Here is a mention of a Peter Kuhl who arrived in Queensland in 1873 on the ship Reichstag. Maryborough, Queensland Australia Immigrants from the British Isles & Germany 1861-91 about Peter Chr KUHL Surname: KUHL Given: Peter Chr Age: 22 Ship/Year: Reichstag 1873 Kevin Z. On 30/11/06 8:32 AM, "Cool, Bruce" <Bruce.Cool@ed.act.edu.au> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am researching my Kuhl ancestors. My great grandfather was Peter > Kuhl, who came out to Australia in 1873. He boarded a ship, the > Cesarewitch, in San Francisco and sailed to Melbourne. He changed his > surname to Cool in 1879 when he married. > > > > His death certificate lists his parents as Heinrich Kuhl and Sophia > Kreutzer. I have found a reference to them in the archives at Bonn. > They emigrated to America in 1853. They had two children at that time, > Margaretha Kuhl, aged 3, and Peter, aged 1. This ties in with the age > of my great grandfather Peter, who was born in 1852. Peter Kuhl stated > on the birth certificate of his first child that he was born in Detroit, > but the records from Bonn indicate otherwise. The family may have lived > there when he was a child. > > > > I have not been able to find any trace of the family in US records. > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > Bruce Cool > > Canberra > > Australia > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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