GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main

29 November 1815	Adam is born in Stockstadt am Main. Father: Johann Adam Holzapfel (1785-1835) Mother: Barbara Bauer (1783-1829) Godfather: Adam Bauer
30 December 1842	Adam is godfather to Franz Adam Schwab.
19 February 1844	Adam marries Eva Katharina Seitz from Stockstadt am Main. Best men are: Joseph Scharf Johann Scharf
8 September 1844	The son Ferdinand is born in Stockstadt am Main.
EMIGRATION 3 May 1847	Adam is 31 years old when he emigrates to the US, together with his wife, son Ferdinand and a group of relatives. Port: Le Havre - Cork Ship: Alecto Arrival: New York Date: 3 May 1847 Family members (as given in the ship list): Holzapfel Adam, head, 39 Holzapfel Eva Katharina, wife, 22 (= Eva Katharina Seitz) Holzapfel Ferdinand, son, 2 Holzapfel Leonhard, Adam's brother, 27 Holzapfel Ulrich, relative of Adam, 26 Seitz Eva, Eva Katharina's sister, 12 Further passengers from Stockstadt am Main: Zang Christoph, male, 26 Lang Johann, male, 24 Oberle Charitas, female, 26 (ship list says "male"!) Bauer Peter, male, 40 Depp Maria Anna, female, 19 Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
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