Seeking immigration information of Jean Baptiste Breitschmitt

Can you give us his year of birth since there are several people with a similar name?

google translation:

Pouvez-vous nous donner son année de naissance puisqu'il y a plusieurs personnes avec un nom similaire?

I found one additional piece of information in a 1890 Oakland California newspaper list of letters that needed to be claimed at the post office.

from Oakland Tribune 26 May 1890;

Dear Ms. Marchand,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1880 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1890 Census; and the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain a record of Jean Baptiste Breitschmitt.  For access to the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

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For information about the U.S. Census, see the Census Bureau technical documentation and questionnaires.

We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located a database titled Germans to America Passenger Data File, 1850 - 1897 that includes a passenger record for J. B. Breitschmith.  To locate the arrival date, ship name, and port of departure information associated with the individual passenger record, please search the Manifest Header Data File in AAD using the manifest identification number listed in the passenger record. Please refer to the FAQs for more details.

We also suggest that you review these Genealogy: Passenger Arrival List Research Tips  and NARA’s page on Immigration Records for suggestions on how to locate immigration information for your great-grandfather.  There are numerous ways that individuals could enter the United States from Europe such as on a ship that arrived at various coastal ports or over land from Canada, etc. Ship passenger arrival lists were a requirement beginning in 1820, but that does not guarantee that person was recorded or that the list still exists. Many of the passenger lists have been digitized and are name-searchable online using Ancestry and FamilySearch. 

To locate general information about Jean Baptiste Breitschmitt in the United States, we suggest that you review NARA’s Resources for Genealogists, as well as the FamilySearch Research wiki for United States Genealogy.  In addition, the document Suggestions and Advice for Family History Researchers may be useful.  Since most cities and counties have yearly directories for residents, you may wish to search for Jean Baptiste Breitschmitt’s location using a directory.  Some of these directories are indexed by address but most are alphabetically by last name.  We suggest you consult the FamilySearch wiki on United States Directories for these resources. 

You may wish to search Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org for the U.S. Census, the Passenger Lists, and City Directories. There may be a fee for using Ancestry. Instead, check for access at your local library as many library systems subscribe to these sites, making them free for their patrons.

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