{"id":208,"date":"2021-02-10T16:39:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifferth.org\/?p=208"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:26:00","slug":"coming-to-america-bob-lifferth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Coming to America – Bob Lifferth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On Tuesday, October 18, 1921, when Henry was seven months old, E.E., Gretchen, Charlotte, and Henry boarded the ship, the George Washington, the same ship that President Woodrow Wilson traveled on.\u00a0 Travelers were divided into groups of 30 for listing on manifests.\u00a0 Each manifest list recorded the passenger\u2019s manifest number, name, gender, age, marital status, ethnicity and place of residence.\u00a0 One manifest list showed the first four as follows:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. Lifferth, Ernst\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0M\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a032y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Germany\u00a0 \u00a0Gotha, Germany<\/li>
  2. Lifferth, Gretchen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 F\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 26y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Germany\u00a0 \u00a0Gotha, Germany<\/li>
  3. Lifferth, Charlotte\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 F\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 Gotha, Germany<\/li>
  4. \u00a0Lifferth, Heinrich\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 M\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07m\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0S\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Gotha, Germany<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    The remaining 26 names on this manifest were also all from Germany.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Before departure, passengers were given a 4\u00bd\u201d x 6 \u00bc\u201d \u201cInspection Card\u201d with the under title of Immigrants and Steerage Passengers<\/em> listing the port and date of departure, the name of the ship, the immigrant\u2019s name, and their last residence.\u00a0 These cards show that the Lifferths departed from Bremen[1]<\/a> in northern Germany near the North Sea.<\/h5>
    E.E.\u2019s card was stamped with the number 19 8802, but Gretchen\u2019s did not bear this stamp.\u00a0 Both cards were stamped with \u201cGeorge Washington,\u201d the date of departure \u201c18. Okt. 1921,\u201d \u201cSpecially Examined,\u201d \u201cUnited States Public Health Service,\u201d and \u201cU.S. Public Health Service Ellis Island, N.Y.C.\u201d<\/h5>
    The back of the card had the printed word \u201cVaccinated\u201d in addition to the instruction, \u201cKeep this Card to avoid detention at Quarantine and on Railroads in the United States\u201d printed in eight languages. The backs of E.E. and Gretchen\u2019s cards also had three stamps: \u201cDeloused,\u201d \u201cBathed,\u201d and \u201cConsulado De Espana\u2014Bremen.\u201d<\/h5>
    The ship George Washington left port from Bremerhaven on Tuesday, October 18, 1921, and arrived in New York and Ellis Island eleven days later, on October 29, 1921.\u00a0 As shown on the inspection cards, E.E. and his family were steerage passengers, which meant they traveled in the least expensive accommodations.\u00a0 They slept and, for the most part, traveled below the deck, but they were allowed on deck if they wanted to go there.\u00a0 They enjoyed going out on the deck and watching the sun set on the ocean ahead of them each night\u2026.<\/h5>
    [1]<\/a> The actual port was likely in Bremerhaven, which has a harbor to the sea, while the city of Bremen sits a short distance inland on the River Weser; this river empties into the sea at Bremerhaven.<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \u2026.On Monday, November 1, 1921, they were admitted into the United States of America.\u00a0 The next day, November 2, they visited a relative, a man named Wolfram, who was a cook in New York City.\u00a0 Then they left the bad experiences of Ellis Island and headed west toward Zion.\u00a0 This was more of what Gretchen had expected.\u00a0 She was now grateful to be in America.\u00a0 They continued their journey to Utah and Zion.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    E.E. was not one to sit still.\u00a0 After arriving in Utah, he quickly began to get himself established and accepted.\u00a0 On November 15, 1921, E.E. was issued a \u201cState of Utah Alien Registration and Instruction\u201d Card # 7057.\u00a0 This card indicates that E.E. had to pay $10.00 for this registration and instruction.\u00a0 The card was signed by an L.M. Jillilan.\u00a0<\/h5>
    The back of the card states: \u201cThis certifies that the applicant whose name appears on the reverse side of this card has attended the evening class provided by this district, and that he possesses such ability to speak, read, and write the English language as is required for the completion of the fifth grade of the public schools of the state.\u201d\u00a0 The back of the card was not signed, even though there was a place for the signature of the \u201cSuperintendent of schools.\u201d<\/h5>
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    On Tuesday, October 18, 1921, when Henry was seven months old, E.E., Gretchen, Charlotte, and Henry boarded the ship, the George Washington, the same ship that President Woodrow Wilson traveled on.\u00a0 Travelers were divided into groups of 30 for listing on manifests.\u00a0 Each manifest list recorded the passenger\u2019s manifest number, name, gender, age, marital status, ethnicity and place of residence.\u00a0 One manifest list showed the first four as follows: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gender\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Age\u00a0\u00a0 Married\u00a0\u00a0 Ethnicity\u00a0 \u00a0Place of Residence Lifferth, Ernst\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0M\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a032y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Germany\u00a0 \u00a0Gotha, Germany Lifferth, Gretchen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 F\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 26y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Germany\u00a0 \u00a0Gotha, Germany Lifferth, Charlotte\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 F\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 Gotha, Germany \u00a0Lifferth, Heinrich\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 M\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07m\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0S\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Germany\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Gotha, Germany The remaining 26 names on this manifest were also all from Germany. \u00a0 Before departure, passengers were given a 4\u00bd\u201d x 6 \u00bc\u201d \u201cInspection Card\u201d with the under title of Immigrants and Steerage Passengers listing the port and date of departure, the name of the ship, the immigrant\u2019s name, and their last residence.\u00a0 These cards show that the Lifferths departed from Bremen[1] in northern Germany near the North Sea. E.E.\u2019s card was stamped with the number 19 8802, but Gretchen\u2019s did not bear this stamp.\u00a0 Both cards were stamped with \u201cGeorge Washington,\u201d the date of departure \u201c18. Okt. 1921,\u201d \u201cSpecially Examined,\u201d \u201cUnited States Public Health Service,\u201d and \u201cU.S. Public Health Service Ellis Island, N.Y.C.\u201d The back of the card had the printed word \u201cVaccinated\u201d in addition to the instruction, \u201cKeep this Card to avoid detention at Quarantine and on Railroads in the United States\u201d printed in eight languages. The backs of E.E. and Gretchen\u2019s cards also had three stamps: \u201cDeloused,\u201d \u201cBathed,\u201d and \u201cConsulado De Espana\u2014Bremen.\u201d The ship George Washington left port from Bremerhaven on Tuesday, October 18, 1921, and arrived in New York and Ellis Island eleven days later, on October 29, 1921.\u00a0 As shown on the inspection cards, E.E. and his family were steerage passengers, which meant they traveled in the least expensive accommodations.\u00a0 They slept and, for the most part, traveled below the deck, but they were allowed on deck if they wanted to go there.\u00a0 They enjoyed going out on the deck and watching the sun set on the ocean ahead of them each night\u2026. [1] The actual port was likely in Bremerhaven, which has a harbor to the sea, while the city of Bremen sits a short distance inland on the River Weser; this river empties into the sea at Bremerhaven. \u2026.On Monday, November 1, 1921, they were admitted into the United States of America.\u00a0 The next day, November 2, they visited a relative, a man named Wolfram, who was a cook in New York City.\u00a0 Then they left the bad experiences of Ellis Island and headed west toward Zion.\u00a0 This was more of what Gretchen had expected.\u00a0 She was now grateful to be in America.\u00a0 They continued their journey to Utah and Zion. \u00a0 E.E. was not one to sit still.\u00a0 After arriving in Utah, he quickly began to get himself established and accepted.\u00a0 On November 15, 1921, E.E. was issued a \u201cState of Utah Alien Registration and Instruction\u201d Card # 7057.\u00a0 This card indicates that E.E. had to pay $10.00 for this registration and instruction.\u00a0 The card was signed by an L.M. Jillilan.\u00a0 The back of the card states: \u201cThis certifies that the applicant whose name appears on the reverse side of this card has attended the evening class provided by this district, and that he possesses such ability to speak, read, and write the English language as is required for the completion of the fifth grade of the public schools of the state.\u201d\u00a0 The back of the card was not signed, even though there was a place for the signature of the \u201cSuperintendent of schools.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-german-dinner"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifferth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}