Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann
[Sabina Barthman]

Irish–Danish–German Heritage

Overview

Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann data (1834–1897)
Sources: Data from: Newspaper obituary, given by Anonymous as The Wall Lake Blade (Wall Lake, IA), 9 July 1914, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=136445281&PIpi=109870127 [on-site Obituary for Erhardt Barthman; main entry: Find A Grave, memorial no. 136445281, Erhardt Barthman, Wall Lake Cemetery, Wall Lake, IA, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=136445281]. Wisconsin Marriages, 1836–1930 (reference ID no. V2 P201 N97, Family History Library microfilm no. 1,275,492), John V. Barthman and Emelie S. Olson, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR65-SGT.
Names	German name: Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann	Graduation certificate (as Sabina Strößenreuther)
Names	American name: Sabina Barthman	1895 Iowa Census
Sex	Female	—
Birth	Date: 23 April 1834	Smallpox vaccination certificate, Graduation certificate
Birth	Place: Vordorf, Wunsiedel, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation	Smallpox vaccination certificate, Graduation certificate
Death	Date: 7 July 1897 (age 63)	Obituary (as Mrs. A. Barthman)
	Place: Wall Lake, Sac county, Iowa, United States	Obituary (as Mrs. A. Barthman)
	Cause: Cancer	Obituary (as Mrs. A. Barthman)
Burial	1897, Wall Lake, Sac county, Iowa, United States	Obituary of Erhardt Barthman (buried beside predeceased wife)
Parents	Father: [Unknown]	—
Parents	Mother: [Unknown]	—
Marriage	Spouse: Erhard Barthmann [Erhardt Barthman]	1925 Census for Margarethe Harder (parents of Margarethe Harder, as Ehrhart Barthman and Lavina Stroessenreuter)
	Date: [about 1855]	1910 U.S. Census for Erhart Barthman (calculated: would have been married 54 years in April 1910)
	Place: German Confederation	1925 Census for Margarethe Harder (as Germany; parents of Margarethe Harder, as Ehrhart Barthman and Lavina Stroessenreuter)
Children	4 or more	—
	Johann Georg Barthmann	—
	Johann Valentin Barthmann	Wisconsin Marriages for John V. Barthman (mother of John V. Barthman, as Sevina Stresner)
	Anna Margaretha (Barthmann) Harder	1925 Census for Margarethe Harder (mother of Margarethe Harder, as Lavina Stroessenreuter)
	Andreas Barthmann	1895 Iowa Census
Immigration to United States	3 August 1882 (age 48), Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Immigration card (as Savina Barthmann)

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Pictures

[Image: Close-up of Sabina Barthmann] — Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann, Erhard Barthmann, and their son Andreas Barthmann, ca. late 1870s

[Image: Sabina, Erhard, Andreas Barthmann] — Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann, Erhard Barthmann, and their son Andreas Barthmann, ca. late 1870s

Birth and death

Sabina Strößenreuther was born on 23 April 1834 in the village of Vordorf, Vordorf, Wunsiedel, Upper Main, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation. Now Vordorf is in Tröstau, Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Federal Republic of Germany.

Sabina Barthman died on 7 July 1897 in Wall Lake, Sac county, Iowa, United States. She is buried in Wall Lake, Sac county, Iowa, United States.

Birth

The following table contrasts the administrative units of government around Vordorf when she was born there in 1834 with the current ones:

Vordorf within Germany, 1834 and current
English		German
1834 Sabina Strößenreuther birth	Current	1834 Sabina Strößenreuther birth	Current
Sources: Data from: Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 959 [p. 324; in German]. Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online, s.v. “Vordorf” [site in German].
Vordorf [locality]	Vordorf [locality]	Ort Vordorf	Ort Vordorf
Vordorf municipality	Tröstau municipality	Gemeinde Vordorf	Gemeinde Tröstau
Wunsiedel regional judicial district	Wunsiedel administrative district	Landgericht Wunsiedel	Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge [Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains]
Upper Main district	Upper Franconia administrative region	Obermainkreis	Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken
Kingdom of Bavaria	Bavaria [state]	Königreich Bayern	Freistaat Bayern
German Confederation	Federal Republic of Germany	Deutscher Bund	Bundesrepublik Deutschland

The smallpox vaccination certificate below shows that Sabina Strößenreuther was born in Vordorf in the Wunsiedel area (of Bavaria) on 23 April 1834:

[Image: Sabina Stroessenreuther immunization record] — Smallpox vaccination certificate for Sabina Strößenreuther, 15 May 1836

Transcription and translation of smallpox vaccination certificate for Sabina Strößenreuther, 15 May 1836
Source: German version reprinted from photocopy, Wunsiedel, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation, smallpox vaccination certificate, 15 May 1836, Sabina Stroessenreuther; photocopy obtained by Harry V. Barthman (subject’s grandson) while visiting Bavaria, late 1970s; transcription and translation by IrishDanishGermanHeritage. Note: German Lit. = Litera, borrowed from Latin littera, ‘letter (of the alphabet)’ (used before a letter in the way that No. is used before a numeral). German k = königlich ‘royal’. Schönbrunn village is southeast of Vordorf village. Wunsiedel town is near Schönbrunn, east-southeast of Vordorf.
English translation		(A.) Smallpox Vaccination Certificate. The undersigned chief public-health officer of Wunsiedel royal regional judicial district herewith certifies on the basis of vaccination register no. 48 for the year 1836 for Schönbrunn district that Stroessenreuther Sabina born in Vordorf on the 23rd of April 1834 was vaccinated during the regular (special) public smallpox-vaccination in Schönbrunn on the 7th of May 1836, and that, per the performed inspection on the 8th day and , the vaccination was reported to have been of indisputable success. Attested in Wunsiedel on the 15th of May 1836 Dr Fikentscher District Chief Public-Health Officer.

German original		(Lit. A.) Schutzpocken-Impfungsschein. Der unterfertigte Gerichtsarzt des k Landgericht Wunsiedel beurkundet hiermit auf dem Grunde der Impfliste des Bezirkes Schoenbrun vom Jahre 1836 Ziffer 48 daß Stroessenreuther Sabina geboren zu Vordorf den 23″ April 1834 bei der ordentlichen (außerordentlichen) öffentlichen Schutzpocken-Impfung zu Schoenbrun den 7″ Mai 1836 geimpft worden, und daß gemäß der am 8^ten Tage und vorgenommenen Controlle die Impfung von unzweifelhaftem Erfolge gewesen sey. Gegeben zu Wunsiedel den 15″ Mai 1836 Dr Fikentscher Gerichtsarzt.

Death

Obituary for Mrs. A. Barthman, 1897

Last Wednesday evening the sufferings of Mrs. A. Barthman came to an end when her soul took its flight. She ha s been a sufferer for a number of years and the last year a constant sufferer from a cancer, which caused her death. Deceased had been a resident of this place some twelve years and had many friends. She was about 63 years of age and leaves a husband who is 66 years old, and also four children who mourn her loss. The funeral took place this Friday morning at 10 o’clock.

Source: Reprinted from image of newspaper obituary, given by Anonymous as The Wall Lake Blade (Wall Lake, IA), 9 July 1897, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=137235666&PIpi=111039106 [main entry: Find A Grave, memorial no. 137235666, Wall Lake Cemetery, Wall Lake, IA, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137235666]; typo and lack of commas in the original.

Note: The obituary is reportedly from Friday, 9 July 1897, which would put the death as Wednesday, 7 July 1897, and the funeral as that day, Friday, 9 July 1897.

Abstract of obituary for Mrs. A. Barthman, 1897
Source: Data from image of newspaper obituary, given by Anonymous as The Wall Lake Blade (Wall Lake, IA), 9 July 1897, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=137235666&PIpi=111039106 [main entry: Find A Grave, memorial no. 137235666, Wall Lake Cemetery, Wall Lake, IA, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137235666]; locations expanded to include counties and unabbreviated state names, brackets added.
Name	Mrs. A. Barthman
Residence	[Wall Lake, Sac county, Iowa, United States]
Birth date	—
Birth place	—
Death date	Wednesday, [calculated: 7 July 1897]
Death place	—
Age	About 63
Cause of death	Cancer
Parents	—
Funeral services	Friday, 9 July 1897
Burial	—
Preceded in death by	—
Survived by	Husband (age about 66)
Survived by	4 children

Evidence for Mrs. A. Barthman being Sabina, Mrs. Erhardt Barthman
Obituary information	Evidence	Source
Sources: Data from: 1905 Iowa State Census, Cherokee county, population schedule, Pitcher township, Aurelia post office, card 66, Erheart Bordman; FamilySearch, indexed database and digitized image, Erheart Bordman, image 789, citing State Historical Department (Des Moines, IA) and Family History Library microfilm 1,430,331, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM5-M9LJ. 1925 Iowa State Census, Crawford county, population census, Goodrich township, Denison post office, book 2, sections 8–9, line 98, Andey Barthman; Iowa State Historical Department, Historical Museum and Archives (Des Moines, IA); FamilySearch, indexed database and digitized image, Andey Barthman, image 77, citing Iowa State Historical Department (Des Moines, IA) and Family History Library microfilm 1,429,288, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ4-T75C. Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850–1990, database; FamilySearch, indexed database, Erhardt Barthman, citing Jackson Township, Sac City, Sac county, Iowa, and reference p 78A, Family History Library microfilm 1433315, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV4R-R9X. Wunsiedel, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation, smallpox vaccination certificate, photocopy, 15 May 1836, Sabina Stroessenreuther; photocopy obtained by Harry V. Barthman (subject’s grandson) while visiting Bavaria, late 1970s [certificate reproduced above]. Note: Sabina’s son Andy Barthman had no Mrs. A. Barthman until he married Laura E. (Patchin) Noakes in 1919.
Mrs. A. Barthman	(If not a typo of A for S (Sabina)), error for Mrs. Erhardt Barthman, Er- of Erhardt pronounced like “eh-ah,” which one might spell with A and written “Ahart” on 1925 Iowa Census as father of Andy Barthman	1925 Iowa Census for Andy Barthman (mother as Sara Riceman)
Resident for 12 years	Erhardt had been Iowa resident for 20 years in 1905, so 12 years by 1897	1905 Iowa Census (as Erheart Bordman)
About 63 years old at time of death	Sabina born 23 April 1834, age 63 on 7 July 1897	Smallpox vaccination certificate
Surviving 66-year-old husband	Sabina’s husband, Erhardt, lived until 1914 and was born 26 December 1829 (school record) and was 67 years old on 7 July 1897, but later death record gave birth as 25 December 1830—66 years old on 7 July 1897	Iowa Deaths and Burials for Erhardt Barthman
4 surviving children	Sabina had 4 children who lived past 1897: George Barthman (d. 1921), John V. Barthman (d. 1920), Maggie A. (Barthman) Harder (d. 1930), and Andy Barthman (d. 1954).	[see individual pages]

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Education

For eight years, from 1839 to 1847, Sabina Strößenreuther attended Werktagsschule ‘weekday school’ in Vordorf, Kingdom of Bavaria. On 22 June 1847 (age 13) she was graduated and referred to Sonntagsschule ‘Sunday school’.

Four years later, on 2 June 1851 (age 17), she was graduated from Sonntagsschule in Vordorf, Kingdom of Bavaria.

Both graduations are attested in the graduation certificate below:

[Image: Sabina Stroessenreuther school grades (marks)] — Graduation certificate for Sabina Strößenreuther, 2 June 1851

[Image: Close-up of Sabina Stroessenreuther signature] — Graduation certificate for Sabina Strößenreuther, 2 June 1851

Transcription and translation of graduation certificate for Sabina Strößenreuther, 2 June 1851

Source: German version reprinted from photocopy, Vordorf, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation, graduation certificate, 2 June 1851, Sabina Strössenreuther; photocopy obtained by Harry V. Barthman (subject’s grandson) while visiting Bavaria, late 1970s; transcription and translation by IrishDanishGermanHeritage.

Note: German Entlaßschein = Entlassungsschein ‘certificate of discharge’, resp. = respektive ‘more precisely’ [literally, ‘respectively’], and königl. = königlich ‘royal’.

English
translation

I. Weekday School Graduation Certificate.

for Sabina Strössenreuther from Vordorf

born on the 23rd of April 1834, attended weekday school here from her 6th to her 14th year, earned the following grades:

Intellectual Gifts		good
Diligence		good
School Attendance		good, recently interrupted.
Moral Conduct		excellent
Knowledge:
	Religious Education	good
	Reading	very good
	Writing, or, more precisely, handwriting of the pupil:	Sabina Strößenreuther
	Spelling	good
	Written Compositions	good
	Slate Arithmetic	good
	Mental Arithmetic	good
	World Studies	good
	Drawing	——
	Singing	good

and, in consideration of the above grades, was graduated today from weekday school and was referred to Sunday school for further education.

Vordorf on the 22nd of June 1847.
Local School Inspectorate		Royal District School Inspectorate
Kirsch		Loew

II. Sunday School Graduation Certificate.

The above-mentioned was graduated today from Sunday school as well, in accordance with a preceding examination with the following grades:

Attendance of the School	very good
Attendance of Christian Instruction	poor
Knowledge	good
Conduct	excellent
Further Remarks	——

Vordorf on the 2nd of June 1851.
Local School Inspectorate		Royal District School Inspectorate
Kirsch		Nussenbaum

German
original

I. Werktags-Schul-Entlaßschein.

für Sabina Strössenreuther von Vordorf

geboren am 23″ April 1834, besuchte vom 6″ bis 14″ Jahre die Werktagsschule dahier, erwarb sich folgende Noten:

Geistesgaben		gut
Fleiß		gut
Schulbesuch		gut, in der letzten Zeit unterbrochen.
Sittliches Betragen		vorzüglich
Kenntnisse:
	Religion	gut
	Lesen	sehr gut
	Schönschreiben resp. Handschrift des Schülers:	Sabina Strößenreuther
	Rechtschreiben	gut
	Schriftliche Aufsätze	gut
	Tafelrechnen	gut
	Kopfrechnen	gut
	Weltkunde	gut
	Zeichnen	——
	Gesang	gut

und wurde unter vorstehenden Noten heute aus der Werktagsschule entlassen und zu weiterer Fortbildung an die Sonntagsschule überwiesen.

Vordorf den 22″ Juni 1847.
Lokal-Schul-Inspektion		Königl. Distrikts-Schul-Inspektion
Kirsch		Loew

II. Sonntags-Schule-Entlaßschein.

Obengenannte wurde heute nach vorausgegangener Prüfung mit folgenden Noten auch aus der Sonntagsschule entlassen:

Besuch der Schule	sehr gut
Besuch der Christenlehren	gering
Kenntnisse	gut
Betragen	vorzüglich
Sonstige Bemerkungen	——

Vordorf den 2 Juni 1851.
Lokal-Schul-Inspektion		Königl. Distrikts-Schul-Inspektion
Kirsch		Nussenbaum

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Residences and occupations

Erhard & Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann home on the Strößenreuther farm in Vordorf, Kingdom of Bavaria
Source: Data from Thiem 1973, 209–210; translation by IrishDanishGermanHeritage. ^aAccording to Benz, a half farm (halber Hof) is about 30–40 Tagwerke (Heimatgeschichte: Regen als Pfarrdorf), which is 25.26–33.68 ac = 10.23–13.64 ha. ^bThe Bavarian Tagwerk (Tgw; literally, a “day’s work” of plowing) is an old unit of measure. One Tgw = 36675.549 square feet = 3,407.27 square meters (Kuhn 2012, 263n76 [preview in Google Books]). Thus, 1 Tgw is about 0.842 ac = 0.341 ha and agrees with Fenton (1869)’s 100 Tgw = 84⅕ ac (p. 69n [PDF p. 286n]).
Farm size (for taxation)	half farm^a
Fields, meadows, and woods	Fields: 10 Tagwerke^b [8.42 acres = 3.41 hectares]
	Meadows: 16⅞ Tgw [14.21 ac = 5.75 ha]
	Woods: 8 ⁹/₁₂ Tgw [7.37 ac =2.98 ha]
	Total: 35⅝ Tgw [30 ac = 12.15 ha]
Structures	new house with nearby stables
	barn with nearby shed
	separate sheep-pen
	milk storage pit [Milchgrube] in the community
House Nos. 21 & 21 a	Built: No. 21: by 1727; No. 21 a: after 1845
House Nos. 21 & 21 a	Owners: Georg Bauer (1727), Adam Bauer (1737), Johann Schöffel (1751), Johann Wolfgang Schöffel (1774), Katharina (Schöffel) Fickentscher, Heinrich Fickentscher (1832), Andreas Fickentscher, Wolf Adam Strößenreuther (bought 17 February 1846 from Andreas Fickentscher), Maria Strößenreuther, by now also No. 21 a, Christof Strößenreuther, Maria Strößenreuther, Christof Strößenreuther, Klara Strößenreuther, Hermann and Anna Strößenreuther, Robert Strößenreuther, [non-Strößenreuther] (1971)
House No. 21 b	Built: probably ca. 1850
House No. 21 b	Owners: Sabine Barthmann (wife of Erhardt Barthmann, farmer), Johann Panzer, Susanne Panzer, Georg and Johanna Panzer, Adolf and Berta Benker, Evangelical Lutheran Church administration, [non-Strößenreuther] (1970)
Beer tavern at No. 21 b	Dates: 1 July 1881–25 July 1914
Beer tavern at No. 21 b	First proprietor: Erhardt Barthmann
Outbuilding adjoining No. 21 b	Original: dance hall
	Church-owned era: added second story and turned building into youth center
	World War II: prisoner-of-war housing
	Post-war: temporary refugee camp
	By 1973: dilapidated

United States and Iowa Census data for Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthman
Year	Location	Name	Sex	Age	Marital status	Birthplace	Father’s birthplace	Mother’s birthplace	Occupation	Other
Source: Data from 1895 Iowa State Census, Sac county, population schedule, Wall Lake town, Levey township, p. 695 (stamped), dwelling 90, family 90, Barthman; Iowa State Historical Department Museum and Archives (Des Moines, IA); FamilySearch, indexed database and digitized image, Sabina Barthman, image 535, citing State Historical Society (Des Moines, IA) and Family History Library microfilm 1,022,177, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQN-9TF. ^aWall Lake town is part in Levey township and part in Viola township. It is not in Wall Lake township.
1890	[Mostly destroyed by fire in 1921]
23 April 1895	Wall Lake town, Levey township^a, Sac county, Iowa, United States	Barthman, Erhard	Male	65	Married	Germany	Foreign	[Not viewable]	Laborer	—
		Barthman, Sabina	Female	61	Married	Germany	Foreign	[Not viewable]	~~[K]eeping house~~	—
		Barthman, Andreas	Male	18	Single	Germany	Foreign	[Not viewable]	Laborer	—
1900	[Deceased]

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Immigration

Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann; her husband, Erhard Barthmann; their daughter, Anna Margaretha Barthmann; and their youngest son, Andreas Barthmann, immigrated to America together in 1882.

They embarked at the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, and crossed the Atlantic on the SS Switzerland. On 3 August 1882 they passed through the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Ship manifest

The ship manifest and immigration card for Sabina (Strößenreuther) Barthmann are transcribed below:

Transcription of ship manifest for Erhard, Sabina, Margaretha, and Andreas Barthmann, 3 August 1882

Form No. 2.–B.	International Navigation Company, Red Star Line.					2227.–6,17,’80.–CA Bks.
	Report or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the S.S. Switzerland whereof John Clarke Jamison is Master, from Antwerp Belgium burthen 2816 Tons and owned by International Navigation Company of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia

Names

Age

Sex

Occupation

To what Country belonging

Country of which it is their intention to become Inhabitants

Number and Names of Passengers who died on the Voyage

Sources: Reprinted from digitized microfilm images, list 83, microcopy 425, roll 108, in Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, 1800–1882, National Archives Microfilm Publications (Washington, DC: The National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1963), image 257, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18402-93249-98?cc=1908535 and image 258, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18402-92436-97?cc=1908535 [FamilySearch index, Erhard, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F5M; Sabina, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F59; Andreas, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F5S; and Margaretha, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F5G].

The manifest is dated 3–4 August 1882 in the microfilm record (FamilySearch image 254, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18402-92053-92?cc=1908535), affirmed by the boarding office on 3 August 1882 (FamilySearch image 275, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18402-93712-8?cc=1908535), and affirmed by the ship’s master on 4 August 1882 (FamilySearch image 274, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18402-93938-48?cc=1908535).

Note: Margaretha and Andreas’s ages are correct, but Erhard was 52 not 42 and Sabina was 48 not 40.

[…]

41 Barthmann Edward

Farmer

Germany

U.S.

42 Barthmann Savina

Germany

U.S.

43 Barthmann Andreas

Germany

U.S.

[…]

63 Barthmann Marguerite

Domestic

Germany

U.S.

Transcription of immigration card for Sabina Barthmann, 3 August 1882
Source: Reprinted from digitized microfilm image, microcopy 360, roll 6, Immigration form 548–C, Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Department of Labor, in Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, 1800–1906, National Archives Microfilm Publications (Washington, DC: The National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1961) image 2009, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-37358-25335-49?cc=2173965 [FamilySearch index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV9Y-H7TN]. Note: “Savina” for Sabina and age “40” for 48 were errors on the manifest copied faithfully onto the card. See the manifest: Digitized microfilm image, list 83, microcopy 425, roll 108, in Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, 1800–1882, National Archives Microfilm Publications (Washington, DC: The National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1963), image 257, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18402-93249-98?cc=1908535 [FamilySearch index, Erhard, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F5M; Sabina, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F59; and Andreas, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8CJ-F5S].
6220 ~~B – 6222~~
Family name Barthmann				Given name Savina
Accompanied by
Age Yrs. 40 Mos.	Sex F	M. S. W. D.	Occupation —		Nationality Germany
Last permanent residence (town country, etc.)						Destination U.S.
Port of entry Philadelphia, Pa			Name of vessel SS Switzerland				Date 8/3/82
Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Form 548–C 14–3215

United States information

The United States of the time is profiled in the table below:

Profile of 1882 America
Population	1880 U.S. Census: 50,189,209
Population		Source: 1880 Fast Facts, United States Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1880_fast_facts.html.
Number of states	38 (most recent: Colorado, 1876)
Number of states		Source: States and Their Admission to the Union, About Education, About.com, http://americanhistory.about.com/od/states/a/state_admission.htm.
President	Chester A. Arthur (in office 1881–1885)
President		Source: The U.S. Presidents, About Education, About.com, http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldleaders/a/uspresidents.htm.
Number of immigrant arrivals	788,992 (250,630 from German Empire)
Number of immigrant arrivals		Source: Table 9.—“Immigration to the United States, 1820 to 1910 [By Country of Origin],” in Immigration Commission 1911, 34.
Arrival day	On 3 August 1882: U.S. Congress passed the 1882 Immigration Act, levying a fifty-cent immigrant head-tax on shipping companies (to help pay for immigration regulation) and barring convicts, lunatics, idiots, and those who would be a burden on society.
Arrival day		Source: United States Congress 1883, 214.
New American slang	ca. 1880s: beats me, bossy, catch on (understand; become popular), honey (sweetheart), loads of
New American slang		Source: Kipfer & Chapman 2007, svv. [the individual terms].

[Image: Map of United States] — Map of United States at arrival of Sabina Barthmann on 3 August 1882 (38 states)

[Image: U.S. dollar coin] — 1882 U.S. dollar

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Reference list

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