Tuesday, February 25, 2014

When did the first Schochenmaiers come to the New World?

Such an interesting question can be answered with a high precision )))

On the website of Ancestry you can find Passengers Lists of those who came to Ellis Island from Bremen between 1820-1957. Among others the date of arrival of Jacob Schochenmaier (1861-1923) is to be seen. That's it on May 3, 1886.  The only one problem is that his surname was written lake that: Jacob Schockomeyer. It seems to be that the writer had a bad penmanship. 

http://sharing.ancestry.ca/3824883?h=903cea 



He had been accompanied by his wife Barbara Schochenmaier (née Martin, 1861-1944) and their first daughter Maria (1885-1976). Below you find a clicable fragment of that Passengers List: 




It's interesting to discover that Jacob had been a "smith" and not "farmer" as it was noticed for his brother Michael!

The whole page therefrom:




The first page of that list with date and additional info:





Well, the 3rd May could be a day of commemoration or even a holiday of the New World Schochenmaiers)))

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