Stepping Stones

Travel paper (back side) for Anna M. (Lutscher) Scholderer, February 1831. Travel paper (back side) for Anna Margaretha Lutscher for her immigration to America in Febraury of 1831. Kevin first saw these papers in September of 1992, then owned by Shirley Ruth (Calkins) Kriner, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania at which time he was able to make a copy. As of 2009 these were owned by Michael and Donna (Mecum) Kriner, 90 Fink Drive Ext., Montoursville, PA 17754; (570) 435-3379. This was passed to Michael from his mother, Shirley Ruth (Calkins) Kriner from her father, Floyd Douglas Calkins from his mother, Caroline M. (Sholder) Calkins the daughter of Christian August Scholderer & Anna Margareta Lutscher. Sometime between 1992 and before Shirley died in 2005 she had them laminated in plastic. In March of 2009 full size electronic scans were made of the documents by Kevin L. Sholder. --TRANSLATION-- This page ist partly french and german. There is quite a few in this I [Erika Lanz] cannot read. I begin left top and then go down all the way left side, then right: 54 take place Stuttgart 21 Feb. ? Ministry of interior from order of department ? the chancellery director Signature ? cannot read happening in Stuttgart the 22 Feb.18 ? ? ? minister of the ? matters The chancellery director Next is french: Vu 'a la legation ? Stuttgart 22 fir ? 1831 le ministre ? de France ? ? next part I can jonly read 22 April ? and then the stamp reads like LeHavre Bottom I can only read the date 23 April 1831 I think this is the date they went aboard the ship in LeHavre /France Right top: Inhaber dieses Passes tritt früher seine Reise an. Degerloch 24 März 1831 Schultheiss Gohl in english: Owner of this passport starts his trip earlier. Degerloch 24 March 1831, Lordmayer Gohl next in french again: I can only get: ? ? Legitimation de France Carlsruhe 26 mars 1831 Next is most likely the permission to travel through France. ? continuetion de route justque (into ?) Havre Hagenau 28 March 1831 (The city of Hagenau / Bas Rhin, France is the german/french border)