Carl Christian (Charles) Stier
1874 Oct 1 : Charley and Auguste have their eighth child- a girl they name Christine Christiane Wilhelmina Stier. She would go by the name 'Christina' for her entire life. She was named after her baptismal 'sponsors'-Christine Bucholz, Christiane Bucholz, and Wilhelm Davis. For more info (and pictures) of Christina, click here.
1875 Dec 5: Christina is baptized.
1876 : Charley and Auguste have their ninth child- a boy they name Wilhelm J.F. Stier, commonly called Willie.
1878 June 3: Charlie and Auguste have their thenth and final child- a boy they name George John Christian Stier. This website has an entire page (section) devoted to George and his family.
1879 Feb 15: Eight months after giving birth to George, Auguste D.E. (ne'e Bucholz) Stier dies at the age of 34. She had eleven children with Charles (one of whom died at birth). Her funeral was attended by the German Lutheran church on Tuesday, February 18, 1879. She is buried in lot # 157 of the Oakwood Cemetery on Hwy 83 in Waterford. Her headstone is so worn it is not readable and is broken in half. To see a brief mention of her death in the newspaper, click here. To see the church record of Auguste's death click here.
1869 October 7: Carl and Auguste have their fifth child- a boy they name Rudolph.
Some time between 1860 and 1870 the entire Stier family moved from the Town of Rochester in Racine County to the Town of Norway in Racine County. At some point, prior to 1887, the Stier's owned an eighty acre farm on the very southern line of the Town of Norway in Racine county in section 32. To see an 1887 plat of the farm click here. This farm would stay in the Stier family until 1919-for over thirty years.
1872 February 12: Carl and Auguste have their sixth child- a boy they name Henry.
1872 Feb 20: Fred J.C. Albrecht is born in the Town of Norway in Racine County to parents Frederick (George) and Henriette (ne'e Stier) Albrecht.
1872 April 13: Henry Stier is baptised by Reverend E. Multanowski. Henry's "sponsors" were Mr. and Mrs. John Bucholz, Carl Bucholz, and Frederick Albrecht.
1873 April 12: Charley and Auguste have their seventh child- a daughter they name Mary. Mary would eventually marry Charles E. Smith. For more information about Mary and pictures of her, click here.
1868 November 2: Charles (Carl) and his father Henry (Heinrich) become naturalized American citizens on this date! They had to "...renounce Fredrick Francis Duke of Mecklenburg..." to become American citizens on this day. To see a copy of Heinrich's actual naturalization paper click here. To see a copy of Carl Christian's actual naturalization paper click here.
Please note several things about our family as they are listed on this 1860 census. The first thing you see is that by 1860, Henriette is no longer with the family, she has been married to a Mr. Tewes by this time. Also, their names are 'Americanized', Heinrich is listed as Henry , Carl is now listed as 'Charles' (Chas.), and Marie is listed as Mary.
The next record I find is one year later. On Sunday, July 28, 1861, Carl (Charles) Christian Stier marries Auguste D.E. Bucholz. A copy of the marriage record is shown below:
The next record I have of the family comes as a Census taken in the Town of Rochester in Racine County in 1860, four years after they arrived in America. A copy of that census record is below:
Above is a representation of the ship 'Hammonia' that Carl and his family came to America on.
From a Currier & Ives Lithograph of the Hammonia.
The above (partial) boarding list for the Hammonia shows our family listed as passengers. I originally found this information in a book at the library called Germans to America, and basically looked up Stier in the index until I found names that matched. Then once I knew the date and the port they boarded in, I was able to order a copy of the actual document. Once I had that , I was amazed to learn that the original document listed what city they were from-Siggelkow! This is also the document which lead me to look in Siggelkow Germany for their records.
For records purposes, our family is lucky they boarded in Hamburg. The other port that people in Germany used was Bremen. During bombing in World War 2, most records pertaining to passenger lists in Bremen were destroyed.
Carl had at least five brothers and sisters that I could find records of. They were:
Johann Jochim Heinrich born December 27, 1827
*Maria Christiana Henriette born July 16, 1831
Louise Sophia Christina born February 9, 1836
Henrica Maria Johanna born April 18, 1844
Christiane Friederica Elisabeth born October 13, 1833
On Monday June 30, 1856, Heinrich and three of his children, Henriette listed as age 24, Carl age 17, and Marie age 9 boarded the new ship Hammonia at a port in Hamburg Germany for sail to America. I am not certain why only these four came over. I do not know if others followed. If other immediately family members followed, I found no record of additional family members joining them once in America.
Based on the ages, I am fairly certain that Henriette is Maria Christiana Henriette. However, Marie is listed on the boarding list as 9 years old, which would mean she was born approximately 1848. So it is possible I have not found her birth record. The other slight possibility is that it was Henrica Maria Johanna, but the age would be too far off. However, as you will see throughout the original documents I have found, they weren't exact with ages, they were (most times) off a year or two.
The ship would leave the port in Hamburg the following day, Tuesday July 1st and enter port in New York on Saturday July 19th , 1856-the Stiers were in America!
Below is a copy of the original German boarding list for the Hammonia on June 30th, 1856:
Carl Christian was confirmed on April 4, 1852. The original German record of his confirmation is below. He is listed on the bottom of this document (lucky number 13), which also lists his birthdate and place of birth, and his father's name.
Above: The German birth record of Carl Christian Stier
Carl Christian Stier and Auguste (ne'e Bucholz) are two of the most important people in our family's history. In tracing back the 'Stier' name, Carl is the person who came from Germany in 1856 with his father and two sisters. Carl would eventually marry Auguste in 1861, and start the family that we are all happy they started.
Carl Christian Stier was born in Siggelkow, Germany on February 22, 1838. Carl was born to parents Heinrich Jacob Stier and Johanna Sophia Catharina (ne'e Schroder). Carl's German birth record is shown below:
Carl Christian and Auguste Stier
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