The sweep of family history across the generations
Members of a farming family took to the sea both as an occupational calling and a means of emigration
The Ringel family crossed from Lisbon on the SS Guine—but their entry to the U.S. was anything but routine
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.
Walter Ruby hustled his way as a traveling silver salesman, with some career side trips into boxing promotion and medicinal alcohol.