S.S Cimbria Sunk on Jan 19, 1883 near Borkum Island

[Anna Sara Weingart]

And here, an article says, that 9 people were able to swim to the nearby island Borkum !!

http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/ein-wrack-in-der-nordsee-befluegelt-die-fantasie-der-schatztaucher-das-letzte-geheimnis-der--cimbria-,10810590,10478198.html

"...neun völlig Entkräftete kommen später auf der Insel Borkum an..."

translated: "...later nine completely exhausted reached the island of Borkum..."

Very thrilling!
Now we have to find out the names of these 9 people!! I believe Adolph is one of them!

[Anna Sara Weingart]

....9 people were able to swim to the nearby island Borkum...

Incorrect assumption, My mistake.
That was impossible, because the ship sunk 19 nautical miles offshore. I think they rowed a lifeboat.
But are these 9 people already named in the list of saved people in the newspaper from 24 January 1883 ?
I think not. The thesis, that Adolph survived, is not overcome.

[cousinsucher]

Vielen Dank Anna !!

[renatehelene]

Hallo Cousinsucher,

"vielen Dank Anna" is just NOT enough to thank Anna for all her reseach
she did for YOU.

You could have done it yourself as well or?????

I am very sad

[cousinsucher]

Excuse me, I am at work and was just entering the office when I got a notifiction of Anna's reply. I couldn't type much so I went to google translate and wrote a quick thank you. This is not my first time on this forum and a
Am very grateful for all of the help I receive from others when I have hit a brick wall in my own search.

When I have a break, I will personally email Anna.

Have a great day!

[Anna Sara Weingart]

Hallo an alle anderen Leser,
der von mir bei familysearch entdeckte Adolph Lüdemann, der 1883 49-jährig in New York ankam, ist sicherlich eine andere Person, als der Anfang 1883 mit dem Schiff Cimbria untergegangene gleichen Namens, dessen Geburtsjahr mir jetzt vom Themenstarter mitgeteilt wurde, und der erst in den 1850er Jahren geboren wurde.
Somit besteht kein Grund ihn unter eventuell möglichen weiteren Überlebenden zu vermuten, die in der Zeitungsmeldung vom 24.2.1883 noch als vermisst gelistet waren.
Damit müssen wir also vom Tod aller Familienmitglieder ausgehen.
Viele Grüsse

[cousinsucher]

@ Renate Helene,

I do hope you are not feeling sad anymore. I have written to Anna in a private email. My day was very busy but yes she is wonderful and I'm very grateful for her help and not just to her but to you as well and every other researcher on this forum who freely gives of their time to help others research parts of their family!! I hope to one day be a researcher on this forum, once I am fluent in German lol, (I'm learning, baby steps)

[kpjohnsen]

Hello cousinsucher,

I have included the link to the passenger list of the last voyage of the S.S.Cimbria into the german wikipedia under 'Cimbria (Schiff)'. (see under Belege No.2).
You can also use the following identical link:

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newspapers/issue/3000118638266?page=5

best wishes,
Klaus-Peter