Notes (Anmerkungen)
- Arend and Regina born and married Hohnen, Lengerich,
Westphalia, Germany; died
in Warren County, MO
- Westphalia in the 1820's was undergoing
a stressful time. Much of the land had been subdivided to the point
that it was
impossible to support a family on such small plots. Meat was scarce;
usually
one hog would supply meat for a whole family for an entire year. Many
supplemented their earnings by doing seasonal farm labor in the
neighboring
Netherlands, or by weaving linen in the home. The growing undustrial
revolution
was now making the home linen industry unprofitable. In addition, the
threat of
compulsory military service was always hung over the heads of every
German
male. Arend was a millwright in
Westphalia, but he wished to farm in America. He applied for
permission for his
family to emigrate in early 1833. They departed April 1933 from Bremen
and
arrived in Baltimore after a six week ordeal on a sailing ship and
traveled
overland to the Warren County, Missouri area, near Marthasville.
Shortly after
reaching Missouri and building a house, Arend Heinrich died, leaving
his wife
and four children. source: Robin Taylor Mar 2005
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