I am part of a U.S. branch of Braatz's that goes back to August Friedrich Wilhelm Braatz born Jan. 1, 1800 in Westfalen, Prussia. He died Jan. 20 1870 in Clyman Township, Dodge County Wisconsin. He had a son names William August Frederick Braatz, born Octber 4, 1830 in Prussia and died March 26, 1904 in Brandon, Wisconsin.

I am part of a US branch of the Braatz/Bratz family that arrived in the US (New York) on July 6, 1869. They left Hamburg on May 14, 1969 on the sailing/clipper ship the Lord Brougham. There were two Braatz families on that ship. Mine was from MarienFliess (near Stettian) Prussia (now Germany). The other family was also from Prussia, but I am having trouble dechiphering the name of town.
My family - Michael Braatz, wife and 5 sons.
Other family - Carl, wife and 1 daughter.
All were headed for Wisconsin.

Hope this helps

Does anyone have a EDWIN FREDRICK BRAATZ in their family tree? ALBERT BRATZ? A WILLIAM F.BRAATZ born APRIL 11, 1886 in Germany? He came to California in 1946 from Lorain, Ohio. Please let me know if these persons are in your family tree> Thanks, Linda

On the post above , about William F. Braatz, I did not put my email address: kelmika@verizon.net

Two comments: One about the Ship Lord Brougham passanters. From Ned Braatz I got the list with only one Braatz family in that ship: Michael (45), Sophie (40), Wilhelm (15), Friedrich (10), Carl (12) and Franz (5), ages at day of arrival July, 6, 1869. They are probably not my relatives, because they came from another location in Prussia as mine.

I narrowed down the probable brother to my ancestor who came to Brazil to two entries in the list I got from Ned: Wilhelm Braatz (30), married to Louise (29), who arrived in the ship Hammonia in May, 19, 1869 (no children) and
August Braatz (23)who arrived alone in the ship Capella in Feb. 9, 1869.
If somebody has one of these ancestors, please contact me and let us compare our DNA.
rudi@braatz.com

These are the places, with Polish names and coordinates, referred to im my ancestor's documents:

Wopersnow / Oparzno 53º45%u201939.74%u2019%u2019N 15º41%u201941 .63%u2019%u2019E

Semerow / Zabrowo 53º50%u201946.62%u2019%u2019 N 15º35%u201931.93%u2019%u2019E

Schievelbein / Swidwin 53º46%u201959.50%u2019%u2019 N 15º45%u201955.02%u2019%u2019E

Rützenhagen / Rusinowo 53º46%u201950.41%u2019%u2019 N 15º36%u201901.10%u2019%u2019E

Liepz / Lipce 53º43%u201959.36%u2019%u2019 N 15º40%u201931.12%u2019%u2019E

rudi@braatz.com

In the previous entry, where you see %, understand " (the minutes in geographic coordinates).
The data bellow I got from Wolfgang Braatz, born 1846, and might be the connection I was looking for, because this Wilhelm Braatz comes from Liepz, a very few kilometers distant from my earliest reference from my ancestor. He went to Amerika in 1862 with a family Hoppe or Hoepke.



1862 mit einer
Auflistung von Auswanderern aus Liepz und Rützenhagen. Hier der Inhalt:

An das Königl. Hochlöbl. Landraths Amt
Zu Schivelbein

Anmeldung
Es haben sich heute bei mir nachbenannte Personen zur Reise ( Auswanderung
nach Amerika ) angemeldet, mit denen ich Contract abgeschlossen habe, und
zufolge des Reglements vom 6. September 1853 § 7 ich dieses hiermit anmelde.

Werden befördert durch den concessionierten Expedienten Aug. Bolten, Fa.
Miller (?) Nachfahren in Hamburg am 15. April 1862 nach New York.

Aus Liepz:
Erdmann Hoppe ( Hoepke ? ) Bauer 49 Jahre
Henriette Hoppe geb. Freitag Ehefrau 50 Jahre
Carl H. Sohn 20 Jahre
Eduard H. Sohn 17 Jahre
Hermann H. Sohn 14 Jahre
Albertine H. Tochter 12 Jahre
Hulda H. Tochter 8 Jahre
Albert H. Sohn 6 Jahre
Friederike Radünz ledig 22 Jahre
Wilhelm Braatz Bauersohn 16 Jahre in 1862, born then in 1846

Aus Rützenhagen:
Carl Zahn Pächter 59 Jahre
Friederike Zahn geb. Kühl Ehefrau 57 Jahre
Louise Z. Tochter 22 Jahre
Caroline Z. Tochter 17 Jahre
Carl Z. 15 Jahre

Geburtsorte sind nicht genannt. Die Ortsangaben Liepz und Rützenhagen stehen
in der Spalte "Wohn- oder letzter Aufenthaltsort".