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The SOUHRADA EMIGRATION from Bohemia to America

By Karen Souhrada

Pittsford, New York

From an on-line search at Ancestry.com, and from personal research and family history, we have a list of SOUHRADA surname immigrants to America. For some of these, actual passenger records have been copied and for others, we even have pictures of the actual ships taken. We would love to have more of these, as well as any pictures of ships or passengers.

In alphabetical order:

NAME:	YEAR OF EMIGRATION	AGE	PLACE OF ARRIVAL IN U.S.	NAME OF SHIP	Date
Anna SOUHRADA	1869	19	Baltimore, Md.
Alzbeta	1894	18	New York	August Victoria	June 23, 1894
Anna	1886	20	Baltimore
Anna	1886	25	Baltimore
Anna	1870	24	New York
Anna	1870	4	New York	Bark Amaranth
Anna	1881	18	New York	SS Mosel
Anna	1894	25	New York	August Victoria	June 23, 1894
Anton	1879	50	New York	SS Main
Antonin	1855	14	New York	Weiland	May 5, 1885
Barbora	1886	32	New York	Suevia	May 10, 1886
Barbora	1887	20	New York		May 11, 1887
Eliska	1885	17	New York	Weiland	May 5, 1885
Fr. ???	1892	?	Nebraska
Franc	1885	33		Gellert	May 23, 1885
Franz	1870	27	New York
Franz	1880	18	New York
Franz	1880	18	Baltimore		April 29, 1880
Franz	1885	33	New York
Johann	1870	6	New York	Bark Amaranth
Josef	1886	20	Baltimore
Josef	1886	23	New York
Josef	1894	1	New York	August Victoria	June 23, 1894
Josef	1886	32	New York	Suevia	May 10, 1886
Josef	1886	23		Rhein	May 19, 1886
Josef	1886		New York	Suevia	May 10, 1886
Joseph	1886	5	New York
Maria	1886	45	Baltimore
Marie	1867	61	Baltimore	Ship Emil
Marie	1867	21	Baltimore	Ship Emil
Marie	1870	10 mos.	New York
Marie	1885	66	New York	Weiland	May 5, 1885
Marie	1885	58	New York
Marie	1886		New York	Suevia	May 10, 1886
Marie	1885	58		Gellert	May 23, 1885
Marie	1886	3	New York
Marie*	1865	21
Matej	1887	30	New York	Eider	May 11, 1887
Matej	1869-1871	?	South Dakota
Math.	1867	26	Baltimore	Ship Emil
Mathias	1870	38	New York	Bark Amaranth
Mathias	1886	9	New York
Matias	1886		New York	Suevia	May 10, 1886
Rosalia	1894	56	New York	August Victoria	June 23, 1894
Rosalia Souhradova***	1894	21	New York	Suevia	June 23, 1894
Teresia	1879	46	New York	SS Main
Thomas	1867	46	Baltimore	Ship Emil
Thomas	1870	11 mos.	New York	Bark Amaranth
Toni	1885	14	New York
Vaclav**	1883	18
Vaclav	1886		New York	Suevia	May 10, 1886
Veronika [nee LUZUM]	1870	36	New York	Bark Amaranth
Wenzel	1870	18	New York	Bark Amaranth
Wenzel	1880	42	Baltimore
Wenzel	1886	11 mos.	New York
* Marie was born January 14, 1844 Dolni Novosedly #2, Bohemia; married July 3, 1865 to Matej Talafous. Marie was the daughter of Frantisek Souhrada and Anna Hesoun, Jiri Souhrada's great-grandparents. He speculates that she might have been the first immigrant from Souhrada's Novosedlo #2 house. Her wedding was held on the same wedding day as Jiri's grandparents, Jan Souhrada and Marie Talafous in Horni Zahori, Bohemia.
** Descendent of Martin Souhrada
*** From Pisek, Bohemia

For Passenger list, Bark Amaranth, arrival at New York, 25 May 1870:

http://immigrantships.net/v2/1800v2/amaranth18700525.html

Souhrada:

Wenzel

Mathias

Veronika

Johann

Anna

Thomas

BARK AMARANTH: Later Date Notation:

The bark Amaranth met its fate when it ran aground on the south shore of Jarvis Island on August 30, 1913, just a year after the Titanic sank. Jarvis Island is only 1.7 sq. mi., and is uninhabited [source: publication called, "Hawaiian Shell News," April 1961 issue]. At that time Harold G. Jewell, Jr. was doing research on Jarvis Island, and here is what he said in his article, "On the north shore reef there are coral incrusted metal ship fittings cemented fast to the reef. These appear much older than their counter parts on the south shore. There is located the wreck of the Barkentine Amaranth, that ran aground on the night of August 30, 1913." Jarvis Island is in the Line Islands of the Central Pacific, near the equator 1300 miles south of Honolulu, and is an unincorporated territory of the United States.

For passenger list, SS Emil; arrival at New York, 15 August 1867

http://immigrantships.net/v5/1800v5/emil18670815.html

Souhrada:

Thomas

Marie

Math

Marie

For passenger list, SS Main, arrival at New York, 8 March 1879:

http://immigrantships.net/1800/main790308.html

Souhrada:

Anton

Teresia

[Source of picture: http://www.remmick.org/Hein.Genealogy/Page2.html]

MAIN (1)
The first "Main" was a 3,087 gross ton ship, built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1868 for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd] of Bremen. Her details were - length 332ft x beam 40ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 70-1st, 100-2nd and 600-3rd class. Launched on 22/8/1868, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to Southampton and New York on 28/11/1868. In 1878 her engines were compounded by the builders and on 6/3/1890 she commenced her last Bremen - New York voyage. On 6/3/1890 she started her final Bremen - Baltimore crossing and the following year was sold to British owners. She was destroyed by fire at Fayal, Azores on 23/3/1892. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.546] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 1 February 1998]

The first steamship MAIN was built by Caird & Co, Greenock (ship #146), for Norddeutscher Lloyd, and launched on 22 August 1868. 2,898 tons; 106,19 x 12,22 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow (last of the New York route ships so built), 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (single expansion engine, 1800 hp), service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 70 passengers in 1st class, 100 in 2nd class, and 600 in steerage. 28 November 1868, maiden voyage, Bremerhaven - Southampton - New York. 1878, engine compounded by Caird & Co (3,000 hp), new boilers, service speed 14 knots. 6 March 1890, last voyage, Bremerhaven-New York. 1891, sold to Anglo-American Steamship Co, A. Rimner Liverpool, managers. 23 March 1892, burned out at Fayal, Azores, over her full length, and left there to disintegrate [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 49, no. 21; Noel 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. 546]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 183, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 7 February 1998]

For passenger list, SS Mosel, arrival at New York, 21 Nov 1881:

http://immigrantships.net/v2/1800v2/mosel18811121_371_459.html

Souhrada:

Anna

SS MOSEL
Built in 1872 for Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. 3,200 tons; 349 feet long x 40 feet broad; straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 90 1st-, 126 2nd-, and 600-3rd class passengers. 20 August 1872, launched. 1 April 1873, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 12 November 1875, bomb explosion in dock at Bremerhaven, killing 128. 1882, compound engines by Elder, Glasgow. 9 August 1882, wrecked near Lizard, Cornwall [Noel 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. 548. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [1993]), p. 214, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA 01970 [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 26 July 1997]

SS GELLERT

Built in 1874 by Alexander & Sons Ltd., Linthouse, Glasgow
for the Deutsche Translantiche Dampfchiffarts-Gessellschaft. (Adler Line). Details: 3,533 tons; 114,41 meters (375.4 feet) long x 12,20 meters (40 feet) broad; 1 funnel, 2 masts, iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots. Passenger accommodations: 90 first class, 100 2nd class, 800 3rd class passengers.

SS EIDER

Was a 4722 gross ton iron built vessel, built by John Elder & Co. of Glasgow in 1883 for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. Her dimensions were length 429.8ft x beam 47ft, straight stem, two funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 120-1st class, 130-2nd class and 1,000-3rd class passengers. She was launched on 15/12/1883 and left Bremen for Southampton and New York on her maiden voyage on 19/3/1884. She left Bremen on her last voyage on 31/1/1892 and stranded on Atherfield Ledge, Isle of Wight, was re-floated and scrapped. [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch]