For an account of a typical ship passage from Germany to America, go to
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake/story/
Click to Chapter VIII, Germany to America and read on down until you come to
it.
You may also be interested in some of the other historical information.
Vanderburgh County, Indiana, was the site of one of the Schnake "colonies"
in the US; the other was Washington County, Illinois. There is at least one
story of a Schnake coming to St. Louis then walking to Washington County,
which took several days. In those days, so much of that part of Illinois was
German that he would have no trouble communicating and asking directions.
There were individuals who had other destinations, but by far the majority
were in these two locations, and there is much evidence of movement back and
forth. I assume other Germans who settled in Vanderburgh County might also
have the same kind of connections to Germans in Illinois, especially if they
came from the Minden area where the Schnakes lived.
Roy Johnson
Researching Schnake/Schnacke of Kreis Minden and worldwide
SchnakeNet home page
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake
Roy Johnson
Researching Schnake/Schnacke of Kreis Minden and worldwide
SchnakeNet home page
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake
----- Original Message -----
From: <fistfightr(a)aol.com>
To: <INVANDER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: 1958 travel from New Orleans to Evansville
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Hi Judy: Yes the Ohio River does freeze over, completely and solidly,
but that is
and was rare, even in the mid 1800s. Several total river
freezes (here at Evansville) come to mind: mid 1870s and again in 1917 or
1918 as I recall. Typically, the freezes occur in the January to end of
February time frame.
Your relative, traveling in the fall/winter of 1858, probably would
not
have encountered any problems with ice.
What passengers at that time would have encountered, especially at
that
time of the year, would more than likely have been low water, shifting
shoals and sandbars, etc., though summer-time presented the lowest water
levels.
In terms of travel time, I would estimate the trip from New Orleans to
Evansville,
to take 10 or 11 days. The normal travel time from New Orleans
to St. Louis averaged about 7 or 8 days. Much depended on the number of
stops the boat made as well as the boiler capacity of the particular boat.
The overall trip from New Orleans to Cincinnati would have taken at least 14
days. But that again depends on difficulties encountered and the number of
stops made.
While that may seem like a long amount of time, it certainly beat
taking
overland transporation through MS, TN and KY, and eliminated (somewhat)
run-ins with bandits and other unsavory types one could encounter on the
land route.
Hope this all helps.
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