Nighttime border crossing near Montschau
A dirt road at night in the remote Eifel highlands. They are told to cross a wide ditch and keep running until they see the Belgian “passeurs”
Asylum in Nice
The Ringels and Peisers arrive in Nice, France, where they will reside for the next 18 months. They establish some sense of normalcy while seeking a way out to America or Palestine. Additional funds reach them via smugglers from Elly’s mother in Berlin.
Harriet E. Smith
Raised as Hattie Smith in North Bloomfield, Ohio, she married Herbert Stetson in Earlville, Iowa. Their five children were born in Iowa before the family relocated to Montana after 1900
Teaching was a career path for three sons of deacon Josiah T. Stetson
Insights from an 1897 biographical sketch
Where did Herbert meet Hattie?
Besides the fact of their marriage, I've found no other record that places Herbert in Ohio or Harriet in Maine.