Herman and Wilhelmina Kreitlow Schroeder immigrated in 1851 from Kries Regenwald, Pommern on the German S.S. Suevia, departing from Hamburg/Havre and landing in New York.They had a large family consisting of Fred, Albert, John, Otto, Frank, Bill, Herman, Ernest and Martha.Information has been gathered from all the branches and are presented here. Johann Christoph Schwieger was born in 1835 in Siedenlangebeck, Kreis Salzwedel, Prussen, Germany and immigrated to America in 1869, settling in Grant Co., WI.Anna Gertrude von Blum was born in 1844 and immigrated to America in 1865, settling in Galena, IL.They were married in Freeport, Il but made their home in Morgan Twp., Franklin Co., IA.They too had a large family consisting of Emma, John, Martha, Lydia, Louis, George, Fred and Grace.Please contact me if you are interested in these families, I would like to share information.
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