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From: Adrienne <>
Subject: Re: KAYSER / KELLER; DEU > NY,USA > OH,USA; c.1850
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 22:41:46 -0400


Sorry, I re-read my subject line, but not, apparently, my posting. Should
all read 1850, NOT 1950! And, it WAS a sailboat. Journey took 90 days.
And ca. means "circa", as in "around" 1850. Thanks for any additional help
anyone can provide.

Adrienne
Melbourne, FL

>Woody Here,
>Adrienne,
>You said:
>
>>> 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.
>========================================================
>Upps ... She died in 1907 and he died in 1919
>And then in 1950 ....???
>It looks like you might have skipped a generation or something ...
>There weren't two many ... if any passenger SAILING ships being used in
>1950, except for short vacation cruses. Could your information have
>said, "They sailed on a ship ... meaning they took a steamship?
>Woody
>==========================================================
>They were married in Germany and came together to the USA ca. 1850 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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Adrienne =:-)
Melbourne, FL

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