Further information on the Immigration to America.
"The mass migration was encouraged by improvement of transportation services and opening of government lands lying north of the Ohio Valley pathway. In the 1830's and 1840's the nation's land and water routes were crowded with immigrants heading for the New West. By clipper ship, steamboat, railboard, on horseback, in wagon, they came: via new Orleans and the Mississippi, by the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; up the Kellogg Trail from southern Illinois or along the Cumberland Road and other overland routes through Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois; across the Chicago Wagon Trail from Detroit to Chicago; up the Hudson River from New York, through the Erie Canal; up the St. Lawrence, through the Welland Canal and on through the Great Lakes to the western ports of Lake Michigan. From landing points on these routes the immigrants dispersed through southern Wisconsin." The routes immigrants used in reaching Wisconsin are well portrayed by maps in Mary Josephine Read, "A Population Study of the Driftless Hill Land During the Pioneer Period. 1832-1860" (doctoral dissertation, Univ. of Wi, 1941)
This list was compiled from miscellaneous census, naturalization records, passenger lists and:
Joseph Mergen, Emigration to America from the District of Trier During the
19th Century (America-Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbeszirk Trier im 19ten
Jahrhundert). Family History Library Microfilm # 0928106.
"The Wisconsin Magazine of History," "Information on the Emigration from the District of Merzig During the Years 1834 - 74 [To North America]. vol. XX, 1936 -1937.
NAME | VILLAGE | INFORMATION | FUNDS | EMIGRATION |
APREDERIS, Carolina | Weiskirchen | *4 Mar 1849 | 29 Jul 1872 | |
BACKES, Peter | Weiskirchen | *19 May 1792, wife, Margaretha Hens and 8 children | 1843 on S.S. City of Antwerp - Mequon, WI. | |
BARBIAN, Jacob | Weiskirchen | 3-4 persons | 678 Taler | 1843 from France |
BARBIAN, Johann | Weiskirchen | 10 persons |   | 1843 |
BARBIAN, Anton | Weiskirchen | 3 persons |   | 1843 from France |
BARTH, Matthias | Weiskirchen | age 27 | 1843 from France | |
BEHLES, Peter | Weiskirchen | Gerber, *25 Apr 1854 wife, Barbara Schommer | 450 Mark | 28 May 1880 Chicago |
BEHLES, Jakob | Weiskirchen | 5 persons |   | 1843 |
BEHLES, Johann | Weiskirchen | *27 Apr 1854 single | 1200 Mark | 28 Aug 1880 Ohio |
BEHLES, Christoph | Weiskirchen | age 38 laborer 4 persons | 800 Taler | 1843 from France |
BRACHMANN, Anton | Weiskirchen | widow 3 sons 3 daughters one cousin | 500 Taler | 1843 |
FEITH, Peter | Weiskirchen | shoemaker, age 28, wife, Elisabeth Wirtz and 2 children | 500 - 200 - 300 Taler | 13 Feb 1864 |
FETT, Johann | Weiskirchen | Mauerer - age 30 4 persons | 700 Taler | 1843 from France |
FREY, Anton | Weiskirchen | single | 1843 from France | |
FREY, Peter | Weiskirchen | 3-4 persons | 900 Taler | 1846 |
HERO, Johann | Weiskirchen | *2 Sep 1835, wife Katharina Burke *25 Jul 1841, 3 dau | 9 Aug 1872 | |
JAKOBS, Peter | Weiskirchen | *8 Sep 1839 wife Therese Schonrath, *6 Dec 1842 kinder | ||
KLASEN, Angela | Weiskirchen | 3-4 persons ww of Michael Simon | 800 Taler | 1843 from France |
KLAESER,Matthias | Weiskirchen | 3 persons | 1842 | |
KLAUCK, Adam | Weiskirchen | age 36 - 4 persons | 800 Taler | 1843 from France to Mequon |
KOLLING, Peter | Weiskirchen | age 31, single, laborer | 227 Taler | 1843 from France |
KNORST, Johann | Weiskirchen | 5 persons |   | 1846 |
LAUER, Mathias | Weiskirchen | 7 persons |   | 1838 |
LEIDGEN, Johann | Weiskirchen | single, one cousin | 80 Taler | 1843 from France |
LOUIS, Peter | Weiskirchen |   |   | 1841 |
MISGEN, Peter | Weiskirchen/Sitzerath | age 54, farmer, 7-8 persons | 1500 Taler | 1843 from France to Kenosha, WI. |
NAFZIGER, Josef | Weiskirchen | 3 persons |   | 1838 |
REITER, Jakob | Weiskirchen | 7 persons |   | 1842 |
SCHILZ, Matthias | Weiskirchen | farmer, wife and children 8 persons | 1470 Taler | 1843 from France |
SCHMITT, Peter | Weiskirchen | wife and son | 300 Taler | 1843 from France |
SCHONRATH, Margaretha | Weiskirchen | age 25 brother, Peter age 11 | 11 Mar 1856 | |
SCHONRATH | Weiskirchen | born 5 Oct 1839 | 11 Mar 1857 | |
SCHUH, Matthias | Weiskirchen | age 43, farmer, wife, Barbara Weber, age 42 with 7 children | 500 - 100 - 400 Taler | 1 April 1864 |
SCHMIDT, Matthias | Weiskirchen | 8 persons |   | 1842 |
SIMON, Nikolaus | Weiskirchen |   |   | 1840 |
SIMON,Peter | Weiskirchen | *23 Aug 1814, 4 persons |   | 1842 |
SIMON, Johann | Weiskirchen | single |   | 1842 |
WEBER, Matthias | Weiskirchen | 4 persons |   | 1843 |
WILHELM, Johann | Weiskirchen | *3 Oct 1836 single | 500-100-1400 Taler | 20 Feb 1864 |
BARTH, Peter | Thailen | age 35, 6 persons | 1030 Taler | |
BARTH, Matthias | OberThailen | *5 May 1848 | 23 Mar 1874 | |
BARTH, Peter *17 Sep 1845
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OberThailen | Wife, Maria Meyer *2 Jul 1856, Schwagerine, Barbara Meyer *10 Sep 1864 (WI 7 people) | 900 Mark | 16 July 1880 Chicago |
BARTH, Johann *10 June 1838 | Thailen | farmer with mother, Angela *17 Oct 1817 | 23 May 1874 | |
HENZ,(Hens) Nikolaus | Thailen | age 43, 8-9 persons | 1250 Taler | 1843 from France |
HENZ, Wendel | Thailen | ohne consens | 80 Taler | 1843 from France |
HUEBSCHEN, Matthias | Thailen | 7 persons |   | 1843 to Mequon, WI. |
KOLLMANN, Philipp | Thailen | 3 persons |   | 1842 |
KOSTER, Johann | Thailen | age 28 8-9 persons | 1585 Taler | 1843 from France |
KOSTER, Peter | Thailen | age 27 | 570 Taler | 1843 from France |
MICHELY, Michael, age 30 | Thailen | Frau Anna Maria Bernardy, ch: Margaretha, Katharina | 300 Taler | 6 Aug 1863 |
MORITZ, Josef | Thailen | age 43, 7 persons | 1150 Taler | 1843 from France |
SCHAEFER, Matthias | Thailen | *29 Jan 1855 | 160-60-100 Taler | 12 June 1874 |
SCHERER, Claudius | Thailen | age 58 farmer, 5 persons (WI 6 persons) | 1220 Taler | 1843 from France |
SCHOMMER, Jakob | Thailen | age 602 persons | 565 Taler | 1843 from France |
SCHRAMM, Nikolaus, age 33 | Thailen | with mother, Katharina ge. Wiesen, age 65, sister, Elisabeth age 29, son, Nikolaus Schramm, age 5 | ||
SCHU, Nikolaus | Thailen | age 27 linen weaver 4 persons | 950 Taler | 1843 from France |
WIESEN,(Weisen) Michael | Thailen | age 40 laborer (WI 7 persons) | ||
HOELLEN, Matthias | Osburg | *9 My 1856 - marr: Gertrude Weber in Chicago | Chicago | |
LAUER, Helena Magdalena | Osburg | *25 Dec 1828 ww Peter Mueller, ch: Maria, Matthias, Michael | aft 1868 | |
LAUER, Michael | *27 Feb 1846 | died in Chicago | ||
MUELLER, Matthias | Osburg | *10 Jul 1859 single | bef 1885 | |
BACKES, Nicolaus | Nunkirchen | *12 Sep 1813 wife, Barbara Becker - children | 1859 Richmond Stearns Co., MN. | |
BACKES, Jacob | Nunkirchen | *18 Aug 1850 | bef 1877 | |
BACKES, Peter | Nunkirchen | *29 Sep 1843 | bef 1868 Richmond, MN | |
THEIS,Johann | *21 Jan 1820 wife Margaretha Ott | |||
THIELEN, Johann | Holzerath | WW Lucia Bungert | 1851 on the "Bessel" to Mequon, WI. | |
HUPPERT, Fredrick | wife Barbara | 1843 | ||