It was not unusual for the women to come alone. In many instances the father/husband came first, worked and saved money and then sent for more of the family members. Sandie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol M. Duff" <duffc@redwing.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 2:47 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] women alone > Julia, > My great-grandmother came alone with the children. > My grandmother and her siblings came alone with her grandmother. > Many females in my family came alone. > Sometimes there was a cousin on the same ship. > Sometimes there were already family here...cousins, etc. > Carol > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >