Subject: Prussia>Detroit>July 1854 Wilhelm (William) GROSSE Age 31, born 27 May 1823, born Prussia, entered Port of Detroit July 1854, Settled in Hustisford, Dodge Co., WI. I do not know of any others travelling/arriving with Wilhelm. Information is from his Naturalization first papers filed Sept 1856 and final papers filed in Sept. 1860, both in Hustisford, Dodge Co., WI. He was Lutheran and was a carpenter. He married Wilhelmina LIERMANN 18 Oct 1858 in Hustisford, Dodge Co., WI. Later the family moved to Cuming Co., NE. Searching for immigration information, especially the name of the ship he came on, and birth information. Dorothy djsblum@cox.net

Hi Dorothy, Eliz and Wolf are steering you in the right direction ... because of his destination and the time period, I agree that his most likely arrived at the seaport of Quebec [that is, vessels from the sea] and entered the US through the border port of Detroit. The sort of bad news is that Canada did not archive passenger lists before 1865 and the US did not maintain CAN-US border records before 1895 ... however, if you think he / they sailed from Hamburg, then those outbound passenger lists do survive, but they are not yet indexed (before 1877). You need an Ancestry subscription to view them. It can sometimes be a little tedious and sometimes a little hard to read, but rewarding if you find who you are searching. The lists are arranged pretty much in chronological order of the date of sailing, to not only Quebec, but to New York, New Orleans, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney etc. etc. I can maybe help with possible vessel(s) name(s), but more importantly, the sailing dates from Hamburg for those vessels which arrived at Quebec during the last half of month of July 1854. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/ships1854.html There are 3 Hamburg ship arrivals July 21/22 Brig Ariel Penkney 10 May Hamburg 142 pass. July 26 Brig Vanguard Bedlington 31 May Hamburg 138 pass. July 27 Bark Sultan Abbott 12 June Hamburg 236 pass. It is a start anyway and you can see the variation in sailing times for ships which arrived pretty much in the same week. The Hamburg lists do include the former place of residence, which might steer you to other records. Good luck! Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 12:32 PM 2010-08-25 -0700, Dorothy wrote: >Wilhelm (William) GROSSE Age 31, born 27 May 1823, born Prussia, entered >Port of Detroit July 1854, Settled in Hustisford, Dodge Co., WI. I do not >know of any others travelling/arriving with Wilhelm. Information is from >his Naturalization first papers filed Sept 1856 and final papers filed in >Sept. 1860, both in Hustisford, Dodge Co., WI. He was Lutheran and was a >carpenter. He married Wilhelmina LIERMANN 18 Oct 1858 in Hustisford, >Dodge Co., WI. Later the family moved to Cuming Co., NE. > >Searching for immigration information, especially the name of the ship he >came on, and birth information. > >Dorothy > >djsblum@cox.net