For many years I have tried to locate information about my gg grandmother who traveled from Gr. Potanern, Prussia to Ellis Island, New York City in 1893. Her name was Bertha ??Kannapinn(Kanepin) Nolde Motzkus. She came with 3 small children, Adolf, Rudolf and Richard Nolde. Bertha traveled to New Orleans to marry Frank W Motzkus Sr. on May 4, 1893. I have a copy of the marriage license but it is difficult to read/decipher. Other names on the license include Ferdinand Motzkus, Caroline ?? Kiskemits ??, Frederick (Kanepin), Henrietta (Henriette) Foss, Maria (Mary ?) Plaswirth (Plaswich ?), and Pete Plaswirth (Plaswich ?). I have information for Bertha after that but nothing about her or her family before the trip to Ellis Island. I am certainly interested in any information that might help me with this wall...I realize it's a shot in the dark but... Thank you for reading this post.