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Karen Stotz Myers Sorry, since this is a document in my files it seems this was the only way I could post it. It can be deleted if you want.
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Paul Lynn Gardner
Paul Lynn Gardner Early Potter County Vital Statistics (information taken from newspaper notices)-
Mosch, Karl H. (Carl): "Karl H. Mosch was found lying along side of the railroad tracks near the dam in Clintontown on Monday afternoon 12-1-1913 with a bullet in his head & a revolver lying at his feet.
He was born in Ebendorf, Saxony August 15, 1836,
with his wife and four small children came to Germania in 1869.
In 1900 his wife died.
Survived by children;
- Carl of Germania;
- Emil of Coudersport;
- Christian of Galeton;
- Mrs. Lean Kern of Galeton and
- Mrs. Anna Schondorfer of Jersey Shore.
One son, Herman died in Germania a number of years ago.
Buried in Germania Cemetery."
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date of departure 4th May (1869)
Register/Index/Directory
of the persons emmigrating abord the englisch steam ship BRITISH QUEEN under Captain WRIGHT to New York via Hartlepool and Liverpool as indicated
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Name birth place country occupation age sex summation
& residence
Mosch, Carl Hrm Lippersdorf Sachsen Machinist(?) 33
Mosch, Chr Caroline " " 35
Mosch, Hermann " " 9
Mosch, Carl " " 7
Mosch, Emil " " 5
Mosch, Tina " " 2
men 23
women 8
total 31
>10yrs 20
1-9 yrs 9
<1 yr old 2
Hamburg, 5th May 1869
Signature of Expediters:
pr: Duehrssen & Luebbero Dahle
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August 21 at 10:57am · Duncansville, PA
THE VOYAGE TO AMERICA
The year was 1870 Karl Herman age 33 and Caroline Scheider Mosch age 36 with their four children,
- Herman Carl age 11,
- Karl Earnest age 9,
- Emil Earnest age 6 and
- Lena Mosch age 3 left Germany.
They headed for the British Isles and boarded The St. Louis at Liverpool for a long difficult voyage to America.
Donnie Mosch Thompson writes, quoting her father Otto: “My dad, who was eleven when the Mosch family left Germany, told of the tedious, dreary months, the hunger, sickness, and fright they endured in crossing the Atlantic on the crowded ship, The St. Louis, which was lost at sea on the return voyage. Dad remembered the way his mother attempted to tidy up the younger children as they approached New York City; she brushed their hair, unfolded a wash cloth, then cried at the sight of their little faces, once plump and rosy, now pale and hollow, Grandfather put his arm around her, and the little family looked toward the harbor, the tall buildings, and the land of opportunity - the promise of a better life.”
It was May of 1870, 16 years before the Statue of Liberty was unveiled, Our Mosch Grandparents arrived at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. Castle Garden was America’s first immigrant receiving center, welcoming more than 8 million immigrants between 1855 and 1890. Castle Garden previously served as a fort, theater, opera house and immigrant receiving station before Ellis Island opened in 1892. Today, Castle Garden is called Castle Clinton National Monument and serves as the ticket center for ferries to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
We can only imagine what it was like, stepping off that boat that spring day in 1870. A strange new place, with that “we can’t turn back now” feeling in their souls. A bitter sweet justification of giving up their Lippersdorf home which was no longer able to give them freedom and subsistence. Bringing with them their few seeds of hope, dreams, life’s savings and old German determination and plant them on those steep hills of Germania, Potter County. Those seeds produced some hearty Mosch stock that we all know too well. I can remember my Grandmother Hertha Mosch McElroy on the subject of work, and there was no excuse: “many hands make work light… verstehen?” Yes, this single family from Lippersdorf did lay an extremely strong foundation for generations to come. God bless their determination.
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John Christy Wetzel
John Christy Wetzel Do you know what drew them to Potter County?
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Luke Mosch
Luke Mosch Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I think I read that Karl purchased land through an ad in a magazine. Germania was running ads targeting Germans.
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Paul Lynn Gardner
Paul Lynn Gardner John Christy Wetzel & Luke Mosch As written by Donnie Mosch Thompson: "The land around and comprising Germania had originally been bought (and bought very cheaply) by William Raddle of the German Land Co.. His idea was to sell the land, sight unseen, to prosperous German immigrants. He composed an elaborately worded advertisement which glorified the similarities of the Potter County woodland to the renowned Black Forest of Germany and he exaggerated on the actual stage of property development in the village and surrounding area. Mr. Raddle placed the ads in German newspapers and successfully caught the attention of many families eager to make the move."
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MOSCH HOLLOW FARM SOLD TO 3RD CHILD
Carl Herman Mosch Sr. and his wife Caroline Scheider purchased their new homestead, sight unseen as had been advertised in the Lippersdorf, Saxony, Germany newspaper. It was promoted by the Radde Land Company “as being in a community of good and prosperous development”. They took possession in May of 1870 and carved out a home and farm from this virgin, mostly hilly, landscape.
16 years later, Carl Herman Mosch Sr. sold his 65-acre Mosch Hollow farm to his third child, 22-year-old Emil Earnest Mosch on 01 Jul 1886 for $2,000. Emil mortgaged $1,000, paid in ten semi-annual payments of $100 plus 5% interest on the balance. A second document, dated 28 Dec 1891, states that this mortgage was satisfied five and a half years early.
It’s interesting to see that the founder of Germania, Dr. Charles Meine, witnessed the signing of both documents. Otto Braun signed the loan satisfaction document.
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Doug Vaughan
did CHM stay on farm with Emil or...?
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Doug Vaughan, that is a very good quest, one that I've wondered myself. As we all know, Emil built his home next to Carl's home, so I would presume that Carl lived on the farm for a period of time after he sold it to Emil. I do have a 1907 photo of Emil's family, taken on the steps of Carl's home, with Carl sitting on the top step. I also know that Carl lived with his youngest son, Christian, in Galeton at some point. He may have stayed in Mosch Hollow up until Emil's home burned in 1912. If that was the case, he probably lived in Galeton only a year before his death.
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Leslee Jane Masolotte
It seems that in older times, it was more common for families of several generations to stay together. Shared farm duties was necessary to keep labor costs affordable. Elder care was shared by family members since nursing homes were not an option. Jim and I feel fortunate to have known and learned from our grandparents.
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- Excerpts from the writings of Evelyn Mosch Howell -
“The Mosch family migrated from a place far away and over the ocean” says Otto Mosch. “He called that place the Old Country. He referred, of course to Germany. More specifically, he referred to Saxony and to Lippersdorf, the little town where his father was born on November 12, 1859.”
Otto realized at an early age that the Mosch family did not always live in Germania and he “began to see for a fact that there is an Old World and there is a New World; there is an old way to live and there is a new way to live.” Herman Carl Mosch “began to explain about a time when life was not good. He referred to the bad times that led his father, Karl Herman Mosch, to make the decision to leave Germany. That was 1870, the onset of the Franco-Prussian War which was yet another unsettling event in the conflict over German leadership. The continual unrest was a despair to the citizens, especially to my Grandfather Karl who had a strong will to direct his life, as well as a desire for a suitable environment where his growing children could direct theirs. Grandfather and Grandmother Caroline with their four children joined the masses of emigrants going to America for a better life."
Born in Germany:
Karl Herman Mosch born 15 Aug 1836 in Eppendorf, Germany
Caroline Scheider born 07 Dec 1833 in Lippersdorf, Germany
Herman Carl Mosch born 12 Nov 1859 in Lippersdorf, Germany
Karl Earnest Mosch born 16 Jun 1861 in Germany
Emil Earnest Mosch born 08 May 1864 in Eppendorf, Germany
Lena Mosch, born 25 May 1867 in Germany
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