Lisa,
I found a J. H. Niemeyer, age 21, from Merzen, on the ship J H Adams which
arrived at New Orleans on 16 Jun 1841. He was accompanied by
Adelheid Niemeyer, age 24, from Merzen. It is likely his wife who may have
died shortly after arriving (happened several times in my family) or it could be
a sister too. If you have an exact date of birth, you could check against the
baptismal records for that town. Did his marriage record from 1846 possibly
note being a widower - although they didn't always note that.
If you go to www.google.com and click on maps and type in Merzen you will
see that it is situated around the area where the Kingdom of Hannover and Oldenburg
were located.
Bob Behnen
Kirksville, MO
Bob! My bet is that you found him. All other records for JH Niemeyer says
he was born in 1820, so the dates fit! He was Catholic, so this may just be
the key to put it all together. The ship list mentions Adeleid and just
below that on the last line it says a boy born on board. Since it is under
their names, would it be a baby belonging to them? Or would it just be an
addition to the list? What do you think?
I don't have the church sacramental record of his marriage yet, but my
uncle said at one time there was one kind of story about possibly being
married before, with the wife dying in a cholera outbreak. (the timeframe
here wouldn't match to the big Cincy outbreak in about 1849, but is a
coincidence. Also, not to overlook that it may have been a sister, with
what Werner found. This is great!
Lisa Niemeyer