Page 13

1930 - 1986, Brisbane, and the succession

Alfons, Bernhard, and the butcher line to 1986

Alfons's emigration, Bernhard's family, Adolf to Robert to Gerold

Page 13 of the 1986 Distel butchery anniversary booklet

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Translated from Ludwig Distel's German.

Alfons learned the saddler's trade. Around 1930 he followed his brother Willi to Australia. He was drawn, however, to the Brisbane area, where he lives to this day. His son Peter, with his family, represents the Distels in that part of the world. Bernhard is the youngest son. He was just six years old when his mother Anna died on 29 March 1932. His mother's sister then became the good spirit of the family in the house at Herdstrasse 34. Bernhard became a machine fitter. The Second World War, into which he was sent at barely 18, he went through as a soldier like his brothers Adolf and Friedrich. Together with his wife he converted the former stabling in the Herdstrasse into a dwelling house. Here three children grew up: Marianne, Ludwig and Albrecht. Bernhard died as early as 1978. Continuation of the butcher's tradition under Adolf and Robert Distel As already said, the history of the butchery in the Niedere Strasse does not end with Robert Distel. His eldest son from the second marriage, Adolf, took over the butchery in 1933. Together with his wife Karolina, called Lina, Adolf ran the business through the thirties, forties and fifties. From this marriage came the daughter Rita, today a doctor in Stuttgart, and the son Robert. He likewise became a master butcher and followed his father Adolf in 1965 in the direction of the business. As the fifth butcher in unbroken family succession he is now able, in 1986, with his wife Isolde nee Gamerdinger, to celebrate the 150th business anniversary. The elder son of the present owners, likewise a Robert, lives today with his family in Munich as a qualified engineer. It is a pleasure from the whole family's point of view that the second son, namely Gerold Distel, with his wife Sonja nee Aigeldinger, is already available as a master butcher to carry on the business with its great tradition. The handsome renovation and rebuilding of the butchery, an ornament of the Niedere Strasse, should contribute to a successful future for the Distel butchery. Written in January 1986 by Ludwig Distel

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Interesting facts

People: Alfons Distel (1909-1988), Peter Distel (b. 1950), Bernhard Distel (1925-1978), Anna Zeller (1882-1932), Marianne Distel (b. 1950), Ludwig Distel (b. abt 1954), Albrecht Distel (b. 1955), Adolf Distel (b. 1904), Karolina Risle (b. 1904), Rita Distel, Robert Distel (b. 1930), Isolde Gamerdinger (b. 1930), Gerold Distel (b. 1959), Sonja Aigeldinger (b. 1965)

Places: Brisbane, Australia, Villingen, Herdstrasse 34, Niedere Strasse, Stuttgart, Muenchen