Looking for August F. Oeser born Jan. 23 1823, wife Wilhemina, 4 children
born in Germany, Ada P., born about 1847; Ernest Louie, born about 1848;
Augusta born about 1851;and Emil born about 1853. Family traveled from Bemen to
New York in 1855. Census records say all born in Saxony or Germany.
August gave place of origin on ship list but it is hard to read, has a big
ink blot, best guess is Mellzen which to this point makes no sense. I suppose
he could have been saying Meissen. August gave place of birth on declaration
as Germany and on naturalization as Lazrent. Apparently there is no
Lazrent, can't find anything that sounds phonetically similar.
Probably each time the information was written by an English speaking person
trying to understand what August was saying and spelling it as they heard
it. The family was aboard ship MimI with a Christian Schneider and family also
from Mellzen(?) but parted company after landing in U.S. Oeser family settled
in Nashville, Tennessee. Any help appreciated.
Debie Cox
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