After their escape from West Prussia, a long time in refugee accommodation and as prisoners of war, they later settled in the Rhineland...

In 1854 Matthias emigrated to America. His journey took him to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he built a new life.

At the age of 32, Christian married Emma. Just a year after their wedding, the couple traveled to the US, but later on moved back to Germany

Ernest Kemmner was born in Unterensingen in 1891. He moved and settled in Minnesota before WWI. Contact was lost until recently...

Two months after his wedding, Hermann was back on the Eastern Front. On June 28, 1944, he lost his life while trying to escape...

Of what Gottlob had owned, all that remained were two suitcases with personal belongings and an obituary from the Eisemann company...