Bürgermeister in Anderson (South Carolina) 1854+

[vi0]

Hallo liebe Mitforscher, ich habe gerade beim Auffrischen meiner Unterlagen festgestellt dass ein Georg Friedrich Tölle 1854 nach Anderson ausgewandert ist und dort auch Bürgermeister wurde.

Wie kann man da was rausfinden?

Er ist übrigens am 7.11.1835 in Gottsbüren (Deutschland) geboren worden.

Danke für jede Hilfe!

Gruß, vi0

[herby]

Hallo Vio,
hilft das was???

With the death of George Frederick Tolly at Anderson, January 1, 1910, that city lost one of its oldest residents, and one who had played many useful roles in its upbuilding and progress. Mr. Tolly was a man of first rate ability, strong and resourceful in business affairs, upright and the soul of honesty in all that concerned his relations with the public, and he fully earned and merited every measure of respect and esteem paid him.

He was born in Prussia, Germany, November 4, 1835, and in 1850, at the age of fifteen, came to America with his father, John Tolly. They located at Baltimore, where the son soon began an apprenticeship at the. cabinet maker's trade. Six years later he came to South Carolina, and after a brief sojourn in Greenville located at Anderson, where he made his home for more than half a century. In 1858 he opened a shop as a cabinet maker, and was busily engaged in the service represented in such a shop until the opening of the war. He at once volunteered, enlisting in April, 1861, in Company B, of the Fourth South Carolina Regiment. He served one year, the term of his enlistment, and then entered Company C, of the Palmetto Regiment of Sharpshooters. With that noted command he remained until taken prisoner in battle, and spent more than a year in the Federal prison at Rock Island, Illinois. He was wounded in the battle of Frazer's Farm, though not seriously injured.

With the same courage he had faced the hardships and dangers of a soldier's life he resumed his career after the war, meeting and overcoming many difficulties in a time of abject poverty for all the South. In addition to cabinet making he took up what was then considered the closely affiliated trade of undertaking, and also became a dealer in ready made furniture. In 1890 his son George M. Tolly was admitted to partnership, and since then the title of this business house has been G.F. Tolly & Son. It is one of the oldest firms of its kind in South Carolina, and the title of the organization continued not only because the old name is an asset in itself, but as an appropriate memorial to the founder and upbuilder of the business. It is engaged both in a retail and wholesale furniture business, and its undertaking department has for years been one of the most perfect organizations of its kind. Its large volume of business was achieved through the original policy of the late Mr. Tolly in insisting upon quality as the supreme test of all the merchandise handled. George M. Tolly is now head of the concern, and is one of Anderson's most prominent and progressive business men.

The late George F. Tolly served three consecutive terms as intendant at Anderson, and after Anderson was incorporated as a city he served seventeen years as mayor. This public service was rendered not without much sacrifice on his part, both to his business and to the pleasures of his home life. In that as in every other relation of his life he was faithful, dignified and efficient. He was a stanch democrat, and for many years served as ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church at Anderson. He was also a Mason.

May 24, 1859, he married Miss Mary Jane George, daughter of Ezekiel George of Anderson County, and of an old and highly respected family in that section of the state. Mrs. Tolly, who was born in Anderson County December 30, 1838, has passed her eightieth birthday. She and her husband had the following children: Elizabeth, who is the wife of W.M. Wilcox, and lives at Elberton, Georgia; George M.; William F. and Clarence E., both associated with the G.F. Tolly & Son furniture and undertaking business. George M. Tolly, the responsible head of the business since his father's death, married Miss Jessie McGee June 15, 1886. Their only child is Mrs. W.J. Muldrow, of Anderson.

[vi0]

Hallo herby,
du zählst mit einer anderen zu meinen Stars heute!
Das kann kaum noch anders sein!
Ich drucke es mir aus und werde mich mal mit dem Bürgermeister/Vorstand/wasauchimmer des Ortes per Mail in Kontakt setzen ob es noch mehr "dort drüben" über ihn gibt.

Vielen vielen Dank!

Gruß, Maik


EDIT:
"He was born in Prussia, Germany, November 4, 1835, and in 1850, at the age of fifteen, came to America with his father, John Tolly."

Er ist in Gottsbüren geboren, am 7 November 1835, war 19 als er auswanderte (1854) laut OSB, sein Vater hieß Johannes Tölle.
Kann das trotzdem stimmen?

EDIT2: Das Geburtsdatum auf seinem Grab stimmt überein, das kann doch kein Zufall sein?!
Zumindest ist in der Geschichte das GB falsch.

[Kasstor]

Hallo,

nach castlegarden könnte der Vater ein Jahr (bzw. 9 Mte) vor dem Sohn ausgewandert sein: http://www.castlegarden.org/search_0...50&submit.y=15

Frdl. Grüße

Thomas

[wolfganghorlbeck]

Ob das hier seine Auswanderung ist?


Baltimore, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 about George Tolle
Name: George Tolle
Arrival Date: 23 Oct 1854
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremen
Occupation: Carpenter
Ship: Anna
Ship Type: Bark
Port of Arrival: Baltimore
Place of Origin: Hedemunden
National Archives' Series Number: M255
Microfilm Roll Number: 10
List Number: 88
Destination: Baltimore

Hier ist ja der Wohnort angegeben und nicht der Geburtsort.
Gruß
Wolfgang

[vi0]

Das kann SEHR gut sein! Ich bin total von der Rolle! DANKE!

Gruß, Maik

[Kasstor]

Oder eben auch dieser hier, der vorletzte der castlegarden-Liste.
mit der Maryland ab Bremen, an 24.5.54, Herkunft leider nur: Hessen.

Frdl. Grüße

Thomas

[Kasstor]

Der Georg ist zusammen mit einem Heinrich Hartung aus Hedemünden angekommen.

Thomas

[vi0]

Dankeschön! Ich bin noch ganz erschlagen von den vielen Infos die ich in so kurzer Zeit bekommen habe!
Vielen Dank an alle Suchenden!

Gruß, Maik


EDIT:
Ich habe noch ein paar Fragen an die wissenden hier.

1.: Warum ist der Geburtsort falsch? Prussia ist ja weit weg von Gottsbüren.
2.: Warum ist sein Geburtsdatum falsch aber auf dem Grabstein richtig?
3.: Wieso ist aus seinem Nachnamen Tolly geworden?
4.: Wieso heißt er plötzlich George Frederick Tolly und nicht Georg Friedrich Tölle?

Danke!

[herby]

This is America......

[vi0]

This is America......

Ich habe gerade herzlich gelacht und innerlich zugestimmt.
Amerika ist wohl so, aber es kann ja durchaus sein dass es noch andere Gründe gibt die nicht für die "Eigenheiten" der Amerikaner sprechen.

Gruß, Maik

[animei]

Hier noch das Dokument zu Beitrag #5:

[herby]

Hallo Maik,

noch eine kleine Ergänzung (zum vorigen Text, in dem seine Soldatenzeit ja schon beschrieben wurde)...da GF Tolly als Scharfschütze bei den Konfoederierten im Bürgerkrieg gedient hat, lässt sich hierzu auch einiges im Netz finden.

Palmetto Sharpshooters,
Company C,
Palmetto Riflemen,
Anderson County
South Carolina Volunteers
This unit was formed from the 4th Regiment SCV, in April 1862

Tolly, G.F., Private

Viele Grüße
Herbert

p.s. im Census 1900 (Nr. 193) ist Einwanderungsjahr 1850 angegeben, aber das ist wohl die amerikan. Freiheit in der Genauigkeit...

[vi0]

Herzlichen Dank euch beiden für die Infos!
Mittlerweile ist der Stammbaum ordentlich gewachsen und die Amis haben wahnsinnig viel Infos über ihre Verbliebenen.

Gruß, Maik