My Family Story by Lindsey Clausen https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma en-us 2019-05-08 14:52:03 UTC 2025-12-11 21:59:30 UTC hello@padlet.com How and Why did your family come to the United States? 1040070 https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma/wish/358081647 On my mom's side of the family, Charlotte Rolla was born in May of 1861 and Louis Freymuth was born in August of 1854. They came to Illinois by a ship from Germany, in 1883. They came through Ellis Island.]]> 2019-05-08 14:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma/wish/358081647 What were the obstacles that they met? 1040070 https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma/wish/358081883 Louis and Charlotte were married in 1881, and they imigrated to the U.S. They were newlyweds and they were traveling with their daughter who was only 1 year old. This is one of the struggles they experienced during their travel to the U.S.]]> 2019-05-08 14:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma/wish/358081883 What was going on Historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family? 1040070 https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma/wish/358082573 During the 1880s, immigrants were flooding to the U.S. from all over the world. The door was wide open for Europeans. This made it easier for my family to come to the United States because it was such a common thing to do at the time.]]> 2019-05-08 14:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1040070/zl1db0b0qma/wish/358082573