Re: that must be a mistake
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In reply to:
that must be a mistake
Susanne B 7/01/12
No...the man who saved the little girl was a stranger. Anna probably never knew who it was.
Peter & Claus came over earlier and acquired land and built sod houses before they brought the rest of the family over. I think Claus and maybe Peter too...went back to Germany to bring them over. Not sure exactly but I know the census says they came over in different years...the husbands and then the wives. I didn't know Anna Pohlman came at the same time as Anna Engel. Anna Engel's brothers were in Nebraska a couple of years before she came over. They owned businesses there. They probably sent the money to bring the rest of the family over.