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started leaving Germany in the 1830s due to wars and later, a failing economy - our Hauschs no doubt left for these same reasons. In 2010, Goppingen had a population of 56,000 citizens.
Early in our research, Velma Zengarling Heitzmann (granddaughter of Barbara Hausch) told us that she always heard that Barbara came from somewhere ?near the Dutch border.? We now know this was incorrect. What she probably meant, was she ?left Germany? from somewhere near the German border. We now know Barbara ?left Germany? from the Port of Bremen, Germany which is relatively close to the Dutch border. At the New Orleans Public Library, we found the manifest for the ship, Barque Naomi, captioned by W.B. Wright. It sailed from Bremen, Germany and landed in New Orleans, LA on May 25, 1852. Passengers included were: Christ. Friderike Hausch age
18,	Anna Maria Magdal. Hausch age 16, and Anna Barbara Hausch age 14. They were listed as ?farmers? and coming from ?Germany.? This clearly shows our Barbara Hausch arriving in America with her two older sisters. What we find strange is three young girls seemingly traveling alone. We know their parents and other siblings did not arrive in the United States until 1854. Perhaps there was some older relative on board with them or they meet some close family friend or relative when they landed in New Orleans. The only clue we have is in a letter dated December 2, 1866 from Maria Hausch to her sister, Barbara Zengerling, where Maria says ?Hello to .... and Aunt.? Apparently this ?Aunt? was living in the area, for Maria to ask Barbara to tell her hello. Where she spent the next two and one-half years is unknown.
On September 2, 1854, ?Johann Michael Hausch? applied to immigrate to North America. In his party were ?2 adults and 5 children.? The application says he was a Protestant, he was married, a farmer, and that he was bom in Jebenhausen (application #598679). Then on October 28, 1854, the ship, Carack, captioned by Joseph Norris arrived at the port of New Orleans from La Havre, France. On board were:
Passenger # 158 - J. Michel Hausch, age 45, from Wurttemberg, Farmer Passenger # 159 - Ch. Friedr. Hausch, age 50, from Wurttemberg, Farmer Passenger # 160 - Johann Hausch, age 13, from Wurttemberg, Farmer Passenger # 161 - Jn. Michel Hausch, age 11, from Wurttemberg, Farmer Passenger # 162 - Jac. Henri Hausch, age 14, from Wurttemberg, Farmer
These are no doubt Barbara?s parents and brothers arriving in America. Also on the same voyage were Jacque Balzar and family. He later wrote many stories in his family bible that exist today and can be found on the internet. One story was about their trip coming to America. He said the trip took ?42 days,? and they ?encountered a great storm? that ?broke the large mast on the ship.? He wrote that he had to ?tie the family to their chairs to keep them from washing overboard.? No doubt our Hausch family experienced these same horrors. From her grandchildren?s stories, the family moved to the Lakeshore, MS area. Barbara was working in a field near what is now Old Hill Road, running northwest ofFPearlington Road when her future husband, Johannes ?John? Zengerling saw her. He was riding his horse to the ?general store? located at the intersection of Lakeshore Road and Pearlington Road. It was there that they first met and soon fell in love. John was around age 40 at the time, and Barbara was about age 17. Because he looked much younger than his age, John was able to convince her that he was
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