Re: SCHNIEDERS, Anton; DEU>OH,USA; 1859 I am searching for my g-grandfather, Anton Schnieders, who was born in the Kingdom of Hannover, possibly on 1 October 1837. His parents were Jacob & Thecla Schnieders. The family was Catholic. Anton was a tailor and is listed as such on the shipslist. Anton Schnieders emigrated to the US in May, 1859. That is when his ship, the J Ahlers, arrived in NY. On the shipslist, he is "sandwiched in" between three Hermsen boys. The shipslist reads: Hermsen, Bernhard; Hermsen, Gerhard; Schnieders, Anton; Hermsen Gerhard-Herman. Three of these Hermsens also settled in Cincinnati, but maybe this is just a coincidence. One Hermsen was given an obit in the old German newspaper in Cinti. Mr. Hermsen was from Lohne bei Lingen. But so far--no Anton! The children of Anton Schnieders and his American born wife (whom he married in the US) are (in this order--given for the purposes of German naming patterns: Anna, Helena, Mary, John, Frank Victor, Clarence Anthony. Anton Schnieders has not been found on the Tenfelde List of emigrants; The Staatsarchiv in Osnabruck say he is not listed there as a "legal immigrant." The Catholic Church archive in Osnabruck says he is not listed there, either. Thank you, Buffy from Cincinnati buffys97 <buffys97@one.net>