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Aren't you glad you did not ask??

Absolutely!!

I love hearing (reading) stories about how folks ancestors came to America.

Your grandmother arrived about four years after my great grandfather (1895) on my father's side. Like her, he left Germany (Bonn) to escape the war (fascism) and immigrated to New Orleans, LA. where he owned and operated a barbershop in the French Quarter.

It's on my Mom's side that I became a 5th generation Texan but that's another story.

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immigrated to New Orleans, LA. where he owned and operated a barbershop in the French Quarter. immigrated to New Orleans, LA. where he owned and operated a barbershop in the French Quarter.

Great love reading about your ancestry.


Way cool, I have been to the French Quarter, stayed their in the early 90s -I attended a Poetry Convention there. Wild on Bourbon Street. What a place it was then. Loved it. Spent The Fourth of July on the Mississippi River on a River Boat. Watch the firework which were fired off from a barge on the river. WOO HOO.


I have written an Odyssey about my grandmother. I went to Finland in 2002 and walked on the floor boards of the Church she attended during her first years in the old country.

Finland is a gorgeous country. I love it there. Helsinki is so cool. I went on a tour with a group of local Finns. We traveled the Old Kings Highway (King of Sweden), Swedes ruled Finland for 500 years. I stayed in some of the most exclusive clubs Finland has to offer. Some of them opened for our tour. Way Cool.