Abraham Ritter and his wife, Maria Antonia, brought their family to America on the ship Argo, which arrived in New York from Havre on 24 Jun 1847. Listed on the ship's manifest with them are 4 children. I have only identified 2 of those children, Crescentia Ritter (my great-grandmother), who married Mathias Schadegg, and Maria Thekla Ritter, who married Johann Georg Kugler. Would like to find any information about those other 2 children. One is a girl - Therese - who was 19 at the time (so born about 1828), the other is an 18-year-old male whose name starts with "Ma.." but the rest is unreadable. Of course the sex could be wrong, as both Thekla and Crescentia are also listed as male farmers.

The Ritter, Schadegg and Kugler families moved from New York to Elk County, PA, and then to Waconia, Carver County, Minnesota. I have not yet been able to locate the families in the 1850 census.

Would love to hear from anyone with any information about these other 2 members of the family.