oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2007-02 00049

[Werner Honkomp <werner(a)honkomp.de>]

Hello Carola,

I have:
- Joseph Böckmann, born 16.Sep.1855 in Steinfeld or Mühlen (Mühlen is a part of Steinfeld)
Parents: Franz Ferdinand Böckmann and Maria Theresia Osterhus

Could it be yours?
Regards,
Werner Honkomp, Oldenburg

> Hello!

> I¹m interested in tracing the family of my gg-grandfather Johann Josef
> Boeckmann who was born in Muhlen, Herzogthun, Oldenburg, the 16th of June,
> 1855,  and came to America in 1881 where he married my gg-grandmother in
> 1882 and settled in Connecticut.

> All that I recall having been told by my grandmother is: that her parents
> had met aboard his father¹s ship where he was a crew member when she was
> emigrating from Halle/Leipzig; that Josef was the youngest of 11 children
> and had a brother, Clemence, a cigar manufacturer, another brother Werner
> and one sister, Rosa; and that Josef¹s father was captain of his own ship
> and sailed regularly to Cuba and America bringing many immigrants; as well
> as a vague recollection of a story that a brother of Josef¹s was murdered
> in
> Baltimore supposedly for a diamond he flaunted and the bag of gold that he
> carried!

> So far I have not been successful in finding either of my gg-grandparents
> on
> a passenger list nor a Boeckmann listed as the master.

> Thank you so much if anyone would have any information about this family
> ....

> Carola (in Spain)

> --
> Carola Condé
> carola(a)miguelconde.info



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