Schwarz, Schwerin, Schwern, Schwem, Schwimmer and Wendt were among the various ways I found the surname reported for my 2x great-grandmother. Those variations mostly came from poor transcriptions for a handful of documents. Frederica Wendt was given as the mother’s name on the death record of Mary Schatz Kruse, one of Friedricke’s daughters. Last year,…
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John Schatz – From Mecklenburg Serf to Dairyman – 52 Ancestors #8
Entry #8 Johann “John” Schatz and Friedrika Schwern emigrated from Bützow in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to Cincinnati, Ohio, leaving their homeland on May 16, 1854, and arriving in New York on July 3, 1854. Johann traveled on the ship Sir Robert Peel with Friedrika, their infant child, Carl, and Wilhelmine Schatz, who is…