Carl Hermann Crede immigrated to Missouri from Cassel, Hesse, in 1853 with his brother Wilhelm. He joined the household of his maternal grandmother, Margarete Versen Schroeder Classen, who had immigrated...

Franz (Frank) Ziegenhagen and Dorothea (Dora) Schmidt, his second wife, emigrated from Steinborn, Kreis Schlochau, West Prussia (now Słupia, Gmina Debrzno, Poland), a small farming community. Franz and...