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John Baptiste and Josephine Horny De Runtz Family, Immigrants from Altenbach, France to New Orleans, Louisiana

John Baptiste and Josephine Horny De Runtz Family, Immigrants from Altenbach, France to New York, New York.







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John Baptiste and Josephine DeRuntz, with their nine children were recorded on the Passenger List of the Steamship Cella, departing the Ports of Le Havre and London, to arrive at the Port of New York on 20 Nov 1865, immigrants from Altenbach, France.


Special thanks to Carmen Shanks Bein for the exerpt below from her written family history: "A Vogt Family Biography - From Alsace, France to Missouri, USA - Engilbert Vogt and Emily Deruntz Vogt" (see http://genealogyoftheozarks.com/vogts.html)

"The DeRuntz Family had immigrated to the US in 1866 aboard the clipper ship Cella. Emily had vivid memories of their trip across the sea. Her granddaughter Mary Ellen Vogt Shanks recalls that Emily talked very little about that trip. As Mary remembers, her grandmother had a way of making one or two comments and then ending the conversation without saying more. Yet in the few things she did say we can learn quite a bit. Emily was 15 when she traveled with her parents and siblings in what she described as "horrible conditions" across the sea to start a new life in a new land. She mentioned the deaths on board during the trip and spoke softly when she added those deaths included children. Mary recalls Emily speaking about the way they had been "packed in like animals" and how they couldn't get upon deck to get air. One can naturally conclude the family was in steerage."

Note: Emily DeRuntz (1851-1934) is listed as Emilie age 18 yrs, the same age as her brother Aloise (1847-1910), who is listed last, and as a female.


Note: The DeRuntz family is listed on the 1870 U.S. Federal Census for the Carondolet Township in the City of St. Louis, Missouri where the family settled.




NAME AGE SEX OCCUPATION CNTRY FROM CNTRY TO SHIP NAME PORT OF ARRIVAL DATE/ARRIVAL DEPART/PORT
Batiste 44 M Farmer French U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Josephine 44 F Wife France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Basilise 21 F None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Joseph 20 M None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Emilie 18 F None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Henrietta 12 F None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Napoleon 9 M None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Batiste 7 M None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Emile 4 M None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Eugene 3 M None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London
Aloise 18 F None France U.S.A. Cella New York 20 Nov 1865 LeHavre & London

See below for an image of the 1865 passenger list for the ship Cella where the DeRuntz family is listed as frenchmen in steerage (last column on right):



Passenger List - DeRuntz Family

See below for an image of Page One of the actual November 1865 Steamship Cella passenger list:



Passenger List - DeRuntz Family





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