. Chemnitz -- 1907 to MD [d. 05/17, a. 05/31] Port of departure: Bremen Germany | Ship Profile | Passenger List . Chemnitz -- 1909 to TX [d. 12/18, a. 01/11] Port of departure: Bremen Germany | Ship Profile | Passenger List . Chemnitz -- 1910 to TX [d. 02/10, a. 03/10] Port of departure: Bremen Germany | Ship Profile | Passenger List Sherrie (Gettman) Stahl sherriestahl@attbi.com Homepage: http://home.attbi.com/~sherriestahl/index.html Brunnental: http://home.attbi.com/~brunnental/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leona Herman Kollman Garcia" <leona.garcia@verizon.net> To: <RUS-SARATOV-FRANK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:11 AM Subject: [Rus-Frank] SHIP Arrivals to US 1906 and 1909 HERMAN > > For years I think I have been looking at the wrong date of arrival based > on a letter I have from my grandfather's cousin. The more I read the > letter the more I think the date of arrival was when he got to Kansas > and not to America. Is there a Chemnitz arrival shortly before the date > of arrival in KS below? If so, where did it arrive-in what port? > > I have been searching for the arrival of my grandfather Fredrich HERMAN > also. As best I can tell he did not come through Ellis Island. In his > obit it said he came to the US in 1909 going first to KS before coming > to WA. He was born October 5, 1891 in Hussenbach- Linevo Osero, > Saratov, Volga, Russia. He is NOT any of the ones on the Ellis Island > Records. Can anyone help? There was no other spelling other than > HERMAN. This helps somewhat. I found out recently that his two > brothers were named different than I thought. Instead of George and > Heinrich (Henry), they were Johan George and Johan Heinrich which leads > me to believe grandpa may have been Johan Fredrich. I tried all > spellings on Ellis Island site. > > Letter from: > Basine, Kansas > Feb 14, 1931 > > Fred Herman > Seattle, Washington > > Dear Cousin: > > Am glad to furnish you with the information you asked for which is as > follows: > > The name of the boat was (Gemnits) Gnmniz . > Arrived in Russell, Kansas May 28, 1906. > > Weare all well and crop conditions look fairly good for the time being. > Our winter has been very mild and no snow to speak of so far. The wheat > is greening up in fine shape and in most places the stock graized all > winter. > > Your Cousin, > Jakob HERMAN > > -- > DO NOT MAIL TO VERIZON ADDRESS USE:Mailto:lgarcia@ncia.com > Leona Garcia > PO Box 636 > Mount Vernon, WA 98273 > FAX 360-336-6657 > FAMILY TREE: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Leona--Garcia-WA/ > WALKINGSTICK Howard: http://www.walkingstick.8k.com/index.html > WALKINGSTICKS: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/walkingstick/walkingstick.htm > ADKINS and ATKINS: http://www.genealogy.com/users/g/a/r/Leona-Garcia/ > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >