Re: Hagel from Germany
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Re: Hagel from Germany
Mary Burtzloff 4/02/02
Mathilda A. Burtzlaf is probably the stepdaughter of Frederick Hagel. Frederick was only 13 when she was born.She was probably the daughter of his first wife.He and his second wife and his minor children arrived from Germany on the ship Nurnberg in 1885.Mathilda was married to Johann (John) Burtzlaf by then.Mathilda, Johann, and 2 children Mathilda, and Bernham (Bernard E.) arrived in New York on the ship Wisconsin on April 25, 1889.They boarded the ship in Hamburg where Bernard E. was born in 1887 according to his WWI draft card.They traveled in port aft steerage according to the ship's record.They settled in the Rushville, Neb. area where the other Hagel's were.Mathilda's birth surname may have been Oelke, but she usually listed Frederick and Ernestine Hagel as her parents.