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Interval: 1866/1877

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Anna Trumpler Spieß to her son, Georg Karl Spiess, n.d.
Letter from Anna Trumpler Spieß to her son, Georg Karl Spiess, n.d.
Anna Trumpler Spieß to Georg Karl Spiess, June 1856
Letter from Anna Trumpler Spieß to her son, Georg Karl Spiess, June 1856.
Heinrich Brueckmann to Georg Karl Spiess and Christina Brueckmann Spiess, February 14, 1858
Letter from Heinrich Brueckmann to Georg Karl Spiess and Christina Brueckmann Spiess, February 14, 1858.
Wilhelm Voos to Amalia Voos, March 31, 1895
Letter written by (Friedrich) Wilhelm Voos to his stepmother, Amalia Voos, and other relatives, including his half-sister Bertha, on March 31, 1895. The letter shares the news of the birth of Amalie Johanne Voos, the second daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm...
Caroline Steierberg to Carl and Sophie Flentge, March 6, 1907
Letter from Caroline ("Lina") Steierberg to Carl and Sophie Flentge, March 6, 1907. Carl Flentge immigrated to the United States in the early 1850s; Lina Steierberg was the daughter of his sister Charlotte Flentge Steierberg.
Heinrich Schlue to Ernst Schlue, July 16, 1907
Letter from Heinrich Schlue to Ernst Schlue, July 16, 1907. The author of the letter, Heinrich Schlue, was the son of Ernst Schlue's brother, also named Heinrich. The letter was written to inform Ernst Schlue of the death of the elder Heinrich...
Heinrich Flentge to Carl and Sophie Flentge, Oct. 13, 1907
Letter from Heinrich Flentge to Carl and Sophie Flentge, October 13, 1907. Carl Christian Ludwig Flentge immigrated to the United States in the early 1850s; Heinrich Flentge was the son of his brother Carl Heinrich Ludwig Flentge.
Letter to Urte Kupprat Gurklies, January 15, 1909
Letter to Urte Kupprat Gurklies, January 15, 1909.
Fritz Höllmüller to Lina Höllmüller, March 4, 1910
This postcard was sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller from her brother Fritz in 1910. She was born in 1881 near Neureichenau, in a picturesque area of eastern Bavaria, where family operated a resort for travelers. In 1902, she immigrated...
Fritz Höllmüller to Lina Höllmüller, December 21, 1910
This postcard was sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller from her brother Fritz in 1910. She was born in 1881 near Neureichenau, in a picturesque area of eastern Bavaria, where family operated a resort for travelers. In 1902, she immigrated...
Postcard to Lina Höllmüller, November 25, 1912
This postcard was sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller from one of her siblings in Germany in 1912. She was born in 1881 near Neureichenau, in a picturesque area of eastern Bavaria, where family operated a resort for travelers. In 1902,...
Ernst Friedlin to William Friedlin, May 23, 1914
Letter from Ernst Friedlin to William Friedlin, May 23, 1914.
Wilhelm Dickel to Frederick Wilhelm Dickel, November 16, 1921
This November 1921 letter was sent by Wilhelm Dickel of Hörde, in Westphalia, to his uncle Frederick Wilhelm Dickel, who had immigrated to the United States as a young man and lived in Amana, Iowa. The letter, however, was eventually delivered to...
Daniel Dickel to Wilhelm Dickel, February 8, 1922
Letter from Daniel Dickel to his cousin Wilhelm Dickel, February 8, 1922. Daniel Dickel explained that his father, Frederick George Dickel, who lived in Kelona, Iowa, had received a letter Wilhelm Dickel had sent to Frederick Wilhelm Dickel of Amana,...
Wilhelm Dickel to Daniel Dickel, March 23, 1922
This letter, written by Wilhelm Dickel of Hörde, Westphalia, to his cousin Daniel Dickel of Kalona, Iowa, in March, 1922, shares details of the effects of the fluctuation in the value of the mark on everyday life for the Dickel family.
Wilhelm Egberts to Wilhelm Tegtmeyer and George Tegtmeyer, April 12, 1927
Letter from Wilhelm Egberts to his stepsons, Wilhelm and George Tegtmeyer, April 12, 1927. The letter was written to inform the brothers of their mother's death.
Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, February 27, 1939
Letter from Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, February 27, 1939.
Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, April 24, 1939
Letter from Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, April 24, 1939.
Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, June 16, 1939
Letter from Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, June 16, 1939.
Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, November 11, 1939
Letter from Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, November 11, 1939.

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