August SOBOTA^[1]

1860 - Aft 1910  (> 51 years)

• Name	August SOBOTA
  Birth	21 Sep 1860	Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   [1]
  Baptism	23 Sep 1860	Gross Schmuckwalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   [1]
  	The infant was baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gross Schmuckwalde, East Prussia on 23 September 1860.
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Feb 1888	East Prussia, Germany   [2]
  	(see Family information below)
  Immigration	5 Mar 1888	New York City, NY   [2, 3]
  	(see Family information below)
  Death	Aft 1910
  Person ID	I30096	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Michael SOBOTA,   b. c.1824, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia d. 11 Apr 1860, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia
  Mother	Caroline DANIELEWSKI,   b. 13 Dec 1832, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia d. 6 Mar 1925, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1850	Gross Schmuckwalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia   [4]
  	The couple was married on 30 April 1850 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gross Schmuckwalde, East Prussia where Carrie had been baptized 17 years earlier.
  Family ID	F1563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Antonia STOIKE,   b. Oct 1865, Neudorf, East Prussia
  Marriage	2 Apr 1888	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [3, 5]
  	While the Circassia passenger arrival list, signed 8 March 1888, listed August and Annie as husband and wife, it appears that there were not actually married until after their arrival in the United States. Rev. Paul Isenschmid, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church married the couple in Wilmington, Delaware on 2 April 1888. Gottfried Pillisch and August Kemske stood as witnesses to the marriage.
  Children	1. Herman SOBOTA,   b. Apr 1889, Delaware   2. Charles SOBOTA,   b. Mar 1891, Delaware   3. Edward SOBOTA,   b. Dec 1892, Delaware   4. William SOBOTA,   b. Nov 1895, Delaware   5. Friedrich SOBOTA,   b. 13 Dec 1898, USA d. Before 26 Jun 1900 (Age 1 year)   6. Annie SOBOTA,   b. c.1901, Delaware   7. Otto SOBOTA,   b. c.1904, Delaware   8. Emma SOBOTA,   b. c.1906, Delaware
  Photos		SS Circassia Built for Anchor Line by Barrow Shipbuilding Company at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. Launched 19 March 1878. Maiden voyage 1 June 1878. Sold for scrapping 1900.
  		Castle Garden Immigrant Station (1855 - 1890), at the Southern tip of Manhattan.
  Family ID	F1712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Evangelische Kirche Groß Schmückwalde The building was used as a storage facility in July 1990.
  		1900 US Census / Sobotta, August 1630 East 14TH Street, Wilmington, DE
  		1900 US Census / Sobotta, August 1630 East 14TH Street, Wilmington, DE

  
  

• Notes

  one additional child born & died before 1900...two additional children born and died between 1900 & 1910... 1888: August Sobotta, emp @ EMI Co [home, 637 Christiana] 1892: August Sobatta, laborer [home, 1620 East 14th] his sister Charlotte lived across the street @ 1619 E. 14th 1893: August Sobatta, laborer [home, 1620 East 14th] 1894: August Sobatta, laborer [home, 1620 East 14th] 1896: August Sobita, P&J Co (Antonia) [home, 1620 East 14th] 1897: August Sobatta, P&J Co (Antonia) [home, 1620 East 14th]

  
  

• Sources

  [S449] Evangelische Kirche Groß Schmückwalde (Kr. Osterode), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1823-1870, Groß Schmückwalde, ((Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971) ), FHL INTL Film 0904724.. p. 806, item 100. Baptismal record for August Sabotta. [S3213] Norway-Heritage, online (http://www.norwayheritage.com/). Emigrant Ships: SS Circassia (1), Anchor Line. [S685] August Sobota, SS Circassia passenger list, 8 Mar 1888. [S449] Evangelische Kirche Groß Schmückwalde (Kr. Osterode), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1823-1870, Groß Schmückwalde, ((Salt Lake City, UT : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971) ), FHL INTL Film 0904724.. p. 595, item 8. Marriage record of Michael Sobota & Caroline Danielewski. [S740] August Sobotta - Antionia Stoike, Wilmington, DE marriage return (1888).