Germany, Occupations

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Saddle and harness makers

Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck


Dockworkers and Longshoremen

  • Johann Bernard Petermann was a dock foreman in Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Fritz Kettler was a longshoreman in Brooklyn and Hoboken
  • Johannus Jensen as a longshoreman in Hoboken

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Butchers

  • Johann Bernard Petermann was listed on the birth record of his son, Christian, as a butcher. The family was living in Brooklyn at the time.
  • Peter Goehle was listed on all records connected to him as a butcher. In the 1900 Federal Census in New York he was listed as a "provisions butcher".

OX, BEEF, CALF AND PIG BUTCHER

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Carpenters and Lumbermen

Herman Blanck was a carpenter and his brothers John and Louse Blanck worked as lumbermen in a lumberyard. Henry Erxmeyer and his son Henry were carpenters.

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Cordwainers and Shoemakers

Henry Blanck was a shoemaker from Lehe, Germany. George Sykes and his family were cordwainers in Yorkshire, England.

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Tailors and Dressmakers

Catherine Furst Swartzmeier Lindemann was a dressmaker and her second husband, Julius Lindemann, was a tailor.

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Linen Weavers

The Blanck family in Lehe, Germany were linen weavers

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BLANCK INTRODUCTION
GOEHLE INTRODUCTION
PETERMANN INTRODUCTION

Germany Introduction
Germany, Birth, Marriage, and Death
German House Exteriors
German Houses Interiors
Farm Animals
Crops
Attire
People
Linenweaving

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This page was created in 2005: Latest update, October 2015