Destination: The Americas


Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (PA)
Archivist: Rose Mary Keller Hughes

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania—a Popular Destination for Immigrants from Semlak
Ellis Island Passenger Records, researched and transcribed by Rose Mary Keller Hughes

  One has only to look at manifests on the www.ellisislandrecords.org site to see how the Semlakers, for the most part, stuck together. What follows is just a small sampling of their arrivals.  Please notice the number of times the immigrant lists Cameron Street as the Harrisburg destination.  I do not know what street my grandmother had a boarding house when she lived in Harrisburg, but I am sure many used her address as a destination in the city.  Another guess is that perhaps the incoming from Semlak were told to use that particular address.  A popular person listed as living at the intended destination was my grandfather’s uncle, Peter Grünwald.  Not knowing for sure what motivated the immigrants to a specific street or a repeated person is just another research mystery.
   

 

 

 

Date

 

Immigrant=s Name

 

Harrisburg Address

 

Name of Person Living at Harrisburg Address

 

Jan 17, 1901

 

Martin Wagner

 

Unknown

 

Unknown

1903

Konrad Brandt

Unknown

Unknown – In Harrisburg from 1903-1907

 

June 8, 1903

 

Peter Grünwald

 

Cameron St.

 

Brother George Grünwald

 

1903

 

Miklos Stajan

 

1242 Cameron St.

 

Brother-in-Law Georg Masz

 

June 22, 1903

 

Daniel Zimmerman, Johann Hirsch, Mihaly Wagner, Adam Born, Konrad Brand, Peter Schilling, Thomas Schäffer, Peter Rosinger

 

Harrisburg

 

To Peter Grünwald

 

June 29, 1903

 

Andras Bartolf

 

1242 Cameron St.

 

Brother-in-Law Peter Grünwald

 

June 29, 1903

 

Mihaly Wagner

 

1242 Cameron St.

 

Cousin Peter Kalmann

 

July 5, 1903

 

Jacob Szarvas

 

1242 Cameron St.

 

Friend Franz Drier

 

July 5, 1903

 

Miklos Pinczés

 

1242 Cameron St.

 

Friend Franz Drier

 

Mar 28, 1904

 

Peter Kalmann with wife Maria and son Heinrich

 

128 Market Street

 

Brother Joseph Kalmann

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Peter Schilling

 

Unknown

 

To Konrad Schubkegl

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Miklos Schilling

 

Unknown

 

Miklos Arva

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Janos Pinczés

 

1405 Cameron St.

 

To Hartman Li...?

 

May 10, 1905

 

Heinrich Grünwald and wife and children

George Grünwald

 

1409 Cameron St.

 

Friend Martin Szabo

 

May 10, 1905

 

Andreas Grünwald with wife and child

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law Conrad Schubkegl

 

1905

 

Heinrich Grünwald

 

1089 Cameron St.

 

Brother-in-Law Josef Kalmann

 

1905

 

Peter Schilling

 

Unknown

 

Friend Konrad Schubkegl

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Janos Pinczés

 

1405 North Cameron St.

 

To Friend ? Hartmann

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

 Miklos Schilling

 

1405 North Cameron St.

 

To Friend Michael Arva

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Peter Schilling

 

Harrisburg

 

To Friend Konrad Schubkegl

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Janos Schilling

 

Unknown

 

Left Miklos Arva in Semlak

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Henrik Schilling

 

1405 Cameron St.

 

To brother Miklos in Harrisburg

 

Mar 22, 1905

 

Illes Pask

 

Harrisburg

 

Friend Peter Schudt

 

1906

 

Andras Kalmann

 

1319 Camerson St.

 

Brother Peter Kalmann

1906

Johann and Margaret Frank

Unknown

Unknown

1906

Heinrich and Elisabeth Gross

Unknown

Unknown

 

Jan 24, 1906

 

Mihaly Bartolf

 

173 Bilt (?) St.

 

Friend Heinrich Grünwald

 

Jan 24, 1906

 

Andras Kalmann

 

Unknown

 

Brother Peter Kalmann

 

Feb 21, 1906

 

Heinrich Hirsch

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law Peter Schilling

 

Feb 21, 1906

 

Andras Szabo

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law Heinrich Grünwald

 

Feb 21, 1906

 

Adam Gut

 

1319 Cameron St.

 

Friend Heinrich Grünwald

 

Feb 21, 1906

 

Erzebet Schilling with daughters Elisabeth and Katharina

 

Unknown

 

Husband Peter Schilling

 

Feb 21, 1906

 

Adam Arva and wife Eva

 

1240 Herr St.

 

Uncle Phillip Arva

 

Feb 27, 1906

 

Peter Bartolf

 

Unknown

 

Unknown

 

Feb 27, 1906

 

Georg Hay

 

Unknown

 

Cousin Konrad Brand

 

Apr 28, 1906

 

Barbara Schilling with children, Josef, Katalin and Peter

 

1230 Herr St.

 

To husband Peter Schilling

1907

Peter and Susanna  Schmidt with son Peter

Unknown

Unknown

1907

Johann Wolf

Unknown

Unknown

 

Feb 1, 1907

 

Mihaly Kalman

 

1228 Herr St.

 

To brother Andreas

 

Feb 1, 1907

 

Marton Hay with wife Erzsebet and daughter Juli

 

1228 Herr St.

 

To brother-in-law Daniel Schön

 

Mar 11, 1907

 

Peter Kalmann with wife Maria and son Heinrich

 

1089 Cameron St.

 

Brother Josef Kalmann

May 29, 1907

Daniel Schubkegel

Unknown

Brother, Peter Schubkegel

 

Aug 5, 1907

 

Gyorgy Brandt

 

1226 Herr St.

 

 

Brother-in-Law MartinWagner

Left father Konrad Brandt at home in Semlak

 

Oct 23, 1907

 

Peter Pinczés

 

1941 Boos St.

 

Brother-in-Law Peter Schilling

 

Mar 18, 1908

 

Michael Wagner

 

Unknown

 

 Friend Gyorgy Brand (Wagner)

 

Mar 18, 1908

 

Georg & Lisi Brandt

 

Unknown

U

Unknown

 

Mar 18, 1908

 

Gyorgy & Lisi Hai

Johann Wolf

 

1102 Cameron St.

 

Nephew Gyorgy Brand (Hay)

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Michel Kalmann

 

1228 Herr St.

 

Brother-in-Law Martin Wagner

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Marton Kalmann

 

1319 Cameron St.

 

Uncle Peter Kalmann; left wife Katharina

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Jakob Kaiser

Johann Stefan

 

1228 Herr Street

 

Brother Martin Kaiser, and left wife Margaretta

Brother-in-Law for Stefan

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Peter & Elisabeth Grünwald and children, Peter and Samuel

 

Probably Cameron St.

 

Unknown

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Adam & Elisabeth (Shitt) and children

 

Unknown

 

To Brother-in-Law Adam Grünwald

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Adam Schlei

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law Heinrich Schlei

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Adam Born

 

Unknown

 

To Stepbrother Peter Schilling

 

Mar 24, 1908

 

Peter Born and daughter Elisabeth

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law Peter Schilling

 

1908

 

Adam Wagner

 

1319 Cameron St.

 

Michael Wagner

1909

Johann Wolf

First came in 1907

Unknown

 

Jan 29, 1909

 

Katalin Wagner and son Heinrich

 

1319 Cameron St.

 

Husband Michael Wagner

 

Mar 21, 1909

 

Susanna Schafer with children Erzsi and Szuzsa

 

1087 Cameron St.

 

To Husband Andras, left behind father Mihaly Schafer

 

Mar 21, 1909

 

Erzsebet Takacs with children Peter and Frigyes

 

1319 Camerson St.

 

To husband Frigyes; left behind her father Peter Pinczés

 

Mar 21, 1909

 

Peterne Arva with children Erzsi and Magda

 

1741 Boas St.

 

To husband Peter; left behind her mother Julia Brand

 

May 12, 1909

 

Janos Szafnauer and Zsuzsa

 

1087 Cameron St.

 

Brother Josef Safnauer

May 12, 1909

Josef  and Julianna Szafnauer with daughter Julianna

Cameron St.

Uncle Peter Grünwald

 

May 12, 1909

 

Gyorgy Gocsik and Zsuzsa

 

1108 Cameron St.

 

Cousin Martin Schäffer

Jul 30, 1909

Elisabeth Wolf and children Susanna, Elisabeth, Adam, and Nikolaus

Unknown

Husband Johann Wolf who came in 1907 and earlier in 1909

 

Jan 26, 1910

 

Maria Ledig

 

Unknown

 

To husband Andras Ledig; left behind father-in-law Jacob Ledig

 

Jan 26, 1910

 

Zsuzsanna Baumann with daughter Catarina

 

1001 North St.

 

To husband Andras Baumann; left mother behind in Semlak

 

Mar 19, 1910

 

Gyorgy Gocsik with wife Zsuzsa and son Gyorgy

 

1109 Cameron St.

 

To cousin Martin Schäffer, left father-in-law Samuel Stefan

 

Mar 19, 1910

 

Jans Szafnauer and wife Zsuzsa

 

1087 Cameron St.

 

To brother Josef Szafnauer; left behind father Marton Szafnauer

 

Apr 22, 1910

 

Adam and Elisabeth Wagner with daughters Maria, Elisabetha, and Magdalena

 

1087 (1687?) North Camerson St.

 

Uncle Peter Grünwald

 

May 2, 1910

 

Erzsebet Gocsik

 

1272 Herr St.

 

To brother Georg Gocsik; left mother Julia Gocsik in Semlak

 

May 10, 1910

 

Michael Kalman with wife Katharina and child Katharina

 

531 N. Cameron St.

 

Brother Peter Kalmann, left mother Susanna Kalmann in Semlak

Aug 23 1910

Konrad and Julianna Brandt with son Konrad

Unknown

Brother-in-Law, Nikolaus Wagner

 

Sept 20, 1910

 

Josef & Susanna Christ with daughter

 

1242 Herr St.

 

Brother-in-Law Michael Hayback (Haibach)

 

May 9, 1911

 

Julianna Spier (born Brandt)

Friedrich Spier

 

Unknown

 

Son-in-Law Peter Arva

Aug 18, 1911

Martin Brandt

Cameron St.

Brother Konrad Brandt; left father Konrad in Semlak

 

Mar 18, 1912

 

Eva Brandt with 9 mo old son, Konrad

 

609 Cameron St.

 

Husband Marton Brandt

Left father Michael Schmidt in Semlak

 

May 7, 1912

 

Adam & Magdalena (Arva) Rózsa with son, Sandor

 

1943 Pass (?) St.

 

Brother-in-Law Konrad Arva, left father Josef Rózsa in Semlak

1913

Martin and Elisabeth Kunz

Unknown

Unknown

 

1913

 

Adam Born

 

1236 ? St.

 

Brother-in-Law Peter Schilling

 

1913

 

Mrs. Adam Brand

 

35 Colle St.

 

Husband Adam Brand

 

1913

 

Susanna Szafnauer

 

14 Colle St.

 

Husband Johann Szafnauer

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Martin Wagner

 

119 Cameron St.

 

Uncle Kalmann. 

Left behind in Semlak, his wife Susanna

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Michael Stefan

 

119 Cameron St.

 

Friend

Left behind in Semlak, his wife Julianna

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Georg Kalmann

 

119 Cameron St.

 

Uncle Kalmann

Left behind in Semlak, his father Martin Kalmann

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Andras Schafer

 

1087 Cameron St.

 

To Uncle Peter Grünwald, left wife Maria at 203 Semlak.  Says he was born in America.

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Mihaly Kalman

 

1036 Herr St.

 

Uncle Peter Kalman; left wife Katharina at 47 Semlak

Says he was born in America

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Josef Safnauer

 

1087 Cameron St.

 

Friend Peter Grünwald; left behind wife Johanna at 202 Semlak.  Says he was born in America.

 

Aug 12, 1913

 

Josef Safnauer and wife Juliana

 

2087 Cameron St.

 

To friend Peter Grünwald, lived at 202 Semlak

 

Sep 20, 1910

 

Josef Christ with wife Susanna and child Elizabeth

 

1242 Herr St.

 

Brother-in-law Michael Haybak; left behind father-in-law Salomon Haybak

 

Sept 23, 1913

 

Andreas Zimmerman

 

Unknown

 

Friend Peter Schilling

 

Sept 23, 1913

 

Adam Born

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law Peter Schilling

 

Sept 24, 1913

 

Joseph Keller, Konrad Pinczés, Heinrich Beinschroth

 

1224 Lev (?) St.

 

Friend Daniel Schmidt

Oct 1, 1913

Martin Beinschroth

Unknown

Unknown; left wife Susanna in Semlak

 

Nov 3, 1913

 

Jozefne Szafnauer with child Josef

 

1218 ? St.

 

Husband Josef Szafnauer, left father-in-law M. Szabnauer

 

Nov 21, 1913

 

Terer Pinczés with children Helene, Elisabeth, Susanna and Imre.

 

1089 Cameron St.

 

Brother-In-Law Josef Spier; left daughter Kati Szarvas in Semlak

 

Dec 10, 1913

 

Adam Wagner with daughters, Mary and Elisabeth

 

Cameron St.

 

Unknown

 

Dec 17, 1913

 

Katalin (Arasz) Pinczés with son Georg

 

605 Cameron St.

 

Husband Konrad Pinczés, left father Georg Arasz in Semlak

 

Dec 17, 1913

 

Katalin Spier with children Magda, Peter and Susanna

 

1089 Cameron St.

 

Husband Josef Spier, left son Josef in Semlak

 

1914

 

Mihaly Kaiser

 

Unknown

 

Brother-in-Law ? Kontz

1914

Susanna Beinschrot

Unknown

Joining husband Martin who came Oct 1, 1913

 

Apr 1, 1914

 

Marton Bartolf

 

58 Martin St.

 

Brother Heinrich Bartolf

 

Apr 22, 1914

 

Mihaly Kaiser with Katherina and children Maria and Eva

 

Unknown

 

To son-in-law ? Kontz, left wife Magdalena in Semlak

 

May 17, 1914

 

Elisabeth Bartolf Wagner and 2 Younger Daughters

 

1687 North Cameron St.

 

Husband/Father Adam Wagner

 

Nov 4, 1921

 

Peter Born with wife Elisabeta and children Catarina, Suzana and Nicolea

 

44 Half Keets St. (?)

 

Son Peter Born

 

Aug 16, 1922

 

Ecaterina Kunstar (25) and child Ileana

 

Unknown

 

Unknown

 

Sept 1, 1922

 

Martin & Elisabeth Haibach with son, Henry

 

1120 North Cameron

 

Brother-in-law Heinrich Kalmann

 

July 6, 1923

 

Andrew & Elisabeth Grünwald

 

1406 Herr S.

 

Brother-in-Law Adam Schäffer

 

Oct 1, 1923

 

Josef & Elisabeth Kalmann and son Josef

 

1120 Cameron St.

 

Uncle Heinrich Kalmann, left father Josef Kalman behind in Semlak

 

   
 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Archivist: Rose Mary Keller Hughes

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