On March 5, 1868 a 37-year old mechanic from Germany, Ernst Kettwig, crossed the Atlantik on the steamship “Bremen” from Bremen to New York. He wanted to settle in the USA.
The BREMEN. Source: Georg Otto Adolf Bessell, 1857-1957, Norddeutscher Lloyd; Geschichte einer bremischen Reederei (Bremen: C. Schünemann [1957]), p. 11.
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http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/com-br.htm#bremen1858
http://immigrantships.net/v6/1800v6/bremen18680305.html