Clamor left Germany April 19, 1857 and arrived in New York September 14, 1858. I can't imagine being on a boat for almost a year and a half. His wife and children accompanied him. Gerhart would have been 16 when they left. Marie Louisa was 11, Johann Frederick 7, Anna Marie Ilsebein was just 2. I can't even fathom that trip! Five more children were born in Cleveland, Ohio. Why Cleveland? I'm not sure yet, but I have some theories. I'll attack that in anther post.
Let's skip a few generations for a moment. Clamor's grandson, Edwin was born in 1893 and died in 1965. His wife, Esther, lived until 1984. Edwin and Esther had six children. When Esther passed away, their daughter, Majorie lost her battle with cancer in 1987. Margie and George Vasilev had 3 sons. Their oldest son, Tom, married Joyce. Tom is my first cousin.
A few days ago Joyce called and told men she'd found a box of old pictures. She started texting me pictures of the pictures. We could identify SOME of the people in the pictures, but not all. We started a group text and put a small amount on our Facebook group. That helped identify more. Joyce found pictures of Edwin's siblings on their wedding days! She found a picture of Esther's mother! There was a post card and some certificates. More on those later.
She also found this:
I could read just a few words, so I started using google translate and called my mother (who grew up speaking German at home). I'll work on a full translation, but it definitely appears to be his travel papers!
Combining our brains and resources is helping me figure out our family so much more!
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