© Günther Lehmann 2016
The Emigrants In the 2nd half of the 19th century, i.e. between 1856 and 1888, proof can be found that 140 citizens of Niemaschkleba, Augustwalde and Heideschäferei emigrated. Hamburg was the main emigration port and their destination were the United States of America. Three persons emigrated to Australia and two to South Africa.  Among the emigrants the following surnames can be found: Beutke, Brüll, Budach, Freund, Gassnick, Grimm, Gromm, Kaminke, Kossert, Krüger, Lampe, Leschke, Loichen, Noack, Rabe, Türke und Weidner.  The first source I called upon was the emigrants register in the Brandenburg’s Main Country Archive in Potsdam. This register however is incomplete. In it can be found the emigrants of the first emigration years, when a permission to emigrate had to be obtained. For example, a dismissal certificate of 13 May 1856, Frankfurt/Oder for Johann Gotthilf Krüger and Friedrich Wilhelm Gromm, both from Augustwalde and accompanied by their families, states the following: “The undersigned Royal Government herewith certifies to dismiss the handworker Johann Gotthilf Krüger… from the Prussian Union of Subjects. This dismissal however is limited solely to the explicitly stated persons upon delivery of the certificate, henceforth no longer being a Prussian Subservient. Royal Prussian Government, Interior Department.”  Other important sources were the passenger lists for Hamburg during 1850 and 1934 as well as the passenger lists for New York during 1820 and 1957. The main destination of the emigrants was the state of Illinois, US.  Friedrich Wilhelm Gromm, born 13 August 1819 in Augustwalde, and his wife Anna Dorothea Breyer, born 14 March 1819 in Niemaschkleba, emigrated with their four children of 17 June 1856 by  passenger ship EUROPA from Hamburg to Quebeck/Canada with destination Denver, Colorado/US. I was able to trace the descendants of this family, doing research on their ancestry up until now and am staying in contact with two of them.                                                                               Click here to find out more about the list of emigrants
Niemaschkleba
Niemaschkleba
© Günther Lehmann 2016
The Emigrants In the 2nd half of the 19th century, i.e. between 1856 and 1888, proof can be found that 140 citizens of Niemaschkleba, Augustwalde and Heideschäferei emigrated. Hamburg was the main emigration port and their destination were the United States of America. Three persons emigrated to Australia and two to South Africa.  Among the emigrants the following surnames can be found: Beutke, Brüll, Budach, Freund, Gassnick, Grimm, Gromm, Kaminke, Kossert, Krüger, Lampe, Leschke, Loichen, Noack, Rabe, Türke und Weidner.  The first source I called upon was the emigrants register in the Brandenburg’s Main Country Archive in Potsdam. This register however is incomplete. In it can be found the emigrants of the first emigration years, when a permission to emigrate had to be obtained. For example, a dismissal certificate of 13 May 1856, Frankfurt/Oder for Johann Gotthilf Krüger and Friedrich Wilhelm Gromm, both from Augustwalde and accompanied by their families, states the following: “The undersigned Royal Government herewith certifies to dismiss the handworker Johann Gotthilf Krüger… from the Prussian Union of Subjects. This dismissal however is limited solely to the explicitly stated persons upon delivery of the certificate, henceforth no longer being a Prussian Subservient. Royal Prussian Government, Interior Department.”  Other important sources were the passenger lists for Hamburg during 1850 and 1934 as well as the passenger lists for New York during 1820 and 1957. The main destination of the emigrants was the state of Illinois, US.  Friedrich Wilhelm Gromm, born 13 August 1819 in Augustwalde, and his wife Anna Dorothea Breyer, born 14 March 1819 in Niemaschkleba, emigrated with their four children of 17 June 1856 by  passenger ship EUROPA from Hamburg to Quebeck/Canada with destination Denver, Colorado/US. I was able to trace the descendants of this family, doing research on their ancestry up until now and am staying in contact with two of them.        Click here to find out more about the list of emigrants