BF5: William Burger was my G-Grandfather
William Burger, son of Jacob, was four years old when his father left him, his sister, and mother in Germany …
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BF4: Generations Farming the Land
In the spring of 1958 I was in the front 40 on my father’s new Oliver Super 77 plowing the …
BF3: From Cincinnati, Ohio, to Dubois County, Indiana
My G-G-Grandfather Jacob Burger was a watchmaker who wanted to be a landowner and farmer. After establishing an apparently successful …
BF2: Yearning for a New Life in a New Land
According to the 1860 U.S. census 1.3 million Germans had immigrated to America (principally from the southwestern states of Württemberg, …
BF1: His Name Was Jacob Burger
Jacob was my great-great-grandfather. In 1848, Jacob and his twin brother George left their young families in the Black Forest …
