Please if any body can look up me for the name << MOVRÉ >> ( French Settlers in Banat). Thank You Dezsoe Dér

In actuality you really do need to give more information. Names and approximate dates would be helpful. But alas there is a tiny bit of information at this free site: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Put in the surname Movre and a number of names will come up --- including one listed for Paris, France. No idea if there is a connection. You can also do a search on: www.familysearch.org and see what comes up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dezsoe Der" <dezsoed@rogers.com> To: <BANAT-L@rootsweb.com>; <DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 3:58 PM Subject: [DVHH] Look up Please if any body can look up me for the name << MOVRÉ >> ( French Settlers in Banat). Thank You Dezsoe Dér ------------------------------------- Ehebuch(-buecher) . marriage register. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Another question I never asked my grandfather when I had the chance: What were conditions like on the ships on which the immigrants travelled? My grandfather and grandmother came over after the First World War and before the Great Depression. They were not rich by any means, having had to scrape together the fare and a bit more so they would not be completely penniless when they landed (on the ship's manifest he is listed as a farm labourer and she as a housewife). Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Mona

Here are 3 accounts of the trip which I saved from other's posts ...  Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000006511 StartFragment:0000000457 EndFragment:0000006495 Thanks to Fred Sprager's mother Eva Prunkl, for her memory of the trip ( she was 8), which follows below....... "Travelers took the train from Banat to Beograd (now Belgrade, Yugo.), where they paid to be taken across the river (Danube?). Then they took another train to Zagreb (now Croatia) and on to Fiume (now Rijecka, Croatia) or Trieste, Italy. This took about 2 days. The ocean crossing took about 21 days going to Europe and about ? Days to go to USA. (I know it took 30 from Hamburg to NYC, so I imagine longer than that from Fiume) On board the women and young children stayed in a huge room where bunk beds were set up for them. Apparently, sometimes cattle were also shipped over in these large areas. The men had to bunk at the other end of the ship. They had to bring their own food, because the only food provided was pasta and buns with a mug of milk for the children daily. They brought smoked or dried meats that would keep, such as a ham or salami. Everyday they would slice some meat to the make sandwiches with the buns that were supplied. There was also a canteen that sold biscuits and some kind of candies and ?. A woman was remembered, who was very friendly (!) with the sailors. This lady worked hard to be attractive because she got all sorts of favors from the sailors such as extra food, pillows, etc. " fred_sprager@accel.net (Ferdinand J. Sprager) ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Also .... "My grandmother came to N.Y in Dec, 1908 aboard the Cunard Caronia. She had to go to Frankfort Germany for papers and then on to Fiume. The route was taken that way in order to avoid sailing in the treacherous North Atlantic during winter. I believe the Carpathia was another such ship. Since my Grand- mother was a woman traveling alone with 6 children she was given some sort of cabin even though she was considered a steerage passenger. My Dad, aged 11 recalled that all the passengers were given an orange on Christmas Day from the ship's owners. There was never much talk from my Dad as to the conditions of the trip. He did say though that he was the only one not seasick and so he had to fetch and carry water etc. for the rest. I am plaesed to get any stories from people who made such treks to another land." Irene M Orlaska <renorlas@juno.com> ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` And... "My Grandpa came over in 1909 on the Ultonia from Fiume. He recalled two things at his young age of the journey. Along the Italian coast the locals would come out in small boats with fresh fruit. People would throw money overboard at them and they would haul up the fruit on ropes in baskets. Also, the ship apparantly docked off the coast near Mt. Vesuvius and the many of the men were able to disembark and go to get a better look at the volcano." Tom Schneider sch64@spiritusa.net --- On Tue, 10/19/10, MONA IRWIN <irwin_9@sympatico.ca> wrote: From: MONA IRWIN <irwin_9@sympatico.ca> Subject: [BANAT-L] Immigration travel To: banat-l@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 2:50 PM Another question I never asked my grandfather when I had the chance: What were conditions like on the ships on which the immigrants travelled? My grandfather and grandmother came over after the First World War and before the Great Depression. They were not rich by any means, having had to scrape together the fare and a bit more so they would not be completely penniless when they landed (on the ship's manifest he is listed as a farm labourer and she as a housewife). Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Mona                           ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message