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This is a new posting re JW Burgdorf because the old posting was
exceeding the message size.
NB Barbie Lew and Erika
Barbie, your last message gave me some good leads to pursue and I
will. I am aware of a Burgdorf (tailor) who arrived New Orleans on
the Robert Patton in 1847. I also have JW Burgdorf (Clerk) arriving
in New Orleans aboard the ship Oder from Hamburg in Dec 1859. His
eventual wife arrived a week later on the ship Edward from Breman.
Is it possible that JW Burgdorf did arrive in New Orleans in 1847
but at some point returned to his homeland. What follows is a wildass
guess and thus far I have nothing to support it. He could have changed
his craft from tailor to clerk. It is possible he met his future bride
in Germany and then decided to return to America. Maybe they got
married in Germany, maybe not, but could not book passage on the same
ship. They parted, he to Hamburg and her to Bremen where they got
passage. They reunited in New Orleans within a week of their arrival
and got married (if they were not already married) and started a
family. I have been unsuccessful in finding any evidence of their
marriage in New Orleans.
Julius was much older than Maria and I have proof of that. The 1870
US Census lists them and their 3 children, Max being my grandfather
and namesake. He died in 1878 and Maria in 1879. I think I know the
location of their grave but paper records were destroyed by fire. The
grave has only the name Burgdorf on it.
The 1870 Census is mostly right on but the name spelling, cakes? and
Chs as a son are a little puzzling. There was son named Carl but Max
and Dorothea are correct.
Thanks for the information, I can't wait until I make my trip to New
Orleans. If you have any other data or suggestions I can use them. I
still need to find some leads in Germany to get past Julius to his
parents, Do you know of any existing records that might show if
Julius did book passage back to Germany after 1847?
Max