Notizen zu dieser Person
Emigrant identification 1122
First name Johann Georg
Last name Held
Emigration year 1854
Continent Nordamerika
Last place of residence Nufringen
Marital status led.
Denomination ev.
Sex m
Year of birth 1840
Date of birth Jul 3
Date of emigration 24.7.
Age at emigration 14
Number of children 1
Motive Aufford. durch dort befindlichen Bruder
Bailer GR Joh. Georg Widmann in Nufringen
Comments Eltern: Christian Held, Metzger, und Maria Agnes geb. Marquardt
Capital 130 fl
Country of destination Nordamerika
County Herrenberg
Archive Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg
(Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg, Emigration from Southwest Germany)
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Held, George, 14, male, Wurtemberg, New York, fermier (occupation)
S.S. Wm B Travis, Le Havre - New York, arrival 18 Sep 1854
presumably travelling with family of Johann Melchior Holzapfel from Herrenberg
(New York Passenger List 1820-1957)
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1870 in Boonsboro, Boone, Iowa, age 30, married, butcher, born Wurtemberg, US citizen (George Held)
1880 in Boonsboro, Boone, Iowa, age 40, married, butcher, born Wertenberg, (George Held)
1900 in Des Moines, Boone, Iowa, age 59, married, provision dealer, born Germany (George Held) 35 years married, immigrated 1853, naturalized
1910 in Boone, Boone, Iowa, age 70, married, butcher market, born Germany (George Held)
1920 in Boone, Boone, Iowa, age 79, married, merchant meat market, born Wurtenberg (George Held), immigrated 1854, naturalized 1865