Time Detective: Henry Andreas Schulle

Relationship to Randy Hill: Paternal great-grandfather

Henry Andreas Schulle was born on March 12, 1860, in Prussia, Germany. He immigrated in 1886 to the United States from Prussia, Germany. He died on May 22, 1944, in San Marcos, Texas. Age at death: 84. He was buried on May 24, 1944, in Maxwell, Caldwell Co., Texas at Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery. He was the son of Christian Schulle and Dorthea Elizabeth Bunke.

Anna Clara Hempsing Schulle (Birth: Sep. 7, 1860, Germany Death: Dec. 16, 1893
Caldwell County Texas, USA) and Heinrich Andreas Schulle were married in Germany before they came to America. Adolph, their young boy was only two years of age, when the family left Alten Weddingen, Prussia They landed in Castle Gardens, Port of New York on December 15, 1885, aboard Neckar. The wonder of their voyage was they arrived with 5 pieces of baggage, for four persons, Heinrich, Clara, Adolph, and a younger sister of Heinrich, Friederike. After arriving in New Braunfels, Texas, four more children were born to the couple. Their children were: Adolph William born 1883; Henry Andreas, 1895 Jr born 1887; Emma born 1890; Anna born 1892 and an unnamed infant born 1893.

He was married to Caroline Lydia Hahn on April 15, 1895, in Yorktown, Texas. Children were: Christian William Schulle, Lydia Olga Schulle, Bertha Dorothy Schulle, Albert Schulle, Edwin Schulle, Frank Alvin Schulle, Sr., Louis Columbus Schulle, Herman Richard Schulle, Sr., Elsie Louise Laura Schulle, Ernest Conrad Schulle, Walderma Schulle.

Neckar 1901-1927

by Paul S. Valasek

Named for the German River which flows through Heidelberg, this ship is the second of the NDL line to bear this name. Originally built in 1901, its capacity was 1st class, 148, 2nd class, 116, and steerage 2500. Later expanded in 1905 to hold 2nd class 369, third class, 217 and steerage, 2865, this ship had its maiden voyage April 5, 1901, to New York. Used as a troop transport for German troops of the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Neckar was later used by many Eastern European Immigrants. It was seized by the US government in June 1917 and renamed the Antigone, when it served as a US transport. Renamed the Potomac after World War I, it now served to bring many more Eastern European immigrants to North America starting in May 1921 sailing from Bremen and Danzig (Gdansk) to New York. In February 1927, the ship was sent to Baltimore for scrapping.