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The Marriage of PHILIP KÖHLER to BARBARA HOFFELDER in Budenthal, Pfalz, Bayern:
31 August 1871
In the year one thousand eight hundred seventy one, the thirty-first of August, after three proclamations, and without finding any canonical impediments, and acception letters of dismission from Rev. Minister G. Helffer of the parish and Deacon in Busenberg, I, Jacob Vogel, of the parish of Bundenthal, married together PHILIP KOHLER from Busenberg, Catholic son of PETER KOHLER and CATHARINA SCHANZ, deceased, spouses in Busenberg, to BARBARA HOFFELDER from Bundenthal, Catholic daughter of JOHANN HOFFELDER and MARIA ANNA DINY, spouses in Bundenthal, before witnesses JOHANN HOFFELDER, father of the bride, and GEORGE KÖHLER, citizen of Busenberg. In testimony whereof, J. Vogel, pastor of Bundenthal.
Phillip and Barbara immigrated to the US from Hamburg, aboard the ship "Westphalia", arriving in New York City NY on 15 January 1872.
On the Westphalia's ship's record, Phillip Koehler's occupation is listed as a farmer. Arriving with Phillip and Barbara was Barbara's brother, Peter Hoffelder, age 20, laborer. They were processed at Castle Garden in New York.
Phillip is listed in the Ridgewood City directories as early as 1899 and the last entry is 1910. The records of the later years indicate he went into the wagon building business, with his son Frank. The 1920 census shows the Koehlers owning the home at 2329 Madison St (now 59-33 Madison St) Ridgewood, Queens Co., NY. At that time, Phillip age 74 and Barbara age 70, are living with their daughter Anna, and their three grandchildren, Helen Barbara Catherine, George Peter and Philip Francis Schaefer, who were the children of their daughter Katherine C. Koehler and her husband, George A. Schaefer, who both died in 1910.
Barbara (Hoffelder) Koehler died on 8 March 1935 in Ridgewood, Queens, NY. She is buried with her husband in St. Johns Cemetery, Middle Village, NY.
An accounting of the distributions from the Estate of Barbara (Hoffelder) Koehler in 1935 included $495.40 to the Peter J. Geis Funeral Home; $250 to Charles Podson, Attorney; $25 to A.J. Wheeler, Special Guardian; $25 to E.M. Helmick, Special Guardian; $438.60 Executor's Commission; and a $100 legacy to Mary Wagenblast. (It is unknown who Mary Wagenblast, or Wogenblast was, but she is buried in the Koehler plot in St. Johns Cemetery, and it is thought that she was Barbara and Phillip's daughter "Marie".
It also shows that Peter Koehler received $1000; Philip Koehler $1000; Anna Schneider $1000; Philip P. Schaefer $333.33; George P. Schaefer $333.33; Helen E. Wallner $333.33; Anna Koehler $166.67; Cynthia E. Koehler $333.33; and Ethel E. Koehler, to Anna Koehler, General Guardian, on acct $500.
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Phillip and Barbara immigrated to the US from Hamburg, aboard the ship "Westphalia" , arriving in New York City NY on 15 January 1872.
The "Westphalia" of 1872 was built in 1868 by Caird & Co., Greenock for the Hamburg America Line. She was a 3158 gross ton ship, length 339.9 feet x beam 40 feet, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. There was accommodations for 90 first class, 130 second class and 520 third class passengers. Launched on 24 June 1868, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Southampton and New York on 16 September 1868. She commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to Havre and New York on 28 April 1875 before being laid up. In 1878 she was rebuilt with two funnels and compound engines, and on 30 July 1879 she resumed the Hamburg-Havre-New York service. She started her last voyage to New York on 19 December 1886 and in 1887 was sold to the British company, H.F. Swan of Newcastle who re-engined her and renamed her "Atlantica". In 1888 she went to Gazzo & Schiafino of Italy and was renamed "Provincia di Soa Paulo". In 1890 she was resold to La Veloce of Italy and was renamed "Mentana" and was further renamed "Sud America" later in 1890. She was finally scrapped in Genoa in 1901. (North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, Vol. 1, p. 390) (Merchants Fleets in Profile, Vol. 4 Hamburg America Line by Duncan Haws.)
On the Westphalia's ship's record, Phillip Koehler's occupation is listed as a farmer. Arriving with Phillip and Barbara was Barbara's brother, Peter Hoffelder, age 20, laborer. They were processed at Castle Garden in New York.
Before 1855, there was no immigrant processing center. The shipping company presented a passenger list to the Collector of Customs, and the immigrants made whatever Customs declaration was necessary and went on their way. The State of NY opened the very first examing and processing center for immigrants, Castle Garden, on an island off the southwest tip of Manhattan. From 1 August 1855 through 18 April 1890, immigrants, including Barbara and Phillip Koehler and Peter Hoffelder, arrived in America through Castle Garden, also known as Castle Clinton.
"The voyage draws to a close... as the steamer arrives at Quarantine. The cultivated lands on the heights of Staten Island and on the Long Island shore, the tasteful houses... the appearance of wealth, comfort and beauty on each side of the Narrows... excite the warmest admiration. A little tow boat brings the doctor on board, not the ship's doctor, but the health-officer of the port, who inspects the steerage and the emigrants. Then the steamer is allowed to proceed to the city, and another little steamboat appears bringing the boarding-officer employed by the Commissioners of Emigration.
Castle Garden had been famous for generations. First it was a fort, and then it was converted into a summer garden for the sale of chocolate, soda, and ices. In 1832 it was the scene of a grand ball given by the Marquis LaFayette, and in 1843 a reception was given to President Tyler within its walls. Afterward it became a concert hall, in which Jenny Lind and many other celebrated singers made their first appearance in America. The Board of Commissioners of Emigration was created in May 1847, and Castle Garden was afterward selected as a convenient and suitable "entrepot" for immigrants, and such it remains. The lower walls are the same that formed the old fort, and the embrasures, through which the cannon peeped, are sometimes selected by the immigrants for smoke and rest, or meditation.
Meanwhile, the emigrants on deck are looking wistfully toward the city, with its high roof spires and towers. Many of them are anxious and sick at heart, almost afraid to enter the new and unfamiliar world now that they are at its portals. Some happy ones expect friends to meet them and know all about the beneficent offices of Castle Garden. By and by the trees and lawns of the Battery Park come into view, with the curious-looking buildings, the form of the rotunda at the water's edge. The steamer's pulse ceases to beat, and several barges are towed alongside. The baggage is brought from the hold and transferred with the emigrant passengers to these tenders. There is the same confusion and uproar as at the outset of the voyage. The barges are soon moored to the wharf at Castle Garden, where the custom-house officers are waiting to examine the baggage.
When the baggage has been passed by the inspectors it is checked and sent to a room prepared for its reception. The immigrants are examined by a medical officer, who ascertains that no paupers or criminals are among them, and that no persons afflicted with contagious or infectious diseases have escaped the doctor at Quarantine. The immigrants are then ushered into the rotunda, a high-roofed circular building, into which ventilation and light are admitted by a dome seventy-five feet high. The floor is divided into small enclosures containing a post office, telegraph office, money exchange, and a restaurant.
As the crowd files in, each passenger is detained for a moment at the registration desk, where his name, age, nationality, destination, the vessel's name and the date of arrival are carefully recorded and preserved. When the registration is complete, a clerk announces the names of the passengers who have friends waiting for them, or for whom letters, telegrams or remittances have been received, and delivery is made to the person answering. The immigrants are guarded against swindlers by a broker's office in the rotunda where coin is exchanged for bills at the lowest current rates and where valuables may be deposited without charge. Those who want rest are permitted to remain in the rotunda, where a bowl of coffee, tea, or milk and a small loaf of bread are supplied to them for ten cents". ( "The Immigrant's Progress" Scribner's Monthly, Vol XIV, Number 5, Sept 1877)
"Such is Castle Garden as a great national refuge for the emigrant from all lands. It has nothing to parallel it on the continent of Europe. It stands alone in its noble and utilitarian character." ("Castle Garden", The New York Times Marine Intelligence Column, 23 December 1866.)
Phillip was naturalized in 1876. In the 1880 census the Koehler are living at 382 Wallabout, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. By 1900, according to census records, they owned their home at 143 Wyckoff Ave, Queens Co., NY in the Ridgewood area, which was then known as Evergreen. The early records of the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Ridgewood NY, show Phillip Koehler listed at old number 143 Wyckoff Ave, at or near Covert St (Stephen St). He is listed as a blacksmith. In the family collection are copies of two photographs of Koehler's Blacksmith Shop taken by Eugene Ambruster ca 1922-23 from the historical photo collection of the Queens Borough Public Library's Long Island
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