Seeking info on Maria Angelica Schmackers who left Bremerhaven 8:oo a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 1853. Arrivied at Slaughterhouse Point New Orleans, 27 Dec 1853, on the ship New England. She was d/o Gerhard Heinrich and Gesina Schmackers of Hanover, Germany. Most likely the kingdom of Hanover. Her family used, for their lively hood, a ship called a Schmack. Actually it was more of a Gully Whumper with sails. Built for shallow waters. They traversed the Mediterainen around the Atlantic coast and into the Fresian territories of North Western Europe. Mainly the river Ems. Gesina is Fresian for Gertrude. Her obit mentioned that her real name was Ongler, which may be French. Too might be a misspelled Engler, and English. I have collected family trees for the Schmacker(s) back to the year 1535, which we have translated. Some of that 400 year old German gave us a bit of a headache. There fore we have info on many family names which are connected. Willing to trade info. Somewhere something has to match sooner or later. Actually we have made a few connections and are presently trying to find a researcher in Europe that is interested. Perhaps we can place this collection of info on the Saxony Roots data? Ralph A Bauer

Hi Ralph....my husbands g-grandmother's maiden name was Schumacher........spelled with 2 "h's" and not a "k". I have their genealogy back to 1680 but they are probably not related. Jean >Seeking info on Maria Angelica Schmackers who left Bremerhaven 8:oo a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 1853. Arrivied at Slaughterhouse Point New Orleans, 27 Dec 1853, on the ship New England. She was d/o Gerhard Heinrich and Gesina Schmackers of Hanover, Germany. Most likely the kingdom of Hanover. >Her family used, for their lively hood, a ship called a Schmack. Actually it was more of a Gully Whumper with sails. Built for shallow waters. They traversed the Mediterainen around the Atlantic coast and into the Fresian territories of North Western Europe. Mainly the river Ems. >Gesina is Fresian for Gertrude. Her obit mentioned that her real name was Ongler, which may be French. Too might be a misspelled Engler, and English. >I have collected family trees for the Schmacker(s) back to the year 1535, which we have translated. Some of that 400 year old German gave us a bit of a headache. >There fore we have info on many family names which are connected. Willing to trade info. Somewhere something has to match sooner or later. Actually we have made a few connections and are presently trying to find a researcher in Europe that is interested. >Perhaps we can place this collection of info on the Saxony Roots data? Ralph A Bauer > > > >