I have been searching for my great-grandparents' names on a passenger list. Their names, as I have them, are Carl Frederick Gottlieb Bollman and his wife Emelie(Amelia). Their children are Paul Herman Richard Bollman, Max Carl Theodore Bollman, Anna Olga Franrieka Bollman, and Martha Maria Elizabeth Bollman. Bollman was probably spelled with 2 n's. These 4 children came with the family and 4 more children were born after they came to the U.S. The story I have is that my grandfather, Paul, celebrated his 7th birthday on the ship. Paul was born April 7, 1876 in Wallbruch, Dt. Krone, Prussia, which would put their arrival at 1883. After they came, they lived with relatives in Brooklyn, so I started with the assumption that they came to New York - Castle Garden. I have looked in many sources but have not found them and am now joking that they either flew or swam to the United States. I have tried using variations of the names since all of these have 2 middle names. The family eventually settled in Minnesota, which is where I live. Thank you in advance for any suggestion you can give me. Linda Westrom

Hi Linda, My grandparents also came from Deutsch Krone but in 1891. They left from Hamburg, which was not far from where they lived, and traveled to Canada, landing in Montreal, and taking a train through Detroit to the USA. I had all kinds of trouble finding this out, until I got copies of their naturalization papers, where I learned the name of the ship, the date, and their route to the USA. Perhaps you can find copies of your great-grandparents naturalization papers and thus find out the information that you need. When searching in Germany, remember that Deutsch Krone was both a Kreis (county) and a Stadt (city). The county is now called Pilskie and is part of Poland. I wish I could be of more help. Eugene M. Wiese 838 Linlawn Drive Wabash, IN 46992-3903 emwiese1@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Westrom" <linda996@q.com> To: <GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 05 March, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: [G-P-L] New to this list... >I have been searching for my great-grandparents' names on a passenger list. > Their names, as I have them, are Carl Frederick Gottlieb Bollman and his > wife Emelie(Amelia). Their children are Paul Herman Richard Bollman, Max > Carl Theodore Bollman, Anna Olga Franrieka Bollman, and Martha Maria > Elizabeth Bollman. Bollman was probably spelled with 2 n's. These 4 > children came with the family and 4 more children were born after they > came > to the U.S. > > > > The story I have is that my grandfather, Paul, celebrated his 7th birthday > on the ship. Paul was born April 7, 1876 in Wallbruch, Dt. Krone, > Prussia, > which would put their arrival at 1883. > > > > After they came, they lived with relatives in Brooklyn, so I started with > the assumption that they came to New York - Castle Garden. > > > > I have looked in many sources but have not found them and am now joking > that they either flew or swam to the United States. I have tried using > variations of the names since all of these have 2 middle names. > > > > The family eventually settled in Minnesota, which is where I live. Thank > you in advance for any suggestion you can give me. Linda Westrom > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Try the search engines at http://www.stevemorse.org I looked for my gr-grandparents for close to 20 years before finding them with the help of Steve Morse. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Westrom" To: <GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 05 March, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: [G-P-L] New to this list... >I have been searching for my great-grandparents' names on a passenger list. > > The family eventually settled in Minnesota, which is where I live. Thank > you in advance for any suggestion you can give me. Linda Westrom

Hi Linda, it might sound "stupid" and I am working against myself, since our transcribers are busy working in the background transcribing passenger lists.. But, in my opinion, there is not too much to gain with the passenger lists.. In most cases they just give you the age of the passengers and that they came from "Germany".. what does this help you ?? Very seldom you get the actual place where the came from.. Well, you are ALL on the wrong track... :-( Once you have exhausted all sources in your home country, you should go right to the place in Germany, where your ancestors came from.. I know there is a lot of work involved, but as they say in Germany : "Ohne Fleiß, kein Preis".. If you go to: http://meta.genealogy.net/ and enter the surname of "Bollmann", you will get a lot of hits.. Sure, it will be a lot of work to comb them all through, but your chances to find a researcher with similar interests is a lot higher than just relying on the passenger lists.. Good luck and let us know how you are making out.. Have a nice weekend, Wolf On 3/5/2011 4:20 PM, Linda Westrom wrote: > I have been searching for my great-grandparents' names on a passenger list. > Their names, as I have them, are Carl Frederick Gottlieb Bollman and his > wife Emelie(Amelia). Their children are Paul Herman Richard Bollman, Max > Carl Theodore Bollman, Anna Olga Franrieka Bollman, and Martha Maria > Elizabeth Bollman. Bollman was probably spelled with 2 n's. These 4 > children came with the family and 4 more children were born after they came > to the U.S. > > > > The story I have is that my grandfather, Paul, celebrated his 7th birthday > on the ship. Paul was born April 7, 1876 in Wallbruch, Dt. Krone, Prussia, > which would put their arrival at 1883. > > > > After they came, they lived with relatives in Brooklyn, so I started with > the assumption that they came to New York - Castle Garden. > > > > I have looked in many sources but have not found them and am now joking > that they either flew or swam to the United States. I have tried using > variations of the names since all of these have 2 middle names. > > > > The family eventually settled in Minnesota, which is where I live. Thank > you in advance for any suggestion you can give me. Linda Westrom >

Hello Linda, Do you have the DOB for Carl Fred. Gottl. BOLLMAN[N] and his wife Emilie [Amelia]? Also do you have the DOBs of the children you have listed apart from Paul? Furthermore, have you found the family on any census and if so, where in Minnesota [county/town] did they settle? Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Westrom" <linda996@q.com> To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2011 5:20:47 PM Subject: [G-P-L] New to this list... I have been searching for my great-grandparents' names on a passenger list. Their names, as I have them, are Carl Frederick Gottlieb Bollman and his wife Emelie(Amelia). Their children are Paul Herman Richard Bollman, Max Carl Theodore Bollman, Anna Olga Franrieka Bollman, and Martha Maria Elizabeth Bollman. Bollman was probably spelled with 2 n's. These 4 children came with the family and 4 more children were born after they came to the U.S.

Ursula, This is the information I have: Carl Frederick Gottlieb Bollman, born November 12, 1848 in Zamborst, Pomerania Emelie/Amelia Teske Bollman, born April 27, 1852 in District of Deutsch Krone, Pomerania Carl and Emelie were married February 24, 1875 in District of Deutsch Krone. Children: Paul Herman Richard, born April 7, 1876 Max Carl Theodore, born December 3, 1877 Anna Olga Franrieka, born July 24, 1879 Martha Maria Elizabeth, born November 24, 1881 Carl was a wheelwright and worked in Brooklyn when they came. They moved to Balaton, Lyon County, Minnesota in 1892. When they moved to Balaton, they started farming. I have their lives in Minnesota documented with census records, death records, and land records. The obituary for Carl states they arrived in the U.S. on April 12, 1883. As I mentioned, I have looked at many websites, went through the Germans to America series, checking different spellings of Bollmann, variations of Carl's name, looking for a family of 6 people and can't find it. I also feel as if it is right in front of me and I don't see it. Thank you for any suggestions you may have. Linda -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ursula Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 1:05 PM To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G-P-L] New to this list... Hello Linda, Do you have the DOB for Carl Fred. Gottl. BOLLMAN[N] and his wife Emilie [Amelia]? Also do you have the DOBs of the children you have listed apart from Paul? Furthermore, have you found the family on any census and if so, where in Minnesota [county/town] did they settle? Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Westrom" <linda996@q.com> To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2011 5:20:47 PM Subject: [G-P-L] New to this list... I have been searching for my great-grandparents' names on a passenger list. Their names, as I have them, are Carl Frederick Gottlieb Bollman and his wife Emelie(Amelia). Their children are Paul Herman Richard Bollman, Max Carl Theodore Bollman, Anna Olga Franrieka Bollman, and Martha Maria Elizabeth Bollman. Bollman was probably spelled with 2 n's. These 4 children came with the family and 4 more children were born after they came to the U.S. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message