Hi All
Thought others might be interested in the same question about emigration
from Germany --- or conversely, immigration to US.From: Phreyor@aol.com <Phreyor@aol.com>
To: TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 11:48 PM
Subject: [TSL] Immigration from Germany in the 1800s.In the 1800s, which was the best Port for German Immigrants to go to? Why
one Port over another? Did they get special deals or transits to go tocertain
ports? I just can't understand why someone would spend some 50 days in
steerage to go all the way from Germany to the Port of New Orleans. Can
anyone help me here???I've just finished researching and writing the next issue of the Hannover
Chronicle, which investigates this whole question. 1) Emigrant guidebooks
and thousands of letters sent back to Germany recommended New Orleans as
the best route for anyone whose destination was the Midwest because of
cheaper
tickets and less shipping cost to transport goods upriver from New Orleans
to the
Midwest, than to ship goods across country from New York. 2) Bremen and
Hamburg were major destinations for shipments of cotton from New Orleans.
Ship captains needed ballast for their return voyage to New Orleans, and
emigrants were willing to occupy steerage and lower deck cargo space in
exchange for cheap passenger tickets. 3) The New Orleans route generally
had fewer storms than a sea voyage on the North Atlantic during the winter
months. 4) Bremerhaven offered overnight lodging and meals as an incentive
to use their port. 5) Famine, the economy and political problems in
Germany created an incentive to leave; wages in the US were 2-3 times
higher
than
in Germany. Most of the families I am researching worked for several years
in
midwestern states to save money to buy land; poor economic conditions in
Germany was a greater motivator than the Homestead Act of 1862.The next issue of The Hannover Chronicle is currently at the printer and
will be mailed to subscribers next week - the topic is "Leaving the
Fatherland - The Emigration Process." If you would like more information,
send an email to dianac@mci2000.com. Please write Hannover Chronicle Query
in the subject line.Diana Church
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Diana Church,
Emigration from various parts of Germany in the 1800s was motivated by the
success of neighbors and relatives who already were in the U. S.
You avoided mentioning Jewish people who fled Europe and parts of Germany to
escape persecution, direct and indirect, and pograms instigated against them
because they were Jews. After 1880, there was a huge influx of Jewish people,
part from the German Empire, into the eastern U. S.
Some religious groups were still not accepted in the 19th century in Germany
and that was a a cause for certain people to emigrate.
I'd still say that property ownership was a big attraction for immigration
into the U. S. Homestead land was very cheap. My G granddad from Oldenburg
paid about $4.50 for his final papers for his homestead in Nebraska.
Why were all those immigrant people in the 1800s going west, if it was not to
get the cheap land? The big problem was getting good cheap land.
.
Earl F. Kisling
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