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John and Dorothy Reich
The BIG journey:
With their four children, John and Dorothy departed from Galka, Russia in 1909. They arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and then traveled to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they stayed with Grandpa’s sister. The family then traveled to and located in Portland, Oregon where Dorothy’s younger brother William (Bill) Bertram and his wife, Lydia, had located earlier.
I recall my Aunt Mollie (Amalia) the eldest daughter and my Godmother, telling me shortly before her passing about some of her recollections of their trip aboard the ship from Europe to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She explained; everyone in the family was sea sick, and laid low, except for Marie who must have been only about three years old at the time.
Marie traipsed or wandered all over the ship, and was giving the family reports on what was happening. Imagine that today; a little 3 year old girl, alone, allowed to wander all over a ship in transit by herself - NOT in my lifetime!
With their four children, John and Dorothy departed from Galka, Russia in 1909. They arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and then traveled to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they stayed with Grandpa’s sister. The family then traveled to and located in Portland, Oregon where Dorothy’s younger brother William (Bill) Bertram and his wife, Lydia, had located earlier.
I recall my Aunt Mollie (Amalia) the eldest daughter and my Godmother, telling me shortly before her passing about some of her recollections of their trip aboard the ship from Europe to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She explained; everyone in the family was sea sick, and laid low, except for Marie who must have been only about three years old at the time.
Marie traipsed or wandered all over the ship, and was giving the family reports on what was happening. Imagine that today; a little 3 year old girl, alone, allowed to wander all over a ship in transit by herself - NOT in my lifetime!
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Story written by, and photographs courtesy of, David Hildermann - Hoquiam, Washington.
Last updated March 10, 2018.