Rabber. Wittlage,Hustadte, Barkhausen

hannover-l
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Marilyn & others

Thanks for input on the "why pick this area" question. I'm still scratching
my head over Cleveland, as so many went first to Cincinnati and/or southern
Indiana.

Am wondering if this change of destination had to do with the opening of the
Great Lakes area, and transportation in that direction from New York -- as
opposed to the earlier trend to stay near the Ohio River and its steamboats.
Or maybe it had something to do with where the best (new?) railroad lines
and/or ship lines were.

Kayle

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Hi, Kayle.

I don't have an answer to your question, but I entered a Google search for
Cleveland +Wittlage and found this interesting site:
http://www.migrations.org/county.php3?migpassed=Cleveland,%20Cuyahoga%20County,%20OH

It doesn't look like there was a large community from the Wittlage already
living in Cleveland to attract your people. But perhaps the folks at
MIGRATIONS.org would have some ideas.

Marilyn

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