Matador Passengers: Gabriel and Katharina Daniel

Gabriel Daniel emigrated to America with his second wife Katharina (Rohmann) Daniel and their family on the Matador and settled in Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio. One of their children, John, later moved to Winona County, Minnesota. Gabriel was a cousin of Peter Daniel.

Birth dates for Gabriel and his family were obtained from church records and are provided below along with their age as listed on the ship manifest [shown in square brackets] along with an estimated year of birth.

Gabriel - 22 Jan 1789 [49, 1789]
Katharina - 21 Sep 1792 [44, 1794]
Katharina - 30 Jun 1819 [18, 1820]
John - 26 Apr 1821 [17, 1821]
Katharina - 7 Dec 1829 [9, 1829]
George - 31 Jul 1832 [5, 1833]
Mary - 5 Mar 1838 [3 (months?), 1838]

Matador Passengers: Christopher and Catharina Daniel

Christopher Daniel emigrated to America with his wife Catharina (Krapp) Daniel on the Matador and settled in Sandusky, Ohio. He and Catharina each received permission to leave Hesse in December of 1837. Christopher was the half brother of Peter Daniel.

Birth dates for Christopher and Catharina were obtained from church records and are provided below along with their age as listed on the ship manifest [shown in square brackets] along with an estimated year of birth.

Christopher - 24 Feb 1813 [25, 1813]
Catharina - 5 Nov 1815 [23, 1815]

Matador Passengers: Peter and Dorthea Daniel

Peter Daniel emigrated to America with his wife Dorothea (Roeder) Daniel and his children (Adam, Peter, and Margaret) on the Matador and settled in Sandusky, Ohio. He received permission to leave Hesse in December of 1837. Peter was the first cousin of Nicholas Daniel who was the father of my great-grandfather Valentine Daniel.

Listed below are the family members who emigrated. The birth dates were obtained from church records and the age listed on the ship manifest is provided in square brackets along with an estimated year of birth.

Peter - 13 Sep 1800 [38, 1800]
Dorothea - 16 May 1794 [44, 1794]
Adam - 11 Dec 1829 [8, 1830]
Peter - 6 Nov 1831 [7, 1831]
Margaret - 23 Dec 1834 [3?, 1835]

Leaving Dorndiel by the Boatload

On June 15, 1838, nearly 170 years ago, 114 people arrived in New York from Bremen on the schooner Matador. So far I have been able to determine that over half of the passengers (62) came from Dorndiel. It seems to me that the ship may have been chartered to bring over residents from Dorndiel and perhaps the surrounding area.

In subsequent posts I will identify those passengers sailing on the Matador who were from Dorndiel. I will devote a post for each family (or individual travelling alone) so that folks who have more to add about these individuals or families can comment on the post.

Mosbach and the church of the Order of St. John

The following link provides a short history of the Church in Mosbach, Germany where many of my ancestors from Dorndiel were baptized and married. Shown below are three pictures that my sister recently took of the exterior and interior of the church.

Dorndiel To America on Rootsweb

I have created a "Family Tree" on the Rootsweb genealogical website. At the moment it contains the Daniel ancestors of Valentine Daniel and the families of his Daniel uncles and aunts. Over time I intend to populate this database. This database can be accessed with the following link: Dorndiel2America

Photograph of Valentine Daniel's Family

Standing (back row): Joseph, Mary, Charles, George, Frank (Rev. Christian), Aloysius, Rose, John

Front Row: Catherine, Valentine, Margaret, Edward