married into a pioneer English Family that migrated to Fremantle. Grandfather was an early potato farmer at Benger just north of Australind.
My maternal Grandmother's family were English/Scots/Scilly Islanders with a touch of 1588 Spanish and went via Melbourne to Burra then Melbourne, Australia
My Father was Engineering Officer on an RAAF (455 & 463) Lancaster Bomber Squadrons 1941 - 45 and in the Australian military from 1934-1965. He later (1951) joined the Australian Army to obtain a Commission as an Officer - Final rank Captain
Schools Queensland Central State School Maryborough 1952-53; Nambour State School 1953; Maroochydore State School 1953; West End State School 1953; Toowong State School 1953 -55; Maryborough State School 1956-58; Gardiner State School - Melbourne 1958 Maryborough Boys High School 1959; Victoria Waverly High School 1960; Brighton High School 1961-64; NSW Blakehurst High School 1964-65
Books published The RAAF in Russia 1998 - A history of the Australian and British expedition to Russia in 1942 to keep Russia in the War and thereby save Britain
The Small Yacht Owners Ideas Book 2002 A guide to owning and maintaining an economical small yacht
Australian Yachtsman 2021 A guide to owning and maintaining an economical small yacht
Sink the Tirpitz 2025 Pen & Sword - A very complete History of how Australia entered WW2; the strategic situation of WW2 in the autumn of 1942, unique details on the Hampden bomber; The experiences of 144 Squadron RAF and 455 Squadron RAAF; Their flight above the Arctic Circle to Severomorsk near Murmansk - Russia. Release about Christmas 2025.
Editor - Bomber Command in Australia - Quarterly newsletter
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Geoffrey Raebel at registration.
Printed source for the Raebel side of the family "A Family History of Carl Friedrich Ernst Schottelius and Johanne Dorothee Julianne (nee) Eckert in Australia 1849 - 1989 Reunion Books ISBN 0 7316 5033 6
Digital Afterlife
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Geoff:- ~1.56% Penelope Carter : AncestryDNA
- ~0.78% ~3.12% David Edmonds : AncestryDNA
G2G Forum
- I am locked out of WIKItree Edits Aug 3, 2025
- locked out of WikiTree Jul 10, 2024
- Geoffrey Raebel is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 18, 2020
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Post-war he joined the Aust Army Reserve - retiring as Captain (Pioneers- Battlefield Engineers) Regards Geoff
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I love looking at their profiles, some coming from tiny little places and rising to becoming ranking officers in the Air Force (not exclusively Australian).
My gratitude to Ken Cook and Yourself for shepherding me along. (What's lacking in quality, I hope is that I am creating basic profiles that help the next person. Best Wishes, Geoff Raebel-2
I didn't see any stickers or any categories, that would pull them together. Or you at least make a Space page, and list them on the space page so they would be there at your fingertips.
This is what I did for the men who were KIA at the Alamo in Texas. You do know about the Alamo? https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Defenders_in_the_Battle_of_the_Alamo
Mary
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Thanks for the great work you do. Geoff Raebel-2
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Best Wishes to all Project Members - Geoff. PS I'm a bit shy and unsure with stickers I have a history due out from Pen & Sword UK - end January - deals with the Australian (RAAF) Deployment to Soviet Russia in 1942 - an unlikely story, I know.
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Privately I have a book which will go to press momentarily after the Queen says "You can go back to work now."
It is the story of the of the Australian and British Air Forces Deployment to Soviet Russia in 1942. The allies worried about collapse of Russia at Stalingrad. The airborne component flew across only losing a 1/4 of their aircraft. The ground crews travled aboard the USS Tuscaloosa on her first wartime patrol. So yes I'm in "Sink the Tirpitz"
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I put up a lot of young men killed in WW2/ mainly Air Force as a way to record - they are not good profiles but all the info is there for someone else My best so far is an aunt Haynes-2888 - a lot of secrets in the family that accidentally spilled out THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!
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Have a great day.
In four trips to UK I have skirted close to Huntingdon but never actually been there.
I write a quarterly 8 page Newsletter for Australians who had family in RAF Bomber Command. If it sounds of interest, I'd be happy to put you on my Complimentary list. Regards G
I live in the US now, just outside Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but I am originally from Sheffield, I have been around the Huntingdon area but never visited the locations of our Haynes ancestors, it was always something I was going to do, and then I ended up marrying an American lady, moving over here and it's not "just down the road", anymore!!
I would love to be on the list, I have a lot of military history to catch up with, I have a Roadblock of my own on the Dowde side of the family, that's my mum's line and her ancestors were military people, my 2nd great grandfather died in the Crimean war, his father is where the line stops, it's only been a 20-year block so nothing major!!!!!!
It is surprising how Nile's 2nd wife Ivy connects so far back into English heritage and even to my flying hero Bert Hinkler.
Best Wishes - Geoff
I am currently working on some more connections who moved to Australia, this is the Ruff side of the Haynes line, one of whom, was a silent movie star of sorts, he was a Ruff but adopted is uncle Manning Haynes's name for his stage name. This is all very much work in progress though, it looks like Adelaide is going to be the main starting point, a lot of research lies ahead I think...
Thanks for the update and stay warm!
Regards, Chris.
You might be interested in the following page from the State Archives of Lower Saxony: https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/detailAction.action?detailid=v4434563&icomefrom=search (note that the page can be translated to English and notes Carl Schottelius as a miner) Steve.
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Yes, I am active and putting up a few every month. G
I've seen/experienced Rabel with/without umlaut, Rachel, Raybel - it must make tracing German relatives difficult
1) Most immigrants would have given their name to a clerk who wrote the ship manifest. Quite an easy process if you are native born English speaker and can explain that 'Stephen' is spelt 'ph' not 'v'. Not so easy if you aren't English speaking and the clerk is trying to transcribe your speech born in a different language 2) To fit in, many non-British immigrants used English variations of their baptism names. Heinrich/Henry was familiar to me. Other common ones are Elisabet/Elizabeth, Georg/George. 3) Many people used the forename they like most. From what I've seen it was common practice to used the second forename. 4) Finally, some name changes reflect a decision to distance themselves from the family history. Very small minority of the profiles I know, but it does happen.
I'm pretty sure that most of the Raebel variations come from the first point - limited familiarity and comprehension of German language.
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Two of my family retired to Saddleworth. Bridget Parker (O'Connor-2993) and Jack Jones (Jones-60695).
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Welcome to the Australia Project. It's fantastic to have you involved. Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project
p.s. added 14th Sept. I worry about privacy and generally I avoid adding adding to profiles after 1900. In this case I'll extend my family tree inside Wikitree.
I've seen your comment "These days I seem to be putting up young men in the 20's who were killed during WW2." You can add Trevor Jones.
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Geoff
That is great thank you. Definitely not old news, all help appreciated!
Kind regards, Kylie
You previously wrote a question about the marriage of John Richard Glover. The birth registrations of John Glover's children show the mother as Louisa Augusta Julia Schottelius.
Amanda Schottelius and John Tunbridge had a son born 1875 in Manoora, South Australia, 19 years before my grandfather Arthur Jones was born there. Regards, Steve.
G
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