Holzschuh's NYC 1893
My Holzschuh's were Pankratz (dob 1861- son of Pankratz and Eva Hohman) and Maria Schmidt Holzschuh (dob 1854) who came through Ellis Island in 1893 with 3 year old daughter Eva and Pankratz's 18 year old sister Anna. They were from MELKENDORF Bavaria about 50 km north of Nurnberg. In 1896 their 14 year old son, Georg, joined them in NYC.Pankratz worked as a miller for a small brewery in Brooklyn and eventually settled in Ridgewood Queens.