Joseph L chinger, born the 5 August 1792 emigrated in 1848 (56 years old) to the U.S. He left his wife and 7 children back in Switzerland (before he left he lived in Eichenwies / Oberriet in the Canton St. Gallen). He never came back.
I do not have an account in the Ellis Island et al. Databases.
In the 1850 Federal Census for the town of Milford, county of Bucks, Pennsylvania, there is a Joseph Lechinger, aged 54, born Switzerland, living in what might be a boarding house. He's a 'segarmaker', which I guess means 'cigarmaker'. I know that the age is slightly off, but it's probable that he did not give that information to the census taker, but that one of the other people living in the building provided that information. Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Milford, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_759; Page: 139;
I can't find Joseph in the immigration databases at Ancestry.com, nor at the Castle Garden web site (Castle Garden pre-dates Ellis Island). I used several different spelling variations of the surname, but no luck. Maybe someone else will have better luck finding Joseph. Another possibility is that Joseph went to Canada first, and then into the U.S. A lot of times, it was cheaper to sail to a Canadian port than to one in the U.S. One of my husband's English relatives came to the U.S. via Montreal, Quebec because it was cheaper.
> Joseph L chinger, born the 5 August 1792 emigrated in 1848 (56 years old) to > the U.S. He left his wife and 7 children back in Switzerland (before he left > he lived in Eichenwies / Oberriet in the Canton St. Gallen). He never came > back.
> I do not have an account in the Ellis Island et al. Databases.
> Joseph L chinger, born the 5 August 1792 emigrated in 1848 (56 years old) to > the U.S. He left his wife and 7 children back in Switzerland (before he left > he lived in Eichenwies / Oberriet in the Canton St. Gallen). He never came > back.
> I do not have an account in the Ellis Island et al. Databases.
> Has anyone a chance to look him up?
Are you certain on the spelling of the surname? It is highly similar to the surname of Luchsinger (note the S), which originates from the neighboring Canton of Glarus (SW from St. Gallen).
Lechinger is close to 'L chinger' / 'Luechinger'. However, In Eichenwies / Oberriet there was no tradition in making cigars. Josef used to be a landlord in Switzerland.
Joseph was quite well situated. Before he emigrated he sold a very big house.
> In the 1850 Federal Census for the town of Milford, county of Bucks, > Pennsylvania, there is a Joseph Lechinger, aged 54, born Switzerland, > living in what might be a boarding house. He's a 'segarmaker', which I > guess means 'cigarmaker'. I know that the age is slightly off, but it's > probable that he did not give that information to the census taker, but > that one of the other people living in the building provided that > information. > Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Milford, Bucks, Pennsylvania; > Roll: M432_759; Page: 139;
> I can't find Joseph in the immigration databases at Ancestry.com, nor at > the Castle Garden web site (Castle Garden pre-dates Ellis Island). I used > several different spelling variations of the surname, but no luck. Maybe > someone else will have better luck finding Joseph. Another possibility is > that Joseph went to Canada first, and then into the U.S. A lot of times, > it was cheaper to sail to a Canadian port than to one in the U.S. One of > my husband's English relatives came to the U.S. via Montreal, Quebec > because it was cheaper.
I am very certain about the spelling of the name 'L chinger' (of course, the first name could be either Josef or Joseph). I know that the Umlauts (' ') were often changed into something which better fits the English language (e.g. 'Luchinger' would be a quite natural transformation). The Luschsinger (today in Glarus and in Zurich) are a quite separate tribe. There were no contacts between the L chinger and the Luchsinger as far as I know.
> "Daniel Stieger" <daniel_stie...@bluewin.ch> wrote in message > news:49fc5fbe$1_3@news.bluewin.ch... >> Joseph L chinger, born the 5 August 1792 emigrated in 1848 (56 years old) > to >> the U.S. He left his wife and 7 children back in Switzerland (before he > left >> he lived in Eichenwies / Oberriet in the Canton St. Gallen). He never > came >> back.
>> I do not have an account in the Ellis Island et al. Databases.
>> Has anyone a chance to look him up?
> Are you certain on the spelling of the surname? It is highly similar to > the surname of Luchsinger (note the S), which originates from the > neighboring Canton of Glarus (SW from St. Gallen).
Leider bin ich per Email NICHT erreichbar, aber Postings an die Newsgroups de.sci.genealogie and soc.genealogy.german kann ich lesen. I am sorry, that I can't receive any email. But I can read postings to the newsgroups de.sci.genealogie and soc.genealogy.german.
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> "Daniel Stieger" <daniel_stie...@bluewin.ch> wrote > > Joseph L chinger, born the 5 August 1792 emigrated in 1848 (56 years old) > to > > the U.S. He left his wife and 7 children back in Switzerland (before he > left > > he lived in Eichenwies / Oberriet in the Canton St. Gallen). He never > came > > back.
> > I do not have an account in the Ellis Island et al. Databases.
> > Has anyone a chance to look him up?
> Are you certain on the spelling of the surname? It is highly similar to > the surname of Luchsinger (note the S), which originates from the > neighboring Canton of Glarus (SW from St. Gallen).
