The John Zapp & Margaretha Hoffmann Legacy


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John Zapp was born 10 June 1830 in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1854. By the year 1862, he was living in Minnesota. He married Anna Margaretha Hoffmann 24 July 1862 in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Descendants lived primarily in Minnesota, California and elsewhere.




Germans in Minnesota


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A concise history of Germans in Minnesota including immigration patterns, the Catholic and Lutheran churches, cultural organizations, businesses, and politics, especially in the World War I years.







Minnesota Genealogist


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The Mattners in Australia, 1839-1980


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Between Brandenburg and Posen, and the Opava region shows that there are links between the two areas"--p. 9-10.




A New Land Beckoned


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In this volume, using the best research techniques of the historian--that of going to the source documents--Chester W. and Ethel H. Geue set out to better understand the German movement to Texas.




Seeds of Power


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This edited volume is the first collective effort to take an original look at the Ottomans through the lens of environmental history. In its wide-ranging essays, environmental perspectives illuminate diverse historical processes and events in the long history of the Ottoman Empire.




The Zilms at Nain and Beyond


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The two Zilm brothers and their sister (and their spouses) immigrated from Germany to Adelaide, South Australia in 1838, and eventually settled at Hahndorf, South Australia. Descendants lived in South Australia and elsewhere.