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Relative Immigration
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The Heinrich Meier family immigrated to Perry County, Missouri in 4 Nov 1867 on the same vessel (See chapter: Bremen ship Uhland) as Heinrich Cordes (See Chapter: Henry Cordes Arrived in New Orleans). Heinrich Meÿer was a younger brother of Peter Meier.
Manifest of Passengers
Two pages of the Passenger Manifest of the Bremen ship Uhland arriving 4 November 1867 in New Orleans fromAncestry.com are shown below:
The Captain/Master of the ship was Friedrich Soltenborn. The 241 passengers were taken on board the ship at Bremerhaven.
Manifest of Passengers – Transcriptions
Name:
Heinrich Meier
Arrival date:
4 Nov 1867
Port of Arrival:
United States
Birth Date:
abt 1824
Age:
43
Gender:
Male
Port of Departure:
Bremerhaven, Germany
Ship Name:
Uhland
Name:
Anna Meier
Arrival date:
4 Nov 1867
Port of Arrival:
United States
Birth Date:
abt 1831
Age:
36
Gender:
Female
Port of Departure:
Bremerhaven, Germany
Ship Name:
Uhland
Name:
Engel Ruhkopf
Arrival date:
4 Nov 1867
Port of Arrival:
United States
Birth Date:
abt 1858
Age:
9
Gender:
Male
Port of Departure:
Bremerhaven, Germany
Ship Name:
Uhland
Name:
Margaretha Ruhkopf
Arrival date:
4 Nov 1867
Port of Arrival:
United States
Birth Date:
abt 1860
Age:
7
Gender:
Female
Port of Departure:
Bremerhaven, Germany
Ship Name:
Uhland
Name:
Heinrich Meier
Arrival date:
4 Nov 1867
Port of Arrival:
United States
Birth Date:
abt 1865
Age:
2
Gender:
Male
Port of Departure:
Bremerhaven, Germany
Ship Name:
Uhland
Name:
Freidrich Meier
Arrival date:
4 Nov 1867
Port of Arrival:
United States
Birth Date:
abt 1865
Age:
0
Gender:
Male
Port of Departure:
Bremerhaven, Germany
Ship Name:
Uhland
Source
Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Passenger List Quarterly Abstracts, 1820-1875 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Notes
All members of the Meier family are listed as farmers from Winkeloh and are traveling to Missouri.
Engel Ruhkopf and Margaretha Ruhkopf were Anna Meier’s children from a previous marriage.