I wrote about a month ago, with limited information about my ancestors.
I have more information and hope it will help with any research.
I have the name of 3 sons and 1 daughter. I do not have the parents
name. The kids were Henry Hemesath, William Hemesath, Frank Hemesath and
Elizabeth Hemesath. They departed from Rotterdam sometime in the 1840s
to escape military conscription-without their parents. Henry Hemesath
was born 1827, Elizabeth Hemesath 1829, William Hemesath 1836 and Frank
unknown. Upon arrival to the United States, they were registered as
being from Asenbrud Germany. Their families eventually settled for the
most part into farming and had very strong religous upbringing.
The eldest son, Henry Hemesath, met and later married Catherine
Freulinghaus-who is from Glenna Germany and is reported to have
imigrated in 1849 at the age of 18. There are no records known of
Catherine's family or her past.
I have also heard that the name "Hemesath" may have been americanized.
The name "Heimsoth" may be the German version-I do not know for sure.
From that point on, I have a very detailed history of each relative
(except Frank). But nothing before.
Brian Hemesath
Hi Brian,
although I have no news on your name , I'd like you to know, that there was
a Hemesath family living south of Osnabr�ck�, there was a Johann Heinrich
Hemesath
(1738 - 1882) who in 1769 married a Maria Anna Dierler from Sentrup near
Glane . They had 4 children, but to my knowledge they all took the name
Dierker.
There also had been a Mr Hemesath who in 1686 married a Elisabeth Dierker
Of course both do not directly connect to your ancestors, but who knows.
Erika
Thats encouraging. I wonder if they may have changed their last names to
Hemesath to escape the military conscription. please double check your dates
(1738-1882). Do you mean 1802? Is Osnabruck near Hanover or Rotterdam? I'm not
very familiar with German geography.
The other big mystery is the parents remained in Germany while the kids
imigrated. We don't know why or what happened to them.
Does anyone have access to the ship passenger list from Rotterdam to New York
from 1840-1850? I have been stumped looking for that information also.
Erika Giftge wrote:
Sorry, I meant 1782., and I mean Osnabruck about 90 miles west of Hannover,
try to look at a map
Often the children immigrated to live a better life, sometinmes other
relatives already had come earlier. Parents may not have had the courage to
leave everything behind, sometimes also had even smaller kids to take care
of.
Sorry I have no knowledge about the Rottersdam list.
Erika
The name change probably happened because the wife owned the Dierker farm
and at that time it was a custom or even requirement to keep the name with
the farm, no matter what the birth name of the husband was.
Erika