Colleen Fitpatrick suggested I subscibe to this list and enquire about my Mandler/Mantler family in New Orleans between 1839 and 1840. Johann George Mantler and his wife Maria, and 5 children arrived in New Orleans Nov. 23, 1839 aboard the Julia from Germany. They were from Launpach, Frankfort-on-the- Main. They were from an Evangelical Parish there. The oldest daughter, Anne Margaretha Mandler died in New Orleans May 23, 1840 (from the New Orleans death records). Supposedly the mother died in St. Louis 1839, and the father died in St. Louis 1849. I believe these dates are off, because the same source had the family arriving in 1837-1838. I am hoping to find further information on them in New Orleans since they were there for over a year at the least. I can place at least one daughter, Maria Catherine, my grgrgrandmother in St. Louis in 1844. I can then track the surviving children from marriage to death. I have not found the family in 1840 census. I have nothing on the parents after their arrival. Colleen thought someone in New Orleans would be able to check on the surname for me? I would greatly appreciate it! Maybe I can find something further on Anne Margaretha.

Julie, The time between the records you have, the arrival of the family in New Orleans on 23 November 1839 and the death of Anne Margaretha Mandler at age 22 on 23 May 1840, appears to be six months. How do you know they were in New Orleans for over a year? To my knowledge, these families that were making their way north did not stay in New Orleans very long. By 1840, there were only three German-language Protestant congregations in New Orleans. There are no available death records for two. Your Anne Margaretha Mandler is not listed in the few available death records for the third. Do you have a copy of the death record for Anne Margaretha Mandler? Can you tell us the information on it, such as where the death occurred or the address of the informant? Just curious -- I can't find Launpach as a place name on the Web. Is the correct place of origin? Norm --- julierowe@mchsi.com wrote: . . . > Johann George > Mantler and his wife Maria, and 5 children arrived > in New Orleans Nov. 23, > 1839 aboard the Julia from Germany. They were from > Launpach, Frankfort-on-the- > Main. They were from an Evangelical Parish there. > The oldest daughter, Anne > Margaretha Mandler died in New Orleans May 23, 1840 > (from the New Orleans > death records). . . . > I am hoping to find further information > on them in New Orleans since they were there for > over a year at the least. . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ