In 1844, Catherine(48) and husband Sebastian(49) with daughters Rebecca(23) and Elizabeth(11), left Kleingraben in the Thuringia province of Germany for the port city of Bremerhaven. There they boarded the three-masted sailing ship Washington. The ship was 110 feet long and 28 feet wide; designed to carry 149 passengers. After 49 days at sea, the ship arrived at New Orleans on October 26, 1844. There they boarded a river steamer for a four day 900 mile journey up the Mississippi River to Saint Louis, Missouri. They then went to Quincy, Illinois, and settled east of there at Columbus. A few years later they relocated to Coatsburg.
In 1844, Catherine(48) and husband Sebastian(49) with daughters Rebecca(23) and Elizabeth(11), left Kleingraben in the Thuringia province of Germany for the port city of Bremerhaven. There they boarded the three-masted sailing ship Washington. The ship was 110 feet long and 28 feet wide; designed to carry 149 passengers. After 49 days at sea, the ship arrived at New Orleans on October 26, 1844. There they boarded a river steamer for a four day 900 mile journey up the Mississippi River to Saint Louis, Missouri. They then went to Quincy, Illinois, and settled east of there at Columbus. A few years later they relocated to Coatsburg.
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