Hello, I am looking for info on Emil Wiegand, a beer brewer who came from Germany and was one of the pioneers of beer brewing in Japan. I admit I am not related to him, though. He obviously arrived in 1854 in the USA, filed his letter of intent in 1856 in Philadelphia, spent 1869-80 in Yokohama/Japan - successively as employed brewer, as owner of a brewery and partner of a brewery, predecessor of today's beer giant Kirin - and died in San Francisco 1882. His other (date and place of birth, location and activity in the US, reasons for leaving for Japan etc.) whereabouts are not clear yet. Who can give me more details on him? I am also prepared to take over reasonable expenses if someone can do a lookup in the naturalization records and/or obit of San Francisco. Sincerely, Michael from Munich/Germany FTM CD# 355 Germans to America Passenger's Name: Emil Wiegand Age: 19 Gender: Male Occupation: Brewer Last Residence: Hessen Date of Arrival: Jan 6, 1854 Final Destination: New York Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA Ship's Name: Westphalia Captain's Name: Mensing Manifest ID Number: 00007752 Port of Embarkation: Bremen Mode of Travel: Steerage FTM CD# 258 Naturalisations Naturalization Records: Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Wiegand, Emil Country of Former Allegiance : Germany Date of Declaration of Intent : Oct 07, 1856 Court of Declaration of Intent : Common Pleas Document Name : Emil Wiegand http://feefhs.org/fdb2/6991/6991-446.html San Francisco Call Newspaper Vital Records for the Years 1869-1891 Name .......... Event and Year ........ Spouse or Age ................ Record No. Wiegand, Emil ... died in 1882 ... age 47 ... 1882D-5042