CORRECTED post for 1860's Migration's routes

I have gotten ideas from researchers on asking about migration routes!
Great topic for me! I think I just got a genealogy spark again! My
research is empty on departure and arrival ports. I have been stuck in
my family research. I may have found a distant relative contact by
sending out several search letters to other Justin names in the
telephone book and getting a reply more than 1 1/2 yrs ago which is a
possible link. What zip codes does the Saxony area cover? What
would be the migration routes that Germans would have taken in the
1860's from the Saxony area to the United States? They settled in
LaCrosse,Wisconsin and bought the land patents in Milwaukee.

Thanks for any information!

Dave Justin
Vernon, Connecticut

dajustin@snet.net

Hi Dave,
   From what I have discovered in my search, the land grant lands for
Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas were advertised in Germany and
Scandinavia.My own Hahn family were a mystery.They came from St�dten, which
I recently discovered is in Sachen-Anhalt.Albert And Bertha Hahn came with 4
children and soon after arriving in Wisconsin a son was born.I believe their
intention was to get to Washington Territory to be with relatives Albert and
Henrrietta Kampin before the child was born but they had to wait for the
completion of Pacific Northwest Railroad, 3 mo. after the birth.The
railroads were the land advertisers so all the migration routes in America
followed the railroads.I'm also at a loss what port they would have sailed
from.So far, they aren't on any passenger list at ISTG. Keep in touch if you
discover anything.... Cathy Hahn Day in Seattle

Hello,
The only migration that I can comment on is my GG Grandfather from
Wittenberg Saxony. The information I have (more than you may need) is as
follows:

-August "Gustave" Littman HONE (HOHN) Was born in 1817 in Wittenberg
(county of?) Saxony Germany , (it is possible his Mother's maiden name
was LITTMAN).

-August HONE immigrated, in ca. 1850 to the USA. Departure port is
unknown.

He married Gertrude WASMER (born 10 August 1830 in ?).
-Their first son, Fielix Hone (my great grandfather) was born in
Oswego, New York USA, on 12 Sep. 1854 and he was baptized Catholic.

  During their years in Oswego they had 9 more children;
-Francis 'Frank' (bn 22 Jun 1856 and baptized at St. Marys Catholic
Church, Oswego),
-Fromas 'Fromie' (bn 1858),
-Philimina (bn 1862),
-Philip (bn 1864),
-Fabian S. (bn 1865),
-Vincent ( bn 1867),
-Agness Victoria (bn 1868),
-Julia (bn 1870) and
-Jerome 'Romie' (bn 1871). They owned a home and he worked as a
peddler until they moved to Racine, Wisconsin in about 1872.
They came from Oswego, NY to Racine, WI on a Great Lakes steam ship.

They had two more children after they moved to Racine,
-Cosmas 'Cause' (bn 1873) and
-Vincentia 'Vinnie' (bn ?).

August and family lived at 1656 Douglas ave. He worked as a rag and
junk peddler (G. Hone & Son; Gustave and Fielix) until he died 6 April
1897.

Felix was married to Gertrude Margret PITZEN, on 24 Aug 1880 they had 10
children and lived at 1649 Milwaukee ave. from 1887. Felix & Gertrude's
oldest child of 10, was my Grandfather Hubert Clement HONE born on 12
Jan 1882.

Hope it is of some minor help.

Chuck Johnson

Hi Dave,
you wrote/asked:

research is empty on departure and arrival ports.
What zip codes does the Saxony area cover?

If you're looking for German Zip Codes I can help you for the nowadays
"Bundesland" Sachsen-Anhalt:

Zip codes consisting of 5 numbers beginning with

in Magdeburg area 39...
in Halle area 06...
in northwestern part Altmark 294..
in Huy/Fallstein area 388..

Jutta

My g-grandfather, J. Andreas Letsch, from Dermsdorf (about 20 km N of
Weimar) settled in Minnesota in about 1853. They arrived in the port of New
Orleans and took a steamboat up the Mississippi.

William A. Myers

Thank-you William, that opens up a whole new search area for me.I always
assumed my family would have come through New York and never considered the
port of New Orleans and up the Mississippi..... Cathy