Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. VELOX stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1914.
Price: $15.00
The beautiful, Sophie, hand on hip – in a white, high-neck lace blouse, dark skirt, a long beaded necklace of some sort and with her dark hair pinned up. Since no other matches were found, she is very likely the same person as noted in the following records:
From the passenger list dated March 7, 1907, sailing on board the steamer, Neiuw Amsterdam, from Rotterdam to New York, she was born in Balbronn, Germany (now a part of France), about 1885 and her last known residence was Alzey, Germany. Single, described as about 5’1″, brown hair, brown eyes, she had paid her own passage and was going to stay with an uncle in New York City.
Sophia married Fred Muessig on March 21, 1914 in Richmond, New York, though their marriage license, dated a few days prior, was recorded in Manhattan. They had a son, George F. Mussig (the “e” was dropped in the surname) born in New Jersey, 1918. The 1920 Federal Census shows the family living in Newark, New Jersey, with Fred working as a silversmith.
Sophie and Fred’s headstone photo appears on Findagrave.
Sources: The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; RG: 85.
Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937.
New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan. (Ancestry.com).
SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1905). n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Nieuw_Amsterdam_(1905). Accessed April 3, 2025.
Year: 1920; Census Place: Newark Ward 13, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1037; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 248. (Ancestry.com).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211875991/sophie-mussig: accessed April 3, 2025), memorial page for Sophie Mussig (1884–1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211875991, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Union, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by NotYourTime (contributor 47318863).