Guest Author - The Spoering Immigration
Henry and Mary Sporing Arrive to the U.S. in 1882
written in January 2012 by Jason Snow, a great-great grandson of Henry and Mary Sporing
Henry
and Mary Sporing, along with their daughters Mary (age 4) and Sophia
(age 3), arrived in New York aboard the Main on 6 March 1882. Their
place of origin was recorded as Prussia, and their destination was
Defiance, Ohio. Henry's and Mary's ages, 36 and 26, are consistent with
other records we have for these ancestors. What isn't consistent is the
year of their immigration. written in January 2012 by Jason Snow, a great-great grandson of Henry and Mary Sporing
Henry declared his intent to become a citizen in 1884 and applied in 1886. In those records, he indicated his arrival in the U.S. as 8 March 1881, not 6 March 1882. Assuming the naturalization process at that time required 5 years of citizenship, the discrepancy would have enabled Henry to accelerate the process.
Their entry to the United States would have been processed at Castle Garden, the predecessor to Ellis Island before it opened in 1892. Castle Garden is now Castle Clinton National Monument, which is where the ferry to Ellis Island departs from lower Manhattan.
The Main was operated by the North German Lloyd shipping line. It was built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland, measuring 365' x 40' and weighing 2,893 tons. The single-screw and compound engines were capable of 14 knots. There is no photo available, but the ship had two masts and one funnel. The Main first sailed in 1868, and its final voyage under the North German Lloyd company was in 1890. The same company ran a new ship also under the name of Main.
Source for the clipping is: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Year: 1882; Arrival: New York, United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_447; Line: 44; List number: 253. Image and transcription obtained via Ancestry.com. Imaged cropped to show only Sporing family.
**Jason's great-grandmother was Lydia Spoering Loudon and his grandmother, Ruth Loudon. Lydia's photo may be seen at this previous post. Lydia may also be seen with baby Ruth on her lap in this reunion photo from about 1928.
Thank you, Jason!
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