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These 8 documents are a 1847 Bavarian/German Emigration Archive related to the POTTINGER and Pruckerbauer Family from Bavaria to Buffalo, New York.
From what I can tell one journeyman carpenter Andreas Pruckerbauer immigrated from Niederbayern via Le Havre, France to New York.
Also travel papers for master cabinetmaker/carpenter Sebastian Pöttinger and his wife Anna to permanently leave Bavaria for North America legally names for their children: Max, Anna Maria, Bartholomäus, and Joseph.
Baptismal papers for the children.
Smallpox Vaccination Clearance (1841): A rare piece of medical history, the Schutzpocken-Impfungs-Schein verifying infant daughter Anna Maria Pöttinger successfully received her smallpox vaccine.
A personal letter handwritten by a family member to their parents, explicitly postmarked at the top: "Buffalo den 1ten Jänner 1871.
It is preserved inside its original folding sleeve labeled for Josef Pöttinger, completing the family's migration path directly to Western New York.
Carpenter’s Guild papers.
I did use Google Gemini to help with this translation and I imagine there are errors.
This is an as is listing. Please ask questions and I will do my best to answer them.
The origin of these paper are from Buffalo, NY found around the 1970’s.
