Posted by tchaffin in October 2, 2009

Carl and Sophia Matzdorff
The Matzdorff family, including mother, Sophia, and son, Sigismund, came over on the Holsatia. This ship was part of the shipping line of Hamburg-American built by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland. It had an iron hull. According to the New York Passenger Lists, they were “between deck passengers.”