hi MicheleCM,

have a look at these postings:

the DROGEMULLER marriages New Zealand 1867-1930

the DROGEMULLER deaths New Zealand 1886-2008

looking for the family of Elsie Drogemuller + Carl Egger, Nelson

Drogemuller is mentioned on the MURDER at the BAY VIEW HOTEL - Wakapuaka, Nelson 1874

her mother was Marie Sophie Dorothea Wilhelmine HEINE, a daughter of Johann Heinrich Christian HEINE (1785-?) & Cathrina Maria Eleonora HOSSERMAN

Thank you! I'm still trying to piece together the family relationships. I did find a newspaper marriage notice but i'm not sure how accurate it is.\

Oh thank you so much for that! Now i'm getting somewhere!

I think the Bensemanns (Dorothea's husband's family) were also related to the Brieses.

this is interesting ...
BENSEMANN-DROGEMULLER - October 15 1869, at St Paul's Church, bu the Lutheran Minister, Rev. J. HEINE, G. F. W. Bensemann, third son of C. H. Bensemann, Hotelkeeper, to Dora Harriett, only daughter of G. Drogemuller, Farmer, Upper Moutere

this couple was George Wilhelm Bensemann & Johanna Maria Dorothea Drogemuller, obviously nicknamed Dora, but the Rev's name could be followed up ...

Oh yes, I saw that notice, and I have also come across the Heines - they are relatives too!!

yes, Johanna Maria Dorothea Drogemuller's maternal grandmother was a Heine (as above)

The Reverend J. Heine who married them could have been her uncle (mother's brother) or her maternal grandfather. I'll look into it...

from NZETC and written about 1849 ...

Nelson - Ordination of a German Minister.?
... On Sabbath, the 12th August, the Rev. John W. C. Heine was ordained to the office of the ministry, and appointed to the pastoral charge of the Lutheran congregation in Nelson. The Rev. J. F. W. Wohlers, from the Island of Ruapuke, in Faveaux's Straits, conducted the service. He began by reading his Commission, issued by the Right Rev. Dr. Kliefoth, Superintendent at Schwerin, in the Grand Duchy of Meaklenburg. He addressed Mr. Heine and the Congregation respectively, and went through the usual forms and services. Nearly all the Germans in the settlement were present, and many had come from a great distance [utl=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MinNewZ-t1-g1-t2-g1-t4-body-d8-d1.html#name-401526-mention]... more[/url]


the Rev John William Christopher Heine was from Sprakensehl, his real name was Rev Johann Wilhelm Christoph Heine (1815-1900) AND he married Anna Katerina Marie Bensemann when he was 35 and she was just 15

sorry - ... more

Anna was a daughter of Anna KOTHRADE & Cordt BENSEMANN

AND here is a brilliant photo of the family

Child in foreground: John Erle Schroder
Front row: Gertrude Heine, Mrs J Thiel (nee Heine), Joseph Heine
Second row from front: (seated): Rev J. Thiel, Rev J W C Heine and Mrs Heine Dietrich Wilkens, Feodor Kelling (also known as Johann Friederich Augustus Kelling), Mrs F Schroder
Third row from front (standing): Dorothea Drogemuller (Mrs George Bensemann), Catherina Marie Elizabeth Rose (Mrs Henry Bensemann), Frederick Bensemann (son of Cordt), Anna Margaret Doris Bensemann (daughter of Cordt) (Mrs David Max), Sophia Magdalena Bensemann (daughter of Cordt) (Mrs David Wilkens), Henry Bensemann (son of Cordt), David Max, F Schroder
Back row: J H C Drogemuller, George Bensemann (son of Cordt), Feodor Kelling Jnr, Heinrich Darel (standing above), John Muller, John Albert Bensemann? (son of Cordt), unidentified

MORE INFO HERE
(be sure to click on the HOME page at top left)
from the book Petticoat Pioneers, Reed 1980, by barbara Harper

Thank you for all that, especially the photos! I was hoping for a photo of Dorothea/Dora!
There are also Drogemullers recorded and/or buried in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. I know from researching my great grandfather Gottlieb Blaess (Dora's son in law) that the Lutheran missionaries travelled around a lot, but I don't know whether or not the Barossa Valley (Nuriootpa) Drogemullers are related or if so, how.
Michele