Trying to find information on Christian Paul (and family) born in Germany in 1834.

Question

Hitting a road block in trying to trace Christian Paul (b. 1834, Germany). Travelled from Bremerhaven in 1874 to US. I'm trying to locate any information on his family to assist in tracing further back.. Place of birth, family, etc.

Answer 1

Christian Paul from Prussia to New York in 1873

 

+ Passenger File Details +

record id

657735

 

name

Christian Paul

 

date arrived

08-13-1873

 

 

+ Expanded Details +

gender

Male

 

age

38 years

 

approx. birth year

1835

 

occupation

Farmer

 

destination

New York

 

purpose

Staying in the USA

 

native country

Prussia

 

embarkation port

Bremen & Bremerhaven

 

travel compartment

Steerage

 

ship name

Gessner

 

abstract

Christian Paul - overview of immigrant details, family members, history, etc

 

from: http://www.germanimmigrants1870s.com/index.php?id=657735

 

Not much help, though, as Prussia was at her largest size at this time, encompassing almost all of Northern Germany.

 

Comments

Thanks for your helo. I had found this record previously. The trouble I am having is in trying to establish where Christian and his family lived prior to travelling to the US. The information that I have is that Christian was born in 1834, married Anna, and travelled to US with 3 children (Charles, Edward, and Julie). Christian's parents were Gottlieb and Louise. I can't seem to find where their residence was in Germany.

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There are some German emigration records available (few online, more on microfilm through Family History Libraries). Since there are no unified Prussion records available one would have to look for the individual Prussian provinces. Since Christian emigrated through Bremen I would focus on the Western provinces of Prussia: Hesse-Nassau, Rhineland, Westphalia, maybe Hohenzollern, and Hanover.

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Thanks for your help. It seems that I am having trouble trying to get a search to work in the Family History Libraries. It may be my browser, so I'll have to update and try again.

Answer 2

Hi David,

Here's an URL with lots of German resources on it.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-eur.html#ger

or try

http://www.searchgenealogy.net/germany.html

Hope this helps

Billy