Six Buffalo Immigrants
The following immigrants, their families and many of their descendants lived in Buffalo, New York. Would like to contact other descendants or anyone who has information about these people or any of their descendants.
Francis Andrle (1835 - 1877)
Francis (Frank, Franz, Frantisek) Andrle left for America in 1852 at age
17, arriving in New York City on June 24, 1852 aboard the Bremen bark Wieland. He was
among the first immigrants to the United States from Eastern Bohemia. He married Catherine
Kuchler (1834 - 1904), daughter of Michael Kuchler.
Michael Kuchler (1801 - 1843)
Michael Kuchler, a mason, first appears in Buffalo in the 1837 city directory.
His wife, Mary Ann Huber (1807 - 1894), was probably closely related to Stephen Huber (1809
- 1890) of Buffalo who was from Kapsweyer, Bavaria. In 1839, Michael and Adam Kuchler both
purchased lots on Washington Street in Buffalo.
Mary Ann Huber (1807 - 1894)
Mary Ann Huber probably arrived in Buffalo about 1837 with her husband
Michael Kuchler. After his death in 1843, she married Peter Meyer. Their daughter Louisa
married Philip Dentinger and left a family in Buffalo.
Frederick Beutter (1839 - 1880)
Frederick Beutter first appears in Buffalo in the 1858 city directory. He was
a butcher in the Washington Street market. He was from Freilingen, Wurtemberg and married
Wilhelmina Knopf (1846 - 1922), daughter of Elizabeth Knopf.
Elizabeth Knopf (1803 - 1882)
Elizabeth Duringer Knopf, a widow with six children, arrived in Buffalo in
1852. She and her children sailed from Le Havre aboard the Western World arriving in New
York City on May 3, 1852. She was from Hilsbach, Baden.
Ernest Stephens (1873 - 1928)
Ernest Albert Stephens was born in Dublin, Ireland "of an old Quaker family."
He moved to Birmingham, England where he married Helen Wilson (1875 - 1950). His wife and
children sailed to the United States from Liverpool on December 10, 1912 aboard the S.S.
Megantic, joining him in Rutherford, New Jersey where he had arrived the year before.
Ernest Stephens first appears in Buffalo in the 1921 city directory. He was an employee
of the Dunlop Tire Company from the 1890's when they were making bicycle tires.