Ludwig Friedrich August Lewis BROCKMANN

Name: Ludwig Friedr August Brockmann

Gender: männlich (Male)

Marriage Age: 43

Event Type: Heirat (Marriage)

Birth Date: 16 Sep 1828

Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1872

Marriage Place: Wismar, Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany)

Father: Johann Heinrich Gottfried Brockmann

Spouse: Luise Caroline Wilhelmine Boldt

Parish as it Appears: Wismar

City or District: Wismar

Author: Evangelische Kirche Sankt Nicolai Wismar (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)

Name: L Brokmann

Arrival Date: 6 May 1853

Birth Date: abt 1829

Age: 23 6/12

Gender: Male

Place of Origin: Hannover

Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany

Destination: New York

Port of Arrival: New York, New York

Ship Name: Madgaline

Name: Ludwig Brockmann

Departure Date: 10 Jul 1872

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829

Age: 43

Gender: männlich (Male)

Residence: Iowa, USA

Occupation: Ingenieur

Ship Name: Holsatia

Captain: Barends

Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft

Shipping Clerk: Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller`s Nachfolger

Ship Type: Dampfschiff

Accommodation: Zweite Kajüte

Ship Flag: Deutschland

Port of Departure: Hamburg

Port of Arrival: New York

Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 027 A

Page: 776

Microfilm Roll Number: K_1717

Household Members:

Name Age

Ludwig Brockmann 43

Elise Brockmann 28

German Passenger List

Departure Port: Hamburg, Germany

Ship: Gutemberg

Port of Arrival: New York

Date of Arrival: July 1, 1851

Name: Lewis Brockman

Age in 1860: 32

Birth Year: abt 1828

Birthplace: Mecklenburg

Home in 1860: New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota

Gender: Male

Post Office: New Ulm

Value of real estate: View Image

Household Members:

Name Age

Lewis Brockman

Name: Ludwig Brockmann

Passport Issue Date: 4 Sep 1858

Passport Includes a Photo: N

Source: Passport Applications, 1795-1905 (M1372)

Name: Lewis Brockman

Birth Date: 16 Sep 1828

Birth Place: Grand Duchy of mecklenbug

Passport Issue Date: 7 Jul 1869

Passport Includes a Photo: N

Source: Passport Applications, 1795-1905 (M1372)

Arrived in US in 1851 with Carl Brockmann, and is a brother. Age listed was 23 occupation Engineer

Ludwig Brockmann, age 23, a Native of Germany, (no landing date), Signed his Declaration on Dec. 8th, 1851, Pg in Bk 1, 925. Dubuque County, IA

Ludwig must have returned to Germany, at least for a visit. He is listed as a Sponsor for the Christening of his brother, Heinrich's daughter, Maria Louise Caroline Elisabeth Brockmann b 06/05/1857 and christened, 07/02/1857. He is listed in the church records for this baptism as Ludwig Brockmann, Ingenieur (Engineer) in North America. Christenings usually take place a few days after a childs birth. Obviously, this one was delayed in order for Ludwig to make the trip from the US back to Mecklenburg for the Christening. So far, I have not been able to find other records of Ludwig in America.

6/5/00- Joyce Sousa found some election results from Clayton County, Iowa and in November 1856, Lewis Brockman, democrat ran for County Surveyor and lost to the Republican candidate. Also the village of Clayton Center was surveyed in April, 1856 by Lewis Brockman for Fred Hartman, as proprietor. This is probably our Ludwig Brockmann. The occupation and time frame fit.

Ludwig must have stayed in Germany or returned there again as evidenced by the marriage in 1872 in Wismar when he was 44.

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