Question. How did Lawrence Jacob Tschakert get into the country? He should have come through Castle Garden - where I can find no record for him. (Granted online records can be sketchy - and perhaps he did not come through New York). Looking at those records for all Tschakerts (excluding my Tschakerts)
I see:
Surname Given Age Gdr Arrival Place of last residence
TSCHAKERT VINCENZ 39 M 5 Oct 1863 MEILERLIEBICH
TSCHAKERT EMIL 4 M 9 Apr 1887 U
TSCHAKERT FRANZ 3 M 9 Apr 1887 U
TSCHAKERT MARIA 28 F 9 Apr 1887 U
Obviously Maria is mother to Emil and Franz.
It's a rare name and I'm trying to find the link. I guess that's this weekends mission.
What is intriguing is the timing, Lawrence and Theresia must have come over about the same time as my Tschakerts (1861). That they were both born in Bohemia points to a potential marriage there. Theresia would have been 20 in 1861, Mary is born 10 years later.
What brings Tschakerts from Bohemia to America within a ~25 year time span? Is it really 4-5 separate families, or is there a connection?
Do you know where they went after they first immigrated? Mine went to the Chicago environs - where there was evidently a German community.
Castle Garden site is:
http://castlegarden.org/searcher.phpThey pre-date Ellis island starting in 1820 up through 1913.
Interestingly enough, the only place that Google finds "MEILERLIEBICH" is the above entry for Vincenz. It may be a proper name "Meiler Liebich"
Jack Parker