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| Name |
Karl Klapp |
| Birth |
23 Nov 1822 |
Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I2905 |
Walters Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
14 Aug 2015 |
| Father |
Valentine Klapp, b. 1 Jan 1799, Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany |
| Mother |
Maria Katharina Regenauer, b. 8 Sep 1802, Waldsee, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 14 Apr 1847 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Jan 1822 |
Schifferstadt, , Bayern, Germany |
| Fact 1 |
14 Aug 2015 |
- Excerpt from an 'Ortssippenbuch' from Waldsee that lists all of the families that lived in that village back into the 1500's. There is a page in that book that talks about the Fate of an emigrant. It turns out that they are talking about Valentin Klapp & wife Maria Katharina Regenauer & family. Translated, here is what it says:
Fate of an emigrant!
As small example, is the fate of Valentin Klapp with his wife Mrs. Maria Katharina Regenauer from Waldsee: Valentin Klapp, born in Schifferstadt married in the year 1822, the daughter of the Waldseer citizen Abraham Regenauer and his wife Eva Maria, born Ignatius. As an outstanding field man, he possessed eight work fields beside a house, a barn, stables, as well as plants and orchard. Since the birth of their first child the wife was ailing, so that the married man, apart from its farm work, had to take over the majority of the housework. In the course of the years four more children were added. Twenty years went by, until in 1844 and the three following years were to be registered as a harvest failure. This brought the child-rich family into hard times, so that they decided to leave the homeland, the reason was to improve their life and a change of climate for the health of the wife. On 14 April of the year 1847 they left, first to Ludwigshafen, then by steam ship to Cologne and then to the port of embarkation "Antwerp". After, followed two weeks of voyage on the sea. The travel, began in a restrained area of the ship in the "between deck" of a freighter. The state of health of the woman worsened appreciably. The youngest son got sick and deceased on 23 May. The wife died then on 1 June 1847 on the ship. 12 hours after her death, she, in her cloths was weighted and buried at sea. The man said later that he will never forget these heart-tearing moments in his life.
After 41 days passage, the family came with others into the sea port of New York. On 13 June they began to explore the inside of the country with other emigrants.
They ended up in Detroit. From here they settled in the country near that city.
The Detroit countryside was of a swampy nature, and few areas were inhabited. Former German immigrants met them, advised them against the purchase of this country, because of the swampy conditions.
Valentin Klapp did not like his experiences in America. Homesickness had come over him and he decided to go back to Germany. Since, however, he had not saved enough money he remained until he had earned enough. He left his three sons in America, in order to make money for their return trip. On 2 August 1847 he left to Germany again on an American three-master ship.
He shudders to thinks of this return trip, because except for him, there were only Englishmen and Irelanders on board. He was treated by them in an inhuman way and inconsiderately.
Beside stormy weather, came also a predatory crew, who applied their rule by force and he was stolen from.
He continued his life and his three sons never returned to Germany, their fate is unknown.
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F145 |
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