The cousins' great-grandparents, Hinrich (spelled Henrich, a version we've never seen, on the gravestone) and Anna Augustin, lie buried in one of the most beautiful places in Minnesota, a cemetery in Belvidere Township, Goodhue County, Minn.
Hinrich was born May 19, 1853, in Neukloster, Germany, and arrived in New York harbor on April 17, 1881. (The wooden trunk into which they put all their earthly possessions is now in the scrapblog editor's basement.) Hinrich, a hired farm hand, and Anna, a milkmaid, were married on April 20, 1886, in Red Wing, Minn. Anna Ahlers was born Jan. 26, 1863, in Mulsum, Germany, and came to America on July 21, 1884. Anna died on April 23, 1909, Hinrich on Nov. 20, 1938.
Mom told me that one of the reasons Anna came to the U.S. was because she was illegitimate and therefore looked down upon in Germany. Her mother's maiden name was Ahlers; her father ran away to South America, when he later tried to send money to Anna and her mother, the kaiser stole it. Back in Germany, Anna's mother married a Klindworth. Anna sent her 14-year-old half-brother, Dietrich Klindworth, 20 bucks that allowed him to come to America, too. (He later married Kate Dankers.)
In the bottom photo, Alverna visited her grandparents' grave with Bill, Chris, Mary and kids. Little Sparky took that photo -- not too bad.
The cousins' great-grandparents, Hinrich (spelled Henrich, a version we've never seen, on the gravestone) and Anna Augustin, lie buried in one of the most beautiful places in Minnesota, a cemetery in Belvidere Township, Goodhue County, Minn.
Hinrich was born May 19, 1853, in Neukloster, Germany, and arrived in New York harbor on April 17, 1881. (The wooden trunk into which they put all their earthly possessions is now in the scrapblog editor's basement.) Hinrich, a hired farm hand, and Anna, a milkmaid, were married on April 20, 1886, in Red Wing, Minn. Anna Ahlers was born Jan. 26, 1863, in Mulsum, Germany, and came to America on July 21, 1884. Anna died on April 23, 1909, Hinrich on Nov. 20, 1938.
Mom told me that one of the reasons Anna came to the U.S. was because she was illegitimate and therefore looked down upon in Germany. Her mother's maiden name was Ahlers; her father ran away to South America, when he later tried to send money to Anna and her mother, the kaiser stole it. Back in Germany, Anna's mother married a Klindworth. Anna sent her 14-year-old half-brother, Dietrich Klindworth, 20 bucks that allowed him to come to America, too. (He later married Kate Dankers.)
In the bottom photo, Alverna visited her grandparents' grave with Bill, Chris, Mary and kids. Little Sparky took that photo -- not too bad.
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