The first passenger list of Ludwig Koberstein with Wife Caroline and son Gottlieb was found in the Hamburg passenger list. The listing is identical for Gottlieb Koberstein including tghe birth location which doesn't make sense, because one if father and on son and it is unlikely they were born in the same place. I assume this is the
Hamburg passenger list:Name: Ludwig Koberstein
Departure Date: 29 Jul 1854
Destination: Hull
Birth Place: Gorrizim, Preußen (Germany)
Occupation: Landleute
Ship Name: Archimedes
Captain: Jäger
Shipping line: Elbe-Humber Dampfschiffahrt Gesellschaft
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: ohne Angabe
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: Hull
Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 001
Household Members:
Name Age
Gottlieb Koberstein
Ludwig Koberstein
Caroline Koberstein
Before continuing further a little background information and definitions are helpful in understanding these records. During the second half of the 19th century there were two routes one could take in going to the new world. The direct route would take an emigrant directly from the port they were leaving from to America. The ship would often stop in other ports along the way for additional supplies and passengers, but the emigrants would not debark but would continue on the same ship all the way to America.
On the other hand, emigrants taking an indirect route would be only taking the Hamburg ship for part of the trip and there would be a transfer to another shipping line for subsequent sections of the journey. The most common indirect route was from Hamburg to Hull, England. Emigrants would then take a train across England to Liverpool, London, Southampton, or another port (most went to Liverpool) and continue they journey to the New World from there.
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