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From: Adrienne <>
Subject: Re: KAYSER / KELLER; DEU > NY,USA > OH,USA; c.1850
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:15:10 -0400


I am reposting this in the hopes maybe someone can assist me:

>> KAYSER / KELLER; DEU > NY,USA > OH,USA; c.1850
>>
>> Searching for information on Catherine KAYSER, b. 1827. Handwritten
>> papers I have say she was born in Wittenberg. d., 12 Dec 1907; m.
>> George Godfried KELLER, b.1827, Baden, d. 1919. They came married in
Germany and together to
>> the USA ca. 1950 in steerage on a sailboat journey that lasted 90 days.
They
>> then worked as a butler & maid for a family on 5th Avenue in
>> New York City, for a year or so while saving money for the remainder of
the journey.
>> Train to Crestline, OH; walked the remainder of the way to Bucyrus,
Crawford, County
>> OH with packs on their backs. There they lived with Catherine's
>> sister: Christine KAYSER KYLE.
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for locating the ship they arrived on?????
Thank you>>

Adrienne =:-)
Melbourne, FL

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