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Compiled by Gretchen Elsner-Sommer (nee Gretsch)
Regina and Philip Sommer June 1837 New York City, "Defender" (parents of Elizabeth, Louis, William and Anna Sommer; Grandparents of Charlotte Sommer Gretsch) Jacob B. Gretsch April 22, 1852 New York from Le Harve, "Gallia" farmer from Wurtenburg (son of Dorethea Wild of Oberstein Rheinish Prussia and Casimir Gretsch) Rosina Artz (Married Jacob Gretsch in Trier, 1849. Mother of Emilie Gretsch born in Brooklyn 1854) April 19, 1853 from London, "Wisconsin" 20 years old Anna Artz (Sister of Rosina Artz. Married Jacob Gretsch in N.Y.C. 1868. Mother of Wilhelmina Gretsch born in Brooklyn 1869) June 27, 1854 from Le Harve, "William Tell" 23 years old August Gretsch June 5, 1871 New York City from Le Harve, "Holsatia" M -27years old-steward (son of Katherine Fick and William Gretsch born March 22, 1847, mother died March 24, 1853)
(Did he grow up in the household of his step mother, Anna Maria von Gereichten?
August left for America shortly Pauline Gretsch October 25, 1871 New York City from Hamburg, "Vandalia" 20 years old- female single (daughter of Carl Gretsch brother of William. First cousin to Fritz Gretsch.) from Boppard. She was probably the first Gretsch woman to come to America. Soon her cousins from Manheim would follow. Friedrick William Gretsch May 13, 1873 New York City from Hamburg, "Vandalia" 17 years old-male-Merchant (second child of Mary von Gerichten and William Gretsch) Anna Maria died in August, 1871, William remarried June 1, 1872, William died September 3, 1875. Louis Gretsch June 17, 1876 New York City from Hamburg and Le Harve, "Pommeranzed" 16 years old -male- merchant (fifth child of Mary von Gerichten and William Gretsch) Pauline Gretsch Octoer 16, 1877 New York City from Hamburg and Le Harve, " Gellert" 21 years old-Single- Female (third child of Mary von Gerichten and William Gretsch) Phillipine Gretsch February 21, 1878 18 years old New York City from Hamburg and Le Harve "Lessing" (sixth child of Mary von Gerichten & William Gretsch) Phillip Gretsch July 3, 1884 New York City from Antwerp, "Nordland" Jacob Gretsch July 3, 1884 Arrived on the same day as his brother Phillip but on a different boat. Christian Dieter, 21
years old, Bricklayer (Father of
Helen Dieter Elsner) Going to Kansas September 13, 1879 Baltimore from Bremen “Ohio” Sophia Hertlein (Married Carl Gretsch, June 1, 1891. N.Y.C.) October. 25,1887 22 years old, traveling alone, one bag New York City from Rotterdam “ P.Caland” Carl Gretsch Nov. 16, 1888 26 years old, carrying three bags, Next to a young man, John H. Kistner, also a merchant New York City from Rotterdam, “N.J. Leerdam” (Seventh child of Mary von Gerichten and Wm. Gretsch) P. Gretsch June 27, 1878 22 years old New York, W.A. Scholten All the passengers on this ship were German. There was a priest on either side of this young woman. There were only five women traveling alone on this ship. Perhaps, she is Pauline Gretsch retuning to America after a trip home to Germany.
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