Hello List Members: I am researching the Heitz family from Schutterwald, Baden. Robert Heitz (b. 1824, according to his U.S. death record) left Schutterwald for the U.S. in 1853. He was traveling with Philippine Schaub (b. 1829), also from Schutterwald. Robert married Philippine, evidently somewhere in the U.S. Although I have the ship passenger list for Robert and Philippine, I have been unable to find any other information. I have searched Ancestry.com, the LDS website, the Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg website, and every other place that I can think of, all to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A.L. McAdam

Hello A., seems Robert Heitz is not in the emigration database (http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/) listed. Maybe he did emigrate without permission. But Philippine Schaub is listed in the emigration database. She did emigrate from Niederschopfheim in 1853. If you can't find the marriage record in the church register of Schutterwald and Niederschopfheim (I will look for such an entry in Niederschopfheim): Before 1862 people needed a state permission for marriage in Baden. They only got the permission if they had enough incomings, landed estate... I too have Schaub ancestors from Niederschopfheim. - Wendelin On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:25:52 -0400 "A McAdam" <amcadam@msn.com> wrote: > Hello List Members: > > I am researching the Heitz family from Schutterwald, Baden. Robert > Heitz (b. 1824, according to his U.S. death record) left Schutterwald > for the U.S. in 1853. He was traveling with Philippine Schaub (b. > 1829), also from Schutterwald. Robert married Philippine, evidently > somewhere in the U.S. > > Although I have the ship passenger list for Robert and Philippine, I > have been unable to find any other information. I have searched > Ancestry.com, the LDS website, the Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg > website, and every other place that I can think of, all to no avail. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > A.L. McAdam

Hello Alicia, have you anything found out about the Heitz family in Schutterwald and Philippine Schaub? I just found out that I have Heitz ancestors from Schutterwald. My ancestor Catharina Heitz was daughter of Mathäus Heitz und Catharina Ehret from Schutterwald. Catharina Heitz married in Niederschopfheim in 1768. So I am also researching the Heitz family from Schutterwald. The memberpage lists no Heitz family in Schutterwald in 1727 so I assume Mathäus Heitz was the first or second generation of that family in that town. - Wendelin On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:25:52 -0400 "A McAdam" <amcadam@msn.com> wrote: > Hello List Members: > > I am researching the Heitz family from Schutterwald, Baden. Robert > Heitz (b. 1824, according to his U.S. death record) left Schutterwald > for the U.S. in 1853. He was traveling with Philippine Schaub (b. > 1829), also from Schutterwald. Robert married Philippine, evidently > somewhere in the U.S. > > Although I have the ship passenger list for Robert and Philippine, I > have been unable to find any other information. I have searched > Ancestry.com, the LDS website, the Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg > website, and every other place that I can think of, all to no avail. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > A.L. McAdam