Emigration
In memoriam Charles Walker
Charles Walker, grand-son of the emigrant, Johann Friedrich Walker, passed away on Jun 8, 2018 after a blessed life of 96 years. He was still helping out on the farm and supported his son Fred. […]
Williams Co., OH
Blackford Co., IN
Barnes and farm houses of the emigrants
After a longer break I can continue my postings on the website. Today I will invite you to a little journey through my photo archive showing the barns and houses of emigrants, the first essentials […]
Emigration
Visit to the Riehle relatives in Edgerton, OH
From Renate Riehle After the visit of Steve Thunander in 2004 we three siblings , Christa (with family, Hans-Joerg and I, visited the U.S. in 2006. Our first stop was in Chicago, where we met […]
Bauer
2003 – Visit to Hartford City, IN
In memory of my beloved father who would have become 82 years old yesterday. Visiting the Bauer’s in Montpelier, OH After the vacation in the Canadian Rocky’s we planned to visit our Walker relatives in […]
Elkhart Co., IN
Steve Thunader visiting the hometown of his ancestors
Another successful family reunion between the descendants of emigrants and their hometown area worked out in 2004. Steve contacted me in May 2004 shortly before his trip to Germany. He was searching for his emigrated […]
Crawford Co., OH
Updated Emigration Statistics – US
Available information During the last days I have made an update on the statistics in my emigrant database. The total number of persons who emigrated to North America is 1.423 whereof 2 settled in Canada […]
Bauer
Tombstone of Johann Ulrich Bauer
Johann Ulrich Bauer, called John emigrated in 1869 from Immenhausen to the U.S. together with his brother Jacob. He married Friederike Mechler in Aug 28, 1873. John was running a restaurant and bakery. He even […]
Bauer
Tombstone of Fred Bauer
Friedrich “Fred” Bauer, the youngest of the Bauer brother’s left Immenhausen and followed his brothers Jacob und Johann Ulrich together with his sisters Johanna Friederike and Maria Agnes in 1882 from Immenhausen and married Gay […]
Bauer
Tombstone of Jacob Bauer
Jacob Bauer emigrated in 1869 together with his brother Johann Ulrich “John” from Immenhausen to the U.S. Jacob Bauer married Friederike Grosshans in the U.S. As far as I know they didn’t have kids. According […]
Durr
Jackie Bergstrom visits Maehringen and Jettenburg
In August 2001 the first visit of a distant US relative took place. Jackie Dubois and her husband, Daryl Bergstrom, came visiting us for a few days. Jackie’s ancestors were Johannes Keinath from Maehringen and […]