Re: Scheffler from East Prussia ( Ostpreußen
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Re: Scheffler from East Prussia ( Ostpreuu00dfen
6/10/01
Actually, it sounds reasonable; you have to think that the Prussia of the 1860s was the conservative Prussia under Bismarck, and had been the Prussia that had crushed the Revolution of 1848/9.Perhaps your great great grandfather didn't care much for Prussian conservatism, but when he arrived in the US felt that the North was fighting for a just cause and felt compelled to serve.If only more of our ancestors felt their lives worth writing about...
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Re: Scheffler from East Prussia ( Ostpreuu00dfen
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Re: Scheffler from East Prussia ( Ostpreuu00dfen
Ken Scheffler 6/15/01
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Re: Scheffler from East Prussia ( Ostpreuu00dfen
Ken Scheffler 6/15/01
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Re: Scheffler from East Prussia ( Ostpreuu00dfen