Hi I am a Kula who is still in linn co. Iowa. I have alot of info i could give you. My Cousin has made a book for our family about the past of the kula family in linn co. Prairieburg, Ia. I also have copies of the papers they singed for the trip to the US. I can tell you that the kula family I come from arrived at the port of New Orleans aboard the s/s Eberhard, which may or may not have been captained by C.F. Wiegmeier. After clearing the Custom House, Room 219 on the 2nd floor, they left by river steamer, bound for St. Louis. Listed on the ship's passenger list were the heads of household Franz and Maria Kula, ages 45 and 44 respectively, with their eight children, Maria, age 24, Franz, age 22, Joseph, age 20, Thomas, age 12, Anna, age 10, Johann,my great-great-great grandfather age 9, Catherine, age 7, and lastly, Mathias, age 3. Franz, Franz Jr., and Joseph were each listed as farmers. the Eberhard had sailed form Bremen, Germany, which, along with Hamburg and Le Havre, Fought for supremacy as the popular port of exit for German, Swiss and Scandinavian immigrants. Records also indicate that each member of the Kula family was born in the town or county of Grosszablatz somewhere in Bohemia. Tracing records back any further my prove more difficult, or even impossible, because nearly all bremen port records were distroyed by Allied bombing in World War II. I have more info but not much time to type it all down. If you would like more info you can also reach me at my e-mail.
ben.kula@yahoo.com I can also be found on FaceBook.com and many others. Hope to hear from some other Kulas.