| Name | Fredrick (Friedrich) William (Wilhelm) KUSS  10,11,12 |
| Birth Date | 28 Jul 186513,14 |
| Birth Place | Klein Vesick (WISSEK) , Posen,Germany {Klein Wiseck on Alien Reg} |
| Birth Memo | It appears that the spelling in the Kuss Family bible may have been incorrect. Wissek, Posen appears to be the closest to this pronunciation. WISSEK, Province Posen in late 1800's is now Wyrzysk, Province Pozan, Poland in 1998. |
| Death Place | Blue Earth County, Mankato, MN15 |
| Death Memo | Died in a Mankato hospital. Burried in the Wells Cemetary. Grave stones are located at the extreme north end of the cemetary on the north side of the hyway. |
| Burial Place | Wells, MN Cemetary |
| Came To America Date | 16 Aug 1890 Age: 25 |
| Came To America Place | ? |
| Came To America Memo | Need to check Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Family History Library Salt Lake City LDS in Appleton, WI 414-733-5358, Rochester,MN 507-281-6641 Film # 0473093 Bd. 36 |
| Came To America Date | 8 Aug 189113,12,16 Age: 26 |
| Came To America Place | From Hamburg,Germany to Southampton, England to New York, NY |
| Came To America Memo | On the vessel Furst Bismark Arrived August 8, 1891 in New York Number: 1186 Microfish: 1027619 Fried. Kuss is on the ships long approx 3rd page down. http://www.Kin-Ships.com/ksships.htm Hamburg-America Line Furst Bismarck (I), Hamburg-America Line, 1891-1904, Print#0222a, H Furst Bismarck (I), Hamburg-America Line, 1891-1904, Print#0222b, V |
| Residence Date | 22 Jul 191813 Age: 52 |
| Residence Place | Elmore, MN, Rome Township, Faribault Co., MN, USA |
| Residence Memo | Indicates for 9 months lived in village of Elmore, Minn and lived elswhere in Rome township for 5 years |
| Came To America Date | 13 Jan 1893 Age: 27 |
| Came To America Place | Antwerp, Belguim to Ellis Island, NY |
| Came To America Memo | Based on Ellis Island Records Kuss, Fredr. 27Years Old Male US German Ship traveled on Belgenland Place of Residence ... wiseck Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belguim |
| Occupation | Farmer Laborer, indicated he owned no land but had personal property valued at $40013,17 |
| Education | Spoke english but did not write it.13 |
| Religion | Lutheran18 |
| Alias/AKA | Birth Name is Friedrich Wilhelm Kuss14 |
| Father | Julius KUSS (-1875) |
| Mother | Auguste HOFFMANN (1840-) |
| 1 | Bertha Amelia FERCH |
| Birth Date | 25 Sep 1870 |
| Birth Place | Rogassen, Posen, Germany (Rogazno Poland) |
| Birth Memo | Rogassen in the Kuss family bible appears to have been misspelt. Rogasen on the 1800's Prussian Map became Rogazno on the 1998 map of Poland in Province Pozan. |
| Death Date | 3 Dec 194119,13 Age: 71 |
| Death Place | Farm Home near Wells, Minnesota |
| Death Memo | 2:35 Wed morning. Died of pericious anemia, from which she had been ill for 3 years. See notes for entire article.KUSS, BERTHA http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Results.cfm CertID# 1941-MN-004043 Date of Death: County of Death: 12/03/1941 FARIBAULT |
| Burial Date | 6 Dec 1941 |
| Burial Place | Rosehill Cemetery, Wells, MN |
| Burial Memo | Member of German Lutheran Church. Funeral services held from the farm at 1:00 pm and 2:00 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wells, Rev William Ganschow. Pall bearers Adolph Reinke of Blue Earth, Herman Boettcher, John Rathai, Charles Giese, Ezra Willette all of Wells, and Charles Boeck of Alden. Grave is located at the extreme north end of the cemetary on the north side of the highway. |
| Occupation | Housewife who had 3 sets of twins and possibly 4 |
| Religion | Lutheran18 |
| Father | Julius Hermann FERCH |
| Mother | Julia Anna ARNDT (1842-) |
| Marriage Date | 18 Jan 1897 |
| Marriage Place | Faribault County?, Blue Earth?, MN |
| Children | Hugo Friedrick (1899-1977) |
| Paul Adolf (1900-1966) | |
| Meta Bertha (1897-1951) | |
| Adelia Rosa (1902-) | |
| Melita Adeliade (1906-1980) | |
| John Julius (1903-1976) | |
| Alvina Renate (1913-1999) | |
| Bruno Richard (1899-1965) | |
| Reinholdt Herman (1915-1978) | |
| Elsa | |
| Lora | |
| Rosie (1900-1912) | |
| Otto | |
| Richard |
On the Alien Registraton in 1908 Fred indicated he had a brother in Germany but didn't know if he was still living. Hadn't heard from him in 15 years.13
The Province of Posen (Poznan)
The 19th century Prussian province of Posen was called Wielkopolska until 1793, literally "Greater Poland". This region was the
historical center of origin of the Polish Nation in the 10th century and has always been one of the richest and most developed provinces of
Poland.
In 1793 (as a result of the Second Partition of Poland) Greater Poland was taken over by Prussia and initially renamed "Southern
Prussia". After 1815 this term was no longer used and the province was refered to with the name of its capital town, i.e. Poznan (German:
Posen). This is often misleading, especially the records containing the name "Posen" are ambiguous - they suggest the town, where usually
the entire province is meant. Even before the Partitions, Wielkopolska had some German population but as it became part of the Kingdom of
Prussia, the German colonization increased significantly. Most of the settlers were Lutheran and many Protestant parishes were established.
Before WWI, the German-speaking inhabitants were about 35% of the total population. The majority of them lived in the western and
northern districts. The central and southern part of Wielkopolska retained its Polish and Catholic identity.
After Germany lost WWI, the territory of the Province of Posen was returned to Poland which was then restored as an independent
nation. Only some of the western regions remained part of Germany. Together with the western districts of the former West Prussia, those
areas were included in a new province called Grenzmark Posen-Westpreussen which existed until 1938. The majority of the
German-speaking inhabitants of the Polish parts of Wielkopolska emigrated to Germany after 1920.
After WWII also the areas of the former Province of Grenzmark were incorporated into Poland. The Germans living there were forced
to leave and the Poles from the former Polish territories in the East started to settle there.
The map below shows the territory of the Province of Poznan (Posen) at the beginning of the 20th century. The division into districts and the
Polish and German names of the district towns are provided. The regions marked in yellow are those which remained in Germany after WWI.
The parts of Silesia which were incorporated into the Poznan voivodship after 1920 are shown in cyan.
Political & administrative status of the Province
Still under construction!!
The Prussian province of Posen (Poznan) was established in 1815 and comprised the major part of the Polish region called
Greater Poland most. Until the 1860'ies, the term "Grand Duchy of Posen" was officially used as a name of this province, which was later
abandoned due to the unification of the Prussian monarchy. Despite this terminological change, the territory of the Province remained unchanged
during the entire century (until 1919), thus it won't cause much ambiguity to refer to it as "Province of Posen" all throughout this period. Some
historical information concerning this area is available within the Genealogy & Poland guide.
Please note: as "Posen" can mean also the capital town (Poznan) of this province, I will use the term "the Province" to denote the Province of
Posen everywhere in my guide.
In 1815, the Province was initially divided into 26 districts. Their seats were in the following towns (German names in
brackets): Babimost (Bomst), Buk, Bydgoszcz (Bromberg), Chodziez (Chodziesen), Czarnkow (Czarnikau), Gniezno (Gnesen),
Inowroclaw (Inowrazlaw), Jarocin (Jarotschin), Koscian (Kosten), Krobia (Kröben), Krotoszyn (Krotoschin), Miedzychod
(Birnbaum), Miedzyrzecz (Meseritz), Oborniki (Obornik), Odolanow (Adelnau), Ostrzeszow (Schildberg), Pleszew (Pleschen),
Poznan (Posen), Srem (Schrimm), Sroda (Schroda), Szamotuly (Samter), Szubin (Schubin), Wagrowiec (Wongrowitz), Wrzesnia
(Wreschen), Wschowa (Fraustadt), Wyrzysk (Wirsitz). The north-eastern part of the Province belonged to the Regierungsbezirk
(administrative region) in Bydgoszcz/Bromberg while the rest constituted the Regierungsbezirk Poznan/Posen. The division of the Province
into the administrative regions, though important in the structure of the Prussian administration, is of little meaning to genealogical research. On
the other hand, the division to districts and parishes is very important as in all documents the district affiliation of towns used to be provided.
In 1887, an administrative reform was introduced and the number of districts was increased. This new status remained
practically unchanged until the end of World War One or even to 1932, as far as the areas remote to the post-WWI border are concerned.
After the WWI, the major part of the Province of Posen was returned to the restored Republic of Poland and only a westernmost strip of
it remained German. Several changes of the district borders were done along the new border line. The Polish part of the former Province became
part of the new voivodship Poznan except for the north-eastern districts which were incorporated into the voivodship of Polish Pomerania
(capital seat in Torun/Thorn). The German part was included into a new Prussian province named Grenzmark Posen-Westpreussen (Borderland
of Posen and West Prussia) with the capital in Pila/Schneidemuehl. This small province was in 1938 divided between Brandenburg, Pomerania
and Silesia. In the voivodship Poznan the district borders were changed in 1932 when their number was decresed. In 1938 the eastern part of
historical Greater Poland was also included into the voivodship Poznan. This area, with such cities as Kalisz and Konin, was not part of the
Prussian Province of Poznan before WWI but belonged then to the Kingdom of Poland ruled by the Russians.
As the result of the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Hitler incorporated the voivodship Poznan into the Third
Reich and renamed it Warthegau (Warta Region). After the War, the pre-War Poznan voivodship was restored. In 1975, the administrative map
of Poland was redrawn and the areas of the 19th century Province of Poznan became part of 8 new voivodships: Poznan (its entire territory), Pila
(its southern part), Leszno (its entire territory with small exceptions), Konin (small areas in its western part), Kalisz (its western 2/3), Gorzow
Wielkopolski (its eastern portion), Zielona Gora (small eastern strip), Bydgoszcz (its southern 1/3).
http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html
Wirsitz . . . . . . . . . . . . Poz Wyrzysk
Wisniewo. . . . . . . . . . . . Poz Wisniewo
Wissek. . . . . . . . . . . . . Poz Wysoka
Rogasen . . . . . . . . . . . . Poz Rogozno
Wyrzysk Skarbowy
53N
17E
159
521
Wyrzysk
53N
17E
159
521
Wyrzysk
53N
17E
157
515
Wyrzysk
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150
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Rogozino
52N
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The area of Kalisz and Konin is traditionally considered as the eastern part of the region of Greater
Poland that up to the Partitions of Poland was composed of two voivodships: Poznan and Kalisz. The Vienna Congress
has cut off a part of the latter voivodship and gave it to the autonomous Kingdom of Poland under Russian rule, while
the major part of Greater Poland became the Prussian Duchy (later Province) of Poznan. From that time on, the area
around Kalisz and Konin lived a different fate than the rest of the region.
KUSS
To: Albert Lammers, marynarz@zeelandnet.nl, who wrote:
...Please can you help? My wife is a Kuss from Lodz. Where might her family have originated from?
The short answer is, there's no way to know. Kuss, in that form, appears to be a German name, perhaps from the root Kuss,
meaning "kiss." But it may be a variation of a nickname for a first name such as "Kosmo," or it might be a Germanized spelling of
a Polish name beginning with the root kus-, which can mean "small chunk of bread," "tempt," "short, scanty," "a young boy," etc.
There just isn't enough info to say anything more definite.
As of 1990 there were 70 Polish citizens named Kuss, living in the following provinces: Warsaw 2, Bialystok 3, Bydgoszcz 17,
Ciechanow 2, Czestochowa 1, Elblag 1, Gdansk 5, Katowice 5, Legnica 14, Lodz 4, Lublin 5, Poznan 2, Szczecin 2, Torun 4,Wroclaw 3. If you are determined, you might be able to get hold of a Lodz province phone directory and see if any of the Kuss'es in
Lodz are listed (they may not be, phones in private homes are by no means universal in Poland), and that might provide an
address for someone to write to. Other than that, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. The source from which I got the above data does not
contain any more details such as first names and addresses, and I have no access to any such data. A telephone directory
search is by no means certain to succeed, but it's the only way I know of you might be able to learn more.
Re: [POSEN] Poles and Germans in the Grand Duchy Posen in the spring of 1848 (part 2)
Resent-Date:
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 06:28:35 -0700
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Date:
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:28:03 +0100
From:
Gerd Schmerse <schmerse@t-online.de>
Organization:
Institut f. Detebe-Genealogie & Historie
To:
POSEN-L@rootsweb.com
References:
1 , 2
Poles and Germans in the Grand Duchy Posen in the spring of 1848
(part 2)
Comparatively little we know up to now about the German civil national-
movement of that time in the Posen principality. The cited book of the
Polish historians Grze's, Kozlowski and Kramski "The Germans in the
Posen principality and the politics of the Germanisation, 1815-1920" is
presently the only historic investigation over the political activity of
the Posen Germans. Naturally it is impossible, to explore this question
in a work detailed and inclusive, all the more, since the authors record
a long historic period and limit themselves not only to the revolution
1848/49.[8] Without the display of the German civil movement in the
grand duchy is it difficult, to understand the acts of the Prussian
"Secretaries in March" [Märzminister] w.r.t. the Polish question. Their
political goal was it, to support certain social powers in the Posen
society. Correctly one can assume, that the there resident German citi-
zens (i.e. the small and medium dealers and workman) as most active part
of the German population could exercise influence on the Posen - poli-
tics of the Berlin government , more still, that they were their social
support. How direct this combination in reality was, can be shown only
by a thorough and concrete investigation of the political activities of
the Posen German bourgeoisy.
Primary source for our topic is the political journalism to the time of
the revolution: Coverages and essays of "Newspaper of the Grand Duchy
Posen" (Zeitung des Großherzogtums Posen ZGP) and their enclosure
"German Constitutional Paper" (Deutsches Konstitutionelles Blatt DKB)
and likewise there published appeals, proclamations and meeting proto-
cols of the German National Comitee (Deutsches Nationalkomitee DNK). The
newspaper of the grand duchy Posen was the first and up to 1848 the only
political daily in the Posen principality. It appeared at a stretch from
1794 to 1865, and of course always in two languages - Polish and German.
The German historian Laubert has described its history of the origins in
detail. Although formally a privat issue, the newspaper was actually the
official organ of the Prussian administration of the principality. In
the twenties and thirties their owner was Friedrich Rosenstiel, a high
official of the Prussian Ministry of Finance. He always dealt loyal to
already in the first number of the newspaper in July 1794 published
programmatic explanation, after which it be the duty of the publisher,
to solely report, not to express his personal opinion. The publisher has
to report the events and not to judge upon the deeds of persons and
people.[9] Up to the spring 1848 the newspaper had limited itself solely
to the emphasis of the official documents and some statements remitted
by the administration of the principality from Prussian newspapers.
With the revolutionary events in the spring 1848 the character of the
newspaper changed suddenly. Already in the middle of March everything
else than impassive coverages over the events in Paris, Vienna and
Berlin emerged, questions of the constitution and the general suffrage
were discussed. In the first days of April G. Hensel became editor of
the paper. Quickly he transformed it into the mouthpiece of the national
movement of the German bourgeoisy growing in the province . Since then
the newspaper appeared with a daily enclosure, which carried the charac-
teristic title "German constitutional paper" (Deutsches Konstitutionel-
les Blatt). There were published appeals of the DNK, reports on his
meetings, records of the collections accomplished under chair of DNK -
functionaries of the German citizens of Posen (German public
gatherings). All these documents, as well as the editorial articles of
the newspaper itself appearing daily in April and May, are valuable
sources for the characterization of the German national movement in the
principality.
With usage of press material its particularities as historic source are
to be considered . As you know the press is always an instrument of the
propaganda, either ruling circles or certain sociopolitical groups.
Their goal is the influence of the public opinion. Thereby it is diffi-
cult to determine, to what extend the press itself creates this opinion
and to what extent it reflects it. The newspaper usually follows the
interests of certain circles of readers. Otherwise their existence would
be senseless. The newspaper of the grand duchy Posen was oriented chie-
fly to the German population of the Posen principality, mainly trade-
and industry bourgeoisy.
An important source for the programmatic and tactical ideas of the DNK
was the very polemically laid out essay of one of his leading ideolo-
gists, Robert Hepke.[10]
Beside press and journalism literature of memoirs was evaluated, too.
Altogether there are only few memories of the Posen riot of 1848. Polish
historians cite about 15 important memoiress and diaries of participants
or eyewitnesses of the riot.[11] The memories of L. Mieroslawski and J.
Moraczewski have well been analyzed first of all owing to the investiga-
tions of S. Kieniewicz and W. Jakóbczyk.[12] For our work the of course
published, but still little known memoiress of the colonel of the Polish
rebellious troops, Ludwik Szczaniecki, were more interesting.[13] His
memories of the events in March and April 1848 contain concrete and very
valuable statements about the relationships between Poland and Germans
in the principality, over attempts of the union of their national move-
ments on the basis of a democratic solution of the Polish question. The
publishers hold the memoiress for credible.
The knowledge from the published sources, i.e. from press and memoiress,
are completed by documents from archives. So reports of the head dis-
trict administrators, the police officers of the Prussian administration
of the principality on the events in March of the year 1848 were evalua-
ted, there were contained in the central state archive of the GDR,
agency at Merseburg, in the stocks of the former Prussian Ministry of
the Interior.[14] A further important source were the petitions located
likewise in Merseburg of German inhabitants of the Posen principality,
which arriveded in large number in April and May 1848 in Berlin.[15] The
demands raised in these petitions became standard for many decrees of
the Prussian government.
The news of the February revolution in France and from the events in
Vienna and Berlin set the whole principality in motion. The society in
Posen already was prepared for it, for in the course of several years in
the principality complicated processes had matured to the revolutionary
conflict. Since social, political and national efforts of different
groups of the population entangled each other, the situation had become
especially critical. The arrests following the disclosure of the Polish
plot in the year 1846 and the sensational court process in Berlin as
well as the famine after the bad harvests of the years 1846 and 1847 had
strengthened the social activity of the masses. The disturbances, in
which, as the sources show, both the Polish as well as the German lower
class had participated, were the precursors of the March crisis of the
year 1848.[16]
Rumors and newspaper reports on the revolution in Paris, on the riots in
Prague and Vienna, on the disturbances in Hungary, finally on the
street fights of the 18th and 19th of March in Berlin and the patent of
Friedrich Wilhelm IV.[17] fell on fertile soil and gave the impuls for
the further rapid development of the events.
However these news impressed Poles and Germans in a different way. The
reaction of the Poles was faster and very active. At that 20th March the
Polish Posen National Comitee (PNK) was founded and a petition composed
to Friedrich Wilhelm IV. with the demand, to grant independence to the
principality. Within a few days the PNK not only completely controlled
the situation in the capital, but it took over gouvernmental functions
in the whole principality. The Prussian authorities could not prevent
that. The Prussian officials relieved of their posts by order of the PNK
left the province.[18]
__________
[8] Cf. S. N. Slavin, Pol'skoe vosstanie 1848 g. v Poznani i ob^s^cest-
vennoe mnenie Germanii, Diss. Leningrad, in part published in: U^cenye
Zapiski Leningradskogo pedagogi^ceskogo Instituta im. A. I. Gercena, Bd.
164, T. 3.
[9] The publishers "believe, the duty of a newspaper writer require of
him, that he speaks, as bare narrator of the that, which remarkably has
happened, without letting his private opinion flow into the story; he is
speaker of the events at his public, however not judge of the acts of
the persons and peoples." M. Laubert, studies on the history of the
province Posen in the first half of the 19th Century, Posen 1908, p. 214
f.
[10] R. Hepke, The Polish revolt and the German countermovement in Posen
in the spring 1848, Berlin/Posen 1848.
[11] L. Gomolec, Pamietnik T. Szalczy´nskiego o powstaniu ludowym w
Wielkopolsce w r. 1848, in: Przeglad Zachodni, XI, 1955, Bd. 1 (Nr. 1-
4), S. 249 f.
[12] L. Mieroslawski, Powstanje pozna´nskie w r. 1848, Paris 1860; J.
Moraczewski, Wypadki pozna´nskie z r. 1848, Pozna´n 1850.
[13] S. Kieniewicz, Pulkownik Ludwik Szczaniecki o powstaniu pozna´nskim
1848 roku, in: Roczniki Historycznc, XII, 1936, Bd. 1, S. 117 ff.
[14] Central State Archive of the GDR, Merseburg (ZStA Merseburg), Rep.
77, Tit. 500, Nr. 1.
[15] ibid., Tit. 503, Nr. 22, Adh. 1, 5, 11.
[16] Among the documents of the 2nd Section of the Prussian Ministry of
the Interior are found also reports of government employees over the
disturbances, which shook many districts of the principality in fall
1847, ZStA Merseburg, Rep. 77, Tit. 500, No. L, vol. 2. As main reason
for the indignation of the population the constant rising of the food
prices is indicated in these handwritten letters. It came to attacks on
cars with grains, food storages and businesses. For the maintenance of
order the rulers had to employ military. Especially large was the exci-
tement in the central and eastern counties of the principality (in the
district of Posen, in Gnesen, Pleschen and Schrimm). Interestingly
enough a year later just these counties became bases of the Polish riot
troups.
[17] The royal patent, which was read out on March 18th in front of a
crowd of many excite peolpe, promised a reform of the German League
(Deutscher Bund), abolition of the customs barriers, freedom of the
press and the conscription of the United state legislature (Landtag) for
the discussion of the future constitution, K. Obermann, Germany, p. 282.
[18] We intentionally avoid here a comprehensive display of the facts,
which affect the activity of the PNK and the development of the Polish
patriotic movement in the principality in the months of March to May
1848, and procure these only so far, as they can serve for the explana-
tion of the position of the German citizens. These questions do not
belong to this theme. Be further referred to Istorija Pol'^si, Moskau
1955, Bd. 2, Kap. 12; U. A. Suzter, Poznanskoe vosstanie 1848 goda, in:
Voprosy istorii 1948 Nr. 3; J. Feldman, Sprawa polska w roku 1848,
Kraków 1933; S. Kieniewicz, Spolecze´nstwo polskie; H. Schmidt, The
Polish Revolution of the year 1848 in the Grand Duchy Posen, Weimar
1912; H. Wuttke, Book of the Towns of the Province Posen, Leipzig 1864.
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Friedrich Wilhelm KUSS
Sex: M
Event(s):
Birth: 28 Jul 1865
Wissek, Posen, Preussen
Parents:
Father: Julius KUSS
Mother: Auguste HOFFMANN
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154439 Kuss Friedr. Westpreußen 1865/1866 New York none d
http://www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english/start.htm
See 2 gif files of Klein Wissek/Wysoka
German Name
Klein Wissek
Today's Name
Wysoka Male 1935
Kreis/County
Wirsitz
German Province
Posen
Today's Province
Pilskie
Location
East 17°03'
North 53°09'
Location Description
This village/town is located 3.4 km and 214 degrees from Wissek, which is known today as Wysoka
Remarks
Also a Gut shown.
1889 Hamburg-America Line puts the first twin-screw fast steamers 'August Victoria' and 'Columbia' into service.
1891 The 'Fürst Bismarck' achieves the crossing to New York in only 6 days, 2 hours and 44 minutes, and could hence be celebrated as the fastest ship on the route.
1894
Hapag's first so-called 'P'Steamers are put into service.
1896
Hamburg-America Line's new-into-service 13,333GRT 'Pennsylvania' is the
biggest ship in the World of its time.
1899
Albert Ballin becomes General Director of Hamburg-America Line.
1900 Hamburg-America Line causes a sensation with the fast steamer 'Deutschland'. The ship takes the Blue Ribband on the voyage from New York to Plymouth in only 5 days, 7 hours and 38 minutes.
http://www.nucleus.com/~bowcity/12.htm
. 4528 P o/PC S.M.S. Furst Bismarck (sunk off
. Falkland Isl), Kais Deutsche Marine
. Schiffspost No 16/09 (written in
. Colombo). F SB 75.00
http://www.cimorelli.com/ShipsList/digest/July_1998/jul_16_1998_V98_513.txt
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:39:10 EDT
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To: TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com
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Subject: Re: [TSL] The Ship "Bismark" 1893
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There is no Bismark as far as I know...but there is a Furst Bismarck....
FURST BISMARCK
The "Furst Bismarck" was buit by A.G.Vulcan, Stettin for the Hamburg
America Line and was laid down as the "Venetia" but launched as the
"Furst Bismarck". She was a 8,430 gross ton ship, length 502.6ft x beam
57.6ft, three funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots.
There was accommodation for 420-1st, 172-2nd and 700-3rd class
passengers. Launched on 29/11/1890, she left Hamburg on her maiden
voyage to Southampton and New York on 8/5/1891. On 27/3/1894 she
commenced her first voyage from Genoa to Naples and New York and
continued this service during the winter months until commencing her
last Naples - New York voyage on 26/1/1902. She started her last Hamburg
- Southampton - New York voyage on 5/11/1903. She was sold to Russia in
1904, converted to an auxiliary cruiser and renamed "Don". In 1906 she
went to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, was renamed "Moskva" and from
13/5/1907 she ran between Libau, Rotterdam and New York. She made 4
round voyages, and in 1913 was sold to the Austrian Navy who renamed her
"Gaea" and used her as a depot ship. Seized by Italy at the end of the
Great War, she was rebuilt and renamed "San Giusto" for the Cosulich
Line. In 1921 she made one round voyage from Trieste to Naples and New
York and was scrapped in Italy in 1924.If you should order photos of
this vessel, be sure to specify the date as there was a later "Furst
Bismarck" belonging to Hamburg America Line, built in 1905.[Posted to
The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 29 October 1997}
It did arrived to New York from Hamburg in 1893 on
Jan 30
Apr 28
May 26
June 23
July 21
Aug 18
Sept 15
Nov 10
Hope this helps some,
Susanne M. Saether in Florida
GFSSusanne and AFSsusanne
(AOL Genealogy Forum Staff and ANCESTRY Forum Staff)
http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipdf.htm
FURST BISMARCK
The "Furst Bismarck" was buit by A.G.Vulcan, Stettin for the Hamburg America Line and was laid down as the
"Venetia" but launched as the "Furst Bismarck". She was a 8,430 gross ton ship, length 502.6ft x beam 57.6ft,
three funnels, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots. There was accommodation for 420-1st, 172-2nd
and 700-3rd class passengers. Launched on 29/11/1890, she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage to
Southampton and New York on 8/5/1891. On 27/3/1894 she commenced her first voyage from Genoa to Naples
and New York and continued this service during the winter months until commencing her last Naples - New
York voyage on 26/1/1902. She started her last Hamburg - Southampton - New York voyage on 5/11/1903. She
was sold to Russia in 1904, converted to an auxiliary cruiser and renamed "Don". In 1906 she went to the
Russian Volunteer Fleet, was renamed "Moskva" and from 13/5/1907 she ran between Libau, Rotterdam and New
York. She made 4 round voyages, and in 1913 was sold to the Austrian Navy who renamed her "Gaea" and used
her as a depot ship. Seized by Italy at the end of the Great War, she was rebuilt and renamed "San Giusto" for the
Cosulich Line. In 1921 she made one round voyage from Trieste to Naples and New York and was scrapped in
Italy in 1924.If you should order photos of this vessel, be sure to specify the date as there was a later "Furst
Bismarck" belonging to Hamburg America Line, built in 1905.[Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 29 October
1997}
http://www.uss-salem.org/features/oldmyst/ans48.htm
This is the Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat depot ship Gaa. Initially completed in 1890 as the German
passenger liner Furst Bismarck, she was purchased by the Russian Navy and renamed Don. The Russians
employed the ex-liner as an auxiliary cruiser. The Austro-Hungarian navy acquired the ship in 1909 and
converted her to support torpedo boats, as seen here. Gaa was fitted with 120mm (4.7 inch) guns from two old
cruisers, large cranes from two battleships, and stowage for 81 torpedoes and 100 mines.
During WWI she served as a support ship for German and Austro-Hungarian submarines. After the war Gaa
became Italian property and returned to the commercial shipping market under the name San Giusto. The
liner was asssigned the trans-Atlantic run, but she completed only one trip to New York before being damaged
by a strong gale. The well-used vessel was laid up upon completion of the return voyage, and was scrapped in
1923-23.
Page is labeled "Kinder" which is children in German.
Fredrick William Kuss Born July 28, 1865 Klein Vesack, Germany, Province Possen. Come to America Aug 16, 1890. United in Marriage to Bertha Ferch 1896. Jan 18. " Kuss" Born Sept 25, 1870 in Roggassen Germany Province Posen. Came to America 1895 . United in Marriage to Fredrick William Kuss Jan 18, 1896. To them 14 children born, 9 living. (the names Meta and Bertha were written and then crossed out) Ferch Family come to America Nov. 22, 1895.21
Page is labeld "Gathenkinder des Ghemannes"
Fredrick Wm. Kuss Born in Klein Vesick Province Posen Germany year of 1865 July 28th. Son of Julius and Augusta Kuss. 4 bothers in Germany and one half bother Rob Timm in America. 1 sister in Germany and one half sister in Germany. Came to America in August 1890 settled in Blue Earth Faribault Co. was married on Jan 18th 1896 to Bertha Ferch to them were born 14 Children 9 still living namely Meta Draper, Hugo Kuss, Adelia Failes, Bruno Kuss, Melita Halstead, Paul Kuss, Alvina Kuss, John Kuss, Reinholdt Kuss21
When Bertha would get home from school in Germany, she always had chores to do. One of those chores was having to gather sheep manure using the dress she had on like a sack and then would carry the manure to the fields and drop it onto the ground from her dress.
Another chore she would do normally around the Jewish celebration of "Pass Over". She would have to take dumplings her mother had made and stuff them down the mouths of the geese. The idea was to make the geese look extra plump so the Jews would perceive they were getting a good deal. Bertha told storys of having her fingers and hands ripped to bloody pieces by the raspy inner mouths of the geese.
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