Intergenerational traveling
Unfortunately my mother's father died several years before I was born. From the stories told about him, he would have been a fascinating man to know. His grandparents, born in Prussia, had emigrated to the United States in 1848. The trip from Bremen to New Orleans took nine weeks and three days. Like many immigrants to the United States, Fred and Catherine had hopes of a better life here for their family. They traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis and then on to Beardstown, Illinois, where they settled on a farm near some relatives.