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From: Betty Hearst <>
Subject: Re: LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-D Digest V99 #40
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:28:00 -0800


Thanks, Craig. Will check out the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Betty

>>My great grandfather Thomas J. Sauerhoff was part owner in a
>>boatyard in
>>Sharptown, MD around the turn of the last century. I have that pretty much
>>documented. What I can't seem to find is who the ancester was that came
>>over from Germany. I know that his father, Henry Sauerhoff was born in NY
>>in 1806, and that there is also a John Sauerhoff who was born in Hanover
>>Germany in 1803, but I haven't been able to tie the two together. I think
>>they were brothers. I can't find the family in the Delmarva area much
>>before 1850. This is a shot in the dark, and if I'm posting this question
>>in the wrong place I apologize, but does anyone out there happen to have
>>any census records for NY or NJ for 1810 that has ANY person listed with
>>the name Sauerhoff? Would certainly love to hear from you if you do.
>>Aloha,
>>Betty
>
>
>I cna't help much with the census but can point you to the Chesapeake Bay
>Maritime Museum for an example of a "Sharptown Barge", which was a long
>narrow fishing skiff type. They have one in the collection and it's also
>ilustrated in "A Heritage in Wood", a book that covers much of the
>collection.
>
>The accession notes for this boat might have some clues for you.
>
>Pete Culler also designed a Sharptown Barge, with a sail. See for example
>the book "Pete Culler's Boats".
>
>Which is not to say that your ancestor built these, since Sharptown also
>built schooners, etc., but the name lives on in a boat type.
>
>
> Craig O'Donnell
> The Proa FAQ <http://www.cyber-dyne.com/~jkohnen/proafaq.html>;
> The Cheap Pages <http://www.friend.ly.net/user-homepages/d/dadadata/>;
> Sailing Canoes, Polytarp Sails, Bamboo, Chinese Junks,
> American Proas, the Bolger Boat Honor Roll,
> Plywood Boats, Bamboo Rafts, &c.
> _________________________________
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> -- Professor of Boatology
> -- Junkomologist
> -- Macintosh kinda guy
> Friend of Wanda the Wonder Cat, 1991-1997.
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