As I promised, we finish the serie of posts about our ancestors deep from the past when they had lived in Germany. In the latest posts, I told you about children of
Carl August Schochenmaier (1793-1847), the
bricklayer master from
Heilbronn. And today, I'd like to share with you my last discovery of the really first Schochenmaiers who had come over to the New World. Here is the register journal:
They are three chidlren of the above-mentioned Carl August Schochenmaier! Let me introduce:
Auguste Louise Schochenmaier (1823-???? after 1848)
Caroline Pauline Schochenmaier (1829-???? after 1849) and
Carl Gustav Schochenmaier (1834-1851).
I know what you gonna tell me))) Stop! We've alraedy read about one of them! And you are right. I've alraedy written about Caroline Pauline Schochenmaier in my "
Any Schochenmaiers prior to 1880s in the New World? Yes!" post but without any idea how Caroline was related to the "big" German family tree. Now I know it and I've found two of her relatives who came with Caroline together.
After I found all details, I think I got the general overview of the situation. Just imagine year 1847, the Schochenmaier's family went through three deaths: mum Luise Friderike Hofmann (1798–1847) died at 49 years because of "dentition fever", then only one week later (!) daughter of Maria Carolina Schochenmaier (1826-1890) - Pauline Friederike Luise Schochenmaier (1845–1847), and finally in two months father Carl August Schochenmaier (1793–1847) who passed away with 54 years because of "violent hemorrhage" (= internal bleeding). The last cause of death could be explained by his job with high risks of injuries. Maria Carolina is already married and is in good conditions but three children are just left on their own((( So, they defy their destiny, they take a ship to America to start a new life.
In the emigration archives, we find the following info:
Three persons under the names Louise and Carolina Schochemeyer on
24th October 1847 take the ship (bark)
General Green from the harbor of
Antwerp in Belgium. They reached the coast of America on
31st December 1847.
Here is the scan:
By the way, the green question is pointing out that I am very interested in one more person, namely Louise Heinrich. This is due to the known fact that our ancestors had a closed relationship with the Heinrich family. I mean Friederike Wilhelmine Schochenmaier (1802-1844), sister of Carl August who married to Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Heinrich (1799-1837) and their second daughter was named Friederike Louise Heinrich (1827-????). As Friedreke is her mum's name, it's very possible that her main name could be Louise. Besides that, her age noticed on the passangers' list matches that of Louise. So, maybe they decided to undertake such a difficult voyage.
Well, two names but I wrote "three persons". I am sure that their brother Carl Gustav joined them later as he was 13 years in 1847 and it's very possible that somebody was looking after him. Let's go one by one:
1.
Louise Schochenmeyer (1823) : there is no info after she reached the New World. Everything could happen, she married, or moved or died. If she got another surname, it's not possible anymore to find her.
2.
Caroline Schochenmeyer (1829). As we know she got married to Romuald Jacobi or Jacobs on the
2nd January 1848. STOP!!! Did you spot it??? I can't believe))) They got married 2 (TWO!!!) days after Caroline came out of the ship))) How can it be possible??? In the same list of passangers, I din't find his name, it means he was already in the U.S. How can we interpret it? Did he wait for her? But where did they meet before??? I don't kniow what to think)))
The problem is that I couldn't find them after that. No info. However, I can suggest one explanation. My new discovery is that this Romuald Jacobi/s is
Romuald Heinrich Bruno Jacobi, born in Düsseldorf in 1819, who, accroding to archives, died in in St. Louis (Missouri) on the
20th June 1849. It's 18 months after their marriage. It may explain why they didn't left anything after them, maybe it was a kind of epidemy. Either she died at the same time with her husband or she remarried and got new name.
By the way, Romuald Jacobi is descendant of a pretty known family in Germany. His brother was
Victor Friedrich Jacobi (1809-1892), Professor of Zoology at the University of Leipzig, his father was
Georg Arnold Jacobi (1768-1845), painter and state councilor of the North-Rhine Westphalia, his grandfather was
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743-1819), German writer, economy reformer and philosopher (see the portrait!), his great grandfather was
Johann Konrad Jacobi (1715-1788), German manufacturer, Electoral 'Councilor of Commerce', his great gr. grandfather was
Johann Andreas Jacobi (1680-1756), Lutheran clergyman from the Lower Saxony, first from the simple Jacobis who ever studied. Well, it was a good catch by Caroline Schochenmaier))), it proves that she was a beautiful and well-educated girl!!!
3.
Carl Gustav Schochenmaier (1834-1851). It seems to be that after the youngest brother grew up, he decided to join their sisters. In this case, we may suggest that two girls were still alive in the year 1851... Or he just followed their example in order to get a better life. Under the name of Gustavus Carl Schochemayer, he can be found within the death index in the Louisiana Archives (Bouton Rouge) in September 1851. He was 17 years old. But when did he arrive to the New World from Europe? He is not on the passangers' lists, so maybe his name was spelled in a wrong way, and yes, we may stumble upon the following:
On the
7th April 1851 as
Charles Schofelmeyer (was falsly transcribed by FamilySearch), he came out of the ship
Lexington which proceeded from the French harbor
Le Havre:
It's noticed "Bavaria" what was written for every German person in France)))
From April to September, there are only 5 months. That is why I think that he got seriously sick during the awful travel across Atlantic ocean and then he died. What a crazy destiny, to came to the U.S. for 5 months and then to die.
Well, it's the end for the historical German Schochenmaiers. In the next post, I will share with you my new discovery from the Russia. It's so exciting, I've found the oldest mention of the Schochenmaiers in the Russian Empire. YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
