Re: Sebastian & George Hertel
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Re: Sebastian & George Hertel
Debra Knight 10/09/00
Hi Debbie
Thanks for writing to me about my posting on Sebastian and George Hertel.I don't know ofa Christian Hertel.As far as when Sebastian and George came to the US-- Sebastian is listed as Born 3/22/1857 and departed from Germany on the Ship Atlanta on 12/1865.He arrived in New York 2/1866. This meant that Sebastian was about 8 years old at the time he left Germany.We assume that George was his older brother and accompanied him on the voyage.George was born in 1851 in Hesse Darmstadt Germany.He would have been about 14 years old in 1856 when Sebastian made the voyage to America.Now, it is possible that the 2 young men came to the US unescorted but it makes more sense that they traveled with someone older (an older brother or uncle or cousin)-- we just don't know for sure!If Christian Hertel did travel with Sebastian then there should be some record in New York about all of them (George and Sebastian and Christian Hertel).Since it looks like Christian Hertel is 19 years older than George Hertel and 25 years older than Sebastian Hertel it would lead me to think that Christian Hertel could have been an Uncle or Cousin (if he traveled with them to america in 1865.
Maybe this will help -- We think that the Father of George and Sebastian Hertel is Valentine Hertel, who we think stayed in Germany.Does your Christian Hertel show anyties to a Valentine Hertel?If he does, then maybe we can put 2 and 2 together and come up with some possibilities.
Please write me back and let me know what you think / know.Maybe this will get it going for both of us.I suspect the next search point is the Port of New York -- Ship records for the Ship of Atlanta in 2/1866.Maybe we will find that George and Sebastiam and Christian Hertel all were on board.Now, if the Christian Hertel you are referring to has been in Posey County Indiana, I think there is a good possibility of this coming together.
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