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Sophia Baade from Mecklenburg, Germany

Sophia Baade from Mecklenburg, Germany

Posted: 23 Jun 2007 3:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Baade, Marquart
Hello,

I'm attempting to make the great leap, tracing someone back across the Atlantic. I'm looking for information on my great X3 grandmother, Sophia Baade. The only information I have about her is her name, and an 1870 census report from Watertown, Wisconsin that lists her as being born in Mecklenburg @ 1827.

I unfortunatly have nothing else to go on, and am reduced to begging for help. Sophia married Carl Marquart (born @1827 in Hanover) sometime after both had emigrated to the US. Other than this I have one paragraph in an old family history, which I will copy verbatum:

"The wife of Carl Marquart was Sophia Baade whose only brother Carl Baade, faithful to an early love, remained unwed. He died in Philidelphia at the ripe age of 90 years, some four years back (@1935). The only sister of Sophia was Amalia Baade who married William Eggersgluess. Thier children are Daniel, Jack, Albert, Otto, William, Mrs. Rolke, Mrs. Carrie Rosin, and by a later marriage Helen Eggersgluess Killian and Louis Eggersgluess."

Carl Marquart emigrated directly to Watertown, WI after arrival in America @ 1848, so I must assume that Sophia, Amalia and Carl Baade must have lived in Watertown with their parents. Carl and Sophia's first child, Augusta, was born @ 1856, in Watertown.

If anyone has any information regarding this family, and can help me make that cross-ocean leap, I would be eternally grateful.

Thank you,

Dave Irving
perfessordave@hotmail.com

Re: Sophia Baade from Mecklenburg, Germany

Posted: 5 Sep 2011 1:06AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Baade
Lot's of luck. If you knew what town in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, you would easily be able to find her birth in the parish records for that town. The Mecklenburg-Schwerin census is probably not going to help because the 1819 census was before her birth. The 1867 census might help but Sophie or Sophia is a very common name for a girl in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and unfortunately, the census for 1867 only gives the year of birth. So, it is not very likely that you will be able to find Sophia in the 1867 census. But try searching for Sophia Baade's and see how many there are. If you knew a town in M-S, it would be a straightforward exercise to find her birth record(with microfilms borrowed from LDS).

The only other option I can think of is the year of immigration. People who emigrated from Mecklenburg-Schwerin were supposed to apply for permission from the authorities. You can write to the archives in Schwerin and see if they have such an application on file. This an expensive application search (~$100) and there are not applications for everyone. All of my maternal great grand parents came from Mecklenburg around 1870-1890. There was an application from only one of my great grand parents; whether the others ignored the requirement or the applications were lost, I haven't a clue.
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