Jen, Florence, Kentucky is west of Dayton but not very far. Covington and Bellevue are between. Quite a few German families on the Kentucky side as well as the Ohio side. My husband was half German, half Scot/English Kentucky hillbilly. Family names of those living in Northern Kentucky were Shepherd, Blythe, Rickles, Tophouse. The Germans were Vogt, Wiening, Horstman. Some of the descendants moved into Ohio. and to other parts of Kentucky. The bakery belonged to Uncle Carl Henry Vogt, a German imigrat . He had a good business, kept his family busy. One daughter married a Muench and lived in Florence in the 70's. It was a nice area at that time. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [HS] More stories.. > Belle, > > I have a Nephew & his wife who live in Florence KY. Would that be near to > Dayton, KY? They always are saying that OH is right across the river from > them. > > I'm sure the 'goodies' from the German bakery was very good. I have many > German relatives on both sides of my family. I have tasted some of the > things which they have baked & they are out of this world..just like you > say. > > ~J in AZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:02 AM > Subject: [HS] More stories.. > > > > My husband's German kin had a bakery in Dayton, Kentucky in the late > > 30's and early 40's. Great stuff! The two vans would be loaded every > > morning and the boys would drive around the neighborhoods selling their > > breads, pies, cakes, rolls, etc. They would often have to go back and > > reload the vans because everyone liked what they had to sell. They also > > sold out of the main store. My husband and I lived across the Ohio river > > in Cincinnati. We would visit and come home with all kinds of goodies. > > My husband's mother and her sister were daughters of German imigrants that > > had come to Cincinnati inthe middle 1880's.My mil married a Kentuck > > hillbilly; sister married a German imigrat, they were the ones who had the > > bakery. A great family. I enjoyed visiting with them, eating the good food > > and trying to understand what they were talking about. > > At Christmas Uncle carl would make abeautiful ham for us, coating it with > > the brown sugar, fruit juice and cloves, then wrap it in rye dough about > > an inch thick then run it slowly through the bakers oven. Nothing > > likeit,wish I had one now. The other Christmas goodies were great, too. > > They lost a son in the war. The 1958 flood caused them to lose the home > > and bakery building. They didn't try to start over again. > > > > They are all gone now but I remember them well. I have my mil;s family > > Bible, a beautiful big book, weighs seeral pounds, printed in german with > > lots of pictures with a tussue sheet over each picture to protect it. A > > grandson rescued it from the flood waters and sent it to us when we lived > > in California. It has a heavy tooled leather cover and a metal clasp to > > close it, really nice. > > Regards, > > Belle > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >