Andrew [Anthony] Boyer:
- Date of Birth: January 1850 (Source: 1900 U.S. Census)
- Place of Birth: Bavaria
- Date of Death: November 5, 1933 (Source: St. John's Catholic Church records)
- Place of Death: Bancroft, Iowa, USA
- Cause: old age
- Date of Burial: November 8, 1933
- Place of Burial: St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Bancroft, Iowa, USA
Father: Mathias Boyer
Mother: Anna Hanstel
Children: (Source: 1900 U.S. Census)
- Anton
- Anne Boyer
- Maggie
- John
- Charley
- Baptist
- Lizzie
- Mary
- Joseph
- Kate
Trans-Atlantic Voyage:
On April 10, 1881, the
S.S. Cimbria (photo)
left Hamburg, Germany and arrived in New York on April 23, 1881.
Andrew Boyer, his wife Catherine,
and their children, Anton and
Anna were aboard.
Also with them were Johann and Walburga Boyer (ages 21 and 17)
and Catherine's mother Anne
(who is mistakenly listed in New York as "Math").
According to the New York City passenger list, the ship sailed
from Hamburg and Havre, with C. Ludwig as its master and had
1250 passengers aboard, including a girl named Cimbria Pillasch,
who was born at sea.
At 2 AM, on January 19, 1883, the
S.S. Cimbria
collided with the British ship "Sultan" in heavy fog and sank
near Borkum Island, off the German coast. The Sultan sailed away
without attempting to pick up survivors and 340 perished in the
icy water. Only 56 people survived.
Gravestone:
see photo
Father
Andrew Boyer
1849 1933
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|_Anna Hanstel__________|
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August 15, 2005