Henry Sievers

hannover-l
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Hi all together

Yes that Henry Sievers in the 1900 census is Blacksmith and he is married
since 20 years. So its surely the same one we had in the 1880 census, cause this
one was a widower in 1880. The only question is: Is he the one in the
shiplist or do we have two persons named Henry Sievers coming 1856 from Germany???

The year of birth of the one Sandy told us is 21 years in 1856 that would
mean that one we have in the ship list is born 1835 not 1832, ok i know there
are sometimes reasons why people dont wanted to tell their real age when they
left Germany, cause they wanted not to serve in the german army ....

Armin

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How positive are we that the Henry Sievers in Ruma was the one who arrived in New Orleans in 1856? That Henry Sievers indicated Indiana has his destination. There is another Henry Sievers who arrived in June 1857 that gives St. Louis as his destination (he is also from Hannover). That is just a quick check of New Orleans. As can be seen from the Census data the last name may have had a different spelling, have other spellings been checked or only the spelling "Sievers"?

Joel
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