Historical Vignette: Hintze's 1864 Immigration
Leaving Denmark:
After enduring religious persecution in their native Denmark, Anders Hintze and his family immigrated to the United States in the Spring of 1864 with many other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see the Church records of LDS Scandinavian emigrants for 1852 to 1866 or view captured here in PDF format).
The family traveled from Copenhagen, Denmark (map) to England and embarked on a ship named, "Monarch of the Sea" in 1864 with 948 other passengers.
At that time the family consisted of the following members:
- Anders Hintze, age 43
- Karen Hintze, age 40
- Ferdinand Friis Hintze, age 10
- Florentine Camilla Hintze, age 5 (ship records1 show age of 2)
- Sarah S. Hintze, age 3 (ship records1 show as infant)
1His family immigrated to America in 1864 on a ship named Monarch of the Sea (see passenger list manifest #'s 135-139 where their last name was misspelled as Nintze)
The ship left Liverpool, England (map) on 28 April 1864.
On 9 May 1864, Anders' daughter, Sarah, died. She was one of many children who passed away on the voyage to America.
Arriving at New York City:
After traveling 36 days at sea, the Monarch of the Sea docked at the Port of New York at Castle Garden.
Castle Garden, today known as Castle Clinton National Monument, is the major landmark within The Battery, the 23 acre waterfront park at the tip of Manhattan. From 1855 to 1890, the Castle was America's first official immigration center, a collaboration of New York State and New York City. More information can be found at castlegarden.org and theshipslist.com.
The Journey West:
From New York, the family traveled with many other members of their faith to Albany, New York (map) on a steamer ship up the Hudson River. At Albany, they boarded a train headed for St. Joseph, Missouri (map). The train route took them through Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, and Quincy before arriving at St. Joseph.
From St. Joseph, they took a steamer up the Missouri River to Wyoming, Nebraska (map) (the town of Wyoming, Otoe County, Nebraska no longer exists. It was located six miles north of Nebraska City, Nebraska. Little remains of the town, except for an unmarked Mormon cemetery.)
On 8 July 1864 the Anders Hintze family joined with other LDS Church wagon teams to begin crossing the plains headed to Salt Lake City. About 400 crossed the plains in Captain William P. Preston's company [note: further information on Preston and his company can be found online at the Mormon Trails Association 1864 immigration page or from the Church of Jesus Christ online history of Preston and his company.] of about 50 Church teams. They arrived in Salt Lake City on 15 September 1864.
