Ludwig Samuel LAWRENZ

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• LifeSketch: ; Schweslin, Lauenburg, Pommern is no Swietlino, Poland. About 40 miles east of Stolp.
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• Immigration: 8 May 1876, New York City, New York; Immigrated on the vessel Donau that departed Bremen. Travelled with his wife and several children. Destination Kansas.

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Have photo of Ludwig Lawrenz

Old letter states that their trip was sponsered by family and friends and that the family were tillers of the soil. Lived in Luggeweise, Karolinenthal, and Schwetzlin, all in the Lauenburg area.

Have Passenger list from 8 May 1876 immigration with family:

Name: Ludwig Lawrenz
Arrival Date: 8 May 1876
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: Germany
Ship Name: Donau
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 31 Microfilm Roll: 403 List Number: 374
ALSO ON BOARD:
Ludwig Lawrenz, age 44, male, farmer, origin Germany, destination Kansas
Dorothy Lawrenz, age 42??, female, origin Germany, destination Kansas
Julius Lawrenz, age 12??, male
Ferdinand Lawrenz, age 9, male
Pauline Lawrenz, age 7, female
Ludwig Lawrenz, age 5, male
Auguste Lawrenz, age 3, female
Herman Lawrenz, age 6 months, male

Cause of death - Wassersucht/dropsy - Obit says heart disease. Source: St Johns Lutheran Church, Lyons Creek.

Have copy of Naturalization Record from ceremony 13 May 1886, at age 53.

Ludwig married Dorothea Marianne GUSTKE in 1860 in Schweslin, Lauenburg, Pommern, Germany. Dorothea (daughter of George GUSTKE and Dorothea Maria) was born on 29 Nov 1832 in Pommern, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 8 Dec 1917 in Union Township, Kansas; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Lyons Creek, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Julius James (Lawrence) LAWRENZ was born on 16 Apr 1860 in Luggeweise, Lauenburg, Pommern, Saxony, Germany; died on 4 Jun 1939 in Nashville, Kingman County, Kansas.
2. Ferdinand Henry LAWRENZ was born on 17 May 1862 in Schweslin, Lauenburg, Pommern, Germany; was christened on 9 Jun 1862 in Bresin, Lauenburg, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany; died on 3 Jul 1957 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas.
3. Pauline Emmalie Caroline LAWRENZ was born on 13 Jan 1865 in Pommern (Pomerania), West Prussia, Germany; died on 14 Nov 1940 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas.
4. Ludwig August Ernest LAWRENZ was born on 14 Sep 1867 in Pommern (Pomerania), West Prussia, Germany; died on 28 Dec 1938 in Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas.
5. Auguste Wilhelmine LAWRENZ was born on 21 Mar 1871 in Maheschitz, Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 17 Oct 1963 in Junction City, Geary, Kansas; was buried in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States.
6. Herman August Friedrich LAWRENZ was born on 17 Nov 1873 in Karolinenthal, Lauenburg, Pommern, Germany; died on 3 May 1943 in Elmdale, Chase Co., Kansas.
7. Anna Sophia LAWRENZ was born on 25 Apr 1879 in Hope, Dickinson County, Kansas; died on 6 Oct 1926 in Woodbine, Dickinson Co., Kansas; was buried in Shady Brook, Dickinson, Kansas.

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