Individual Details

George Fredrick Dressler

(1 Feb 1801 - 5 Aug 1874)

He is not in the 1880 census. In the 1900 census his son, John, says they came to America in 1853 but dau, Katherine says it was 1854. Family tradition says 16 Sep 1854. Actually they arrived on the ship Adriatic in New York on 5 July 1854 destined for Ohio.
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Or Georg
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Arrived 4th July, 1853
renounced allegiance to the Duke of Hesse
Declaration of Intent
Book OA p 158
Dated 18 April 1857
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Arrived 5 July 1854 on Ship Adriatic from Liverpool to New York.
Hertzberg, John 36 (Age) M (Gender) Woolworker (Occup) Germany (Province) Ohio (Destination)
Eliza 28 F WLWKR Germany Ohio
Johan 3 M Child Germany Ohio

Dresshar, George 55 M LABR Germany Ohio
Catherine 54 F LABR Germany Ohio
Catherine 23 F LABR Germany Ohio
Hannah 16 F LABR Germany Ohio
Johan 18 M LABR Germany Ohio

Miller, Michael 48 M Farmer Germany Ohio
Not sure about the Miller but that was Catherine Dressler's maiden name so wrote it down
Their destination was Ohio.

From p 395 Germans to America
List of Passengers Arriving at US Ports, 1850-1855, Vol 7, May 1854-Aug 1854, Edited by Ira A Glazier and P. William Filby in 1989 by Scholarly Resources, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware
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Also found online:
Source Citation: Year: 1854; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 142; Line: 31; List Number: 853.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data:
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957.Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls. ARC ID:3887372. RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted at New York, New York, May 1917-Nov. 1957. Microfilm Publication A3417. ARC ID: 4497925. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
Passenger Lists, 1962-1972, and Crew Lists, 1943-1972, of Vessels Arriving at Oswego, New York. Microfilm Publication A3426. ARC ID: 4441521. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
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There was a Fredrich Dressler age 44 of Germany and wife Pauline age 45 in 1885 census in Watertown, Carver, MN. Haven't found a cannection
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Isingen, Baden-Wurtemberg
Was a small village 9 Kilometers from Neckar River
After 1816 many left Germany for America for better lives - Food was scarce - prices were high and the harvests were poor.
Wurttemberg issued 3000 passes that winter to emigrants. The Grand Duchy of Baden issued passes for 18,000 or 2% of Duchy's population.
In villages of early modern Germany those who owned, rented or controlled enough land to feed their families or who were prosperous merchants, innkeepers or millers, life could be pleasant. For those with no land or not enough, life was uncertain, desperate struggle for survivval.
Troops from recently ended Napoleonic Wars had, over last several years, been confiscating what little food villagers had been able to grow to pay for the wars. Villagers forced to give more than 1/2 harvest in taxes in addition to their usual burdens of rent, tithes and fees.

Events

Birth1 Feb 1801, Hessen, Germany
Immigration5 Jul 1854America from Germany
Burial1874Stanger Cemetery, St Joseph Twp, Stearns Co, MN
Death5 Aug 1874, Stearns, MN
Marriage, Germany - Catherine Miller
Alt nameGeorg

Families

SpouseCatherine Miller (1799 - 1868)
ChildElizabeth Margaretha "Lizzie" Dressler (1825 - 1904)
ChildCatherine (Katherina) Dressler (1829 - 1895)
ChildJohn Dressler (1836 - 1903)
ChildHannah Dressler (1834 - )
FatherJohn Dressler ( - )
MotherMargretha Unknown ( - )

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