Hi List ! In 1884, can anyone tell me how long the boat trip would take, from Bremen to New York City?? Regards, Mike in AZ

Mike, I have a copy of an 1861 advertisement from the North German Lloyd line that shows the schedule between Bremen (via Southampton) to New York City. The crossing appears to have taken exactly four weeks. I'm not certain whether the time would have been reduced by 1884; the ships in 1861 were steamers at that time also. The advertisement also shows prices. The cost of passage from Bremen to New York City was $112.50 for first-class cabin, $75 for second-class cabin, and $45 for steerage. Most of our ancestors probably traveled steerage. "These prices have to be paid in gold or its equivalent in current funds," according to the ad. Hope this helps, Jeff Nayadley (Nejedlý) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bohunkjoe@aol.com> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:06 AM Subject: [CZ] # of days for the Atlantic trip? > Hi List ! > In 1884, can anyone tell me how long the boat trip would take, from Bremen to > New York City?? > Regards, > Mike in AZ

Mike, Go to <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter the GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L list to search. Select 1997 and enter the search term "voyage". You'll find a post with the subject line "steerage history". Looking at that message, apparently the answer may be in the CGSI newsletter Nase Rodina of September, 1995 if you can find someone who has it. John Bohunkjoe@aol.com wrote: > Hi List ! > In 1884, can anyone tell me how long the boat trip would take, from Bremen to > New York City?? > Regards, > Mike in AZ > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Czech-L's webpage is at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm > > >

One of my ancestors left Hamburg on April 15, 1875 and arrived in New York on April 30, 1875. I'm sure the weather had a lot to do with crossing times in the early days.

Hi Mike, In the case of my great grandmother, Leo Baca's book has her arriving in New York on May 17, 1890 on the ship Columbia. Hamburg lists said departure was May 8, 1890 for New York. The ship company was Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaf with Captain Vogelgesang, under the flag of Deutschland. The ship type was Dampschiff, and accomodation was Zwischendeck. I would think in 1884, the time would be similar since I don't think there was much in the way of sail ships going, mostly steam. Weather of course, was a factor, and if it was a direct or indirect sailing. I don't know which my relatives took, but I seem to remember 7-10 days was typical. Dorothy Bohunkjoe@aol.com wrote: >Hi List ! >In 1884, can anyone tell me how long the boat trip would take, from Bremen to >New York City?? >Regards, >Mike in AZ > > >==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >Czech-L's webpage is at >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm > >

My gt grandfather Jakub Pavlik came aboard the Trave in 1892 and it took 3 weeks in May--One gt uncle told me they sailed 2 knots forward and 3 knots back--bad weather. Joan Peterson Subject: Re: [CZ] # of days for the Atlantic trip? > Hi Mike, > In the case of my great grandmother, Leo Baca's book has her arriving in > New York on May 17, 1890 on the ship Columbia. Hamburg lists said > departure was May 8, 1890 for New York. The ship company was > Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaf with Captain > Vogelgesang, under the flag of Deutschland. The ship type was > Dampschiff, and accomodation was Zwischendeck. > I would think in 1884, the time would be similar since I don't think > there was much in the way of sail ships going, mostly steam. Weather of > course, was a factor, and if it was a direct or indirect sailing. I > don't know which my relatives took, but I seem to remember 7-10 days was > typical. > Dorothy