Part 2 - Becoming Americans
If you missed Part 1 of the story, go here . . .In the middle of the 19th Century, six brothers, the sons of Johann Heinrich and Ursula would join the growing migration from Canton Glarus, Switzerland to New Glarus, Wisconsin. There is still some speculation as to the exact date or dates the brothers came over and what ship or ships they might have traveled on. What we do know is that all, except one, were recorded in the church records at New Glarus by 1854 and all seemed to settle in the town of New Glarus or the Town of Washington in northern Green County, Wisconsin.
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| A typical Wisconsin pioneer log house. The Zweifel brothers may have encountered and lived in houses similar to these when they first arrived. |
