10 Replies Latest reply on Dec 17, 2019 8:51 AM by Lisha Penn

Seeking list of new arrivals in US during the 19th century.

Pierre Dewez Dec 10, 2019 1:14 PM

Hello, Where can I find a name list of new arrivals in United States during the 19th century ? The only information I find on your website is a table showing arrivals of Alien passengers and immigrants in US from 1820 to 1888 but this interesting document are speaking about statistics. The names I am looking for are Ernest Dewez and Victor Dewez and maybe others Dewez. Can I find other records about those two persons on your web site.

Many thanks for your help.

Re: Seeking list of new arrivals in US during the 19th century.

Henry Rosenberg Dec 10, 2019 3:08 PM (in response to Pierre Dewez)

It depends on when they came. Before 1890 they came onto Castle Garden. After they came to Ellis Island, assuming they came through New York at all. You need to know where they came through. BTW, I am not with LOC. Just another volunteer transcriber.
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  Pierre Dewez Dec 11, 2019 12:26 PM (in response to Henry Rosenberg)
  
  Dear Henry,
  
  Thanks you very much for your answer.
  
  The date of the first letter family received from Ernest Dewez is a letter dated the 14th December 1869. At this moment he was in Camps Mills state of NY. We are then pretty shure Ernest arrived in U.S. before this letter's date.
  
  Hoping those informations are enough accurate to look for his arrival date ?
  
  Best regards
  Pierre Dewez
  
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    Henry Rosenberg Dec 11, 2019 4:28 PM (in response to Pierre Dewez)
    
    Pierre- I found a New York State Census from 1875. It does not state immigration info but it mentions his Uncle Victor and they live in Oswego, New York. Ernest's birth year wa listed as 1847 and he was from Belgium.
    
    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTD3-LQ7
    
    I can't fnd immigration information though.
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      Pierre Dewez Dec 12, 2019 6:38 AM (in response to Henry Rosenberg)
      
      Dear Henry,
      Thanks for your help
      I went on "Family search" and find the following informations about Ernest :
      arrival to NYcity in 1897,
      census of the inhabitant living in Redfield, Oswego, NY in 1875 and
      information about his mariage in Virginia the 27/09/1988.
      
      I will try to find on this same website the place were other list or manifest of Allien immigrants are.
      
      Best regards
      Pierre Dewez
      
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        Henry Rosenberg Dec 12, 2019 8:36 AM (in response to Pierre Dewez)
        
        Hi Pierre- I had seen those but because of your timeline (letter from 1869) and the fact he lived in New York, I didn't include them. I'm glad you found them and feel they are relevant. Did you know Ernest was married in Virginia? Did he live there? Sometimes you can use that information to find death information. In some cases death records will have parents names or if you find federal census it may say when they immigrated or were naturalized.
        
        Good luck,
        Henry
        
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joan stachnik Dec 11, 2019 12:41 PM (in response to Pierre Dewez)

Hi, You may want to try Familysearch.org, a free service after registration. It has some ship manifests for arrivals at New York as well as other US ports of entry. Hope this is of help. joan
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  Pierre Dewez Dec 12, 2019 4:07 PM (in response to joan stachnik)
  
  Hi Joan,
  Thanks for your quick help. Like you can read on my answer to Henry Rosenberg helping also me in the same post I find 3 interesting informations about Ernest.
  
  Best regards. Pierre
  
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Pierre Dewez Dec 12, 2019 1:06 PM (in response to Pierre Dewez)

Hi Henry,
Ernest have made a come back in Belgium in ???? certainly to see his family and return in the US in 1897.
Is this come back the only one he make ? I don't know but in his letter he wrote that the live was hard and I think sailship travel were expensive.
I know he died in 1909 and was a US citizen (naturalized).

I would like to find document to know exactly when he arrived the first time in the US and maybe when he came back to Belgium. I'm also interresting with his oncle Victor and Victorine the daughter of Victor.

On ancestry.com a person ( Shirley Cox Schroeder) ask (24th june 2010) this question about Ernest :
Hello all. I would appreciate any direction given as to the person Ernest Dewez (or Dewes). He was born in Belgium approx 1841. His first wife was Victorine and she died...On September 27, 1888 he married my cousin, Nannie
F. Cox in Richmond, VA. I found a public listing for him dates 1889-90 as being at 631 E. Broad Street with the occupation of "tanner".

Do you have any experience with ancestry web site ? I subscribed but now I need to pay to be in contact with Shirley and did not really know if she is always active ?

Best regards from Belgium.
Pierre
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  Henry Rosenberg Dec 12, 2019 4:44 PM (in response to Pierre Dewez)
  
  Not related to what you asked for but Ernest and Nannie's marriage information. It lists Ernest's parents.
  
  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRX4-1C5
  
  His immigration in 1897. It says he was living in New Orleans. Is that correct?
  
  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JX49-2ZD
  
  A question about Victorine mentioned in the 1875 census. Is that Ernest's daughter? Victor's daughter? Ernest's wife? If lists Victorine as a daughter but her age is unreadable and it is unclear whose daughter.
  
  A Victor Dewez in the 1860 census who lived in Connecticut. Don't know if this is your relative.
  
  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Y-1QK
  
  Sorry. That's all I can find.
  
  Regarding Ancestry, it is a subscription site which means you have to pay for most information. Familysearch.org is free. You just need to set up an account. That is where I got the information I sent to you.
  Good luck,
  Henry
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Lisha Penn Dec 17, 2019 8:51 AM (in response to Pierre Dewez)

Dear Mr. Dewez,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We suggest that you review the National Archives websites Immigration Records: Introduction and Immigration Records: Ship Passenger Arrival Records for tips on how to access records that may are digitized in the National Archives Catalog or available on the websites of NARA’s partners.

We also suggest that you review the NARA website for tips on how to begin your genealogical research and Census Resources for tips on how to access census records that may are digitized in the National Archives Catalog or available on our partners’ websites as well as how to view them for free at a NARA facility.

You may wish to use Family Search for Free Family History and Genealogy Records; and FamilySearch Wiki to begin your research using information known about your ancestors.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!

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