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considered middle-class at that time. As mentioned earlier, Germany was in political and economic turmoil in the 1840-50s which is no doubt why Carl Heitzmann left Germany for America.
On June 5, 1854, Carl arrived at the Port of New Orleans, LA on the Ship Neptune after setting sail from the Port of Bremen, Germany. The Neptune was a 690 ton passenger ship, built in 1850, and was captained by Martin Bahle. Passenger #71 is ?Carl Heizmann,? age 25, bom ?Schweibach? with occupation listed as ?blacksmith.? It does not appear he was traveling with any friend or relative that can be identified. This record is found at the New Orleans Public Library, film #40, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA (1820-1902), List #183-385. With Carl in America, we will now back up and cover his ancestors, siblings, and other relatives in Germany.
Based on records found in St. Marien's Catholic Church in Gengenbach, Germany, the following were the siblings of our Carl Heitzmann:
I.	Michael -b. 9/9/1812, d. 6/20/1882, m.	11/9/1846 in	Strohbach,	Germany
to Franziska Luchner. They had:
A.	Bernhard - b. 1/10/1848. He became a Catholic Priest on 7/15/1873. He died 7/27/1904 in Erfeld, Germany and is buried there.
B.	Josef-b. 11/8/1850, d. 4/5/1878, m.	5/13/1875 in	Strohbach	to Theresia Horn. They
had:
1.	Franziska-b. 3/9/1876, d. 12/11/1876
2.	Theresia - b. 6/14/1877
3.	Josef-b. 7/4/1878, d. 1/12/1902, never married. With the death of Josef, the Heitzmann name died out in the area around Gengenbach.
n. Paul - b. 6/3/1814, d. 6/3/1814
III.	Andreas - b. 11/27/1815, d. 12/2/1887, m. Karolina Gissler on 7/20/1849 in
Fussbach, Germany. They had:
A. Wilhelmina-b. 2/3/1851, d. 3/10/1932 in Fussbach, m. Georg Suhm and had:
1.	Georg-b. 7/10/ 1882, d. 5/21/ 1921 in Fussbach, m. Philippine Buchholz
2.	Michael -b. 9/14/1884, d. 7/21/1918 in France during WWI
IV.	Barbara-b. 11/23/1817, d. 11/11/1854, m. 7/11/1839 to Georg Lehmann in Schwaibach. They had:
A.	Georg -b. 4/24/1840, d. 9/14/1851, never married
B.	Theresia - b. 12/14/1841, d. 2/6/1890, never married
C.	Franziska - b. 7/14/1844, d. 7/18/1846, never married
D.	Franziska- b. 2/8/1848, d. 10/3/1854, never married
E.	Joseph - b. 5/16/1851, m. in Schwaibach to name unknown
F.	Paul - b. 4/25/1852, m. Theresia Birk
V.	Theresia - b. 3/14/1819, m. 10/31/1842 to name unknown in Zell, near Harmersbach, Germany
VI.	Franziska -b. 1/1/1821, d. 12/31/1891, m. John Baptist Schilli on 12/30/1839 in Gengenbach. They had:
A.	Bernhard - b. 10/8/1840, d. 8/15/1922
B.	Karoline - b. 2/3/1843, d. 9/24/1897
C.	Luise- b. 1/30/1852, d. 12/17/1916
D.	Josef- b. 3/15/1854, d. 3/17/1854
E.	Franz Xaver- b. 11/10/1855, d. 4/9/1925
F.	Franziska - b. 9/3/1857, murdered in Gengenbach on 3/1/1931
VII.	Josef - b. 3/9/1827, d. 12/21/1856 in Vienna (Wien), Austria, never married
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