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OMG..I am laughing so hard, I have the hiccups.
When I think of my great great father he entered the country through Wisconsin and migrated to Michigan as a young man and married my Gr.Grandmother he had one child a girl and when my grandma was about 7 years, her father died of flu at the age of 25. If it was not for him having a child I would not be here.
This was some of the search I did on my bio family. As one read the stories of the 1800's how much stravation for those who immigrated and wondered around trying to lay down roots.