I have never been interested in the emigration to North Dakota from Banat until this weekend.  Now I am curious.  Did many of the former citizens or Sartscha, Klek, Ernsthausen, or Neusin emigrate to North Dakota?  and if so why. What was the compelling factor on moving to that area of the U.S.   I knew that in the group of friends that my grandparents had they all moved to the big cities of the US such as Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and New York.   Any help to enlighten me would be useful.  Is there a database David

My great grand parents moved their entire family from Elemir to ND. My great grand mother was born in Klek which is nearby Elemir. While probably several reasons, the straw that broke the camel's back was mandatory military requirements for males and they had five of age. My great grandmother did not believe in the cause at that time 1908. Two daughters came to St Louis before that and then most of the rest joined there in St. Louis. Some of the older brothers worked in a brick factory in St. Louis, but workers there were sent into hot ovens and many died making repairs. "They pulled another one out again today." After a short time in St Louis, most of the siblings homesteaded for free land in South Dakota and 160 acres each including both daughters sons and parents as land made a significant attraction. My grand father was a mason and worked in ND laying brick for schools at New England for extra spending money. Other siblings brought trades from Hungary and stayed in ND. Sent from my iPod Paul Quentin Clark Sent from my iPod > On Oct 2, 2014, at 11:59 AM, DavidnRenee Witte via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have never been interested in the emigration to North Dakota from Banat until this weekend. Now I am curious. Did many of the former citizens or Sartscha, Klek, Ernsthausen, or Neusin emigrate to North Dakota? and if so why. What was the compelling factor on moving to that area of the U.S. I knew that in the group of friends that my grandparents had they all moved to the big cities of the US such as Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and New York. Any help to enlighten me would be useful. Is there a database David > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My grandfather came from Ernsthausen and left because also of the mandatory military in 1907.  He first went to Rochester, NY and worked at a brewery and then moved to Crestline, ohio where his sister had emigrated to and he worked with the railroad and then for some reason to St. Louis.  He also worked many years for different breweries there.  He meet my grandmother who was from Klek at a German dance.  My grandmother came to the US with her aunts and uncles when she was 15/16.  Neither one ever went back. Some of their siblings stayed in their respective towns (Klek, Ernsthausen, Neusin, Sartcha) until 1944 when they either fled or was killed.Some died at Rudolfsgnad or after the war in Butzow, Germany. I wonder how many of their friends actually went to North Dakota On Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:11 PM, Paul Clark <[email protected]> wrote: My great grand parents moved their entire family from Elemir to ND. My great grand mother was born in Klek which is nearby Elemir.  While probably several reasons, the straw that broke the camel's back was mandatory military requirements for males and they had five of age.  My great grandmother did not believe in the cause at that time 1908. Two daughters came to St Louis before that and then most of the rest joined there in St. Louis.  Some of the older brothers worked in a brick factory in St. Louis, but workers there were sent into hot ovens and many died making repairs.  "They pulled another one out again today." After a short time in St Louis, most of the siblings homesteaded for free land in South Dakota and 160 acres each including both daughters sons and parents as land made a significant attraction.  My grand father was a mason and worked in ND laying brick for schools at New England for extra spending money. Other siblings brought trades from Hungary and stayed in ND. Sent from my iPod Paul Quentin Clark Sent from my iPod > On Oct 2, 2014, at 11:59 AM, DavidnRenee Witte via <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have never been interested in the emigration to North Dakota from Banat until this weekend.  Now I am curious.  Did many of the former citizens or Sartscha, Klek, Ernsthausen, or Neusin emigrate to North Dakota?  and if so why. What was the compelling factor on moving to that area of the U.S.  I knew that in the group of friends that my grandparents had they all moved to the big cities of the US such as Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and New York.  Any help to enlighten me would be useful.  Is there a database David > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message