I've had this trunk for a while and am still trying to locate Altje on the passenger manifest when she immigrated.Altje was born in 1848 in Wrisse, Ostfriesland, Germany, the daughter of Johann Luken Jurgens Goldenstein and his wife Tjode Anna Focken Tammen.
Altje Goldenstein was married to Hinrich Schuster on 28 August 1870 in Adams County, Illinois.
She has not been located on the 1870 census, but Hinrich is apparently enumerated in 1870 in Northeast Township, working as a hired man in the household of Habbe Osterman. It is possible that Altje immigrated after the date of the census and married Hinrich upon her arrival.
The destination listed on the trunk is "Keokuk Junction. Ills"---a reference to the town now known as Golden, Illinois.
Altje was a sister to Foche (Frank) Goldenstein, my great-great-grandfather
