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Author, MonographicSchlichting, David
Title, MonographicHinrich : Annals of an Immigrant Family, 1866-1913
Place of PublicationChico, CA
PublisherMemoir Books
Date of Publicationc2015
Extent of Workvii, 292 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps ; 29 cm
View OnlineInternet Archive
OCLC926892075
ContentsPart I: From Germany to Wabasha County --- Part II: Wabasha County, the early years, 1869-1879 --- Part III: Hinrich and Caroline --- Part IV: The American generation
AbstractTraces the immigrant Schlichting family from the unrest of 1860s Germany to the hope of post-Civil War America. Their journey passes through Cincinnati and Milwaukee to the farming frontier of 1869 Wabasha County, Minnesota. Family members include: Johann (I) Schlichting (b. 1810) and his wife Elisabeth (Blank) Schlichting (b. 1814), who lived on a small farm in Neuland in an area known as the Ostedeich (Oste Dike) along the Oste River; their children, Hinrich (b. 1837), Claus (b. 1840), Johann II (b. 1844), Rebecka (b. 1853), and Anton (b. 1854); and Anton Blank (b. 1828), Elisabeth's younger brother. The emigration of the family to America took place between 1866 and 1869, with Hinrich leaving for America in June 1866, just weeks following his mother Elisabeth’s death.
NotesTranslations by Merlin Schlichting. Copyediting by Melanne Schlichting.
Donated byMerlin Schlichting, 2025.
Call NumberFH Schlichting
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Minnesota/ Family histories/ Farm life/ Rural life & conditions