Friday, December 24, 2010

Joachim Prigge - 1000 Emigrants To America From The District Of Harsefeld

This post is pretty far off my normal subject matter, as in not related to me. Instead, Joachim Prigge (1823-1910), is connected to the Brassfield surname by his 3rd great grandson marrying a Brassfield. According to this source, Joachim and his family arrived in New York 7 May 1868 on the steam ship Allemannia. They settled in Utica township, Winona County, Minnesota before 1880. His son Johann Nicolaus Prigge (1858-1943) had a daughter named Mathilda Prigge (1889-1964). She married Hugo Dorn (1885-1972). Their daughter Meta Dorn (1915-1994) married Herbert G. Gensmer (1914-2003). Their daughter, then had a son that married a Brassfield.

Also, there are many members of that family buried in the cemetery at Silo Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) north of Lewiston, MN. Founded in 1862, Immanuel Lutheran must have been the home church for that group of German immigrants.


1000 Emigrants To America From The District Of Harsefeld:
"312 Joachim PRIGGE [312], farmer, born on 05.10.1823 in Hedendorf, died on 29.08.1910 in Utica, Winona, MN at the age of 86.
Details:
Joachim Prigge is a son of Hinrich Prigge (9 Dec 1796 Hedendorf - 16 Dec 1879 Hedendorf).

Joachim Prigge oo (Neukloster) 2 Mar 1849 Magdalena Lühmann of Neukloster (18 Oct 1826 - 29 Oct 1903 Utica, Winona, MN)
Children:
1. Anna Catharina Prigge *22 Aug 1849 Hedendorf
2. Hein Prigge *3.Sep 1851 Hedendorf
3. Johann Prigge *26 Apr 1854 Hedendorf - 19 Apr 1855 Hedendorff
4. Johann Hinrich Prigge *17 Jan 1856 Hedendorf
5. Johann Nicolaus Prigge *14 Jan 1858 Hedendorf
6. Anna Margaretha Prigge *13 Feb 1860 Hedendorf
7. Catharina Prigge *14 Apr 1862 Hedendorf
8. Adelheid Prigge *26 Mar 1864 Hedendorf - 16 Feb 1867 Hedendorf
9. Nicolaus Prigge *17 Dec 1867 Hedendorf
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Ship passengers list:
They emigrate on the 'Allemannia' from Hamburg (dep 22 Apr 1868) to New York (arrival 7 May 1868) with 7 children in 1868 and thus follow Nicolaus Lühmann of Neukloster, their brother/brother-in-law.
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Details:
The 1880 census of Utica, Winona, MN:
Joachim Prigge,*1823
wife: Lena *1826
children: Henry *1856
John *1858
Catherine *1862
Nicholas *1867
William *1870 (born in Minnesota)

On 18 Sep 1894 ' Joachin Prigge was admitted to final citizenship' (Winona Daily Republican')."