---- Cactus Flower <barbie8674@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Max,
This might be interesting...Did you mention your grandfather had a brother
named Carl?>From Castlegarden.org
Carl Burgdorf Occupation Cigar Maker
Age 32
Sex M
Literacy U
Arrived 7 Sep 1853 *****
Origin Germany
Port Bremen
Last Residence Hildesheim ****
Destination New York
Plan Unknown
Ship Elisabeth
Passage UnknownJ.w. Burgdorf Occupation Clerk
Age 33
Sex M
Literacy U
Arrived 6 Jan 1860
Origin Germany
Port Hamburg
Last Residence U
Destination USA
Plan Unknown
Ship Oder
Passage UnknownLucas. Feldhaus Occupation Farmer
Age 33
Sex M
Literacy U
Arrived 27 May 1859
Origin Hanover
Port Bremen
Last Residence U
Destination Missouri
Plan Unknown
Ship Adler
Passage UnknownP.S. About Castlegarden. Lucas Feldhaus was my grandfather. I know for a
fact that his ship arrived in New Orleans. I viewed the microfilm at the St.
Louis County Library SPC. I think some of the passenger lists indexed at
this site, especially originating from the Port of Bremen may have actually
or also stopped at the Port of New Orleans.Barbie Lew
>From: <pharmaxx@charter.net>
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>To: Hannover List <hannover-l@genealogy.net>
>Subject: [HN] Hanover
>Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:19:20 -0800
>
>I thank all who responded to my post re the Kingdom of Hanover. I have
>printed some of the replies in the event I am succsessful in my search.
>This is what I am trying to do. I am searching for the birthplace,
>baptismal location, etc of my ggrandfather Julis Wilhelm Burgdorf. He
>states on a document he attested to in New Orleans that he was born 'in
>Hildesheim in Hanover', about 1825. A search by a professional genealogist
>in Germany of both Catholic and Evangelical church records in the city of
>Hildesheim was fruitless. This researcher told me that Hildesheim can refer
>to a 'territory' as well as the city. I understand this to be similar to a
>county or state in the US. and that all towns, villages in that 'territory
>are possible targets of my search. It occurs to me that I need access to a
>map of the Hildesheim 'territory' so that I can identify them by name. I
>then might be able to find a church resouce, like an archdiocese that may
>have records. While I think he was evangelical I cannot rule out that he
>was Catholic. I have an early 1900s picture of my father holding what
>appears to be bible and most obviously prayer beads. Yet the obituary of
>his father has a masonic emblem.
>To be honest I do not know how to proceed. I have looked at a Hildesheim
>census records from LDS film, again no luck. Any suggestions will be
>greatly appreciated.
>Max
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As far as I can determine, Julius does not have a brother named Carl but quite possibly he did. Julius and Marie had a son born 10 Sept 1864 named Carl Gustave Burchdorg. I know the spelling is off but I have been told that Burchtorf is low German spelling for Burgdorf. Also on the birth certificate the mother's name is listed as Mary Kirschberg and the father as Julius Burchtorg. Mary's passport and other documents list her name as Maria Kirschbein.
Your listing for J. W. Burgdorf is the one I am assuming is my g-grandfather. I am still paying attention to other Burgdorfs of that time frame. In fact I found only yesterday a Wilhelm Burgdorf born 1825 and came to New Orleans Dec 1847, ship Robert Patton.
But I believe I already posted this info.
Thanks, Max