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Engelmann-Hilgard Family Circle
The Engelmann-Hilgard family circle includes members of the Engelmann and Hilgard families who migrated to the United States beginning in the 1830s and their relatives who remained behind in the German...
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Engelmann Family Letters
This collection consists of letters sent by three siblings, Charlotte, Sophie, and Theodor Engelmann, to their sister Margarethe. The three Engelmann siblings emigrated to Illinois with their parents,...
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Dorothea Handel (Schuhmacher) Family Letters
This collection centers on Dorothea Handel Schuhmacher, who was originally from Bretten in Baden-Württemberg and immigrated to the United States in 1855 with her husband Peter Schuhmacher; the couple...
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Engelmann Family Circle
Individuals mentioned in the Engelmann Family Letters
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Henry Villard Family Letters
Correspondence sent to journalist and entrepreneur Henry Villard from his German relatives. Villard, born Heinrich Hilgard in 1835, in Speyer, was born into a wealthy family and first traveled to the United...
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Ziegenhagen Family Circle
Individuals mentioned in the Ziegenhagen Family Letters. Franz (or Frank) Ziegenhagen, born in 1825, married Regina Riemer in 1848 in Damnitz, Kreis Schlochau, West Prussia. They had five children who...
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Ziegenhagen Family Letters
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...
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Handel Family Circle
Individuals mentioned in the Dorothea Handel Schuhmacher Family Letters
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Schulz Family Letters
Letters sent to John L. Schulz (1833–1907), born Johann Lorenz Schulz, of Sappington, Missouri. Born in the Oberfranken region of Bavaria, he was largely raised in the community of Issigau. In 1853,...
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Maria Dorothea Engelmann (Hilgard)