Searching for information: The name of the ship was Gen. Blatchford… originating from Bremerhaven. We disembarked in New Orleans - perhaps via New York . After our arrival in New Orleans, we continued on a 3 day train journey to Los Angeles. This would have been in March or May 1952…. Remember that we had high Seas… almost hurricane force. Also had a burial at Sea - one of our own died died while on board. Since I was young do not remember other details…. Hope that you can be of help. Thanks, Theresia
Teri Amazingly enough, my family immigrated to the US on the General Blatchford as well, leaving Bremerhaven on April 11th 1952 and landing in New York on April 21st. I remember my mother telling us how rough the trip was and how everyone was seasick. I actually found the ship manifest with my family's names on Ancestry.com. They have scanned images of all the immigration documents from the early 1900's on. I also found the manifests for my grandmother, who came by ship to the US at age 10 to work, and again later to immigrate via Pan Am Airlines. I also found her sisters' documents. My maternal grandmother's documents were also available. If you go on Ancestry.com, go to the passenger list section and do a search of your parents' names. They usually have a free introductory membership. If you don't mind my asking, were you immigrating from a DP camp? We had been in the Haid Lager in Austria. Hope this helps! Good luck. Lotte Leisch Devlin -----Original Message----- From: Teri Hunt via <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> To: donauschwaben-villages <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 3:32 pm Subject: [DVHH] immigrating via Bremerhaven in 1952 Searching for information: The name of the ship was Gen. Blatchford… originating from Bremerhaven. We disembarked in New Orleans - perhaps via New York . After our arrival in New Orleans, we continued on a 3 day train journey to Los Angeles. This would have been in March or May 1952…. Remember that we had high Seas… almost hurricane force. Also had a burial at Sea - one of our own died died while on board. Since I was young do not remember other details…. Hope that you can be of help. Thanks, Theresia ------------------------------- 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