Dear List, My gr gr grandmother, Elizabeth (PFRUNDER) ZWEIFEL left Switzerland in the autumn of 1848, according to the State Archives of Canton Glarus. She was a widow, with 3 young boys. So she wouldn't be a burden on the welfare services, the community paid for her emigration to America. Most Swiss people emigrated from Le Havre, France. Unfortunately they have not archived the embarkments list. And it was not necessary to have a passport for an emigration except for business people. Also while en route her youngest child got sick & died & was buried at sea. I have been searching for years to find a passenger ship list for them. Just recently I stumbled on some information about Cholera in New York City. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, 5 Dec. 1848 there was a ship named New York that arrived in New York from Le Havre, France on 1 Dec. 1848 with some 19 cases of Cholera & 6 or 7 having already died. The emigrants were mostly German & Swiss. All the steerage passengers were taken from the ship on board the steamboat “Sampson” to a quarantine station at a Staten Island customs warehouse. Does anyone know of a way that I can fine further information about the ship New York ? Or those who were quarantined in that station. Thank you in advance for reading this, & any suggestions. Sincerely, Emily Young Lancaster, Ohio USA ____________________________________________________________ Moms Asked to Return to School Grant Funding May Be Available to Those That Qualify. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c86aa527d8f91c5feam01vuc