The Year 1953 in History The year 1953 was marked by a variety of “firsts.” On January 3, Frances and…
The hidden things belong to Yahweh our God, but the uncovered things to us and to our sons until perpetuity,…
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich August Leopold Graf von Werder was born on September 12, 1808, in Schloßberg, in the province of…
The Momentous Year The year 1945 had no lack of significant events, many of which were connected with the inevitable…
657 passengers filed onto the ramp leading up to the deck of the SS Strassburg in the port of Bremen,…
The SS State of Nevada was built in 1874 as a single-screw, three-mast passenger ship by the London & Glasgow…
(Here is the third and last installment of Uncle Don’s contribution to our knowledge and understanding of our forbears.) Errata:…
1947 1947 was a year in which a fascinating variety of life-altering events occurred. One could say it was a…
(Part 2 from Uncle Don) German (Prussian) Mennonites who lived in the Vistula River delta in northern Prussia found life increasingly…
Mennonites in the Vistula River Delta Uncle Jim asked me to contribute to his work in chronicling the history of…