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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Merkel, Bernhard |
| Title, Analytic | From Baden to Galena, Illinois: A Memoir |
| Journal Title | Germanic Genealogy Journal |
| Date of Publication | Summer 2003 |
| Volume ID | 6 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 5 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| Abstract | Bernhard Merkel and his family left Grossweier, Baden, Germany on October 11, 1854 when he was nine years old. Of the eight members of his family, four died on the journey or within the first few days of arriving in America. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Personal narratives/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German/ German Americans -- Illinois/ German Americans -- Iowa/ Grossweier, Baden/ Ships/ Le Havre, France |