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There are lists that exist of "confirmed" Old Lutherans and their migration. This is a list that went to America. Work in progress...
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In a July 8, 1530 letter to Lazarus Spengler, Luther interprets his seal:
Grace and peace from the Lord. As you desire to know whether my painted seal, which you sent to me, has hit the mark, I shall answer most amiably and tell you my original thoughts and reason about why my seal is a symbol of my theology. The first should be a black cross in a heart, which retains its natural color, so that I myself would be reminded that faith in the Crucified saves us. "For one who believes from the heart will be justified" (Romans 10:10). Although it is indeed a black cross, which mortifies and which should also cause pain, it leaves the heart in its natural color. It does not corrupt nature, that is, it does not kill but keeps alive. "The just shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17) but by faith in the crucified. Such a heart should stand in the middle of a white rose, to show that faith gives joy, comfort, and peace. In other words, it places the believer into a white, joyous rose, for this faith does not give peace and joy like the world gives (John 14:27). That is why the rose should be white and not red, for white is the color of the spirits and the angels (cf. Matthew 28:3; John 20:12). Such a rose should stand in a sky-blue field, symbolizing that such joy in spirit and faith is a beginning of the heavenly future joy, which begins already, but is grasped in hope, not yet revealed. And around this field is a golden ring, symbolizing that such blessedness in Heaven lasts forever and has no end. Such blessedness is exquisite, beyond all joy and goods, just as gold is the most valuable, most precious and best metal. This is my compendium theologiae [summary of theology]. I have wanted to show it to you in good friendship, hoping for your appreciation. May Christ, our beloved Lord, be with your spirit until the life hereafter. Amen.
1835
- 1835 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Breslau and Buffalo J. G. Züngler (Zangler) with other family members;
- 1835 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Breslau and Buffalo F. Langner;
- 1835 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Breslau and Buffalo cabinet maker Ernst Krieg;
- 1835 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Breslau and Buffalo cutlery maker J. Ch. Sieffert;
- 1835 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Breslau and Buffalo Lumber Merchant Wilhelm Haschmann;
1836
- 1836 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Breslau shoemaker Wilhelm August Pietsch (35) with wife Rosina, neé Schönfeld (20) and children Bertha (6), Hermann (5);
- 1836 Liegnitz District in Silesia, Rothkirch journeyman bookbinder and noncommissioned officer Friedrich Eduard Scheppe (27);
1837
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin bookbinder Kroening (26) with wife Sophia, neé Bolling and two children, aged two years and eight months;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin servant and farmer's son Burow;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin cabinetmaker Zühlsdorg (36) and wife Anna Katharina, neé Scheer;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin shoemaker Gottlieb Adam (40) and wife Charlotte, neé Zingler and four children from 12 to 3 years old;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin shoemaker Sarnow and wife;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin property owner Rappräger (44) and wife Maria, neé Langen and four children from 16 to 7 years of age;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin unmarried serving girl Luise Gandt (25);
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin shoemaker Schwarz and wife; (returned from America)
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin daily wage earner Fährmann (49) and wife Luise, neé Fährmann;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Kammin journeyman saddle maker August Hanuth;
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Knurrbusch daily wage earner Will (30);
- 1837 province of Pomerania, district of Kammin Scheffin unmarried Dorothea Kassner (also spelled Kasten) (47);
- 1837 Platchow servant Gust with wife and two children;
- 1837 Wollin District Schwantus shepherd's assistant Schreiber with four children;
- 1837 Greifenberg blacksmith Lüdke with wife and two children;
- 1837 Naugard District Hakenwalde Bagans with wife and one child;
- 1837 Silesia, Görlitz District Königshain journeyman cabinetmaker Johann Gottlieb Hartmann (25);
1838
- 1838 Glogau District Denkwitz journeyman wheelwright Dartsch (39);
- 1838 Liegnitz District Kummernick resident Joh. Gottlieb Riese with wife Elisabeth, neé Bartsch and six children - Joh. Elisabeth (17), Joh. Christiane (16), Johann Karl (13), Joh. Eleonore (11), Joh. Karl August (8), Anna Rosina (2);
- 1838 Öls District Juliusburg weaver Christian Bierosche (45) with wife Maria Elisabeth, neé Pfeiffer (37) and two children: Ernestine Luise (7), Karl Gottlieb (5 months);
- 1838 Liegnitz District Kunitz Farmer Benjamin Karl Hegwer and wife Maria Rosina Anna, neé Jigner and 7 children: Christiane Charlotte Henrietta, Ernestine Luise, Anna Rosina Christiane, Maria Rosina Karoline, Karl Traugott Bleibtreu, Maria Dorothea, Gottlieb August Benjamin;
1839
- 1839 Breslau artistic gardener Johann Gottlieb Faude (45) with wife Rosina, neé Schulz (36);
- 1839 Breslau Pastor Leberecht Friedrich Ehregott Krause (34);
More to come....
References and sources
- Danish ships to New York
- Early Lutheran Immigration to Wisconsin - PDF
- Old Lutherans from Prussia to America PDF
- Archive Area - Follow the work of Susan Kriegbaum-Hanks
- Ancestry.com Database Search
- Genealoger
- Marriages Search More than 1700 marriage records have been extracted from the Evangelical (Lutheran) church in Weil im Sch"onbuch, W"urttemberg, Germany, from 1591 to 1705. There are 6400 names and more than 450 different German, Swiss, Austrian and French towns in this database.
- Pomeranian News - Searchable Database
- German Roots - Emigration
- Immigration and Emigration Research PDF
- Excellent site! Emigration from Schleswig-Holstein
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