baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com writes: >My great great grandparents came to America in 1864 with 11 children >including a child less than 1, starting out in Baden near Heidelberg and >sailing from Antwerp to New York. After spending the winter in Baltimore, >the whole crew walked to Toledo, Ohio to take up residence on a farm they >had bought. I Maybe these questions have been asked and answered before, but a couple of things come to mind: How did such a large family pay for the passage? (I am amazed as well at the picking up and starting over in a foreign country with so many mouths to feed!!) How did they find land so far away and manage to purchase it if they also had to walk there? Which brings up another question: I know in 1854 that my gggparents started out with 3 boys, one under 1 year. In the 1855 census the youngest is gone. I've despaired of tracking this baby down and one might wonder why bother? It is simply curiosity as to what was done with the ones who either did not survive the trip across the ocean or died shortly afterward. Any ideas as to whether they can even be traced? Poor little Wilhelm... I don't even know if he was recorded as Mörz/Moerz or as March. If my family purchased a farm (and I'm not sure they did), perhaps they used a corner of the land for interment? Kathleen

Hi Kathleen, Very good question as to how they paid for passage. Like Eric said, they sure were tough. They must have saved for years to be able to have enough money. I think some followed siblings and friends who may have "broken the trail" so to speak. Such was the case of my Great Grandmother Caroline Schofer. She came with a cousin to be with an older sibling. That was in 1867, not quite as early as 1832. But, still there was two single women traveling alone on such a long trip. They probably had basic clothing as they couldn't pack much to lug around. She wasn't here too long when she met and married my Great Grandfather Carl Reusche. They had 7 children of which only 3 survived. They moved around a lot finally settling in Chadron, NE., where they lived out their lives. Which brings up another question, where did they bury those little babies that they lost? But, I guess that is getting away from Germany!! Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen March To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [BW] Heidelburg baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com writes: >My great great grandparents came to America in 1864 with 11 children >including a child less than 1, starting out in Baden near Heidelberg and >sailing from Antwerp to New York. After spending the winter in Baltimore, >the whole crew walked to Toledo, Ohio to take up residence on a farm they >had bought. I Maybe these questions have been asked and answered before, but a couple of things come to mind: How did such a large family pay for the passage? (I am amazed as well at the picking up and starting over in a foreign country with so many mouths to feed!!) How did they find land so far away and manage to purchase it if they also had to walk there? Which brings up another question: I know in 1854 that my gggparents started out with 3 boys, one under 1 year. In the 1855 census the youngest is gone. I've despaired of tracking this baby down and one might wonder why bother? It is simply curiosity as to what was done with the ones who either did not survive the trip across the ocean or died shortly afterward. Any ideas as to whether they can even be traced? Poor little Wilhelm... I don't even know if he was recorded as Mörz/Moerz or as March. If my family purchased a farm (and I'm not sure they did), perhaps they used a corner of the land for interment? Kathleen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message