The Journey: TOUBY

Our Touby family history is linked to the Remy and Strater families.  Records show that on June 21, 1844, the Touby, Strater and Remy families left for America.  Terrance Strater recently forwarded the passenger list for the Manchester which sailed from Antwerp on that very date.  The list includes the families of Johann Peter Touby and Johann Martin Touby.  The J. J. Hummerich family is also on that list, and I only recently became acquainted with Reinhard Hummerich (Germany) through this blog.  He has traced our roots back to common ancestor, Heinrich Touby (1670-1759).  More on that connection later.

Here are the Manchester ship records:

One year earlier, in July of 1843, the Brig Gulnare sailed from Antwerp with Captain John C. Tibbetts.  the passenger list includes Hummerich, Remy, Strater (several spellings), and Corselius families - all names common to our Touby records.  Terrance Strater sent this fascinating account of Captain Tibbetts' log (see link below).

 

Click here to read the ship journal written by Capt. John C. Tibbetts

His ship, the Brig Gulnare, sailed from Antwerp in July of 1843, arriving in New York on August 18, 1843, a 51 day voyage.