THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN

CHAPTER 29

1926 

Erie Pennsylvania

Sometime between their trip to Philadelphia and the Erie Canal, the Hillmanns shared some time with this group. I think they are unidentified cousins.  Herman's mother, Emma, was born in Pennsylvania, to German immigrant parents. Her father, John, was born in 1811 in Bremen, Germany. He married Christina, who was born in 1833 in Schleswig-Holstein.

John and Christina had three children: Louisa 1851, Carl 1853 and Pauline in 1855 in Germany. Then they immigrated to Germania, Potter County, Pennsylvania. Germania was a small cross roads a land developer marketed as a paradise to German immigrants.

Herman's mother, Emma was born in Germania, Pennsylvania in 1865. Her brother, Henry, was born there in 1867. Three years later, in 1870, Papa John died. By the 1880 census Christina remarried and was residing, with her husband and youngest three children in Manhattan. Her two oldest children were married and living in Potter County, Pennsylvania.

In the last album we saw Herman, Rosie and Marian celebrating the United State's 150th birthday in Philadelphia.  I think they stopped to see Herman's relatives who remained in Pennsylvania.

Now, on to the Erie Canal

My father loves to watch locks.

Hillmanns albums come out on Tuesday.