Wednesday, January 26, 2011
My Family's Early American Beginnings
Using the family timeline worksheet, please type the prompt to which you responded and your paragraph answer below. Remember to show proper English conventions and write a complete answer encompassing at least five sentences. Type your name at the bottom of the prompt if necessary.
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ReplyDeleteMy family has had many opportunities in these united states so far in life. Mostly that opportunity has come in the form of the farm life. My great grandpa came here in the early 1900's and started the family farm. After he wasn't able to farm anymore he passed it onto his son, who passed it to my dad, who ended the business. My dad ended the farm because he wanted me to have a better life than busting my butt all day every day for about 150 head of cattle. Overall though my family came here for a better opportunity and has made that by being a three generation farm family and almost a four if i had taken over.
ReplyDelete1. What were my ancestors motives for coming to the United States?
ReplyDeleteIn 1620 my first ancestors came to America on the Mayflower.They were called pilgrims. My ancestors movtives for coming to the United States was for the opportunity to have land and more freedom. The most important freedom to them was the freedom of religion. They wanted to come to America to build a colony "for the glory of God." Their main goal was to have the freedom that they didn't have back in England.
3. Religion has played a major role in my family's background.
ReplyDeleteReligion was a big part of my families history becuase my great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Schuler, was a priest in the 1870's. His generation of the family was very involved in the church which was passed down to their children. As the years passed religion faded a little but my grandpa, Ken Schuler, is also very religious which is becuse of his parents. I see religion as a big part of our history and life today.
I came from a long line of truck drivers. My Grandpa and my dad are both truck drivers. While I don't plan on being a truck driver, I respect what they do. Its a tough job and they rarely complain. I look up to them both as role models.
ReplyDeleteWhat were my ancestors' motives for coming to the United States?
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors' motives to come to the United States was clear. My great-grandmother's brother was killed in war and his father could not bear the death of his son. My great grandfather passed away soon after the death of his son, from depression. The family was quite wealthy, and the German soldiers took control of the house. My great-great-grandmother then took the remaining family and got onto a boat going to America. To them, America brought them a new beginning where they could move on from the past. For this reason my ancestors made the move to America.
2. My family name has importance.
ReplyDeleteMy family name does not have "importance" from a royalty or political stand point, but more of a coincidental happening. My great-grandpa, Eugene Fuhrmann, started working on a mink ranch when he was around 16 years old. After working on the ranch for a few years, he decided to start his own business. Fuhrmann Mink Farm was eventually passed down to my grandpa, Kenny Fuhrmann, and then to my mom, Jill (Fuhrmann) Preissner. We were in business until 2008, when we were then forced to shut down. My great-grandpa always found it funny that we had "fur" in our last name, and we sold fur for a living. That is how I find our family name to have importance.
The Mertens side came to the United States for the same reason many did because it was the the thing to do at the time. My grandma's side came from Hungary to escape communism. My grandma is a first generation American. Both her parents came to the Gary, Indiana-Chicago area. They happened to meet and have the same heritage. According to my grandma's story her father was a stowaway on a ship to America. After that he entered the country legally.
ReplyDeleteMy ancestor's motives for coming to the United States was for a better life style than they already had. My mom's side of the family was from Poland. My Grandmothers parents traveled here looking to give their family much more than they already could give; A better, stonger life. My grandma was only sixteen when they moved to the United States. Their family had little to their name when they came as it was. They wanted the freedoms that were held in the United States; things Poland could not give them. Over all, they just wanted to change their way of living and begin with a fresh, new start.
ReplyDeleteReligion is very important to my family and myself. My great Grandmother Thomas has attended the same church for over 50 years now. So religion is really a big part of our family and its importance has always been passed down from generation to generation.
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors and my family help mold my present life by my characteristics and my personality. They have affected my characteristics because my ancestors where true blood Native American out of my family; I received the dark skin tone, the dark skin, and the dark eyes. Another characteristics I have from my ancestor’s is that I got the Vaughn chin which is different than normal chins and the Vaughn pinky which is titled out then normal pinks. Though I got many characteristics, but l also shapes my personality. It shapes my personality because I believe I have a close relationship to nature I feel relieved from stress when surrounded by nature. Another way it shapes me is that Native Americans were strong people and leaders; I believe I am a leader. From my ancestor’s and my family helps mold my present life.
ReplyDeletereligion has played a major role in my family's background because . . .
ReplyDeletemy great grandmother had taught my grandmother to be very religious, she had taught the bible to her and she took her to church weekly. her teachings stuck in my grandmothers mind because she still goes to church weekly and helps in most of the services. sadly the religious teaching has fallen greatly when my grandmother taught my mother because we still believe and go to church but not regularity or often.
My ancestors and family heritage help mt to mold my present life. They don't necessarily do this directly but indirectly. I like up to all of my family members and wouldn't change a thing about any of them. Their values are becoming mine in many of ways. And with my parents especially, i know that i will become very much like them with their parenting techniques.
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ReplyDeleteMy religion has played a major role in my families’ background. I was raised Christian and its helped shape who I am today and knowing god is always there for me. Instilling in me I hold great morals and values of knowing right from wrong and respecting not only myself but also others. I not only make a great effort to go to church every Sunday but I am also involved once a week at religious education and I pray every night before I go to bed. Many tragic events have happened to me for only the short life I have lived so far and I have realized that god is always with me and he has helped me through those events. With faith and prayer you can overcome any obstacle that god throws your way. This is how religion has helped me become and shape the person I am today.
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My family and I have come from a long line of farming homesteads. Both of my parents (Schneiders and Benders) were raised working on a farm. My dad grew up on a farm less than a mile from where I am currently living. I feel this is ironic because my dads parents (Voelkers) also lived on a farm, and I now work on a farm in kiel. All in all my recent ancesters lived and worked on farms.
ReplyDelete7. I come from a long line of occupations
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors have always been hardworking and hands-on working people. When the Schad’s came from Germany, they arrived in Detroit and then took a train to Milwaukee. Then the Schad’s took a ship to Manitowoc. In Manitowoc they bought a team of oxen and cut a path to School Hill and the Town of Schleswig. They then bought and cleared land, so they could build a house and start a farm. One of the first Schad ancestors in America was the town’s blacksmith. Besides farmers and blacksmiths, other Schad ancestors were carpenters and other occupations that are hands-on work. Even now days, my family are hardworking and hands-on workers. My mom and my mom’s siblings either work in a factory are graphic designers, carpenters, clock builders, mechanics, one-hand inventers, painters. Even as current as me and my siblings, we all learn best by learning one-hands and all are occupations/future occupations is hands-on. One of my brothers is a carpenter, my other brother is a cop and I want to become a social worker. My ancestors have been hardworking and hands-on and have passed on those working traits through the years to me and my siblings.
I come from a long line of …
ReplyDeleteI come from a long line of farmers and manufacturing workers. My ancestors John Klotz’s family used to make violins back in Germany. My great-grandfather and my grandfather were farmers. My dad has worked in manufacturing for his whole life. My ancestors and my family heritage help to mold my present life.
Looking at my ancestors from a geographic perspective I know now why they ate what they did. I now also know why my parents and grandparents eat what they do now. My grandparents, parents, and now me, all eat Belgium Pie, which is a special dessert that comes from where my ancestors were from. It also shows why my ancestor’s names are not as common as normal names are. My grandpa’s name is Norbert and his dad’s name was frank. It also shows why their body type and skin tone is what it is. My grandpa is a very tall man with a very dark skin tone like most Belgium’s.
ReplyDelete2. My Family name has importance.
ReplyDeleteMy family name has importance for many different reasons. First of all, my family's name was originally Olson when they moved to America from Norway. The reason they changed the family name to Olson was because there was already so many Olson's in Northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. My family wanted to be different from all the Olson's, so they changed the family name to Nordby, which isn't a very common name in the United States. I also feel that my family's name has importance because I feel that my family has a very good sense of humor which makes the Nordby family fun.
I come from a long generation of farmers. My dad, my grandpa,his dad and so on all farmed. It was how food was put on our table and how clothes were put on our back. In my family it was a way to live, the only way to live. I do not know a lot about my family but I do know farming is in my blood.
ReplyDeleteMy family and ancestors have helped to mold me in many ways. I come from a very strong background of army life. most of my family has served in the American Army and in the Army of their original country. Therefore, i come from a very strong-willed family. I think this has helped mold me because i am a very tough, strong-willed person already.
ReplyDeleteMy family comes from a long line of farmers. My great-great-great-grandfather, Herman, had the Jaeger Homestead Farm. His son, William, was born and grew up there. William then passed farm down to his son, Roland, who was my great-grandfather. My grandfather, Elroy, then grew up there. However, my grandfather bought the farm across the road leaving the homestead for his brother, Jerome. My dad, Duane, recently bought my grandfather's farm and now I help out there. Maybe someday I will even end up buying the farm from him.
ReplyDelete8. My ancestors and my family heritage help to mold my present life.
ReplyDeleteI believe that my family's past helped mold my present life because of where my ancestors came from. I have ancestors from Germany, so that means that I have German ancestory. My grandparents speak a little German. This is what probably made my Mom take some German classes in High School. I am also interested in foreign language, even though I took Spanish classes.
My great great grandpa, Anton Kopf, came to the United States when he was 17 years-old. There was two main reasons that he came here. The first reason was because he wanted the freedom that was here. The second and main reason Anton came to the United States was because he wanted to avoid a military draft in Germany. At the time Germany was having a draft to increase their military power. Anton came to the United States and worked on a farm and eventually Anton married the farmers daughter.
ReplyDeleteWhen looking at my ancestors from a geographic perspective, I found some interesting things. I asked my mom if we had any papers or items on our family history and she handed me a TON of stuff! One item that I thought was the most interesting was a postcard dated "Nov. 29, 1913." That was the only thing I could translate because the rest was in Norweigan. The picture on the postcard was of the land my family came from. I found it very facinating and glad to know where my heritage is. I feel for those who are adopted and don't know who their parents are or why they look the way they do. If I was one of them, I would think about it everyday.
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors and my family heritage help mold my automotive life. Both my dad and grandpa worked on cars from a young age. Even my great grandpa started an automotive business in 1934 that still is successful today. My whole life has been affected by my automotive history. I work in the summer at Cal and Gus Motors (my great grandfather’s business), learning all I can about cars and other mechanical devices. My love for Ford automobiles starts with my great grandfather. My great grandfather’s business, Cal and Gus Motors, started as a Ford dealership selling new Model T Fords. My life like many of many ancestors has been revolved around Ford cars and I hope to continue my family’s tradition.
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4.) Looking at my ancestors from a geographic perspective shows interesting facts.
ReplyDeleteWhen i asked about my family's history, i was given many different countries where my ancestors have come from. I learned that most of my relatives on my father's side of the family arrived to America from the city of Lehm, Germany. On my mother's side of the family i found a wide range of countries, such as Germany, Austria, and even Norway. My mom also said that my grandpa has Native American in his blood, but she was unsure of what tribe. It was really interesting to see these different countries and cultures that have made me the person i am today.
1. What were my ancestor's motives for coming to the United States?
ReplyDeleteJoseph Kohlmann was the first of the Kohlmann line in the United States. He came from the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1873. He came to Wisconsin, looking for better farmland that was better than what he had in Europe. He came to America by steamship and had 9 children. Most people say that he must have been a farmer in Europe, because he knew what he was doing when he came to Kussuth, Wisconsin. His 2 survivng kids took over the farm, and has been passed on through generations.
My family traveled to America mainly for a new start. They had a hard-time making way in Germany, everyday life started becoming extremely challenging. America had so many oppurtunities and with everything going on in Germany, they needed a better place for their family. Financially they werent stable enough for everyday living, they believed that going to America would help them and it did, moving here opened many opportunities for their generation and all the following.
ReplyDeleteMy family name meaning? I discovered that my ancestors were a active role in development of a city.
ReplyDeleteMy family name "Ochs" has two different meanings. The first one from the German defintion is "Ox" middle high german, this was a nickname for a strong/lumber indivual or cattle dealer. The Jewish meaning was ornamental. My family first immigrated here in 1851 and the places we originated from was Germany, Russia, Bavaria, Preussen, Wuttenburg and Barden. The Ochs family had a huge role in the develpment of Chattanough region. Adoplh Ochs came in 1877 and he bought the Chattanough Times. He made the times great because of him, he formed the first library and established Chickanough Chattanough Military Park to perserve Lookout mountain. He also had a great role in the University of Chattnough. After his death his brother and niece keep his development progress alive and all were great contribuations to Chattanough.
I come from a long line of...
ReplyDeleteMany of my ancestors were woodworkers/carpenters. Both of my grandfathers made furniture and their fathers before them. Currently, my mother works at a furniture factory and my uncle works on things in his shop.
I discovered that my ancestors were active in social activities throughout the community.
ReplyDeleteAfter researching some of my ancestors and family members, I realized that some of the members were very interesting. I noticed that one member of my family was very active in the community of Kiel. After talking to my grandparents, I learned that my great grandfathers brother was the only blacksmith in Kiel. This meant that if anyone needed a tool fixed or made, they had to have him do it for them. This made me realize that my family was very important back in the day.
My families heritage and value system played a major roll in molding me into what I am today. More than anything it was the strong values that were carried through my family that was held to high standard that played one of the biggest roles in my life. Not only is it an emotional state of mind but also a genetic trait that influenced me the most. both on my mothers side and my fathers side there is a strain of stubbornness that that is irreplaceable and unmistakable. once set on a task or an idea its nearly impossible to waver their minds to change there ways. It is important for me to know where I roots and equally important to know who they were and what there legacy was. I like to know there legacies so that I can add to them in the future and pass on the heritage and ways of my ancestors.
ReplyDelete1. What were my ancestors' motives for coming to the United States?
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors had a good reason to come to America. My great great grandparents, on my mother's side, were originally from Slovenia, a small country in Eastern Europe. They came to America in the early 1900's because there was high tensions in Europe at that time and they did not want to get involved in any conflict, because they were trying to start a family. Eventually World War I came, but by then they had just been able to leave. They came to the United States, and ended up in Wisconsin. That is where my great grandmother was born. Until just recently, as recent as 15 years ago, most of my family had lived in the same area, in Sheboygan, for almost 90 years.
(prompt 2)My family name has quite the history.
ReplyDeleteThe last member of my ancestry to be named after his birthplace was Count Baldwin V of Flanders. His son was Richard Forester because his mother had a last name of Forrester (Richard was the only one in my family with a last name that actually was Forester). His son was named Hugo Forster. Many generations and several Sirs later you get to Sir Richard Forster who had five children, three he named Forster and two he named Foster.
I bear the name of Foster, and if it weren't for a failed rebellion on part of Count Baldwin, I wouldn't exist! :D