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BALLANTYNE
BALLANTYNE. James Ballantyne ( 1874 - 1951 ), pictured on left later
in life ( 1944) in the USA, sailed from Glasgow, Scotland 20 March 1911 on
SS Caledonia leaving his family behind in Edinburgh. He worked three years
as a plasterer to earn passage for the rest of his family including wife
Jane (Mills) Ballantyne ( 1878 - 1954 ), pictured on right. Jane and three
sons sailed 1 August 1914, three days before Great Britain declared war
on Germany. They sailed on SS Ausonia. Both ships were later sunk in World
War I. Also pictured is the youngest son Andrew. A daughter, Alice, died
in March, 1914 and thus never saw her father again. She is buried in
Edinburgh, Scotland. The family settled in Philadelphia.
Robert Ballantyne
BASCHNAGEL
Charles BASCHNAGEL (center row, 3d from left) was born on
November 3, 1850 in Baden. He emigrated arriving in the Port of NY
during December 1864, on a ship whose name I haven't determined as of
yet. He traveled to Scranton, PA where he later married Anna SCHNEIDER
(center row, 4th from left), also born in Baden on March 17, 1858.
They had 3 children and later moved to New York City, where they lived
on Woodbine Street, Brooklyn. At one time they lived at 173 East
10th St, in Manhattan while he worked at the Peter Dolger Brewery,
near Avenue "A". His usual trade was as a carpenter. Anna died
May 31, 1923, while living in Queens, NY. Charles died
December 10, 1934 while living in Port Ewen, NY.
The picture was taken about 1920 while they were surrounded by their
children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Walter T. Baschnagel
BEHRMANN
The attachment is a picture of my great-grandfather, Heinrich
Nicholas Behrmann, born February 1847 in a section of Hamburg, Germany
called Winderhude. He immigrated to New York City in 1871. I haven't
been able to locate the exact date however. The little girl in the
picture is my great-aunt Harriet. She appears to be about 2, so this
picture was taken in about 1874. Dorothy Winters Pearce
BERGENER
My great-great-grandfather, Carl "Charles" Bergener, was born in Germany in
1851 or 1853. He emigrated from Germany to the USA in 1854, with his
parents, Heinrich W. Bergener (a butcher, born around 1812) and Doretta
Prupft (born 1825), and three brothers, Heinrich W. (born around 1845),
Ludolph (born around 1849), and August (born in 1854). They embarked from
Hamburg on the ship the "Johannes" to New York, arriving on October 24,
1854. They settled on the rough southside of Chicago, taking up residence
in a frame house at what would become 14th and Dearborn (not far from Mrs.
O'Leary's barn), where Heinrich "Henry" died in 1855. Dorothea became a
washerwoman (she died in 1907 in Chicago), and eventually Charles became a
tinsmith. He married Mary Elinor "Nellie" Brown of Chicago (a dressmaker,
born in 1857 in Hamilton Township, Ontario) in 1880 in New Buffalo,
Michigan, and relocated to Rochester, NY, in 1881, where he became
superintendent of C. T. Ham Lanternworks. They had 1 son and 5
daughters--the son Charles W. Bergener was my great-grandfather, born in
Rochester in 1881. Nellie died in Rochester in 1910; Charles the elder in
1924, also in Rochester. Douglas Patton
BRAZILL
Narcissa Josephine Brasill was born March 1840 at Ballylongford,
County Kerry, Ireland and immigrated to Savannah, Georgia by 1843.
Her father John Charles Brasill is residing in Columbus, Georgia by
1850. She married John Charles McCarthy in 1872 in Columbus, Ga.
Sissy died 8 September 1923 and is buried in Sumter County, Georgia.
Ronnie Ranew
BROWNE
This is a picture of my father. It is believed that he may be the
"John Browne" on the Lusitania 17 Apr 1915 voyage, passenger #52.
William Browne
BROSI
FRANK X. BROSI was born December 01, 1863 in
Breitenbach Switzerland, and died March 14, 1918 in New York. He married
THERESA SCHAADT February 12, 1891 in Bronx New York.
Frank X Brosi came from Switzerland on the Ship W.A. Scholten from
Rotterdam to NY on May 4 1885 under the name Xaver Brosi.
Children of FRANK BROSI and THERESA SCHAADT are:
HERMAN BROSI, b. February 07, 1892, New York; d. September 22, 1950,
Astoria NY.
EMIL BROSI, b. August 21, 1900, Bronx New York; d. 1964, New York.
THERESA BROSI, b. March 11, 1903, Bronx New York; d. New York.
LOUISE BROSI, b. February 19, 1906, Bronx New York; d. April 06, 1992,
New York.
FRANK BROSI, b. May 29, 1898, New York; d. September 1973, Palatka Fl..
Edward Brosi
BYZEWSKI
Pictured are the three Byzewski Brothers, Father John Romuald, August
and Anton who arrived in New York via Bremen on three different ships.
Anton on May 20, 1872 on the SS Nemesis, John on August 13, 1875 on the
SS Mosel and August April 18th, 1879 on the SS Main. Father Romuald was
pastor in churches in Winona MN and Detroit MI and Pulaski WI. He is
buried in Pulaski WI. Anton homesteaded near St Cloud MN and is buried
in Gilman MN. August homesteaded near Warsaw ND and is buried in Warsaw.
Sherlyn Meiers
CHERNESKI
My great grandfather John Cherneski (Czarnecki, Czernecsky, Charnecky)
(spelling varied from record to record) is pictured in the middle of
this photo. He is wearing a hat and has a pipe in his mouth. To his
left (one woman over) is my great grandmother Maria who is carrying her
third son Ludwig. My grandfather Sabine and his older brother Walter
are sitting in the front row. Our family is still trying to find the
whereabouts of Walter Cherneski who disapeared from Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada after enlisting in the Canadian Armed Forces. We believe that
since he was considered an "enemy of the state" that he went underground
and we never heard from him again. Desperately trying to find any
information on him.
This picture was probably taken April 3, 1903 after my family and others
disembarked from the SS Armenia in Halifax. They left Hamburg about two
weeks earlier.
I would truly appreciate any information anyone may have regarding this
voyage and of my great uncle Walter.
Cherneski Family - Biography
The history and background of the "Cherneski" family is similar to
the history of many of the early immigrants from Ukraine
to Canada at the turn of the century. Potential settlers were
encouraged by a grant of 160 acre homestead for $10.00 and this
proposal was widely advertised in Central Europe, especially Western
Ukraine - the centre of good farming area and, in fact,
the bread basket of Europe. Ukrainians living in West Ukraine heard
about the possibility of settling in Western Canada, sent a
delegation, were convinced and came. They had many reasons to do so -
economic deprivation at home, religious
persecutions, fear of wars and a desire to provide a better future for
their children. They came in great numbers from about
1895 to 1905 - 350,000, in fact, during the first immigration.
(Grandfather John Cherneski, in fact, came in 1903.)
Grandfather John Cherneski and grandmother Maria Cherneski (nee
Bilinski) were born, raised and married at Ulychno,
Galicia, West Ukraine. In many documents his first name is referred to
as Johann, Jan, etc. This is because of the Austrian
identity. John was a very common name - others being Ivan, Ivor, Ian,
Evon, Joan, Jean, Yvon and Giovanni, all meaning John
in different languages. Ulychno was a small settlement (celo) south
east of Drohobyc (now known as Drogobych in Russian)
and about 120 miles south west of Lwiw - then capital of West Ukraine.
Ulychno was a rural farming community not too far
from the Caparthian Mountains in an oil producing region. I recall
grandfather referring to "naphta" being produced there. At
the time of immigration to Canada, there were three children born to the
grandparents, namely Wladimir (Walter), Sabine and
Ludwik (Louis). Once having decided to come to Canada, grandfather sold
all his property including land (roughly 10 acres)
and bought a one way ticket, which entitled him and his family to travel
by train from Lwiw - Ulychno to Hamburg, Germany
from there to England and finally to Canada (Halifax on April 3, 1905)
and then by train to Grenfell, Saskatchewan. They
crossed the Atlantic on the S.S Armenia.
All imigrants to Canada on the initial immigration scheme to settle
Western Canada arrived in spring so that they would have
the whole summer to build a shelter, break land and prepare for winter.
They had a stop over at the Winnipeg Immigration
Centre for about a week to pick out the area they were going to, apply
for a land deed and to be briefed on the living
conditions in Western Canada. They were advised what plants grow well,
what wild fruit and animals were edible, how to
store food, what equipment and implements were necessary, where to get
them and to receive a brief first-aid training. They
were also given a first-aid kit (grandfather had some knowledge in this
regard because he had to serve in the Austrian army for
a short while - 18 months compulsory service I believe). When the
grandparents arrived in the Goodeve area they prepared
themselves as settlers by establishing their home on the homestead -
(S.W.1/4 22-23-9-W2nd Meridian) and clearing the
land). Incidentally, settlers were given a choice to settle in the
Dauphin, Yorkton, Rosthern or Vegreville regions because land
was specifically allocated on a homestead basis in those regions for
settlers from West Ukraine. Grandfather chose the
Yorkton region because he was acquainted with an earlier immigrant from
Ukraine who had settled not too far from Lemberg -
I believe his name was Mauer. It should be pointed out that Goodeve did
not exist at that time, in fact the C.N.R. line was not
yet built. That is why the Grandparents came to Grenfell via the
C.P.R. At that time there were no roads or towns, just
surveyed land (you will recall that the land in Saskatchewan was
surveyed in 1885 onwards and this was one of the reasons for
the Riel Rebellion of 1885). The only business centre in the Goodeve
area at the time was the post office of Herzel (near
where Halich school used to be). There was a small store and post
office in that location. All other supplies had to be brought
on foot or by oxen from Yorkton or Lemberg. Incidentally, Herzel still
appears on some old maps of Saskatchewan but it
never became an incorporated town. When the railway was built and
Goodeve was established, Herzel ceased to exist and no
evidence of it remains today.
The rest is a matter of history and personal recollection by each
member of the family in his or her own way. The
cicumstances relating to all the relatives is something we have personal
and individual knowledge of and would take up too
much time and space to expand upon. However, the events surrounding
Uncle Wladimir (Walter) are interesting and
somewhat mystifying. A few years after the grandparents had settled
down on their homestead, Walter left to work in Alberta.
When W.W.I broke out in 1914, the Canadian authorities were somewhat
uncertain with respect to the immigrants from
Western Ukraine. Although they expressed loyalty to the Queen, and were
in fact citizens, they technically were aliens because
they came from the Austro-Hungarian region of central Europe and Austria
was an ally of Germany during W.W.I and
therefore at war with Canada. This created confusion, uncertainty and
problems and somehow I believe Uncle Walter was a
victim of it. Technically if an immigrant had lived within the
Austro-Hungarian border prior to or during W.W.I, he was an
enemy alien and had to be taken into custody. About 2000 male
immigrants of military age from Western Ukraine were in fact
put into security camps during W.W.I. Apparently several were in fact
executed. Yet, if such immigrants had previously lived
just beyond the borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was then
considered "safe" and even conscripted into the
Canadian army for overseas duty. (In fact, quite a large number of
Ukrainians served in the Canadian army overseas during the
first World War, both as recruits and conscripts). Hence there was this
strange situation where virtually some members of the
same family were considered aliens and allies at one and the same time.
Incidentally, there were four security camps in Canada
during W.W.I (1914-1918) for the so-called Ukrainian Austro-Hungarian
aliens. Anyhow, back to Wladimir (Walter). When
enlisting, Walter may have deliberately given a different birth place in
order to qualify for army service or maybe the enlisting
officials could not locate Ulychno on the map and used the first place
name they found on the map ending with the letter "o" and
then later discovered the error. in order to rectify the mistake of his
being an "alien", he might have been removed from the
troop train or Wladimir may have just disappeared. In any event, he
never returned to the farm stead although Uncle Louis and
my father told me that they received several unsigned post cards some
time later from the U.S.A, which they believe to be from
"Walter". Christina Cherneskey
CIUCH
My Grandfather, JULIAN CIUCH (Leon Chuck in America), has a "Certificate of Arrival"
showing:
No. 3 116807
Port of entry: New York, N.Y.
Name: Julian Ciuch
JULIAN CIUCH date and manner of arrival April 14, 1913 SS George Washington
He got this in 1935 when he applied for citizenship
I can not find him anywhere on this ships manifest. He came to America alone.
He was the only one in his immediate family to come here. He had a Nephew who came to America
later named JOHN CIUCH (John Chuck in America). This nephew lived in Philadelphia, PA.
We have no information on him or his family.
I have been trying to find out where my grandfather came from, and if there are any living
relatives. He settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, married, and had 10 children. He list
his nationality as Polish, and place of birth as Austria or Ukraine. On one paper its shows,
Sambor, Austria.
This photograph is on his Citizenship paper..(1936). He is about 40 years old.
Veronica Seibert
CLEMONS
Charles Clement Clemons was born, 6 August 1853 at Trichinopoly,
Madras Presidency, India. His mother died when he was three years
of age and he was sent to England to live with his Uncle Frederick
Clemons and immigrated with the family to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1858
and back to England in 1865. He returned to Brooklyn in 1874 with
his father, Charles Ross Clemons. He married in 1881 at Eatonton,
Georgia to Julia Edith Robinson, daughter of Sir William Rose
Robinson. Charles died during 1898 at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Ronnie Ranew
CLEMONS
Charles Ross Clemons was born on 26 June 1827 at Wallajabad, Madras
Presidency, India. He was the son of Maj. James William Clemons and
Elizabeth Ross. Charles was an officer in the 9th M.N.I. and the 3rd
Madras Europeon Regiment in the East India Company army in India. He
immigrated to New York In 1876 and came to Georgia in 1879.
Ronnie Ranew
COLAUTTI (age 39) COLAUTTI 2(with young family) COLAUTTI 3(at about age 79 or 80)
Angelo Eugenio Colautti - Born August 9, 1903 in Orcenico
Zoppola, Pordenone, Italy in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Region; emigrated
to America aboard the Navigazione Generale Italiana ship Duca Degli Abruzzi
which departed from Genoa, stopped in Naples, and arrived in New York on
May 12, 1921. Angelo settled in Reno, Nevada with an uncle who had
immigrated earlier. He worked as a bartender and laborer. He met and
married Ermelin Fereira originally of Livermore California in April 1944.
They became the parents of Madelyn and Rose Marie. Angelo died on
November 3, 1993 at the age of 90; Ermelin died on March 30, 1995 at
the age of 74. Angelo is listed on the Wall of Honor at Ellis Island.
COLAUTTI 2 picture of Angelo Eugenio, and Ermelin Fereira Colautti with
my sister and me.
Madelyn
CONSIGLIO
This is a photo of Louis V. Consiglio, who was born in Diamante,
Italy in 1895 and emigrated to America in 1901. When War broke out in
Europe in 1914, and the Untied States entered the conflict in 1917,
Louis V. Consiglio joined the United States Army and fought for his
new country. He is pictured here as a Private, Company B 302nd Field
Signal Corps. Taken at Camp Upton, NY March, 1918.
James Consiglio
DAVIES
Hugh Davies and Margaret Wilson (born in Wale in 1812
and 1817 respectively) were married in 1848 and set
sail from Liverpool for America in the Minnesota, or
so the story goes. They arrived in Hartford and
settled in Whethersfield Connecticut where two (Thomas
and John) of their seven sons were born. They moved
on to Kewanee, Illinois where the other five sons
(William, Edward Joseph Henry, and George) were born
then finally settled in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. From
these seven sons only one progeny was produced,
Henry's son Edward Harry Davies born in 1901. Henry
and his wife Catherine both died in 1902 leaving
Edward Harry an orphan. Pamela Davies
DEBUIGNE
The Alphonse Joseph Debuigne Family left Boulogne, France on
October 1, 1903 aboard the Holland America Line vessel Rijndam
and arrived at Ellis Island, N.Y. on October 10, 1903. The family
consisted of Alphonse J. Debuigne, born in Roubaix, France on
August 10, 1876, his wife, Eugenie (Delourme) Debuigne, born in
Croix, France on August 12, 1877, their daughter Sophie Eugenie,
born in Roubaix, France on December 12, 1898 and their son
Alphonse Paul, born in Roubaix, France on February 25, 1903.
After processing through Ellis Island they travelled to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania to join Alphonse's twin brother Henri and his wife
Julienne and resided with them in Frankford, Philadelphia.
Unfortunately, the mother Eugenie Debuigne was stricken ill and
died on April 8, 1909 leaving two young children. The father
later remarried a widow named Lillian (Meacham) Whalen who had
two children from her first husband. From this marriage was born
Henri M.(Harry) Debuigne on October 28, 1910.
Alphonse Joseph Debuigne died on December 21, 1942 and his wife
Lillian M. Debuigne died on April 18, 1944. Both are interred at
the West Swamp Cemetery at Steinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Sophie Eugenie Debuigne married James Coyle and produced two
daughters, Sophie Madeleine Coyle and Mary Patricia Coyle.
Alphonse Paul Debuigne married Elizabeth Victoria Williams and
produced a son, Paul Eugene Debuigne and Ann Shirley Debuigne.
Alphonse Paul Debuigne died February 15, 1941 and is interred in
Pottstown West End Cemetery, Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
The family name Debuigne is so rare that there are only 9 living
persons known to me in the entire United States and the name ranks
4572nd in commonality in France, the country of origin.
Paul Eugene Debuigne
DECKER
Henry Decker was born in the province of Wiesbaden, Germany, on
April 12, 1845, and is the son of Nicholas and Theresa (Wilhelm)
Decker. On both the paternal and maternal side he is descended from
ancestry long connected with the fatherland. The grandmother Decker
was a woman of unusual stature, being six feet, six inches in height,
and she lived to the age of one hundred and six years. She was the
mother of five children, Nicholas and Peter being the first two.
Paul, the next, emigrated to America about 1853 and was at one time
engaged in the hotel business. In his native land he was a keeper
of a club house belonging to some of the nobility, and his wife was
the nurse of the grand duke of Baden. Philip spent his entire life
in his native land, where he was a prominent mason and builder. A
daughter completed this family.Nicholas Decker, the father of Henry,
spent his entire life in his nativve land, where he died at the
advanced age of eighty-six.He was an architect and civil engineer
and for abot fifty years was in the service of the German government
as architect and superintendent. He married Theresa Wilhelm, who
was born October 13, 1801 and died December 26,1892, at the advanced
age of ninety-one years. They were the parents of six children:
Theresa, widow of Peter Joseph Hill; Apollonia, wife of John Jageman;
Kathrine, who died at the age of twelve years;Henry; Carl, and
Philip. Henry attended the public schools near his home for two
years, and for six years subsequently was a student in a preparatory
school for college. He then entered a horticultural college and
studied botany for two years, and for a similar period continued
his studies in the botanical gardens in Carlsruhe. Entering upon
his business career as a florist he has since followed that pursuit
and has attained a high degree of perfection in this calling. after
spending one year in Spain, he left his native land for America in
1866, crossing the briny deeep to New York, where he arrived on the
26th of June, 1866. According to his last surviving daughter,
Madeline, he was considered a political deserter as he was very
outspoken of the government at that time. He had taken someone's
identity papers ( possibly a relative's) and came over as Peter
Wilhelm. After his arrival in America, he changed his name back to
Henry Decker. He at once proceeded to Orange, New Jersey and for
thirty-one years has been a continuous and honored resident of this
city, while for twenty-three he has been engaged in business on his
own account here. He had the most beautiful gardens, hot-houses and
conservatories, containing the greatest variety of plants, and the
beauty of his blossoms is far-famed. His business had steadily
increased until his trade had now assumed extensive proportions,
and as the result of his industrious and honorable effort he then
enjoyed a good income from his enterprise.
Henry was married in Brooklyn, New York, on the 21st of
March, 1868, to Miss Augusta Miller Picture 1, Picture 2 who was born in Friedland,
Germany, on the 16th of December, 1851. Their union was blessed
with a family of twelve children, of whom four died in infancy,
and Susan died at the age of nineteen years and six months when
an overhead kerosene lamp exploded burning her to death. The
following are the ones that survived: Emil; Annie, wife of
George W. Abbot, of Passaic; Elizabeth; Louis; Henry; Minnie,
and Madeline Decker Starr who married and moved to California.
The family was widely and favorably known in Orange, and the
circle of their friends is very extensive. In his political
views Henry was a stanch Republican, and he and his family attend
the First Presbyterian church. He needs never to regret his
determination to seek a home in America, for here he had won
success, his efforts being crowned with a high degree of prosperity.
He was deeply attached to his adopted country and was regarded as one
of the valued citizens of Orange.
In 1900, Henry and Augusta separated and Henry moved down to
Bacons Castle, Virginia, where he purchased a peanut plantation.
Henry died after the 15th of February, 1906. Al & Jackie
DICKTEN wedding DICKTEN marriage license
Lydia DICKTEN Otto DICKTEN birth
My grandfather's name is Otto Dickten, born in Elberfeld, Germany
approximately February 18, 1888. My grandmother is Mary Louise Oberbeck
(Overbeck) according to the death announcement in the newspaper when she
died, she was born in Paterson, NJ on May 19, 1893.
They were married on March 4, 1916 (Certificate and
Record of Marriage 189, State of New Jersey) in Paterson, NJ.
I have found his immigration record on the Ellis Island site. He arrived
on the SS Finland 24 October 1905, age 17 yrs. 7 mo, traveling with
Abrah, age 59 and Lidia, age 21.
I believe Abrah should be Abraham. There is also another arrival for
an Abraham Dickten, 14 May 1907, SS Finland, Age 62y, widowed, place of
residence Elberfeld, Germany, occupation r _ bbon weaver. The manifest
shows Abraham visiting Emil Dickten, son, at the corner of Clair and Schools
in Paterson, NJ. A sister is listed as A. Weinmann in Paterson, NJ.
I would love to hear from anyone who has an association with any of the
people listed above.
I have been told that one of his relatives worked for the German-American
Shipping lines, however, I have been unable to find anything on that
shipping line.
He died at the age of 36 years and 1 day.
Cora L. Jacobs
DINEZZO/DIMELLA
Domenico DiNezzo born June 1844, Frosolone, Italy. Died February 9, 1921,
Cranston, RI. Shown with his wife Ingornata DiMella born February 1856,
Frosolone, Italy, died August 20, 1918, Providence, RI. They were married
in Frosolone, Italy in 1876.
Domenico emigrated to America around 1882/3. Ingornata, son Phillipe,
and daughters Annie and Louise followed in 1883. Ships and ports of
entry for this family remain unknown. The family initially settled in
Torrington, CT but eventually settled in Providence, RI. While in
Torrington, the DiNezzos had three more children; Frank born June 1885,
Margaret born October 1891 and Minnie born November 1895. Louise, born
February 11, 1883 in Frosolone, Italy is my grandmother.
Domenico and Ingornata are interred in Saint Anne's Catholic Cemetery,
Cranston, RI. SeaTyger
DINKEL
Picture of my great-grandfather, Valentine G. Dinkel. At the
age of 14, Valentine emigrated from Germany on the SS Rhein, which arrived
in New York from Bremen on 8 Jul 1871. There were no other Dinkels listed
on the manifest, and we have not determined if he traveled with anyone
else. He settled in Pinckney, Livingston County, Michigan and married
Maria L. Lakin in 1878. Valentine farmed, and he and Maria raised a family
of six, the youngest of whom was Otto Valentine Dinkel, my grandfather.
Valentine's brother and sister, Gottlieb Dinkel and Catharine Anna Dinkel,
followed a few years later on the SS W. A. Scholten, which sailed from
Rotterdam to New York and arrived 8 Oct 1883. Gottleib also settled in
Pinckney and married Emma Cordelia Basing on 8 Mar 1893. Catharine
married Theodor Francis Heising, an immigrant from Neustadt Germany who
reportedly was a laborermember of the ship's crew who jumped ship. Theodor
became a baker, and he and Catharine settled in New York. Their son,
Theodore John Heisig, was a NYC cop and detective who worked on the
Lindberg kidnapping case.
Prior to their emigration, Valentine, Gottleib and Catharine lived with
their parents, Gottlieb Dinkel and Elizabeth Neubronner, in Neu-Ulm, Bayern
(Bavaria), Schwaben, Germany. Paula
DUCK
My Great Great Grandparents William Duck & Elizabeth Gummer.
Arrived in Australia on the ship 'GILMORE' which departed Southhampton
England on 12th Jul 1855 arriving in Sydney 18th Oct 1855.
Ship records show that William was 23 yrs and Elizabeth was 21yrs ,Their
religion was COFE and neither could read or write. William and Elizabeth
were married at the parish church in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England
on the 15th March 1855. Shortly after their arrival they settled in Camden.
William first worked for Alexander McLeay at Brownlow Hill. He took up land
on Bobs Range in 1860, Portions 42 and 43. William had a mixed farm and did
fencing in the district and he later bought adjoining properties. As stated
in the landholders' returns of 1883 for the district of Picton he owned two
hundred and seven acres, eight horses, ten head of cattle and eighteen pigs.
William and Elizabeth's four sons were George, William, John and Charles.
Their only surviving daughter was Sarah who married Jess Stuckey and worked
at Gledswood. John was a schoolteacher at Pumpkin Hills near Lakesland,
John was to die at 30 yrs of age. William became a butcher and moved to
Junee. George Duck, the eldest son, remained on the property at Bobs Range.
The property was later named "East View". George married Isabella Rapley in
1879. Isabella was the daughter of Thomas and Eliza Rapley, who lived at
Werombi. George and William planted an orchard and bought more land. East
View remained in the Duck family until it was sold in the 1940s.
Elizabeth Duck died in 1909, aged seventy-seven years. William Duck died in
1917, aged eighty-one years. They are buried at Glenmore.
From Nell R Weirs book "From timberland...to smiling fields"
Phillip Duck
B.EVELER
This is a photo of my Gr.Gr.Gr. uncle, Bernard Eveler.He came to
Cole County Missouri around 1840 with a brother Joseph H. Eveler my
Gr.Gr. Grandfather from Prussia Germany. Bernard traveled to St.Louis
in the early 1880's to petition Bishop for a Priest for St.Peters
Catholic Church in Jefferson City MO.
Keith Eveler
J.EVELER
This is a photo of Joseph H. Eveler and his family. Joseph and a
brother Bernard immigrated to the Cole County Missouri area around 1840.
They came from Prussia but I have had no luck in finding exactly where?
They are not on any of the ships I have researched.
Keith Eveler
FOIGEL abt 1906
FOIGEL abt 1941
Samuel Foigel {1882-1954} left Berdichev, Russia 6 June 1904 on the
SS Majestic for Boston, Massachusetts to meet his brother David. Samuel
arrived 16 June in New York. The brothers lived in Boston a few years then
moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he met Sara Gofstein, they
married and had seven Children. A sister, Ida, then their mother, Pearl,
also were brought to Philadelphia. Ramona Mizne
FREDRIKSSON GJUUL
Here is a photograph of my great great grandparents. The man is
TØrris Fredriksson Gjuul from Tingvoll, Norway and his wife, Randi
Olsdatter Dalen from Sunndalen, Norway. They arrived in the Minnesota
around 1870 and farmed approximately 90 acres of land just south of
Mankato, MN. David Florance
FROHNHOEFER/TSCHUS
This is the wedding portrait of Magdalena Hedwig Tschus (1861-1939),
who immigrated with her mother to Columbus, OH, from
Wallenstadt-Tscherlach, Switzerland, around 1880; and Jacob Frohnhoefer
(1853-1910), who immigrated to Columbus from Bayerfeld-Steckweiler,
Rheinland-Pfalz (the Palatinate), Bavaria (now part of Germany). They
were married in 1881 and had 12 children, most of whom lived all their
lives in Columbus. Jacob was a building contractor.
M Cowan
GOFSTEIN abt 1906
GOFSTEIN abt 1954
Sara Gofstein {1885- 1954} left Baranovka, Russia August 29, 1906 to come
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was leaving behind her family and the
terror of the pograms.
She arrived aboard the SS Haverforde, September 9, 1906, to a new life.
Shortly after she met Samuel Felder, from Berdichev Russia. They married
and had seven children. The children raised the fourteen grandchildren in
Philadelphia also. Grandmother of Ramona Mizne
GRINDLEY
My grandmother, Ann Grindley, emmigrated from Liverpool, England to
Canada in June, 1911. She made the crossing aboard the ill-fated,
"Empress of Ireland".
Her father was Charles Grindley, born in Liverpool to John and Janet
Grindley, Scottish emmigrants from Stirlingshire, Scotland. Ann's mother
was Sarah Morgan, born in Meifod, Denbighshire, Wales.
In November, 1911, Ann married Hector Cathern(?) Thomson. During World
War One, she was postmistress for Jenner, Alberta. She registered Canadian
men for conscription during the war.
In 1924, Ann, known as "Mumsy" and Hector, "Dad", left Alberta with
horse and wagon and five children to farm berries in Woodinville, Washington. On
the the way, they sold the horse and wagon and purchased a motor vehicle
in Spokane.
Two more children were born after they were established in Woodinville.
Ann Grindley, born February 22, 1889, passed away February 12, 1975.
She was buried in Renton, Washington on February 14. Her husband, "Dad",
was born July 4, 1882 and passed away in Seattle (Georgetown) in
September, 1955. George E.
GUSTAFSON
(PICTURE OF TWO "BROTHERS" ABOUT 1907)
SITTING ON THE ARM OF THE CHAIR IS:
Frans Oscar Gustafson born 4 November 1874 immigrated on the ship SS Scythia,
8 June 1893 with his cousin Adolf H. Norman. He lived in Furuby Parish,
Village of Karestrad, Kronoberg, Sweden and settle in North Chelmsford,
Middlesex County, Massachusetts as Oscar Frank LEEDBERG. He married Blenda
Ingeborg Andersson 15 October 1910. Leedberg Homepage
GWIZDOWSKI
Josef Julian Gwizdowski
born July 7, 1880 in Gwizdow, Poland in the Galicia
district of Austria. Emigrated and departed Hamburg
aboard the S.S. Pretoria on February 19, 1904.
Settled in Detroit, MI married Stephania Koscinski in
1914. An architect for the U.S. Treasury Department,
designed several municipal buildings in Detroit as
well as Alliance College in Pennsylvania for the
Polish National Alliance. Died May 20, 1940
Gwizdowski Homepage or email Joe
HERZEL
This is Ludwig Herzel, 1837-1900, an immigrant, who
came to the US from Germany just in time to get in the
Civil War. Not sure exactly when he arrived here, but
that was the story I was told. I am his granddaughter,
J Jerilee (Herzel) Hostetler and was born in 1929, so I
never knew my grandfather. And neither did my dad,
Lewis Herzel 1899-1985, know him as dad was born in
1899 and was only a little past 1 yr old when Ludwig Herzel
died in 1900. Ludwig was wounded in the Civil War after
fighting in several battles according to his Army records.
His unit was the 24th Mi infantry, Company F. After the war
he was a firefighter and a carpenter in Detroit. He had been
previously married first to Maria Heilig, and later to
Augusta Caroline Francis Herzel who died in Oct 1888 at
48 yrs. There was a son born, John Herzel,in 1859 and a
daughter, Mary in 1861, from his first marriage. So far I
found no children from his second marriage. Now we are not
sure if our grandmother Mary Shriber DeVine was his 3rd or
4th marriage. They were married in 1889. Uncle Fred Herzel
was born in 1893 and died in April 1986, and dad, Lewis Herzel,
was born on Feb 13, 1899 and died in June 1985. There were
several babies born that died in between these 2 sons.
Lewis and Fred Herzel were raised by an Aunt, Effie (Shriber)
Landon, at Carleton Center near Hastings, Mi in Barry county,
as their mother, Mary Herzel died in 1903 at 44yrs. Ludwig
Herzel is buried in Mt Elliott cem in Detroit and Mary Herzel
is buried in Mt Olivet cem also in Detroit. Mary had 2 sons
from her previous marriage, Charlie DeVine and Wm Devine, both
being born in Barry county. Charlie DeVine died in Detroit in
the 1920,s and Wm DeVine died in 1948 in Stockton, Ca.
J Jerilee (Herzel) Hostetler
HILLMAN
My great-grandparents, Charles F. Hillman and Minnie Augrum Hillman,
emigrated to Niagara County, New York from Germany in 1890. They were
accompanied by their children : Alice (my grandmother), Charles,
Rudolph, Martha, and Mary. The name of the ship and port of debarkation
are unknown.
Mary celebrated her 103rd birthday this year(2000) and is very active.
Robert W. Grose Member of the ISTG
HOFFMAN
John HOFFMAN's family. John emmigrated from Luxembourg I believe
4/22/1863 on the ship Germania. He married and lived in Pierz, Minnesota,
Born 5 January 1827-1834
Mother: Eva
Father Peter
Sisters: Mary, Annie and perhaps Eva
Married 9/15/1867 to Mary Elizabeth DEUNCH in Minnesota. His obituary said
he emigrated in 1861. I found John HOFFMANN, 28, farmer, Luxembourg in
the Germans to America books as emigrated in 1863. He seemed the most
likely.
Family members in the picture:
Not certain who is whom:
Genovefa (Eva) HOFFMAN born 28 July, 1868
Anna Marie HOFFMAN born 8 March 1869
Jake HOFFMAN born 4 Oct. 1871
Louisa HOFFMAN born 1874
George A HOFFMAN born 8 Sept. 1873
John HOFFMAN born 1878
Franciska 30 HOFFMAN born Jan 1879
Catharina HOFFMAN born 23 Feb. 1883
In front:
Henry HOFFMAN born 19 April 1866
John HOFFMAN born 5 Jan 1827-1834
Margaret Marie (Maggie) HOFFMAN born 12 Aug 1888
Peter HOFFMAN (In back of Maggie) born 3 Jan 1881
Mary Elizabeth DENSCH born 10 Dec 1845/1848 Illinois, Maryland, PA, or
Virginia
Mary Elizabeth HOFFMAN born 29 Jan 1883
Karen
HOLTZ
Wilhelm Heinrich Holtz was born in 1875 in Warnemunde, Mecklenburg,
Germany. He was the son of Joachim Heinrich Ludwig Adolf Holtz and
Sophia Holtz. His parents were couisns. William left Germany at
age 15 on the SHIP MARSALA of the Hamburg Line. He arrived in N.Y.C.
on 20 May 1889. By 1902 he is married and living near Calhoun, Georgia.
Ronnie Ranew
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