help to find an immigrant to usa

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Im trying to find my grandmothers brother who emigrated to usa sometime between 1922 and well yes i dont know..
All i know is he was listed at his fathers house in 1921 but not in 1930.
His name was Thomas Schmidt and he was born 6 of march 1907 in Hundslev,Rise sogn in Aabenraa Denmark
My mother also have been told that he was murdered in the usa.

How do i find him??

Dorthe

[Homer Ficken]

What was his father's name?  A Thomas Schmidt age 21 who arrived Canada 1927 listed his birthplace as Brobøl and his father as Jørgen Schmidt of Horup.

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

His fathers name was Christian Theodor Schmidt he was born in 1874 in Smedager

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Can anybody give me a webadress or anything where one can search for him??

[Homer Ficken]

Dorthe, I searched Ancestry's many online resources (requires a subscription) and also Family Search http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp but the only Danish born Thomas Schmidt/Smidt/Smith of appropriate age found was the one to Canada, who obviously was not him.

After 1920, the only U.S. census open to the public is the 1930, and if he was murdered before then, there may be only a local death notice in some unknown place.

I thought maybe others would have better luck, but they probably would have replied by now.  How and when did your mother learn of his death?

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Hi Homer
sorry for the very late reply 

My mother learned about his death from my now late grandmother(his sister) but my fathers side of family are all dead now so there is nobody left to ask anymore!
I thought that maybe there could have been some kind of news paper artikel about it or something like that but maybe i just have to let it go 
But thank you for trying

Kind regards from Dorthe Lindner

[Eva Morfiadakis]

Hello,

On findmypast.com I found this passenger:

SCHMIDT Thomas  1904 M 1926 Southampton USA New York.

Arrival in New York in 1926. Departure from Southampton. Year of birth is 1904, but couldn't a 7 written with frills be interpreted as a 4? You need a subscription to see all the information.

Eva M

[Homer Ficken]

Hello,

On findmypast.com I found this passenger:

SCHMIDT Thomas  1904 M 1926 Southampton USA New York.

Arrival in New York in 1926. Departure from Southampton. Year of birth is 1904, but couldn't a 7 written with frills be interpreted as a 4? You need a subscription to see all the information.

Eva M

Eva, I looked above up on Ancestry, and the info is typed, not written.  He was a crew member, 21, born Germany, and the ship arrived New York from Puerto Rico.

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Hi everybody
i have found some new info about this!
I have found a newspaper cuttout from 1957 written about his fathers death
There is written that Thomas Schmidt is in south america and he is a slaughter(-meister) and he is alive in 1957!!
But i have no idea how to look for him in south america
When i told my mom she said oh yes she think she have heard something about Argentina maybe!
I hope that maybe someone know how i can look for him now

Thank you

[Homer Ficken]

There is a website for research of Danes in Argentina, and they have a forum where you can post your search: 
http://danes-in-argentina.dk/forum.html

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Thank you again Homer you are very kind

[Bodil Marie Hald]

Hej Dorthe Karina Lindner!

Da du har søgt efter hjælp til at finder Karsten Thomsen Schmidt, kan jeg meddele dig, at vi er
i familie l a n g t ude, så det kunne være interessant at komme i snak med dig.
Bodil Hald
sigurdbodil@hotmail.com

[Sonia Pedersen]

<hej Dorthe,     Jeg har lige laest dit indlaeg om chancen at Thomas maa have rejst til Argentina...
Jeg kiggede i CEMLA, en organisation hvor der er mange indvandrer listede med skib, etc. (Archivo de Inmigrantes - Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos).

Jeg fandt en SCHMIDT, Thomas, landmand, katolik, dansk nationalitet, 20 aar, som naaede frem til Buenos Aires port den 2-3-1927, med skibet Monte Oliva, fra Hamburg.  Der staar at han er fódt i Vollerup...
Hans alder stemmer godt med fódslen du skriver.  Religionen, har de maaske bare kopieret den tillagt stórste delen af inmigranterne, altsaa spanske og italienere...
Men jeg ved jo ikke om der er noget der hedder Vollerup...(eller er det bare volapyk?). Jeg er ikke god til dansk geografi!
Venlig hilsen, Sonia Pedersen. Argentina.

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Hej Sonja

Nej det er skam rigtigt med Vollerup det er der han er født!
Så det må være ham! Tror du man kan finde gamle aviser fra sidst i 1950erne derfra for at finde ud af om han virkelig blev skudt på åben gade?
Kan du sige mig hvordan man søger på afdøde i Argentina??

Tusinde tak for dit svar det var dejligt med lidt nyt!!

Mange venlige hilsner fra Dorthe

[Dorthe Karina Lindner]

Thomas er født i 1907 så alderen passer også perfekt!

[Sonia Pedersen]

Hej Dorthe!   Det var der glaedeligt, at vi saadan fandt frem til ham.... Men det bliver nok svaerere at findo noget om hans dód, da vi ikke ved hvor i landet han bosatte sig.
Tror du det er provinsen Buenos aires?  Ved du om han kom sammen med andre danske herovre?  Der er efterkommere af danske i Tandil, Necochea, Tres Arroyos.... alle byer i provinsen Buenos Aires...   Men landet er stort, og der er mange aviser..som ikke er lagt paa nettet...saa det bliver et puslespil at finde frem til yderlige detaljer vedrórende hans faerden paa den sydlige del af jordkloden!
Jeg har sendt en sógning til vor lokale menighed, for at se om han maaske blev begravet paa den danske kirkegaard i Tres Arroyos, og venter paa svar.    Men hvis det er omk. 1950...er det lidt fór min tid, saa jeg maa tyde til de aeldre her i byen!
Jeg kan desvaerre ikke bidrage med addresser eller links hvor man kan finde dódsfald paa nettet.
Med venlig hilsen, Sonia Pedersen.