Adolph Vincenz POTTHAST

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Once he came to America (and possibly before then), Adolph Vincenz was known simply as Vincent. His christening records from the LDS Family Search database confirm that his first name was Adolph, although no family records ever referred to him as such. His tombstone identifies him as Vincent Potthast. German immigration records found online at www.mynetcologne.de confirm both his date of birth and his immigration to America in 1891. His occupation is listed as carpenter. The naturalization date of 1892 is not verified, and seems too close to his immigration date (i.e. the year before) to be valid. Vincent was the first of the Potthast brothers to come to America. According to Ted Potthast, Jr., it all began with a fist fight. There was a party in Borgholz and a fight broke out between Vincent Potthast and another man. Vincent knocked the man down and thought he had killed him. To avoid jail (or worse), Vincent took off up the Weser River to Bremerhaven and jumped on the next ship to America. Meanwhile, the victim, who had only been knocked unconscious, woke up and said that he was not angry at Vincent and sent messengers to bring him back. At that time, messengers had to travel by horseback, and they arrived too late. Vincent was already on his way to America. Vincent arrived in Baltimore and immediately obtained work (which was in short supply in Germany). He wrote to his brothers that there was plenty of good work in Baltimore and encouraged them to join him in America. William responded and came almost immediately. The Knabe Piano Company (which stood in the present location of Oriole Park at Camden Yards) was employing Germans with woodworking skills. William and Vincent both worked for Knabe, but they dreamed of having their own business, so at night they worked to make and repair furniture. Eventually William started the furniture firm which the other brothers joined. As a side bar, it should be noted that there was a family of Potthasts living in Maryland long before Vincent (or any of his brothers) came to America. They are recorded in the US Census of 1880 living in Freedom, MD (Carroll County). The father is Lewis Potthast, age 38, a laborer, born in Holland. His wife was Carline [Caroline] Potthast, age 32, housewife, born in Maryland. They had five children (two sons and three daughters), all born in Maryland: Richard T. Potthast, age 9; William K. Potthast, age 6; Anna L. Potthast, age 4; Rosa L. Potthast, age 3; Florence A. Potthast, age 1. Because the oldest child was born in Maryland nine years prior to the 1880 Census, we can assume that Lewis Potthast came to America in 1870 or earlier. The descendants of Lewis are researching his genealogy as well. We have been in contact, and discovered that the Lewis Potthast family is buried in Lorraine Park Cemetery in Woodlawn, MD.

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E-Mail	mailbox@georgpotthast.de
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