Horstman(n) biography
I recently published a biography of my grandfather, Heinrich Christian Horstmann, who came to upstate New York from the village of Hille, Germany in 1881. The Horstmann name was a common one in this village and in fact Heinrich (Henry)later married Louisa Horstmann, also an emigrant from Hille who came to Schenectady, N.Y. His life story,which begins in his Prussian homeland and ends in a tragic railroad accident, is chronicled in Twentieth Century Limited, a review of which appears in the February/March, 2010 issue of the U.S.-published German Life magazine. The book contains references to many generations of Horstmanns who lived in Hille.