Maria Elisabeth Krienert

• Preferred Name: Maria Elisabeth Krienert
  
• Gender: F
  
• Death: 15 APR 1926 in Olean, Colfax Co., Nebraska
  
• Birth: 29 FEB 1840 in Westenholz (Delbrück), Westphalia, Germany
  
• Burial: in Olean Cemetery, Lincoln Twp., Colfax Co., Nebraska
  
• Cremation: in Roman Catholic
  
• Notes:

  Arrived in New York from Bremen, Germany aboard the "Hermann" on September 7, 1867
  
  Maria Elisabeth KRIENERT was born on 29 Feb 1840 in Westerloh (Delbrueck), Westfalen, Germany. She was baptised on 29 Feb 1840 in St. John the Baptist Catholic church, Delbrueck, Westfalen, Germany. She died on 15 Apr 1926. The Publication, "Germans to America" , Vol. 20 indicates one "Elsie" Krinert, 23 years of age, arrived in New York from Bremen, Germany aboard the "Hermann". The date was 7 Sept. 1867.
  
  HERMANN (1)
  The "Hermann" of 1865 was a 2,873 gross ton ship, built by Caird & Co. Greenock for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. Her details were - length 318ft x beam 40ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 80-1st, 120-2nd and 500-3rd class passengers. She was originally laid down as the "Europa" but was actually launched in June 1865 as the "Hermann". She sailed on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Southampton and New York on 17/12/1865. In 1872 her engines were compounded at Southampton and on 22/12/1892 she commenced her last voyage Bremen - New York. In 1893 she was sold and was scrapped in 1896. [ North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.545] [Posted to The Ships List by Ted Finch - 5 November 1997]
  
  The steamship HERMANN was ordered in August 1864 and laid down for Norddeutscher Lloyd as the EUROPA by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland (ship no. 124), but was launched in June 1865 as the HERMANN, in honor ofthe founder of Norddeutscher Lloyd (Hermann Heinrich Meier) and of the Germanic hero. 2,715 tons; 96,92 x 12,19 meters (318 x 40 feet; length x beam); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 11.5 knots; accommodation for 76 passengers in 1st class, 107 in 2nd class, and 570 in steerage. 17 December 1865,maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1872, engines compounded by Day, Summers & Co., Southampton; service speed 12.5 knots, coal consumption cut by 30 percent. 21 April 1884, stranded on the Tegeler Plate off the mouth of the Weser, and broke her keel; complete reconstruction with straight bow, triple-expansion engine. 22 December 1892, last voyage, Bremen-New York. 13 February 1893, sold to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., in part exchange for the H. H. MEIER. 1895, sold to H. F. Swan, Newcastle. 1896, scrapped in Genoa. Sources: Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994-c1995), Vol. 1, p. 18, no. 13 (illustration); Nigel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd. ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), Vol. 2 (1978), p. 545. Photograph in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 124, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer- 28 February 1998]

• m. BET 1855 AND 1867 in Germany

1. Henry Kassmeyer,    
2. John Kassmeyer, b. 26 OCT 1879 in Germany     d. 22 JUL 1953
3. John Nep. Paul Kassmeyer, b. 6 MAY 1878     d. 6 MAY 1878
4. Joseph Kassmeyer, b. 1873     d. 1956
5. Mary Kassmeyer, b. 15 APR 1869 in Lee Co., Iowa     d. 15 APR 1959 in Snyder, Dodge Co., Nebraska
6. Michael Peter Kassmeyer, b. 6 MAY 1878     d. 21 MAY 1878
7. Anna Kassmeyer, b. 4 NOV 1867 in Iowa     d. 7 AUG 1939
8. Teresa Kassmeyer, b. 6 OCT 1883     d. 22 APR 1966 in Fort Madison or Dubuquee, IA
9. Elizabeth Kassmeyer, b. 1876 in Dodge Co., Ne     d. 1951
10. Frank Kassmeyer, b. 10 FEB 1882     d. 17 NOV 1952