Barbara
All this is is accurate. I have passenger lists, birth and death
records of children and supporting data right up to me. But can't get
past his statement (on a son's baptismal certificate) that he was born
in Hildesheim in Hanover. I also have documentation that he emigrated
from Hamburg in 1859 and listed Baddeckenstadt as last place of
residency. Cannot locate any records in Baddeckenstadt..
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On Thu 03/05/09 11:57 PM , Barbara Stewart raybarbara@san.rr.com
sent:
Hello Max,
There is a record of a J.W. Burgdorf, age 33 coming from Germany on
Jan
6, 1860, on Ship Oder from Hamburg. Occupation "clerk".
Does that age fit at all?
It is from CastleGarden.org The bad thing is that it doesn't give
any
place of origin for him.
We'll all celebrate when you find your Julius!
Barbara
Hi Max,
> Just a comment on "Chs Burgdoorf"; Many/most imigrants named
Carl/Karl
> anglicized their names to "Charles", and of course, Charles was
frequently
> abbreviated "Chas" or "Chs".
> Don Roddy
>
> gdorf wrote:
>
>>
>>
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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