Oh hey, I'm a dumbass, and G&G put together a family history in 1999.
Bertha was Ruchhaber, they married in 1894. He mentions the brothers who lived in Jersey Shore. Paul had no children & died in a car accident; Herman had one child, Martha, who had a daughter, Lucille, who grandpa lost touch with after 1947 (they lived in Philly; he went to Phila College of Pharmacy). Apparently the passage was steerage. He hadn't been a weaver before; he learned that here. "Dad implied strongly that some relatives became active Nazis." (Unsurprising.) They ceased contact. Grandpa knew very little about Bertha's family; they probably all stayed there, and there was conflict over sending them money (to buy nice lace curtains).
Apparently Max Sr was fired from the mill and became a partner in a coal business.
Elin died of an ectopic pregnancy in 1937.
The Carlsens (Alben & Mathilda, Elin's parents) were born in Sweden.
Grandpa's brother Jack bore an uncanny resemblance to Jack Nicholson. He served in the navy during Korea, met his wife Amy in Japan, and died of sequelae of heavy drinking and smoking when I was in high school. (They had chihuahuas named Chibi. There's a picture of 2-year-old me sitting in Chibi's bed.)
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Bertha was Ruchhaber, they married in 1894. He mentions the brothers who lived in Jersey Shore. Paul had no children & died in a car accident; Herman had one child, Martha, who had a daughter, Lucille, who grandpa lost touch with after 1947 (they lived in Philly; he went to Phila College of Pharmacy). Apparently the passage was steerage. He hadn't been a weaver before; he learned that here. "Dad implied strongly that some relatives became active Nazis." (Unsurprising.) They ceased contact. Grandpa knew very little about Bertha's family; they probably all stayed there, and there was conflict over sending them money (to buy nice lace curtains).
Apparently Max Sr was fired from the mill and became a partner in a coal business.
Elin died of an ectopic pregnancy in 1937.
The Carlsens (Alben & Mathilda, Elin's parents) were born in Sweden.
Grandpa's brother Jack bore an uncanny resemblance to Jack Nicholson. He served in the navy during Korea, met his wife Amy in Japan, and died of sequelae of heavy drinking and smoking when I was in high school. (They had chihuahuas named Chibi. There's a picture of 2-year-old me sitting in Chibi's bed.)