Immigration Records
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US Census Records
Although immigration years are recorded in the 1900 and later US Census records, no 1900 or later census records for the George and Margaretha (Kraus) Schuetz have been found. However, an estimate can be made as to when they immigrated from information in the 1870 US Census. Since daughter Barbara was born in Bavaria, the Schuetz family immigrated to the USA in 1862 or later. And, since daughter Anna was born in Missouri, the Schuetz family arrived to Missouri by 1864. From this, the Margaretha and George Schuetz family is estimated to have immigrated in the 1862-1864 time range .
Immigration Records
Available immigration records were searched to determine the arrival date of the George and Margaretha (Kraus) Schuetz family. And, the following Bremen Barque Fortuna passenger manifest was found:
| Name: | Joh Schutz |
|---|---|
| Arrival Date: | 1 Oct 1862 |
| Birth Date: | abt 1835 |
| Age: | 27 |
| Place of Origin: | Hutschdorf |
| Port of Departure: | Bremen, Germany |
| Port of Arrival: | New York, New York |
| Ship Name: | Fortuna |
| Line | Name | Arrival Date | Birth Date | Age | Gender | Port of Departure | Destination | Place of Origin | Ethnicity/Race/Nationality | Ship Name | Port of Arrival | List Number | Birth Location |
| 8 | Joh Schutz | 1 Oct 1862 | 1835 | 27 | Bremen, Germany | Hutschdorf | Fortuna | New York, New York | 983 | ||||
| 9 | Margas Schutz | 1 Oct 1862 | 1839 | 23 | Bremen, Germany | Hutschdorf | Fortuna | New York, New York | 983 | ||||
| 10 | Barbara Schutz | 1 Oct 1862 | 1862 | 6/12 | Bremen, Germany | Hutschdorf | Fortuna | New York, New York | 983 |
Passages of the ship “Fortuna” :
| date | vessel’s name | Agency / shipping company | captain | destination | Number of passengers | Arrivals | Remarks | |||||||
| 05/21/1852 | Fortuna | Prussia | Long | new York | 127 | Jul 11 | ||||||||
| 04/19/1858 | Fortuna | Dewers, W. | Galveston | 67 | june 10 | |||||||||
| 09/22/1858 | Fortuna | Dewers, W. | Galveston | 78 | nov 25 | |||||||||
| 08/27/1860 | Fortuna | CLBrauer & Son | Dewers, W. | Galveston | 262 | Oct 29 | ||||||||
| 08/20/1862 | Fortuna | Franke | new York | 56 | ||||||||||
| 03/10/1865 | Fortuna | CL Brewer & Son | Friday | Galveston | 45 | |||||||||
| 05/03/1866 | Fortuna | CL Brewer & Son | Friday | Galveston | 169 | |||||||||
| 08/10/1867 | Fortuna | LL Brewer & Son | Freytag | Galveston | 229 | |||||||||
| 03/10/1868 | Fortuna | CL Brewer & Son | Freytag, G. | Galveston | 247 |
Information Source
Downloaded 13 Mar 2018 from Staats Archiv Bemen, Passagen des Schiffes “Fortuna”: http://212.227.236.244/auswanderung/abfahrtsdaten/passagen.php?s=s&v=Fortuna&lang=de
Transatlantic Crossing
From the above Fortuna passages list shows that the departure from Bremerhaven, Germany was 20 Aug 1862.
The Bremen Barque Fortuna passenger manifest shows that the arrival in New York, USA was 1 Oct 1862.
Hence, the transatlantic Crossing Time: (11+30+1 = 42 days) = 6 weeks. A sailing vessel typically required 6 weeks of sailing but varied from less than 5 weeks to 8 weeks or more as reported in Statistics concerning the transatlantic crossing.
Notes
- The transcriber has given the family surname as Schutz. In the Ship Passenger Manifest, the script record the Schutz is spelled with a german umlaut “ü” which which should be transcribed to “eu” in english. So the surname of this family is Schuetz.
- All three of the Schuetz family members originated from Hutschdorf and their destination is Perryville.
- The first name “Joh” is probably Johann or John but not the “George” expected based on the US Census enumeration report. Possibly George was using another part of his names which could have been Johann orJohn. For example daughter Barbara named one of her sons “August John George Stanglein” as will be noted in chapter Barbara (Schuetz) Stanglein (1862-1833).
- The first name “Margas” appears to be a shortened version of our Margaretha.
- Ship passenger manifests were typically prepared at the time of departure which for this passage was 20 Oct 1862. As will be noted in the chapter: Kraus – Hutschdorf Letter. our Margaretha Kraus was born 25 Dec 1838. So she was 23 years,9 months and 25 days old when the Fortuna left Bremerhaven. This confirms the Passenger Manifest age of Margaretha of 23 years being correct.
- At the time of departure, from Bremerhaven, 20 Oct 1862, daughter Barbara is 1/2 year old in the script record which has been transcribed to 6 months. As will be determined in chapter: Barbara (Schuetz) Stanglein (1862-1833), Barbara was born 26 Apr 1862. Hence, she was 5 months and 24 days old when the Fortuna left Bremerhaven. This compares well with the 6 months of age on the Ship Manifest.
- The Bremen Barque Fortuna is described in the next chapter, Bremen Barque Fortuna.