Jenny - it looks like there were a number of Moritz Nathan's - Herb found one of them. I found one too, (on Ancestry) indicating a Moritz Nathan, occupation jeweler, filed a Petition for Citizenship in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York on 1 August 1901, renouncing sovereignty to the Emperor of Germany. The witness attesting to the truth of his Petition is Mortz Cassier (?) says Nathan was a resident of 70 E. 20th Street - Borough - ? illegible, NY. Nathan was born on 13 May 1876 and emigrated to the US on 30 Oct 1893. That's a 10 year difference from the Moritz Nathan which Herb found - sooooo - it looks like you will need to track several people with the same name. And Castle Garden was kaput by 1893. I chose this one because he is a jeweler, as you stated. The person writing this document was carried away with his penmanship, difficult to read - but a tidbit for you. You can check out city directories and censuses and death records, and see if this one is your friend's. Maureen In a message dated 9/21/2009 7:18:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Jenny, castlegarden.org states that Moritz Nathan, age 18, arrived in the USA on 24 January 1883 on the ship Main. Port origin was Bremen; country of origin was Austria. His occupation was listed as "Dealer". You might want to go to castlegarden.org to check on Rachel. Herb --- On Mon, 9/21/09, Jenny T <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jenny T <[email protected]> Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Moritz Nathan and Rachel Sommerfeld. To: [email protected] Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 7:58 PM Hello List I am new to this list, to Prussia/German Genealogy, I live in Australia and I am doing research on behalf of a close friend. We have the following information for my friend's paternal great grandparents Moritz NATHAN born Germany he had his own business selling jewelry married Rachel SOMMERFELD and it is thought that her family line had established the town Sommerfeld. Moritz and Rachel NATHAN came to New York America by boat in the year 1883. This is all the information we have to date as my friend came to Australia from America to marry and live during the 1960s and has no family documentation to work through. Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated. Kind regards Jenny T ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message