I believe the 1848 immigration is correct. He arrived in Trinity County, CA (by several written documents) in 1853. He was naturalized in 1860 (I have a copy of the actual ledger that was signed by him and his witnesses) and I understand that you had to be a citizen for 7 years prior to naturalization. I have been trying to study the history of the region (Bavaria) in the late 1840's to decipher why he and his brother left. Betty > Found this on the 1910 Census. The immigration year is 10 yr's later. > > Name: George Vitzthum > Age in 1910: 89 > Estimated birth year: abt 1821 > Birthplace: Germany > Relation to Head of House: Head > Father's Birth Place: Germany > Mother's Birth Place: Germany > Home in 1910: Hayfork, Trinity, California > Marital Status: Widowed > Race: White > Gender: Male > Year of Immigration: 1858 > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: > Name Age > George Vitzthum 89 > Charles W Vitzthum 37 > Franklin B Vitzthum 25 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> > To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:46 AM > Subject: [NORCAL] Ancestry lookup - Geo Vitzthum > > >> Cliff, >> thank you so much. Now I can search for him in USA in the 1850 census >> - maybe helpful. >> I did not realize he arrived that early. >> >> Betty >> >>> George Vitzthum im. 1848 >>> >>> Emigration to North America from the government district of >>> Oberbayern >>> (Upper Bavaria), 1846-1852. From the state archives of Oberbayern in >>> the >>> Hauptstaatsarchiv at Munich. Concerns 1,144 emigrants from Upper >>> Bavaria in >>> the Kingdom of Bavaria to North America. >>> >>> There were two other Geo's but were 1 & 2 years old. Arrived 1882 & >>> 1893. >>> >>> Cliff >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> NORCAL ARCHIVES: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. >> Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to >> NORCAL@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Hi Betty, I have an ancestor of my hubby's who left Beerback near Noistadt, Mittel Franken, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany (for the U. S.) "at approx age of 14" (would be approx 1836), "to avoid compulsory conscription". - I've not REALLY investigated what was going on over there at that time - but this link might give you a clue - (Seems there was lots of activity that could prompt our ancestor to leave about 1836 and your ancestor to leave in the late 1840's http://www.localhistories.org/germany.html - Good luck with your research, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norcal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty Loose Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 1:19 PM To: norcal@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Ancestry lookup - Geo Vitzthum I believe the 1848 immigration is correct. He arrived in Trinity County, CA (by several written documents) in 1853. He was naturalized in 1860 (I have a copy of the actual ledger that was signed by him and his witnesses) and I understand that you had to be a citizen for 7 years prior to naturalization. I have been trying to study the history of the region (Bavaria) in the late 1840's to decipher why he and his brother left. Betty > Found this on the 1910 Census. The immigration year is 10 yr's later. > > Name: George Vitzthum > Age in 1910: 89 > Estimated birth year: abt 1821 > Birthplace: Germany > Relation to Head of House: Head > Father's Birth Place: Germany > Mother's Birth Place: Germany > Home in 1910: Hayfork, Trinity, California Marital Status: Widowed > Race: White > Gender: Male > Year of Immigration: 1858 > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: > Name Age > George Vitzthum 89 > Charles W Vitzthum 37 > Franklin B Vitzthum 25 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty Loose" <betty@unisette.com> > To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:46 AM > Subject: [NORCAL] Ancestry lookup - Geo Vitzthum > > >> Cliff, >> thank you so much. Now I can search for him in USA in the 1850 census >> - maybe helpful. >> I did not realize he arrived that early. >> >> Betty >> >>> George Vitzthum im. 1848 >>> >>> Emigration to North America from the government district of >>> Oberbayern >>> (Upper Bavaria), 1846-1852. From the state archives of Oberbayern in >>> the >>> Hauptstaatsarchiv at Munich. Concerns 1,144 emigrants from Upper >>> Bavaria in >>> the Kingdom of Bavaria to North America. >>> >>> There were two other Geo's but were 1 & 2 years old. Arrived 1882 & >>> 1893. >>> >>> Cliff >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> NORCAL ARCHIVES: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. >> Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to >> NORCAL@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message