The date of emigration from Bohemia to the United States would be between 1854 and March 1858. Julia Mohelnicky/Mohelnitzky Klein gave the year of her immigration as 1854 in the 1900 census and 1910 census. The Anton Mohelnicky/Mohelnitzky family do not appear in house records in Sedlcany, Czech Republic after 1854. Records show that Anton, Julia and Mary Mohelnitzky were admitted to orphanages in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in March 1858. Maybe the family appears in the New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. Using Ancestry.com' search forms, I was unable to find the family. The passenger lists were badly transcribed and the name may have been misspelled or omitted by transcribers. One could search page by page, beginning in 1854. Bremen passenger lists have been destroyed: "The city council of Bremen
passed ordinances in 1832 that required companies transporting
emigrants to file a list of all passengers with the city's emigration
department. These contained emigrants' names, ages, occupations, and
places of origin. Between 1875 and 1909, the passenger
lists dating from 1832 were destroyed by city archivists for lack of
storage space, and the lists covering emigration during the years
1910-1920 were destroyed during Allied bombing raids on Bremen during the Second World War." Here's a handy guide for what to look for in the ship passenger lists: Last name: Mohelnitzy/Mohelnicky Name Born Age in 1854 There are several family stories about the immigration. In each telling, the story varies:
Reasons for emigration of German-Bohemians in the late 1850's*:"The primary reason was that the Austrian Empire was being combined with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was raising taxes significantly, and increasing the overall threat of war in the region. In addition, Bohemia had a comparatively high population density, so many Bohemians were worried about opportunities for their children. There were also large divisions in the church, which was a huge part of most Bohemian's lives." Source: ?
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