This widower, who lost his wife, Anna Elizabeth Venter, to a lung infection while waiting on the banks of the Rhine River for the boat to take them to the immigration ship, took his 3 young children, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Conrad, and his deceased wife's relatives to America to make a home in Brookville, Indiana. George lived on his farm with new wife, Magdalena Christina Volk. They had 5 daughters. George went Shelby Co in 1870 to live with his daughter. He died that year when he was thrown from his wagon on his way to visit a relative, Godfrey Bath.
This widower, who lost his wife, Anna Elizabeth Venter, to a lung infection while waiting on the banks of the Rhine River for the boat to take them to the immigration ship, took his 3 young children, Jacob, Elizabeth, and Conrad, and his deceased wife's relatives to America to make a home in Brookville, Indiana. George lived on his farm with new wife, Magdalena Christina Volk. They had 5 daughters. George went Shelby Co in 1870 to live with his daughter. He died that year when he was thrown from his wagon on his way to visit a relative, Godfrey Bath.
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