Geiszler Genealogy

The previous post about Joseph Geißler reviewed that he was born in Baden about 1836 and included a brief history of Baden, focusing on the political climate in the 1840s before Joseph's likely immigration to the United States of America. This post considers the migration process, even though I have yet to discover a passenger list with my relative on it. Perhaps you'll see why in reviewing this article. Coming to America Joseph's naturalization process was completed in 1858 when he was around 22 years-old. i The naturalization process generally took about 5 years from start to finish. He would have been 17 when he initiated the process in 1853. If he, and his family, arrived in America during the early 1850s, he was likely in Baden at the time of the 1848 revolutions and was a part of the migration from the home and.  The only question is where he would go and did he travel alone? The primary locations where German immigrated during this time period included:...

Previously I wrote about the success of finding a relative by using the One Name Place Study method.  Let's continue investigating the remaining Townsends in the  1880 US Census  for Franklin County, Ohio. As you'll remember, I am in the process of investigating the  Townsends of Franklin County , Ohio in an effort to find relatives of  William James Townsend  who was born around 1842 in Franklin County, Ohio. The next one is Jno Townsend born about 1836 in Ohio, with parents originally from Maryland. Jno is working as a farm laborer. Jno Townsend of Year: 1880; Census Place: Groveport, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: 1015; Family History Film: 1255015; Page: 261C; Enumeration District: 013; Image: 0628 His household is situated in Groveport. Franklin County, Ohio which is 11 miles west of Groveport. As mentioned in Perry Townsend's post , I'd love to see where all the Townsends located on a map during this time period. Jno's household in 1...