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From where & when did Johanna née Krüger [b.1857] come to the UK?

From where & when did Johanna née Krüger [b.1857] come to the UK?

Posted: 8 Nov 2011 1:01AM GMT
Classification: Immigration
Surnames: Krüger, Roloff
Hello,
I've traced my paternal line back to my great great grandparents, Frederick William/Friedrich Wilhelm Roloff [b.1858] and Johanna née Krüger [b.1857]. The problem is, I repeatedly hit a massive brick wall every time I try to go back further.

A second cousin I've recently found, has told me that one of Fred and Jo's children used to mention Hamburg, but I'm having zero luck in finding them on any incoming or alien passenger lists. I only know that they arrived here sometime before 1881, as that's when they first appear in the England censuses - having married in Whitechapel, London, in 1880.

What's the best way to track down when they arrived do you think? Can anyone help? My Nan has previously ordered their birth certificates, but they say nothing more than that they were born in "Germany free state".

If anyone can help or point me in the right direction, I'd be much obliged.

Many thanks in advanced!
Victoria Roloff
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