GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main

3 April 1824	Adam Dietz is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Matthaeus Bonifatius Dietz (1799-1862) Mother: Katharina Bauer (1801-1831) Godfather: Adam Kronenberger, son of the farmer Andreas Kronenberger from Groß-Welzheim
3 Januar 1848	Adam is godfather to Franz Adam Schwarz
date not known	Adam marries a woman called Maria Josephine Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
1854	The daughter Anna Margaretha is born.
EMIGRATION 31 January 1855	Adam emigrates to the US. He is is travelling together with Maria Josephine (obviously his wife), their child, the family of his uncle Johann Adam Schwarz and Johann Adam Franz. Name of the ship: Arnold Boninger Port: Rotterdam Arrival: New York Date: 31 January 1855 The ship started with 334 passengers. 11 infants died, 2 were born, arrival with 325 passengers. Family members: Dietz Adam, 30 (scored through in the list!) Dietz, Maria Josephine, 22 Dietz, Anna Margaretha, 3/4 (child, list remark: died in January) Relatives and passengers from Stockstadt am Main (as noted in the ship list): Schwarz Adam, 45 Schwarz Josephine, 43 Schwarz Maria Anne, 17 Schwarz Johann Ludwig, 16 Schwarz Maximilian, 14 Schwarz Regina, 10 Schwarz Lorenz, 9 Schwarz Franz Adam, 7 Franz Adam, 50, tailor Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
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