Interesting Facts

RAMSPERG means: "a ram on a mountain"
Graf (EARL) Hans Ramsperg was responsible for the name being change to Ramsperger
Our "Coat of Arms" was taken from the Ramsperg Family 950-1490.
Jakob Friedrich RamspergerRamsperger Family

Johanns Baptist Ramsperger arrived in the United States in 1890 with a friend (David Martin). He was the first Ramsperger to arrive in the area. It was said that other relatives were in Pennsylvania. He actually arrived in 1887 at Castle Gardens* (not Ellis Island) with no David Martin. However there was a Martin family in Barrytown, NY. Also, according in the 1880 census a William Ramsperger and family was living in Poughkeepsie.
Johanns Baptist Ramsperger/Catharine Maria Bathrick-marriage recorded under the Ramsperger name.
Johanns Baptist Ramsperger-death recorded under John B. Remsburger and date of birth recorded as June 24, 1866. Marriage age recorded at 24 yrs. (making birth year 1868). German church records list date of birth June 24, 1864.
Johanns Baptist Ramsperger-Election Poll Book, First District Ward ,Town or City of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, NY-Filed Nov. 8, 1911/J. H. Bostwick-Clerk, he was registered Ramsberger, John-North Road #318.
John Henry Remsburger-recorded birth under Remsberger
Thomas Jefferson Remsburger-recorded under Thomas Remsbergher and date of birth recorded as Oct. 20, 1894 in Jackson Corners. The family bible listed the birth as Oct. 17th. He converted to catholic on Nov. 21, 1922 under Thomas Barton Remsburger
Isaac Allen Remsburger-recorded birth as Germantown, NY under Isaac Remsburger on his marriage record he recorded his birth as Livingston, NY.
Raymond A. Remsburger-birth recorded as May 25, 1900 and his death recorded under Raymond A. Remsberger. His death notice in the newspaper listed him as the infant daughter.
Edith May Remsburger-birth recorded under Ramsburger.
David Martin Remsburger-no first or middle name recorded (just boy Remsburger) and date as Jan. 6, 1905. The family bible listed the birtth as Jan. 1st. Taconic Telephone Company listed him under Remsberger.
Jennie Catharine Remsburger-middle name recorded as Kathryn and birth date as Dec. 25, 1909. Her children claim she was born on Dec. 24, 1910. However... according to the 1910 census (April 28th, 1910) she is listed as 4/12 mos old. This would mean she was born in 1909.
Recorded on both the 1900 and 1910 census the name is spelled Ramsburger. In the 1900 census he listed his parents as German born. In the 1910 census he listed them as Dutch German. Catherine listed her father Dutch German too(not English, no decentant of William Bathrick).
Marguerite Luella Traganza-baptisted on the day she was born and her first name wasn't added to birth records until Sept. 17, 1943. The state recorder shows hand written above F (Marguerite L.)
Frederica Bertha Traganza-birth recorded with no first or middle name. Her names was never added not even after her death. The state birth record shows only F.
Kenwood William Remsburger-born in Vassar Bros. Hosp. because of a fever epidemic and he was confused with Rosalyn (Babe) Jackson. She would be brought to Grandma's room and Uncle Ken went to Babe's mother. Babe's race was African American.
During the war a German soldier was brought to an American Army unit field hospital. The order of treatment was: American soldiers first, then villagers, and last German soldiers. The soldier died, his name was Ramsperger.
There were three Remsburger's who fought in World War II and came home. There were three Ramsperger's who fought in World War II...they all died.
Only two graves have been found. One from WWI (Edmund Ramsperger-Oct. 28, 1910) and the other WWII (Herman Ramsperger-May 27, 1941). So, the story most be wrong.
Aunt Ede sent food and clothing to the Ramsperger's in Germany during the war. When the war ended they asked her if she would raise one of their son's. She said no...they stopped writing.
*Castle Garden (New York City's first immigrant depot, provided newcomers with an employment office)
The abuses to which immigrants were subjected in the first half of the 19th century had long been a scandal in New York City, America's largest port by 1820 and the city to which the largest number of immigrants arrived. These abuses began with the deplorable conditions of the ships on which the immigrants came. Despite a series of Passanger Acts going back to 1819, which had tried to regulate the treatment of immigrants in transit to America, things had improved very little. The death toll among those coming to the United States averaged around 9 percent during the 1840's and those who survived the trip were often so broken in health that they were unfit for work. Once on land, immigrants often fell victim to dishonest porters and money changers who met the boat to take advantage of the aliens' ignorance of American ways. Swinders offered the newcomers food, lodging, and railway tickets despite all the city's efforts to keep them off the docks, and thieves picked pockets with confidence that their victims would be unable to complain. Until then, immigrants entered the city directly after going through customs.
With the passage of the last national Passenger Act, in 1855, New York decided to establish a receiving station to afford immigrants some protection from fraud, change their money, and help them arrange for accommodations and buy railroad tickets. Castle Garden, an imposing structure at the southern tip of Manhattan, had been built in 1807 to protect the city from the Bristish as the War of 1812 approached. It was named Fort Clinton and later Castle Clinton and leased to a private business as an amusement park. In the late 1830s it became a fashionable concert hall, but as the area around it began to deteriorate, the concerts ended, and the building stood vacant. When the city took it over as an immigrantion office, it was fenced off to control who came and went.
The installation had an office where each immigrant's name, birthplace, and destination were registered, and there was a cleck of the railway line who furnished each arrival with printed information on the price of the tickets needed. Immigrants were also able to exchange their money at fair rates, posted daily. During the 35 years of its operation, Castle Garden provided assistance and temporary shelter to thousands of bewildered aliens standing on American soil for the first time.(New York Public Library Print Collection)

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