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1. Title:   letter from her son
2. Title:   son Ernst Schultz

Notes
a. Note:   In 1900, at the age of 8 months went to Wilsnack, Germany presumably to escape the Boer War (1899-1902).
  When the dynamite factory at Modderfontein closed because of the war, her father came to Wilsnack and then a week later the whole family went to New York.
  Hamburg departure information: Surname: Schreib Given Name: Martha Age in Years: 2 Attendant Family Members: yes Nationality: Brandenburg Place of Residence: Wittenberge Passanger Number: 01.0081 Passage Number: A1901.0383 Accomodation: Zwischendeck Date of Departure: 29.10.1901 Destination of Ship: Southampton; Cherbourg; New York Name of Ship: Columbia Ship Type: Dampfschiff Shipping Company: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft) Agent: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft) Country Flag of Ship: Deutschland
  On November 7, 1901 on the Manifest of the ship Columbia sailing from Hamburg to New York 0016 Schreib, Carl , 32 years 0017 Schreib, Margarethe, 32 years 0018 Schreib, Martha (aged 2 years 6 months) The purpose of their visit was to visit 'brother in law Paul Schwartz'. Karl had $1600 with him. Previous time spent in the USA was 3 years for Karl and 5 years for Margarethe. Karl's occupation is illegible. Last residence is given as Wittenberge.
  She and her mother returned to Wilsnack in 1903 or 1904 where she attended school. Dale Schultz has copy of school report dd 30. September 1905. (Kl. VI)
  Returned to South Africa


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