Re: Aha! We have a WESSLING list: My Family
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In reply to:
Aha! We have a WESSLING list: My Family
Barbara V Smith 7/19/98
Barb,
We do not know much about where in Prussia my great grandfather came from. But I find it facinating that you are from Cincinnati, and your family name was origionally Wesseling. My great grandfather wasJ.Heinrich Wesseling who came to Cincinnati from Prussia via Amsterdam where he must have stayed with family while he worked on the docks to earn money for passage to Cincinnati.This was in the 1840's. All these years since, we have been the only Family in Cincinnati with the name Wesseling. I wonder if my family and yours has a connection, and my Great granfather chose Cincinnati again because there was "family" already here? Interesting!