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- [S153] Court Documents - Naturalizations Wisconsin County Records, 1807-1992 - FamilySearch, No Case number on Jacket; John Chaloupka; October 1880; John Chaloupka; 19 October 1880; viewed and downloaded image; 18 February 2017.
State of Wisconsin
County of Manitowoc
John Chaloupka formally appeared before the Subscriber the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county, being a court of record, and made Oath that he was born in Bohemia in or about the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty one, that he emigrated to the United States and landed in the port of New York in or about the month of May in the year Eighteen Hundred and seventy three. that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever and particularly to the Emperor of Austria whereof he is a subject.
[Signed] Jan Chaloupka
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 19th day of Octob. 1880
[Signed] Robert Falge
Clerk of Circuit Court
- [S114] Church Records - Milavce - Plzen Archives, viewed and downloaded record; 18 July 2018; Jan Chaloupka; Book 4 Births 1797-1845; image 200, Kocin; https://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/en/2212/200.
- [S413] Immigration\Naturalization - New York passenger Lists, 1820-1861 - Family Search, SS Weser; 1867; viewed list and downloaded; 2 June 2013.
Johann Chaloupka 42 occupation Farmer
Listed as from Germany [most people on ship listed as from Germany]
Also on the ship
Maria " 45
Maria " 211 [sic]
Catherine " 18
Frank " 16
Thomas " 14
Josef " 9
Anton " 5
SS Weser was an ocean liner owned by North German Lloyd. The ship was built in 1867 and served the Bremen-Southampton-New York-Baltimore line from June 1, 1867 until June 13, 1895 when she was transferred to the Bremen-South America service for two round trip voyages until being sold to an Italian company in June 1896. She was renamed the Seravalle and flew under the Italian flag. The ship was scrapped in August 1896 in Genoa, Italy.
Information on family arrival from ship record:
Ship SS Weser arrived New York
Ports of departure: Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England
Place of origin: Austria;Bohemia
Burthen 3252 tons
Arrived May 22, 1873
Census taken May 10, 1873 with 750 passengers
passengers 303-310
WESER (1867)
SERAVALLE [1896]
Photograph of the WESER (L) with the HOHENSTAUFEN (R) in drydock.
Source: Clas Broder Hansen, Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990, translated from the German by Edward Force (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer P ub., c1991), p. 31. To request a larger copy of this scan, click on the picture.
The steamship WESER, the second of four vessels of this name owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #137), and was launched on 19 March 1867. 2,870 tons; 99,05 x 12,19 meters / 325 x 40 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (tandem low-pressure single-expansion engine, 800-1,5 00 horsepower), service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 60 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 700 in steerage; crew of 74 to 105.
1 June 1867, maiden voyage, Bremen - Southampton - New York.
1881, compound engines by Caird & Co; 1,300 horsepower, with reduced coal consumption. 13 June 1895, last voyage, Bremen-New York-Baltimore. 3 August 1895, first of two voyages, Bremen-South America. June 1896, sold to Italy for scrapping; delivery voyage as SERAVALLE (Italian flag); August 1896, scrapped at Genoa.
Source: Arnold Kludas, Die Seeschiffe des Norddeutschen Lloyd, Bd. 1: 18 57 bis 1919 (Herford: Koehler, c1991), p. 14 (photograph); Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c 1994), p. 39, no. 17 (photograph ); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed .; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 545 . Voyages:
Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Wessels, arrive at New York on 17 September 1869, from Bremen 4 September, via Southampton 7 September, with merchandise and passengers to Oelrichs & Co. Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Wenke, arrived at New York on 26 November 1869, from Bremen 13 November, via Southampton 16 Novemb er, with merchandise and 356 passengers, to Oelrichs & Co; had "light vari able westerly winds" on the voyage. Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Willigerod, arrived at New Yo rk on 12 October 1872, at 4:50 A.M., from Bremen 28 September, via Southampton 1 October (3 P.M.), with merchandise and 809 passengers. "Had wester ly winds and high seas east of the Banks." Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. De Limon, arrived at New York on 23 April 1876 (passenger manifest dated 24 April 1876), from Bremen 8 April, via Southampton 11 April, with merchandise and 500 passenger s, to Oelrichs & Co. Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Meyer, arrived at New Yo rk on 13 December 1878 (passenger manifest dated 14 December 1878), from Bremen 1 December, via Southampton 3 December. Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Bruns, arrived at New Yo rk on 25 April 1881 (passenger manifest dated 26 April 1881), from Bremen 13 April.
The Ship was owned by: Oelrichs & Co. WESER (2) The SS"Weser" was built in 1867 by Caird and Co.of Greenock, Scotland f or Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd). She was an iron built sh ip of 2870 gross tons, length 325ft x beam 40ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 60-1st, 120-2nd, and 700-3rd class passengers. She was launch ed on 19/3/1867 and left Bremen on her maiden voyage to Southampton and New York on 1/6/1867. In 1881 she was fitted with compound engines by her builders and on 13/6/1895 she sailed on her last trip to New York and Baltimore and was then transferred to the Bremen - S. America service for two round voyages. She was scrapped in 1896.[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bons or, vol.2, p.544-5]
Upper deck referred mainly to 1st class passengers. Steerage or 3rd class lived in the bowels of the ship where conditions were fairly primitive. A good description of passenger conditions is given in a book called Port Out, Starboard Home by Anna Sproule ISBN 0 7137 8 52255 X. It deals with P&O vessels but is typical of the time. [Post ed to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 17 August 1997]
Weser-1867-North German Lloyd. Built by Caird & Company, Greenock, Scotlan d. Tonnage: 2,871. Dimensions: 351 feet by 40 feet. Single screw, 11 1/2 k nots. Inverted engines. Two masts and one funnel. Iron hull. Launched, Mar ch 19, 1867. Maiden voyage: Bremen (Germany)- Southampton (United Kingdom )- New York (United States). Re-engined with compounds in 1881. Speed increased to 13 1/2 knots. Scrapped in 1896. Running mates: America, Deutschla nd, Hansa, Hermann and Union. (From Passenger Ships of the World Past & Pr esent, by Eugene W. Smith) - [Posted to The ShipsList by Aaron Hill - 8 June 1998]
The steamship WESER was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd (the second of fo ur vessels of this name owned by the company) by Caird & Co, Greenock (ves sel #137), and launched on 19 March 1867. 2,870 tons; 99,05 x 12,19 meters /325 x 40 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (tandem low-pressure single-expansion engine, 800-1,500 horsepower), service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 60 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 700 in steerage; crew of 74 to 105. 1 June 1867, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1881, compound engines by Caird & Co; 1,300 horsepower, with reduced co al consumption. 13 June 1895, last voyage, Bremen-New York-Baltimore. 3 Au gust 1895, first of two voyages, Bremen-South America. June 1896, sold to Italy for scrapping; delivery voyage as SERAVALLE (Italian flag); August 1896, scrapped at Genoa [Edwin Drechsel, Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, 1857-1970; History, Fleet, Ship Mails, vol. 1 (Vancouver: Cordillera Pub. Co., c1994), p. 39, no. 17 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p. 545]. Photograph in Clas Broder Hanse n, Passenger liners from Germany, 1816-1990, translated from the Germ an by Edward Force (West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub., c1991 ), p. 31. - [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palm er - 10 June 1998] Above entries as retrived from: http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/ama lfi/13/shipuz.htm Sept 9, 2005, 10:20 p,m.
- [S153] Court Documents - Naturalizations Wisconsin County Records, 1807-1992 - FamilySearch, no file number on jacket; John Chaloupka; Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Wisconsin; John Chaloupka; 12 June 1888; viewed and downloaded digital image; 18 February 2017.
To the Honorable, the judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court for the State of Wisconsin:
The petition of John Chaloupka a native of Bohemia respectfully showeth that your petitioner arrived in the United States to-wit: at the port of New York on or about the month of May A.D. 18___, and that in pursuance of an act of Congress entitled "An act to establish a uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts therefore passed on the subject," nativity, age, alliance, emigration and arrival in the United States, conformably to said act, before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Manitowoc State of Wis. on the 19 day of Oct A.D., 1880 a certificate whereof is hereunto annexed; and that he has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of these United States for five years last past, and for one year last past within the State of Wisconsin; and he has never borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom whence he came, or elsewhere. He therefore prays he may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States.
Jan Chaloupka (diacritic mark above u)
Jos. Cisler a citizen of the United States, being duly sworn according to the law, says that he is well acquainted with the above named petitioner, and that to his knowledge and belief he has resided with the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for five years past, without at anytime during that period being without their jurisdictions, and for one year last past within the State of Wisconsin; that during the same period he has behaved himself as a man of good moral character attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Subscribed and sworn to in open court, this 12 day of June 1888
Joseph Cisler
John Chloupek Clerk
I, John Chaloupka the above named petitioner, solemnly swear that the contents of my petition are true; that I will support the Constitution of the United States; that I do hereby renounce and relinquish any title or order of nobility to which I am or hereafter may be entitled; and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potenate, State or Sovereignty whatever and particularly to Emperor of Austria which I was before a subject.
Subscribed and sworn to in open court this 12 day of June 1888
Jan Chaloupka
John Chloupek Clerk
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
1831 - 1896 (65 years)
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