Julia Wacker married Johann (John) Gauger in Bohnfelt (Bonfeld) Germany. They reared a family of seven children, three boys and 4 girls. Their children were Louis, Sophia, John (1853-1893), Katherina, Philip, Frederick, and Johanna (1858-1948). Mrs Julia Wacker died in 1869 while still in Germany. Johann remarried Miss Margaret B. Frank. They had two more children, Chris and Christine in Germany. Fearing that the boys would get called into the military, they sold all their possessions and immigrated to America - The Land of Freedom. In American they had 2 boys and 2 girls, Henry, Elizabeth, George and Mary Margaret.
They sailed in the spring of 1873, the party consisted of 23 people and before summer they established their first American home near Tremont, IL. In the spring of 1874 they moved southwest of Tremont to a place called Dillon, IL, where they purchased a farm now owned by a grandson, Frank Baurer,
They sailed in the spring of 1873, the party consisted of 23 people and before summer they established their first American home near Tremont, IL. In the spring of 1874 they moved southwest of Tremont to a place called Dillon, IL, where they purchased a farm now owned by a grandson, Frank Baurer,
Julia Wacker married Johann (John) Gauger in Bohnfelt (Bonfeld) Germany. They reared a family of seven children, three boys and 4 girls. Their children were Louis, Sophia, John (1853-1893), Katherina, Philip, Frederick, and Johanna (1858-1948). Mrs Julia Wacker died in 1869 while still in Germany. Johann remarried Miss Margaret B. Frank. They had two more children, Chris and Christine in Germany. Fearing that the boys would get called into the military, they sold all their possessions and immigrated to America - The Land of Freedom. In American they had 2 boys and 2 girls, Henry, Elizabeth, George and Mary Margaret.
They sailed in the spring of 1873, the party consisted of 23 people and before summer they established their first American home near Tremont, IL. In the spring of 1874 they moved southwest of Tremont to a place called Dillon, IL, where they purchased a farm now owned by a grandson, Frank Baurer,
They sailed in the spring of 1873, the party consisted of 23 people and before summer they established their first American home near Tremont, IL. In the spring of 1874 they moved southwest of Tremont to a place called Dillon, IL, where they purchased a farm now owned by a grandson, Frank Baurer,
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