I am researching the history of my gg grandfather Frederick H
Layman of Hannover, Germany.
FREDERICK H LAYMAN was born on or around February 16, 1830 in
Hannover,
Germany and on or about 1857. When he was around the age of
27 he immigrated
to the United States. It is believed his first stop was
around Posey County,
Indiana and then later settled near Benton, Illinois inFranklin County
after a short time in or around Carmi, Illinois.
Hello Fred,
Have you checked the online databases for your ancestor? I went
to the Hamburg Emigration Lists searchable database of 5
million people (Russian, German, Jewish, Austrian) who
emigrated from Hamburg, Germany from 1850 to 1934 mostly to the
United States, and found several FRIEDRICH LEHMAN(N) some
arrving in or near your time period.
You can get there from
Since you haven't found your man in an 1860 census, is it
possible he arrived a bit later than you thought? There is a
FRIEDRICH LEHMAN(N) arriving in NY in 1858/9 and one in 1860
via Quebec (Canada)
If you haven't used this database before, here's a tip - use
the wildcard feature (%) to allow for various interpretations
of the name. For eg. use under SURNAME "l%m%n" and under FIRST
NAME, try something like "fr%"
Good luck
Lorine
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