Re: Henry, Effingham Co IL
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Henry, Effingham Co IL
Linda Hughes 4/29/99
Anna Wiechert, born at sea, is my grandmother.She married Henry Nieman, lived for a time near Carthage, MO.He died in 1914.My grandmother eventually moved to St. Louis.She had 7 children:Henry, Emma, Anna, Edward, John Albert, Ella and Frieda.
I've always wondered where they docked in the U.S.; the family story I heard is that her family crossed the states in a covered wagon.I've also been curious as to why her parents would have crossed the ocean, very pregnant, only 4 years after a gory Civil War!
Anna Nieman Maxwell is my mother, and my full name is Margaret Ann Maxwell Spearin.