1855 immigration record

Gary Anderson_7

I've been unable to find when Nicholas Hunz, born 2 Nov 1820 in Kirchweiler, and his new wife, Magdalena Oehman born 21 Jan 1833, also in Kirchweiler, immigrated to America. They had a civil married in Dockweiler on 1 Feb 1855 and a church marriage seven days layer in Kirchweiler. Their first born child was Mathias, born 7 Dec 1855 and baptized 19 Dec 1855 at St John the Baptist Church in Johnsburg IL. So sometime in 1855, Nicholas and Magdalena sailed to America. I'm not sure this is the correct website to request help with immigration records, but since I've been helped in the past with tombstone translations, I decided to give it a try. Thanks you.

sylviaelchinger1

The FamilySearch catalog lists a book called Die Amerika-Auswanderung aus dem Reigerungsbezirk Trier - Emigration to America from the government district of Trier. Images 216-220 list people from Kirchenweiler, but there is no Hunz among the names listed.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSG9-6Q8L-X?i=215&cat=211072

JohnsonGreg

Ancestry has a record of the arrival of a Nic Heinz and also a Magd Heinz, both in 1855:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3541774%3A7486?tid=&pid=&queryId=86e3bda4-fde5-42d9-8314-281ce3ea42af&_phsrc=xWz5622&_phstart=successSource and https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3540626%3A7486?tid=&pid=&queryId=1a196fa3-dea7-4e62-95ce-b20f6f9c9a5e&_phsrc=xWz5625&_phstart=successSource

but the age for Nic is given as 23 which doesn't match too well. There isn't a way to tell from the records if these two arrived together. The ancestry record is pulled from the following publication: HALL, CHARLES M., and HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL. The Antwerp Emigration Index. Salt Lake City: Heritage International, [1979]. [9lp.]

hehesani63

@Gary Anderson_7

Hi,

This should be a link to the two people that @JohnsonGreg listed. Nicholas' residence is the United States, so he might have emigrated earlier already?

Kind regards

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1844326%3A7488?tid=&pid=&queryId=7be77b19-f6bd-4d8b-bb7a-69af4c09a58c&_phsrc=tbg30&_phstart=successSource

JohnsonGreg

The written surname on the ships log might be Hunz. The scribe makes a large ornate H with a loop on the end that is pretty clear. The "un" is also pretty clear. The last letter is either "y", "g" or "z" and the scribe seems to make all three of these letters the same. The "ny" in germany looks just like the ending of the name but at the bottom of image 4 the "nz" in Franz also looks the same.

The timing works, a sailing ship arriving 24 April likely departed in early March giving them enough travel time to get to Antwerp after their marriage. The April arrival also allows for the travel time to Illinois for the December birth.

But there is the discrepancy of the husbands age and apparent residence in the US that needs to be considered. Did either of the marriage records indicate that the husband may have already established residency in the US? It's certainly plausible that he went to the US first to get established and then returned to marry his bride and take her to the US.

Gary Anderson_7

I've checked out everyone's suggestions and none seem to match up quite right. I think this is one of the few immigration records that can be labeled lost. Thanks for the help.