Ludwig was a German from Russia and a farmer.
Ludwig was the son of Paul and Anna Maria (Bertsch) Erk of Straßburg, Odessa, South Russia.
He married Katharina Senger in 1869 and together they had three children: Conrad (born 1869), Gabriel (born 1882) and Helena (1884) were all born in Straßburg.
In the spring of 1886, Ludwig, Katharina and their children uprooted from Russia, made their way to Bremen, Germany in 1886 and boarded the North German Lloyd SS Werra bound for Southampton, England and then on to the port of New York, New York City, United States of America.
They went through the Castle Garden immigration station before heading to the Dakota Territory.
On 22 April 1886, 17 days after his arrival in the United States, Ludwig filed his Declaration of Intent to Become a Citizen and began acquiring land through the Homestead Act, Cash Entry and the Timber Culture Act.
In the homestead documentation, he corrects the spelling of his surname to be E-R-C-K. Records in Russia and US immigration had the surname spelled E-R-K. The spelling of it prior to immigration to Russia is un-researched at this time.
The 160.76 acres Ludwig purchased for cash was finalized 15 December 1886. He paid $1.25 per acre for a total of $200.95. The 168 acres under the Homestead Act became his 21 November 1893, and the 160 acres under the Timber Culture Act became Ludwig’s in full on 26 June 1899. In total along with application fees, he paid $228.95 for 488.76 acres at a cost of $.47 per acre. In 2016, that amount would be equal to about $5,600 or $11.46 per acre.
31 May 1892, Ludwig Erck and his family, by proxy, became a naturalized citizens of the United States.
Sources:
1. Kutschurgan Spousal Project: based on the 1852 Catholic Church Census in the Kutschurgan Villages of Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz and Straßburg
2. 1852 Kutschurgan Census: Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz, Straßburg
3. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
4. Castlegarden.org
5. National Archives and Records Administration land cash entry #1291
6. National Archives and Records Administration land homestead entry #2849
7. National Archives and Records Administration land timber culture entry #1577
8. 1900 US Federal Census
Ludwig was the son of Paul and Anna Maria (Bertsch) Erk of Straßburg, Odessa, South Russia.
He married Katharina Senger in 1869 and together they had three children: Conrad (born 1869), Gabriel (born 1882) and Helena (1884) were all born in Straßburg.
In the spring of 1886, Ludwig, Katharina and their children uprooted from Russia, made their way to Bremen, Germany in 1886 and boarded the North German Lloyd SS Werra bound for Southampton, England and then on to the port of New York, New York City, United States of America.
They went through the Castle Garden immigration station before heading to the Dakota Territory.
On 22 April 1886, 17 days after his arrival in the United States, Ludwig filed his Declaration of Intent to Become a Citizen and began acquiring land through the Homestead Act, Cash Entry and the Timber Culture Act.
In the homestead documentation, he corrects the spelling of his surname to be E-R-C-K. Records in Russia and US immigration had the surname spelled E-R-K. The spelling of it prior to immigration to Russia is un-researched at this time.
The 160.76 acres Ludwig purchased for cash was finalized 15 December 1886. He paid $1.25 per acre for a total of $200.95. The 168 acres under the Homestead Act became his 21 November 1893, and the 160 acres under the Timber Culture Act became Ludwig’s in full on 26 June 1899. In total along with application fees, he paid $228.95 for 488.76 acres at a cost of $.47 per acre. In 2016, that amount would be equal to about $5,600 or $11.46 per acre.
31 May 1892, Ludwig Erck and his family, by proxy, became a naturalized citizens of the United States.
Sources:
1. Kutschurgan Spousal Project: based on the 1852 Catholic Church Census in the Kutschurgan Villages of Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz and Straßburg
2. 1852 Kutschurgan Census: Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz, Straßburg
3. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
4. Castlegarden.org
5. National Archives and Records Administration land cash entry #1291
6. National Archives and Records Administration land homestead entry #2849
7. National Archives and Records Administration land timber culture entry #1577
8. 1900 US Federal Census
Ludwig was a German from Russia and a farmer.
Ludwig was the son of Paul and Anna Maria (Bertsch) Erk of Straßburg, Odessa, South Russia.
He married Katharina Senger in 1869 and together they had three children: Conrad (born 1869), Gabriel (born 1882) and Helena (1884) were all born in Straßburg.
In the spring of 1886, Ludwig, Katharina and their children uprooted from Russia, made their way to Bremen, Germany in 1886 and boarded the North German Lloyd SS Werra bound for Southampton, England and then on to the port of New York, New York City, United States of America.
They went through the Castle Garden immigration station before heading to the Dakota Territory.
On 22 April 1886, 17 days after his arrival in the United States, Ludwig filed his Declaration of Intent to Become a Citizen and began acquiring land through the Homestead Act, Cash Entry and the Timber Culture Act.
In the homestead documentation, he corrects the spelling of his surname to be E-R-C-K. Records in Russia and US immigration had the surname spelled E-R-K. The spelling of it prior to immigration to Russia is un-researched at this time.
The 160.76 acres Ludwig purchased for cash was finalized 15 December 1886. He paid $1.25 per acre for a total of $200.95. The 168 acres under the Homestead Act became his 21 November 1893, and the 160 acres under the Timber Culture Act became Ludwig’s in full on 26 June 1899. In total along with application fees, he paid $228.95 for 488.76 acres at a cost of $.47 per acre. In 2016, that amount would be equal to about $5,600 or $11.46 per acre.
31 May 1892, Ludwig Erck and his family, by proxy, became a naturalized citizens of the United States.
Sources:
1. Kutschurgan Spousal Project: based on the 1852 Catholic Church Census in the Kutschurgan Villages of Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz and Straßburg
2. 1852 Kutschurgan Census: Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz, Straßburg
3. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
4. Castlegarden.org
5. National Archives and Records Administration land cash entry #1291
6. National Archives and Records Administration land homestead entry #2849
7. National Archives and Records Administration land timber culture entry #1577
8. 1900 US Federal Census
Ludwig was the son of Paul and Anna Maria (Bertsch) Erk of Straßburg, Odessa, South Russia.
He married Katharina Senger in 1869 and together they had three children: Conrad (born 1869), Gabriel (born 1882) and Helena (1884) were all born in Straßburg.
In the spring of 1886, Ludwig, Katharina and their children uprooted from Russia, made their way to Bremen, Germany in 1886 and boarded the North German Lloyd SS Werra bound for Southampton, England and then on to the port of New York, New York City, United States of America.
They went through the Castle Garden immigration station before heading to the Dakota Territory.
On 22 April 1886, 17 days after his arrival in the United States, Ludwig filed his Declaration of Intent to Become a Citizen and began acquiring land through the Homestead Act, Cash Entry and the Timber Culture Act.
In the homestead documentation, he corrects the spelling of his surname to be E-R-C-K. Records in Russia and US immigration had the surname spelled E-R-K. The spelling of it prior to immigration to Russia is un-researched at this time.
The 160.76 acres Ludwig purchased for cash was finalized 15 December 1886. He paid $1.25 per acre for a total of $200.95. The 168 acres under the Homestead Act became his 21 November 1893, and the 160 acres under the Timber Culture Act became Ludwig’s in full on 26 June 1899. In total along with application fees, he paid $228.95 for 488.76 acres at a cost of $.47 per acre. In 2016, that amount would be equal to about $5,600 or $11.46 per acre.
31 May 1892, Ludwig Erck and his family, by proxy, became a naturalized citizens of the United States.
Sources:
1. Kutschurgan Spousal Project: based on the 1852 Catholic Church Census in the Kutschurgan Villages of Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz and Straßburg
2. 1852 Kutschurgan Census: Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz, Straßburg
3. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
4. Castlegarden.org
5. National Archives and Records Administration land cash entry #1291
6. National Archives and Records Administration land homestead entry #2849
7. National Archives and Records Administration land timber culture entry #1577
8. 1900 US Federal Census
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