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Our Wisconsin Ancestors The Early German Settlers 1837-1850 Genealogy of the Burow, Dumstrey, Hackbarth, Hilgen and Johann Families
Our Wisconsin Ancestors The Early German Settlers 1837-1850 Genealogy of the Burow Dumstrey Hackbarth Hilgen and Johann Families Author:Jon Stock This book focuses on the genealogy of the Gottfried Burow, Joachim Dumstrey, Karl L. Hackbarth, Freidrich Hilgen and Nicolas Johann families. Each of these men emigrated from Germany to southeastern Wisconsin prior to 1850 and settled in Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties. The book also contains information about the descendants of these men and has... more » numerous photographs obtained from living family members. An introduction about German immigration to Milwaukee prior to the Civil War is followed by sections about these original immigrant ancestors. Where did they come from in Germany? What did they do once in Wisconsin? Appendices describing the experiences of German immigrants as they left Germany, crossed the Atlantic and arrived in the United States is included. Finally family group sheets outline the genealogy of these original immigrant ancestors. If you have an interest in early German immigration to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area or if you are descended from one of these men, read this book!« less