GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main

26 December 1824	Eva Katharina is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Nikolaus Seitz (1799-1843) Mother: Katharina Scharf (1802-1838) Godmother: Katharina Welzbach from Kleinwallstadt
7 May 1827	Eva Katharina is godmother to Katharina Müller.
29 January 1836	Eva Katharina is godmother to Katharina Oberle.
19 February 1844	Eva Katharina marries Adam Holzapfel from Stockstadt am Main. Best men are: Joseph Scharf Johann Scharf
8 September 1844	The son Ferdinand is born in Stockstadt am Main.
EMIGRATION 3 May 1847	Eva Katharina is 22 years old when she emigrates to the US, together with her husband and son Ferdinand. As her parents had already passed away at that time she is taking her younger sister Eva with her. Port: Le Havre - Cork Ship: Alecto Arrival: New York Date: 3 May 1847 Family members (as given in the ship list): Holzapfel Adam, head, 39 Holzapfel Eva Katharina, wife, 22 (= Eva Katharina Seitz) Holzapfel Ferdinand, son, 2 Holzapfel Leonhard, Adam's brother, 27 Holzapfel Ulrich, relative of Adam, 26 Seitz Eva, Eva Katharina's sister, 12 Further passengers from Stockstadt am Main: Zang Christoph, male, 26 Lang Johann, male, 24 Oberle Charitas, female, 26 (ship list says "male"!) Bauer Peter, male, 40 Depp Maria Anna, female, 19 Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
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