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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Brantley, Ruth Goos |
| Title, Analytic | Researching an Emigrant's Gift of a Church Bell |
| Journal Title | The Palatine Immigrant |
| Date of Publication | Dec. 2004 |
| Volume ID | 30 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 10-14, ill. |
| ISSN | 0884-5735 |
| Abstract | Dr. Brantley provides the results of her research into the Josef Rimmelspacher family, donors of a bell to St. Martin's Catholic Church in Forchheim, one of three villages now forming the town of Rheinstetten in Baden, Germany. She describes the 1881 journey of Josef Rimmelspacher and his wife Euphrosina to America, including first-hand impressions as noted by Josef in his passport. Josef and his wife traveled to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he worked in a brewery until 1887, when Josef took his family west to Peola, Washington. In 1921 Josef gave his farm to his son and moved with his wife to Lewiston, Idaho, at which time he made his gift of a church bell to his former hometown of Forchheim. The importance of church bells in rural German culture is also discussed. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Immigrants, German/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ German Americans -- Iowa/ German Americans -- Washington/ Churches |