Soufflenheim - Emigration

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     Genealogy Site Map
     Soufflenheim
     Names Identified in These Microfilm Records
     Emigration and Ship Passenger Lists
     Ship Passenger Lists: Immigrants from Alsace to America, 1820-1850

See also (on other sites):
     Soufflenehim Emigrants: 1828-1837 by Robert Wideen

The purpose of this page is to identify residents of the village of Soufflenheim who emigrated from there to the United States or Canada.

Contributed Names

The names in this list come from various researchers and from my own findings.

The legend explains how to interpret each column in the table.

If you have ancestors who emigrated from Soufflenheim, I hope you will contribute them to this list. Please contact me (Brian Smith).

Legend

The columns in this table are:

1. Surname -- The surname (last name) of the person or family.
2. Given Name -- The given name (first name) of the person.
3. nee -- The maiden name of a married woman.
4. Rel. -- Relation of the person to the first person listed in the family group:
• Wife
• Son
• Dau (Daughter)
• Bro (Brother)
• Sis (Sister)
5. Birth -- Birth date. Unless otherwise noted, the person was born in Soufflenheim.
6. Emig. -- Year of emigration
7. Ship -- Name of the immigration ship. Unless otherwise noted, the ship name and year of emigration are from the web page "Ship Passenger Lists: Immigrants from Alsace to America, 1820-1850"
8. Destination -- The location in Canada or the United States where the person settled:
• Bruce Ont -- Bruce County, Ontario
• Clinton NY -- Clinton County, New York
• Erie NY -- Erie County, New York. Communities such as Lancaster, Alden, and Buffalo.
• Morris IN (Indiana)
• Ontario -- Ontario, Canada.
• Phil PA -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Waterloo Ont -- Waterloo County, Ontario. New Germany (today called Maryhill) and other nearby communities.
• Wayne NY -- Wayne County, New York
9. Source -- The researcher who contributed this information:
• Barthélemy -- Marie-Odile Barthélemy of France
• Bowman -- Chris Bowman of Cambridge, Ontario
• Brock -- Joan Brock
• Cooper -- Kelly Vogel Cooper
• Gillmore -- Kathleen Gillmore of Houston, Texas
• Goldman -- Lynda Goldman of Palos Verdes Estates, California
• Hansson -- El-Jay Hansson of Arroyo Grande, California
• Hauser -- Phil Hauser, CFP, of London, Ontario, author of a genealogy website at www.genealogy.com/users/h/a/u/Philip-J-Hauser;
  e-mail: phil@philhausercfp.com
• Hlavac -- Katie Hlavac of Minnesota
• Miller -- Cindy Miller
• Minderler -- Estella Nuwer Minderler
• Msg.Board -- Information gathered from message boards on the internet. The footnotes identify the message authors.
• Paul -- Debbie Paul of Tallahassee, Florida
• Pitt -- Suzanne Senn Pitt
• Robblee -- J. Robblee, from e-mail correspondence, Oct-2001.
• Smith -- Brian J. Smith, the author of this website
• Strickler -- Diane Strickler of Waterloo County, Ontario
• Venne -- Jane Venne
• Vizniowski -- Wayne Vizniowski, author of a genealogy website at www.mirror.org/groups/genealogy/members.html#wayne
• R.Voegele -- Ray Voegele of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Website -- Information gathered from websites on the internet. The footnotes identify the website addresses and their authors. In these cases, I have had little direct communication, if any, with the authors.
• Wideen -- Robert Wideen of New York
10. Notes -- A link to a footnote. Footnotes appear at the bottom of the table.

Footnotes

1. Laurent Kieffer and Catherine Kieffer Nuwer are son and daughter of Jean Kieffer.

2. John Nuwer is the son of Antoine Nuwer and Marguerite Ludwig Nuwer.

3. Sebastian Philips married Regina Franck and they began having children in Waterloo County in 1839. I have assumed that these are the same Bastian Phillips and Regina Frank (wife of Augustin Frank) on board the ship France.

4. Jean Michael Goetz and Lawrence Goetz are brothers, born in Soufflenheim, the sons of Michael Goetz and Maria Doppler.

5. According to Chris Bowman, Martin Vonhattan was born in Bishwiller. Maria Anna Schoefter was born in Soufflenheim. They were married 10-Oct-1830 in Buffalo, New York.

6. Regarding the family of Anthony (Antoine) Voegele, who was born in Soufflenheim in 1794 and died in Philadelphia in 1854. According to Ray Voegele, Anthony's wife Maria Anna Schmuck died in Soufflenheim in about 1852. After that, the family emigrated to the United States. Although we have post-emigration information only about Anthony Sr., Anthony Jr., and Maria Anna, I have included all of Anthony Sr.'s surviving children in this list, making the assumption that they all emigrated.

7. More from Chris Bowman about Aloisius Zinger: He married Maria Linsner. Their first child born in Waterloo County, Ontario, was Carolina Zinger, born 17-May-1843.

8. More from Chris Bowman: Joseph Hummel and Rosina Schoefter married 10-May-1811 in Soufflenheim. More from Diane Strickler: The family of Joseph Hummel and Rosina Schoefter appear in the 1837 in Gore census in Waterloo County. Diane is a direct descendant of the younger Joseph Hummel.

9. More from Chris Bowman about Maria Antonia Haas: She is the daughter of Anthony Haas and Barbara Ernewein, who married 02-Jan-1812 in Soufflenheim. Maria Antonia Haas married Joseph Bengesser 07-Nov-1843 in Waterloo County.

10. More from Chris Bowman about Valentine and Joseph Boehler: They were the sons of Michael Boehler and Barbara Zinger who married 27-May-1807 in Soufflenheim.

11. More from Chris Bowman about Ignatz Lehman: He was the son of Joseph Lehman and Maria Muller who married 21-Feb-1811 in Soufflenheim. He married Catharine Kuhns in Wilmot, Ontario, on 07-Nov-1847.

12. More from Chris Bowman about Sebastian Lehman: He married Catharine Brick 15-Jan-1856 in St. Agatha, Ontario, Canada.

13. Wayne Vizniowski is the source of the ship information: H.D.Brookman, Havre to New York, arrived 07-Jun-1866. More from Wayne Vizniowski's genealogy web page about Charles Uhrich, and from correspondence from Wayne: Charles UHRICH, born 2 Nov 1835 in Soufflenheim; died 18 Dec 1916 in Formosa, Carrick, Bruce, Ontario. He married on 24 Jun 1862 in St Louis Church, Buffalo, Erie, New York to Catharina SCHMITT. Catharina SCHMITT, born 20 Dec 1839 in Weinolsheim, Germany; died 24 Apr 1930 in Walkerton, Brant, Bruce, Ontario. Parents of Charles Uhrich are Joseph Vincent UHRICH (1809-?) and Madelaine Halter (1811-1863), both of whom were born and died in Soufflenheim.

14. Aloisius Zinger and Chrysostimus Zinger are brothers. A series of messages on the Ancestry.com Zinger surname message board, between Gerard (Gerry) Zinger and Kara Zinger, beginning 21-Dec-2000, provides this additional information: Alois (Louis) de Gonzage Zinger, born 21-Jun-1813, and Chrysostimus Zinger, born 26-Jan-1809, are the sons of Jean Zinger and Marguerite Haaser of Soufflenheim. Chrysostimus married Johanna Zettwuch 21-Nov-1827 in Soufflenheim and died 1897 in Waterloo County. Thank you to Phil Hauser for pointing out these messages to me.

According to Rosa Raiman's Soufflenheim Marriage Index, Christome Zinger married Jeanne Zettwuch on 17-Nov-1837.

15. Stephanie Uhrich Schoeffter, Bernardia Uhrich, Elizabethe (Uhrich) Mosack, and Helen Uhrich are sisters of John Uhrich. Charles, Ferdinand, and Ignace Uhrich are their nephews. The parents of Stephanie and the others are Johannes Michael Uhrich (1774-1834) and Marie Anna Gottgeb (1782-?), who lived and died in Soufflenheim. Charles, Ferdinand, and Ignace are the sons of Joseph Vincent Uhrich (1809-?) and Madelaine Halter (1811-1863), who lived and died in Soufflenheim. Joseph Vincent Uhrich is another brother of Stephanie Uhrich Schoeffter and the others.

16. Michael Mosack and Elizabeth Uhrich Mosack married in Soufflenheim on either 23-Jun-1830 (according to Rosa Raiman's Soufflenheim Marriage Index) or 13-Jun-1830 (according to Teresa Bard). Their first two children were born in Waterloo County: Michael Mosack, b. Feb-1832, and Margaret Mosack, b. 20-Oct-1833, according to Chris Bowman and Wayne Vizniowski. According to Phil Hauser, the 1842 registry of immigrants taking the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain and Ireland states that Michael Mosack's seven-year residency requirement in Canada expired in July 1838, indicating that Mosack arrived in Canada in 1831.

17. More from Marie-Odile Barthélemy: The parents of Leon, Jean, and Catherine were Wendelin Messner (1829-1896) and Marie Barbe Helmer (1838-1915).

18. Euphemia Zinger Schlosser is the daughter of Joseph Zinger and Catharina Schoeffter.

19. More from Diane Strickler: The first child of Chrysostimus Zinger and his wife Johanna Zettwuch was born in Waterloo County in 1839. Diane refers to Chrysostimus as "(John) Chrysostimus Zinger."

20. The information about Antoine Vitzikam and family is drawn from the web page, "The Fitzekam Family," at http://erniemort.com/fitzekam, and related pages on the same site. The author is Ernie Mort. The Vitzikam family settled in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and changed the spelling of their name to Fitzekam. Antoine Vitzikam is the son of Franz Antoine Vitzikam, born 04-Jan-1812 in Soufflenheim, and Euphreme Drexler, born 12-Apr-1812.

21. The information about Marie Anna Voegele is drawn from the web page, "The Jerry J. Estell Family Home Page," at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/s/t/Jerry-J-Estell, and related pages on the same site. The author is Jerry J. Estell of Corpus Christi, Texas. Marie Anna Voegele married Peter Christian Weber in Philadelphia and died 24-Aug-1901 in Philadelphia. Maria Anna Voegele and Peter Christian Weber are ancestors of William Robertson Poppert, Mr. Estell's son-in-law.

22. The information about the Royer family is drawn from the web page, "Royer - Tidbits 14," at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~royer/Tidbits14.html. The page contains a note from Michael Gordon Royer describing emigrants Michel, Balthazar, and Francois Royer. They arrived in New Orleans in 1852, settled first in St. Louis, Illinois, and then moved on to Kansas.

23. The information about Anton Burger is drawn from the web page, "Scott County, Missouri Queries,"at www.rootsweb.com/~moscott/query004.htm. The page contains a note from John Maurath, posted 11-Jan-1998, describing emigrant Anton Burger. He married Theresa Haas, who was born in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine on 20-Dec-1846. Anton and Theresa Burger settled near Kelso, Scott County, Missouri. Anton died 12-Apr-1924, and Theresa died 23-Dec-1925. John Maurath wrote an e-mail to me in Sep-2002, and added that Anton Burger went to Canada first before moving on to Cape Girardeau and Scotty County, Missouri.

24. The information about Jacques Brenner is drawn from the web page, "The Schirrhein Connection - Surname Korner," by Audrey (Lehmann-Shields) Hancock, at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schirrhein/surname.htm. The page contains a note from "bevchristensen@webtv.net" describing Jacques Brenner. He was born in Soufflenheim. All his children were born in nearby Schirrhein. The note does not say whether his wife was born in Schirrhein or Soufflenheim.

25. The information about Anselm Wagner is drawn from the web page, "Wagner family - genealogical information," at http://home.golden.net/~erincan/wagner.htm. The author is Barry Hoch. The page does not state whether Anselm's wife Magdalena was born in Soufflenheim. The page lists nine children of this couple, but because their birthplace is not identified I have not transcribed them here.

26. I found a brief mention of Theresa Messner on the page "St Marys/Assumption Births (Pine Creek/Glenshaw, PA)" at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/baptisms.htm. The author is Norm Meinert. The mention is in this baptism record: "REGINA P. ARNOLD Born August 20, 1859. Daughter of Andrew from Silz, Rheno-Bavaria and Theresa Messner of Sufflenheim, France. Sponsors Michael and Regina Schobeny."

27. I found a brief mention of Barbara Haas on the page "Carabin and Bauer Families" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron/carabinbauer.htm. This page is part of the a site for Huron County, Ohio. The author of the page is Mary Carabin. The mention is in this paragraph: "Agatha (Burger) Schonacker, a widow, and her sons Matthias and Jacob immigrated to America from Hultehouse, Lorraine, France, in 1829-31 period. They settled in Peru Township. Matthias married Barbara Haas, a native of Sufflenheim, Alsace, France. They settled in Peru Township and later Bronson Township and became the parents of six children..."

28. I found a brief mention of Katharine Schutt on the page "LAUBER, Joseph 1784 - 1852, Schurheim, ELS,FRA > Waterloo, ONT, CAN" at http://members.aol.com/ernm/roots/lauber.html. The author is Ernest F. Mink III. The page lists Katharine Shutt as the wife of Michael Lauber (1815-1892). She died 26-Mar-1894.

29. Names found on the RootsWeb WorldConnect database at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com:

• Ignatius Arbogast, died Nov-1854 in Birmingham, South Side, Pgh, PA. Contributed by W.S. O'Neil (oneil)
• John Bitschy, died 17-May-1906 in New Germany, Ont. Contributed by J. Selinger (jselinge).
  • John Bitschy married Catherine Jaeq (born 25-Apr-1824 in Germany) in 1854 in New Germany, Waterloo County
• Alois Messner, died 15-Mar-1892 in Formosa, Ont. Contributed by J. Selinger (jselinge).
• Francis Xavier Strack, died 22-Mar-1890 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MO. Contributed by Judy Tuccinardi (tucci).
  • Francis X. Strack is the son of Anton Strack and Maria Anna Kieffer
• Frank Xavier Strack, died 22-Oct-1890 in Watonga, Blaine, OK. Contributed by Judy Tuccinardi (tucci).
  • Francis X. Strack is the son of Phillip Strack and Louise Schmuck
• Joseph Piat (died between 1880 and 1900), wife Richarde (Rachel) Schoeffter (died between 1870 and 1880), and daughter Marie Ann Piat (died between 1900 and 1920), all born in Soufflenheim and died in Lyons, NY. Contributed by Elizabeth G. Morris (morrise).
• Christian J. Uhrich, died 1886 in Hutchinson, South Dakota. Contributed by Tammy Davis (thdavis).
  • Christian J. Uhrich is the son of Francois Joseph Urich and Maria Anna Messner. He, his wife Louise Zuber of Rosenweiler, and several children emigrated from Alsace to Batavia, New York, in 1866, and then to South Dakota in 1868.

30. Jacob Messner and family was found on the RootsWeb WorldConnect database at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com. Contributed by J. Selinger (jselinge). Jacob died 03-May-1900 in Alden, New York. Jacob's wife Marie Ann Bauer died 1859 in Buffalo. Jacob's mother Mary Burger Messner died 1855 in Buffalo. Emigration for Jacob Messner: May 20, 1851, Jacob Messner, 3 seats for 3 adults and 1 nursing child. Ship-Mamouth. Captain Torrey from LeHarve to New York. No. 9021. I have assumed that the four passengers were Jacob, his wife, his mother, and his daughter Clementine.

31. More from Katie Hlavac: Bernard Mary died 18-Apr-1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Madelaine Mary married Mathias Rebholz and died 6-Aug-1896 in Pittsburgh. Catherine Zinger Mary died 09-Nov-1884 in Pittsburgh. The other Catherine Mary married Jacob Maier. Bernard Mary is the son of Francois Joseph Mary married Catherine Siegfried. Bernard Mary and Catherine Zinger married in Soufflenheim on 28-Apr-1852 and their first child was born in Pittsburgh on 16-Mar-1853, so their emigration took place between those two dates.

32. More from El-Jay Hansson: Marie Anne Rund Messner is the daughter of Michael Rund (of Buhl) and Margaritha Lehmann, who married 08-Jun-1791 in Soufflenheim. Vincent Messner and his family settled in the Black Rock district of Buffalo, New York. Vincent's wife Marie Anne died there in about 1856. In about 1857, Vincent, his daughter Marie Anne, Marie Anne's husband Bernhardt Schmuck, and a son of Vincent's, moved from Buffalo to Ariss, Waterloo County, Ontario.

33. More from El-Jay Hansson: Bernhardt Schmuck married Marie Ann Messner in about 1857, and then they moved from Buffalo to Ariss, Waterloo County, Ontario.

34. More from Cindy Miller: Marie Anne Goetz married Francis Schmitt 16-Apr-1861 in Formosa, Bruce County, Ontario. She died 14-Sep-1917 in Mecosta County, Michigan, and is buried at St. Michael's in Remus, Michigan. They are Cindy's great-great-grandparents.

35. More from Debbie Paul, who has a copy of the full passenger list for the ship Argo: Laurent (or Lorenz or Laurentius) Schall, born in Eberbach (Bas Rhin), died 03-Apr-1903 in Cummings Township, Ogemaw County, Michgan, son of Antoine Schall and Catherine Fuhrmann, also of Eberbach. Genevieve Lehmann, wife of Laurent Schall, born in Soufflenheim, died 14-Dec-1903 in Cummings Township, Ogemaw County, Michgan, daughter of Joseph (F.?) Lehmann and Marie Anne Zinger. Genevieve's mother, Marie Anne Zinger Lehmann, immigrated with her on the Argo in 1844. In the 1851 Ontario census, the Schall family appears in the Waterloo Township, district #2. Their neighbors include the family of John (age 29) and Philephina Lehman, with four children and mother Mary Lehman (age 63). Most of the Schall family eventually settled in or near Formosa, Bruce County, Culross Township. Later some emigrated to Michigan, Ohio, and New York.

36. More from Lynda Goldman: Francois Antoine Kieffer and Joseph Kieffer are brothers. Their wives, Catherine Burger and Richarde Burger, are not sisters. Catherine Burger Kieffer died 22-Feb-1865 in Elba, Minnesota. She is Lynda's great-great-great-grandmother.

37. More from Jane Venne: Peter Strack and his wife Catherine emigrated between 1826 and before 1828. Their third child, Philip, was born in Vermont in 1828. The family settled in Redford, Clinton County, New York.

38. From the records of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Formosa. Research by Phil Hauser:

• Petrus Burger of Formosa, born in Sufflenheim, died 14-Jul-1898 at age 67.
• Jacob Bildstein of Carrick, born in Sufflenheim, died 22-Aug-1898 at age 82.
• Joseph Burger of Formosa, born in Sufflenheim in in 1862, died 20-Nov-1901 at age 39
• Antonius Fahrer of Culross Township, born in Sufflenheim, died 27-Feb-1903 at age 60 years 4 months
• Joannes Goetz of Carrick, born in Sufflenheim, died 31-Oct-1905 at age 77

39. More from Robert Wideen: The Kieffer family settled in Eden, Erie County, New York. Marie Theresa Kieffer's married name was Harter. Francois Joseph Kieffer and Madelaine Schoeffter Kieffer had three surviving children: Charles (born 1815), Caroline (born 30-Apr-1821), and Marie Theresa. Charles and Caroline might also have emigrated with their parents.

40. From the research of Debbie Paul: Marie Anne Zinger is the widow of Joseph Lehmann, who died 30-Sep-1826 in Soufflenheim. Sebastian Lehmann, born 19-Jan-1833, is the illigitimate son of Marie Anne Zinger, widow of the deceased Joseph Lehmann. On the 1844 passenger list of the ship Argo, Marie Anne and Sebastian used the surname Zinger instead of Lehmann. Genevieve Lehmann Schall is the daughter of Marie Anne Zinger Lehmann.

41. More from Diane Strickler: Children of Laurent Beitz and Catharina Schiestel: Laverne, Anna, Anton Carl, Catharina, Jacob. The family immigrated before 1837.

42. More from Diane Strickler: Sometimes Alexis is listed as "Adam." Children of Alexis Halter and Carolina Haas: Edward, Maria Anna.

43. Alexis Halter and Carolina Haas match the family of Alexis Halter and Charlotte Haas found in the Families from Soufflenheim Microfilm. Their children: Marie Anne, b. 18-Sep-1837; Therese, b. 06-Sep-1839; Josephine, b. 04-Sep-1840; Elisabethe, b. 23-Dec-1841.

44. More from Diane Strickler: George Missere is the son of Ambrose and Magdalena Missere.

45. More from Kathleen Gillmore: Andre Hoehn and his two brothers settled in Indiana near Jeffersonville and Evansville. Their ship (name unknown) traveled from Le Havre to New York. Two other brothers of Andre Hoehn, Michel and Joseph, remained in Soufflenheim.

46. More from Suzanne Senn Pitt: Emigration date unknown. Sometime between 1850 and 1870. The Martin family settled in Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario. The eldest daughter, Katrina Martin, is Suzanne's great-great-grandmother. She married Maximilian Schuster.

47. More from Kelly Vogel Cooper: Regina Strack and Amalia Strack Zettwuch are the sisters of Jacque Strack; all three immigrated on the Tropic in 1853.

48. More from Joan Brock: Magdelaine Wilhelm, born 1821 in Runsenheim, Alsace, married Jacob Bitschy, born 1820 in Souffleheim. They married in St. Louis Catholic Church in Buffalo on February 5, 1848, and settled in Kossuth, Ontario, on a farm. They are Joan's great-grandparents.

49. From the 1836 census of Soufflenheim in Canton Bischwiller:

• BILDSTEIN, Michel 56, Marie Anne (nee HALLER) 56, Thiebault 29, Clotilde 21, Jacques 19, Michel 17, Michèle 12, Thérèse 1.
• FRANCK, Joseph 56, Marie Anne (nee SCHWARTZ) 54, Georges Adam 24, Dominique 22, Martin 20, Louis 13.
• GOTZ, Michel 37, Adélaïde (nee RUFF) 30, Joséphine 10, Jean 7, Martin 4, Rose 9 months.
• HOEHN, André 39, Madeleine (nee THOMEN) 39, Blaise 15, Joseph 12, André 8, Antoine 3.
• MESSER, Vincent 32, Marie Anne (nee RUND) 33, Marie Anne 6 months.
• SCHLOSSER, Mathieu 26, Euphenie (nee ZINGER) 24, Caroline 1.
• SCHOEFFLER, Léandre 24, Stéphanie (nee UHRICH) 22, Joseph 1.
• VONHATTEN, André 43, Marie Anne (nee MESSNER) 47, Jean 16, Elisabeth 14, Madeleine 9.
• ZINGER, Joseph 54, Catherine (nee SCHAEFFLER) 51, Barnabé 22, Jacques 17, Joseph 12, Jean 9.
• ZINGER, Jean 71, Marguerite (nee HASSER) 66, Geneviève 28, Chrisostome 27.
  

50. More from Lorraine Beitz: Laurentz Beitz and Catherine Schiestel were married in Kindwiller on 28-Sep-1816. Therefore, this couple were not Soufflenheim emigrants.

The Alsace Emigration Book

This list of Soufflenheim emigrants comes from The Alsace Emigration Book, volumes 1 and 2, compiled by Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler (Clossen Press, 1989 and 1991).

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