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WATERSTRAAT IMMIGRATION
The Atlantic crossing of Augusta Marie Waterstraat
A WATERSTRAAT LADY TRAVELLING ALONE TO AMERICA.
(written by Augusta Marie Waterstraat)
Though I had means enough to live economically in Altefar for two years working as a maid, I resolved to put my good resolutions into practice at once, and save money by taking passage in the steerage, in spite of the protestations of my family. I selected one of the steamers, not that the price is lower, but because travellers of experience had told me that the space (for one cannot designate it otherwise) alloted to the steeragers was larger, and the treatment, on account of the small number of passengers, more humane.
Only some intimate friends accompanied me to the steamer, while several important members of my family made themselves conspicuous by their absence, feeling ashamed no doubt of such poor surroundings; and true enough the "taking leave" was as
simple as possible, without champagne and large wreaths of flowers.
When Alta Ramp was out of sight the steeragers were driven down stairs in a file to perform their first office and show their tickets to an officer, who tried to suppress all his colleagues in a harsh voice and rough manner. The last I saw distinctly of
Germany was the docks.
Down-stairs I looked for the head steward and bribed him with a fee to give me as good a berth as possible. I was put into an apartment, a narrow aisle with two rows of beds on either side, originally meant for twenty-four, but now occupied only by twelve persons, which allowed each an empty berth to stow away one's baggage. I was at a difficulty to guess what I would have done otherwise. An upper bed fell to my lot, in one of the corners near the window, and so I was protected at least on one side. My neighbor was a half-crazy German woman, with exceedingly dirty habits and unkempt appearance; she had a weakness for using her lap as a dish for sauerkraut, potatoes and herring during meals, but otherwise overwhelmingly
benevolent, offering me a whole assortment of eatables she had brought with her. The rest of the beds were occupied by women and two married couples, and the presence of the men, though they behaved quite respectably, I did not find very appropriate. But these are the small annoyances attending a cheap trip!
Thus the pleasure of giving one's self a good washing or of changing one's underwear was denied us during the whole voyage.
Nor had I forgotten to provide myself with a number of canned eatables, fruit and candy, but all these things which I considered delicacies on land I expressed a dislike for after two days out at sea.
"Well, you will have to try and get along with the steerage food," remarked the good humored steward, ladling the pea soup out of a huge pail with much unnecessary splashing, but I could not manage it. The food in itself is plentiful and good enough -
though singularly tasteless, being cooked by steam - at least for the majority of the steerage passengers, who have hardly anything better on land. The universal outcry against the food was perhaps to be explained by the fact that most people lose
their appetites at sea and would experience an aversion for the best food.
The first night when I climbed up to my bed with its mattress and blanket for which I had paid twice its value, I felt very homesick and wept silently in my squalid surroundings.
I was awakened in the night by the loud cries of a Polish woman beneath me. This woman was my special aversion, she surpassed my German neighbor in her unkempt, dirty appearance, and was suspected of harboring vermin, The cause of her cries was a bottle of wine in my berth, which had been carelessly corked and now was spattering down into the bed below. My efforts to explain matters and proffer excuses were in vain, for the reason that the Polish woman did not understand a word of German. Some of the occupants thought her worthy of assistance, while others took my part. Our peaceful neighbors became two hostile camps, there was an exchange of invectives, cutting sarcasms, a din of crying children, and order was only restored with
the intervention of the steward, who was on watch all night.
In the meantime the ship was beginning seriously to rock, and groans and sighs told us that our neighbors were feeling seasick. The air was as close and foul as I could imagine it, as the sea, splashing in at the windows soaking our beds and robbing us of the last shreds of comfort, caused the ventilators to be closed. At the break of day, I started from my broken sleep, jumped out
of bed, ready dressed as I was, and groped my way on deck. I felt the time had come to pay my tribute to Neptune. The decks were streaming with water, getting their early washing, the huge stormy sea stretching to the horizon, and the dull sky
above seemed all steeped in a sickly gray, and a number of seagulls fluttered over the red water.
An officer went by smiling, no doubt at my appearance, with dishevelled hair, shivering in an old wrapper, covered with white flocks from the bed blanket I had slept in.
Days of misery began for us poor steeragers. The sea beat on the deck, drenching us to the skin, the rain fell in torrents and the ship's tossing made life unbearable. Seasickness under such conditions is a capital means of torture. One stands for days in wet
shoes and stockings, which cannot dry over night and have to be donned wet in the morning, our clothes are damp and ill-smelling, from being worn wet and in bed; chilled to the bone and racked with fever, one finds no rest on the hard straw and the short beds. And what with the noise of so many congregated in so small a space and the odor of people who have not changed their garments for months, without a breath of air in the tightly closed space, one may no doubt begin to regret an economical tendency. It is especially sad to notice the little children; during the stormy weather they crept away from sight, pale and sick, and no joyful word or play enlightened these little mortals; they could not eat the food, and dirty and sad lay about where they could.
Yet all things come to an end, and the bad sea and gray sky were succeeded by calm and sunshine. The girls came out in holiday attire, the children began to play and the windows were opened.
Our appetites also increased, and it became a serious question as to how we could bribe, coax and induce the officials to give us better rations. The steeragers provided with money had food smuggled to them, which was termed "cabin food," but was
merely that of the lower officials. Twice a day I stole with a tin dish into a certain pantry situated under the cabin and was served with a large portion of "cabin" food by a little fat jolly cook's help, who grew grave when he cast a look up at the
captain, absorbed in the contemplation of the horizon. Selling of eatables was prohibited, but as the pastry cook also wished to make money, I was in addition well provided with cakes and biscuits.
As there were no conveniences for dining, each passenger had to climb into his bed with his food and there partake of it. Moreover, one has only one plate for soup, meat and dessert, and the knife is so blunt or the meat so tough that the rest of the
food spatters over the bedclothes before the tussle is over.
As for the climbing into bed I had acquired a tolerable proficiency in it, and made it a matter of a second. I stepped on the lower bed, turned swiftly, and with a skillful movement lifted myself and landed in the tiny birth. Another disagreeable thing, because combined with great difficulties, was the washing of the dishes; there being a great deficit of fresh water, one wavered between the alternatives of rinsing the things in cold salt water, or of leaving them as they were. In any case the knives were never free from a thick coating of rust.
A thing which will always prove interesting in steerage is the study of the different passengers, numbering about 1200 during the trip in question. Almost every European nationality is represented. There were Poles in gray linen suits of peculiar ..., with baggy pants and high-heeled topboots; Hungarians with dusky skins, large slouched hats and brown capeulters, looking for all the world like stage brigands; Norwegians in red shirts and fur caps,; Frenchmen in brown velvet suits from the vineyards of France.
Polish Jews, who were dressed entirely in rags, of every shape and description, the majority old women with beaked noses and witch-like faces, young women fading early, and beautiful large-eyed children. These Italians were very amusing to watch; they
lay around on deck, stretched at full length, huddled against each other under a ragged blanket. They were continually jabbering and quarrelling, and eating onions. The men of the family were entirely swayed by the old women, and there was generally a
wrangling over money. One of them confided to me that after landing in New York on his first crossing he promenaded up Broadway, but he had scarcely gone a mile when the traffic and bustle so frightened him that he at once made his way back to the pier and bought a return ticket for the old country. The Italians were conspicuous by [being] continually absorbed in the game of maro, a rather stupid game, but capable of making them exceedingly excited and noisy. They seemed quite well provided with money and were merely making a pleasure trip.
The good weather also brought another pleasure. The captain ordered the hand-organ to be played, which a little sailor ground away at for hours. Dancing was not very energetic, however. Less delightful was the sailor's band consisting of a fiddle, a harmonica, a trombone, a drum and two tin lids as cymbals, which last two generally deafened the rest of the instruments. Strange to say, nobody could make out what tune they were performing; for instance, they once announced that they had just played the "Wachtam Rhein" to everybody's amazement; they tried again, but the audience had to join in singing the tune themselves in order to get some idea of it.
By this time my mattress had worn so thin that I felt the iron bars through it and lay awake for whole nights. The steward shrugged his shoulders when I complained but brought me a new mattress soon after and enlivened my afflicted body with hot rolls, with the compliments of the pastry cook.
All our hopes and interests were now centred in the end of our voyage. With what pleasure did I greet the first vessel after a monotonous week of sea and sky! It was a beautiful sight, a full-rigged vessel with its white sails expanded and swayed by strong breezes, rising up and down on the undulating waves, reminding me of a fairy ship or one of the old Spieluhren [?] we have at home.
What sensation the first lighthouse created among the passengers, the "cabin gentlemen and ladies," affecting a peculiar walk to express their superiority and unapproachableness, trod the steerage ground to inspect the land on either side. The last day brought beautiful weather and a calm sea; numerous ships, sailing vessels, and fishing smacks covered the waters; steamers bound to and from America, with their enormous loads of steerage passengers, passed us now and then amid mutual cheerings. There was plenty of music, and the liquor flowed extravagantly; the sailors and our good stewards thought it time to begin their sprees,
and were very gay and uncertain about the legs. Nobody wished to go to bed, and when driven down at last, they busied themselves packing and dressing in spite of being warned by the officer that they would not land before nine next morning, and for those few who lay quietly in bed sleep was made quite impossible.
When the people found out at last that it would take several hours to affect the landing they wished to refresh themselves a little with some sleep, but to punish their folly they were all sent on deck, which was being washed with a great fury. The people
crowded together like a flock of sheep in a thunderstorm, trying in vain to find a dry spot. At last we touched the landing place and the bridges
were let down. The steeragers were very anxious to reach land and pushed themselves among the cabin
passengers, some of whom seemed to begrudge their escaping from their misery as soon as they could.
The voyage took a total of 16 days. I arrived in New York on March 26, 1889. In New York harbor I transferred to a ferry which took me through customs at Castle Garden. I then took a train to Elma, here in Nebraska.
Agusta Marie Waterstraat
An article from the Grand Island newspaper, November 16, 1890
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WATERSTRAAT NEWS, ITEMS SUBMITTED, RESEARCH REQUESTS, AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS SUBMITTED FROM OUR MANY VISITORS:
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OBITUARY OF PHYLLIS' MOTHER, from the Tonawanda News of February 6, 1962:
Ruth E. Waterstraat, 57, of 26 Milton St., Tonawanda, died Sunday (Feb. 4, 1962) in Roswell Memorial Park Institute after a year's illness. A native of Tonawanda, she was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Women's Guild, and the Lutheran Women Missionary League of the church. Survivors include her husband Arthur H.; three daughters, Mrs. Daniel (Jean) Schultz of West Seneca, Mrs. Gerhardt (Betty) Riemer of Wolcottsville, N.Y., and Mrs. Fred (Phyllis) Hodge of North Tonawanda; two sons, Richard M. of Washington, D.C., and Carlton A. Waterstraat of West Seneca; her father, August R. Strehlow; a sister, Mrs. C. C. Tiedman; two brothers, Herbert E. and Alfred R. Strehlow, all of Tonawanda, and 10 grandchildren. Friends may call at John O. Roth Funeral Home, Morgan and William Streets, Tonawanda, where services will be conducted by the Rev. Theodore Schroeder at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Elmlawn Cemetery.
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MORE MARRAIGES....
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900
GROOM BRIDE CNTY DATE VOL/PAGE LIC
WATERSTRAAT, CHARLES DRABER, WANDA COOK 10/04/1890 / 00158376
WATERSTRAAT, FERDINAND C SIDOW, PAULINA COOK 06/11/1882 / 00062378
WATERSTRAAT, FRITZ VOIGT, MARIE COOK 01/18/1892 / 00178464
WATERSTRAAT, WILHELM TAETEROW, EMMA COOK 04/05/1894 / 00215926
WATERSTRAAT, WILLIAM GEORGER, CARRIE COOK 07/28/1885 OOO/ 00093297
WATERSTRAD, CHARLES SCHMALBECK, MINNIE COOK 04/16/1885 / 00090911
WATERSTRADT, CARL MILLER, MARY COOK 12/10/1882 / 00067718
WATERSTRADT, CHARLES KLIEN, MARY COOK 11/08/1887 000/ 00120593
WATERSTRAT, JOHN HINTZE, ALBERTINE COOK 12/31/1890 / 00161925
WATERSTRAW, CHRISTOPHER SMITH, LIBBIE M (BILLS) KENDALL 10/22/1898 002/0006 00002004
WATERSTREET, AUGUST STRALOW, ANNA WHITESIDE 02/24/1897 / 00009689
WATERSTREET, FRED MILLER, ADELINE WINNEBAGO 10/05/1893 / 251
WATERSTREET, HERMAN J MORRIS, RENA M WINNEBAGO 02/21/1900 / 78
WATERSTREET, JOHAN CARL HENRY MORDT, MINNIE L WINNEBAGO 12/23/1890 / 325
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MEIER, WILHELM WATERSTRAAT, BERTHA COOK 05/21/1885 / 00092116
WASCHER, LOUIS WATERSTRADT, AUGUSTA COOK 11/07/1879 OOD/ 00043255
SCHETTLER, LUDWIG WATERSTRADT, EMELIE WHITESIDE 09/22/1874 / 00003679
FOLKERTS, EIBE R WATERSTRADT, JULIA WHITESIDE 10/12/1876 / 00004260
TAYLOR, LEVI R WATERSTRADT, MINNIE IROQUOIS 03/30/1886 00B/0177 00004776
DIMMEL, ERNST WATERSTRADT, WILHELMINE WHITESIDE 04/26/1875 / 00003866
BLUHM, JOHN MARTIN WATERSTRASS, LENA COOK 10/22/1887 / 00119825
KOPELKE, FERDINAND WATERSTRAT, FRANCISKA COOK 04/29/1893 / 00199890
DRUHN, T FRIEDRICH CH WATERSTRAT, FRIEDERIKE M T COOK 06/22/1873 083/ 00011731
FAUPEL, WILLIAM WATERSTRATD, ROSA IROQUOIS 01/08/1900 010/0183 00008453
INHOFF, OLIVER R WATERSTREET, FREDA WINNEBAGO 02/10/1897 / 39
SCHMOOCK, FRED WATERSTREET, MINNIE WINNEBAGO 06/12/1890 / 131
SHERMAN, HENRY WATERSTREET, SOPHIE WINNEBAGO 12/19/1889 / 261
BEETZ, JOHANN F T WATERSTRODT, JOHANNA M F COOK 03/12/1872 077/ 00002033
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OTHER ITEMS:
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We are seeking viewer help in obtaining more information on:
Edward Waterstradt, came to Michigan as a
small boy, from the Holstein, Germany area.
Edward Waterstraat was born in July, 1906. The parents names are Henry Waterstradt and Martha Schult. Email us with any information that you have, Thankyou.
Jack Waterstradt, b. 10/5/1935 had a brother, Donald, who died as
a teenager in a motorcycle accident. They were the only 2 children of Edward
Waterstradt (b. 7/12/06, d. 6/20/88) and Edith Stitt (b.1/19/07, d.
12/17/90). Edward's father name was Henry Waterstradt (b. 11/10/1847, d.
10/9/1917). He married Martha Schult about 1870. Edward grew up in Allegan, MI., Henry may be buried there,. Also have the name Wilhelmine Johanna
Friedrike Waterstradt? She may be a second wife to Henry, or possibly his mother???
Anyone with any info on these, please send us an email. Thankyou
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Hans Guerg Waterstraat (October 30, 1698)
Also looking for relatives and any information on Hans Guerg Waterstraat born October 30, 1698, in Reckenzin, Branderburg, Prussia(germany). He married Maria Salome Spannen.
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WATERSTRAAT SURNAMES IN GRIMMEN COUNTY 1692-1698
Aus meiner Bibliothek
Klaus-Dieter Kreplin
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Schwedische Matrikel von Vorpommern
Familiennamen in Schwedisch Pommern 1692 bis 1698 (Dörfer)
in der Veröffentlichung von Franz Schubert
Nach der Kreiseinteilung von 1935
Hinweis:
Die Schreibweise entspricht der in der Kartei (Abschrift) der Landesbauernschaft.
Kreis Grimmen :
Waterstraat, Waterstradt
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Evangelical St. Peters Church
Champaign County Illinois
Index to Burials
( In general, infant deaths before 1900 are not listed )
Books 1, 2, 3 ( in part ) 1865-1905
LDS Film #102-53-27
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1.........249........1875........1864.......WAHL.......M.......WATERSTRAT..... ..
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MORE IMMIGRATION RECORDS......
Furst Bismarck
0278. Waterstradt, Carrie F 32y M U. S. A.
0279. Waterstradt, Fredy M 5y U. S. A.
0280. Waterstradt, Willy M 11m U. S. A.
Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure Line #
Page # 0258
Waterstradt, Carrie August 31, 1894 Hamburg & Southampton 0278
Manifest for Furst Bismarck
Sailing from Hamburg & Southampton
The Furst Bismarck
Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure
Waterstradt, Carrie August 31, 1894 Hamburg & Southampton
Built by A/G Vulcan Shipyard, Stettin, Germany, 1890. 8,438 gross tons; 504 (bp) feet long; 57 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 17 knots. 1,800 passengers (400 second class, 1,400 third class).
Built for Hamburg-American Line, German flag, in 1890 and named Furst Bismarck. Hamburg-New York service. Sold to Russian Government, in 1904 and renamed Don. Transferred to Russian Volunteer Fleet, in 1906 and renamed Moskva. Libau-New York service. Sold to Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1912 and renamed Gaa. Sold to Cosulich Line, Italian flag, in 1918 and renamed San Giusto. Trieste-New York service. Scrapped in Italy in 1924. [327]
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Dania
Hamburg, Germany
Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure Line #
Page # 0001
Waterstradt, Theodor March 25, 1893 Hamburg & Havre 0032
Manifest for Dania
Sailing from Hamburg & Havre
0027. Waterstradt, Jophann M 23y Mocklbrg Faterow
0028. Waterstradt, Sophia F 25y M Mocklbrg Faterow
0029. Waterstradt, Minna F INFANT Mocklbrg Faterow
0030. Waterstradt, Johann M 40y Mocklbrg Faterow
0031. Waterstradt, Maria F 44y Mocklbrg Faterow
0032. Waterstradt, Theodor M 19y Mocklbrg Faterow
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1.Louise Waterstrat,Wurzburg,Germany 1924 age 46
Waterstrat, Louise September 06, 1924 Bremen
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1890. 5,048 gross tons; 415 (bp) feet long; 48 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 13 knots. 2,035 passengers (44 first class, 36 second class, 1,955 third class).
Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1890 and named Stuttgart. Bremerhaven-New York service. Including sailings to New York. Scrapped in 1908. [877]
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1.Ida Waterstraat Hamburg, Germany 1923 29
2.Meta Waterstraat Dreyen 1900 3
3.Wanda Waterstraat Dreyen 1900 31
Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure
Waterstraat, Ida December 01, 1923 Hamburg
Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1915. 15,678 gross tons; 568 (bp) feet long; 67 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, triple screw. Service speed 14 knots. 887 passengers (190 first class, 221 second class, 476 third class).
Built for Pacific Steam Navigation Company Limited, British flag, in 1915 and named Orbita. Troopship in WWI, Liverpool-West Coast of South America (1919) service. Service as a troopship in World War I, 1915-19. Transferred to Royal Mail Lines, British flag, in 1921 and . Hamburg-New York (1921-27) and South American (1927-39) service. Sailed as a troopship 1939-50. Broken up in Wales in 1950. [647]
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MORE BIRTHS.....
SURNAME, Given names (ID#)BORN DIED Sex
WATERSTRAAT, Heidi Joan 12989 1970 F
WATERSTRAAT, Holly Leone 12990 1973 F
WATERSTRAAT, Richard Carl 18192 M
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About the Family Roots
Joh. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 25 Gender: Male
Occupation: Saddler
Country: Prussia
Final Destination: Albany
Ship's Name: Guttenberg
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Oct 9, 1854
Joh. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Farmer
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 36527
Ship's Name: Lessing
Date of Arrival: Apr. 07, 1882
Alb. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 11 months
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Infant
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 60588
Ship's Name: Cimbria
Date of Arrival: Aug. 24, 1881
2.
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Anna Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 21 Gender: Female
Occupation: Joiner
Country: Prussia
Final Destination: Albany
Ship's Name: Guttenberg
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Oct 9, 1854
3.
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Anna Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Child
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 36527
Ship's Name: Lessing
Date of Arrival: Apr. 07, 1882
4.
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August Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Child
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 36527
Ship's Name: Lessing
Date of Arrival: Apr. 07, 1882
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C. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 5 Gender: Male
Occupation: Child
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Ship's Name: Hammonia
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Nov 19, 1869
6.
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Christ. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Unknown
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 60588
Ship's Name: Cimbria
Date of Arrival: Aug. 24, 1881
7.
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Dorothea Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 33 Gender: Female
Occupation: Single
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Manifest ID Number: 00010171
Ship's Name: Hammonia
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Date of Arrival: Oct 24, 1863
Captain's Name: H. F. Schwensen
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Steerage
8.
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Emma Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Child
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 36527
Ship's Name: Lessing
Date of Arrival: Apr. 07, 1882
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Fh. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 29 Gender: Male
Occupation: Laborer
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Manifest ID Number: 00009294
Ship's Name: Neckar
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Date of Arrival: Sep 15, 1858
Captain's Name: G. Brolin
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Steerage
10.
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Friede. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Wife
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 60588
Ship's Name: Cimbria
Date of Arrival: Aug. 24, 1881
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Friederike Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Wife
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 36527
Ship's Name: Lessing
Date of Arrival: Apr. 07, 1882
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Frz. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Child
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 60588
Ship's Name: Cimbria
Date of Arrival: Aug. 24, 1881
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H. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 32 Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Manifest ID Number: 00010388
Ship's Name: Borussia
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg and Southampton
Date of Arrival: Nov 23, 1864
Captain's Name: P. E. Meier
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Steerage
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Joh. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 25 Gender: Male
Occupation: Saddler
Country: Prussia
Final Destination: Albany
Ship's Name: Guttenberg
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Oct 9, 1854
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Joh. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Farmer
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 36527
Ship's Name: Lessing
Date of Arrival: Apr. 07, 1882
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Johann Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 24 Gender: Male
Occupation: Laborer
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Ship's Name: Borussia
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Nov 27, 1868
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Johann Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #354 Passenger and Immigration Index, 1500s-1900s
Place: New York, NY Year: 1851
Primary immigrant: Waterstraat, Johann
Accompanying family members: Wife
Permanent entry number: 1628730
Accession number: 7537104
Source publication code: 8660.1
Source publication page number: 155
Source publication: SMITH, CLIFFORD NEAL. Reconstructed Passenger Lists for 1851 via Hamburg: Emigrants from Germany, Austria,
Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, and Switzerland to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Venezuela. (German
and Central European Emigration Monograph, 2.) McNeal, Ariz.: Westland Publications, 1986. Parts 1-4. 168p.
Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
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Jon. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 54 Gender: Male
Occupation: Laborer
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Ship's Name: Hammonia
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Nov 19, 1869
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Juliane Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 26 Gender: Female
Country: Germany
Final Destination: St. Louis
Manifest ID Number: 00009052
Ship's Name: Howard
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Date of Arrival: Sep 4, 1857
Captain's Name: W. F. Wolter
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Cabin
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Ludwig Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 27 Gender: Male
Occupation: Joiner
Country: Prussia
Final Destination: Albany
Ship's Name: Guttenberg
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Oct 9, 1854
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Martin Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 30 Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Country: Germany
Final Destination: St. Louis
Manifest ID Number: 00009052
Ship's Name: Howard
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Date of Arrival: Sep 4, 1857
Captain's Name: W. F. Wolter
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Cabin
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Minna Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 22 Gender: Female
Occupation: Single
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Manifest ID Number: 00030305
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Steerage
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Olga Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Single
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: Illinois
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Manifest ID Number: 37918
Ship's Name: Polynesia
Date of Arrival: Oct. 9, 1884
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Robert Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Occupation Code: Child
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 60588
Ship's Name: Cimbria
Date of Arrival: Aug. 24, 1881
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Sophie Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 56 Gender: Female
Occupation: Wife
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Ship's Name: Hammonia
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Nov 19, 1869
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Sophie Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 34 Gender: Female
Occupation: Single
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Ship's Name: Hammonia
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Nov 9, 1867
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Theodor Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 7 Gender: Male
Occupation: Child
Country: Germany
Final Destination: St. Louis
Manifest ID Number: 00009052
Ship's Name: Howard
Port of Embarkation: Marseilles
Date of Arrival: Sep 4, 1857
Captain's Name: W. F. Wolter
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Mode of Travel: Cabin
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Wilh. Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #356 Germans to America, 1875-1888
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Occupation Code: Woman
Country: Prussia
Last Residence: Unknown
Final Destination: USA
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg & Havre
Manifest ID Number: 60588
Ship's Name: Cimbria
Date of Arrival: Aug. 24, 1881
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Wilhe Waterstraat found in:
Family Archive #355 Germans to America, 1850-1874
Age: 25 Gender: Female
Occupation: Single
Country: Germany
Final Destination: United States
Ship's Name: Allemannia
Port of Debarkation: New York
Port of Embarkation: Hamburg
Date of Arrival: Oct 28, 1869
Introduction to Germans to America, 1850-1874
This data set contains information on approximately 2.1 million individuals who arrived in the United States between 1850 and 1874. The
information was compiled from the original ship manifest schedules filed by all vessels entering United States ports in accordance with the Act
of Congress of 1819. It also contains the information taken from Volumes 1 through 31 of the Germans to America series. Information from
Volumes 32 through 56 is available on data set #356, "Germans to America, 1875-1888."
The information here was originally edited by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby and published by Scholarly Resources, Inc. as a series of book
volumes. Those volumes were the first extensive, indexed source of German surname immigrants ever published. The New York Genealogical
and Biographical Record wrote of the original book series, "Unquestionably an essential reference for both genealogists and historians." This
data set makes that valuable resource even more accessible and easy to research. An important feature of this series is that it includes
individuals coming to America not only from German states or territories but also from countries such as France, Switzerland or Luxembourg.
You can learn a great deal of information about your German ancestor by researching with this data set. Most of the records list an immigrant's
age, gender, occupation, province or country where the individual resided, village or town of origin, destination, the date of arrival, and the
manifest ID number (to help you reference the original record). In addition, you may learn the name of the ship on which they traveled, the port
from which they embarked on their journey, the port at which they debarked, the name of the ship's captain, and information on how they
traveled to America (for example, stowaway, steerage).
More About this data set
From this data set, you can learn a great deal of valuable information about your immigrant ancestors. The primary fields are:
1.Name — In this field you will find the individual's given name and surname, as well as any titles that were included in the original index.
You should note that names of immigrants were often recorded as they were heard and that many immigrants could not spell their own
names. Thus, spelling variations of names occur and members of the same family arriving at different times or places may be found
under different spelling.
You may have difficulty locating some names for the following reasons:
Some given names have been abbreviated. For example, "Robert" may appear as "Robt," and "Elizabeth" as "Eliz."
Some given names are misspelled, contain typos, or may be spelled unusually.
Some given and middle names are truncated. Specifically, this happens when the name, including the spaces between the given name,
middle name, and last name, is longer than twenty-three characters.
For example, "McCormack, Annabelle Margaret" would be listed as "McCormack, Annabelle Mar."
Some of the given names listed in this data set may have been truncated. For example, the truncated name "Fr." could be "Friedrike,"
"Fritz," or "Franz." If you are unable to locate a particular given name and surname, try switching the given name to an initial,
abbreviation, or possible misspelling. If the surname is not common, you may want to search only on the surname.
1.Age — This field indicates the immigrant's age at the time of arrival.
1.Country of Origin — This field column lists the country in which the individual resided.
1.Arrival Date — This field lists the date the immigrant arrived in the United States.
1.Destination — While many of immigrants listed in "Germans to America," settled in New York, many went to New Orleans, Baltimore,
Boston, and Philadelphia.
This last field notes the immigrant's final destination in the United States.
You may also find additional information about your ancestor in this record, such as:
The name of the ship on which your ancestor sailed
Your ancestor's occupation
Your ancestor's village or town of origin
Your ancestor's port of embarkation
Your ancestor's port of debarkation
The name of the ship's Captain
With this information, you should be able to determine quite a comprehensive account of your ancestor's arrival in the United States.
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