My ggm Mary Becker married an Otto Esche. They settled in Brooklyn/NYC. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "MikenHelene" <carsonmh@volfirst.net> Reply-To: CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com To: CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CASTLE-GARDEN] BECKER Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 06:37:11 -0500 I saw your post about a Mary Becker. Just curious where in Germany you think she might have been from? My g g grandmother was Mary Becker, husband John Breit, supposedly from Alsace Lorriane. My g grandmother Mary Breit-Theis (their daughter) arrived in the US, port of NY betw 1885-89. I never knew if her parents came w/them to NY. Just curious if there might be a relation... Helene Visit Our Old City Directory Shop ONLINE http://www.oldcitydirectory.com - Old City Directories only $9.99 per CD - PLUS FREE Census Lookups, Select Vital Records, Cemetery Photos, Obits and MORE ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Kieffer <Kieffer@pioneer-net.com> To: <CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 9:29 PM Subject: [CASTLE-GARDEN] BECKER > >From Germans to America 1875-1888 CD... an interesting find: > > Passenger's Name: Michael Becker > Age: 24 > Gender: Male > Occupation: Merchant > Last Residence: Bavaria > Date of Arrival: Apr 3, 1878 > Final Destination: USA > Purpose for Travel: Staying in USA but not a citizen > Ship's Name: Holsatia > Captain's Name: Brandt > Manifest ID Number: 34718 > Port of Embarkation: Hamburg and Havre > Mode of Travel: Steerage > > Best possible for your Mary: > > Passenger's Name: Mary Becker > Age: 24 > Gender: Female > Occupation: Single > Last Residence: Prussia > Date of Arrival: May 15, 1882 > Final Destination: USA > Ship's Name: Polaria > Manifest ID Number: 36615 > Port of Embarkation: Hamburg > Traveling with: > Anna Becker, age 20, single female from Prussia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Rebholz" <eaglehawk757@msn.com> > To: <Kieffer@pioneer-net.com> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:21 PM > Subject: Castle Garden > > > Do you have any MARY BECKER's ? Possible home country Germany. You helped > me establish the crossing of Otto Esche, one of my paternal > great-grandfathers. He arrived 3Apr1878 aboard the HOLSATIA. Age 25, he he > married the lady above in question. Otto's port of embarkation: Hamburg & > Harve. Otto's last residence: Saxony, Weimar, Eisenach. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx