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Johann
Freiderich Grahl - born on August 8,
1849 in Pomerania, Gross
Krein, in the county Kreis Stolp, in the parish of Gross Du"bsow. This
was in the court district of Starnitz near Danzig, Germany.
Today, this area is now part of Poland. Danzig is now Gdansk
and Krien is now Krzynia. I have information that indicates that his daugheter
from an earlier marriage in Germany, was born in Berlin, which would indicate
that Johann lived in Berlin for a time.
Johann was the son of Johann Friederich Grahl, Sr. also born
in Gross Krien. J. F. Grahl, Sr. was the son of Michael Freiderich Grahl, information
about his origins are not available.
Johann married
Amelia
Troike August 30, 1884.
Johann became a citizen of the United States in 1875. He had
a brother named Carl, who my family referred to as Uncle Carly, who supposedly
had a part in the formation of the American Crayon Company (which became Prang
and is now part of Dixon, Ticonderoga). Carl's wife was named
Berta.
He also had a sister in Berlin, Germany who married Eduard
Czarnnowsky. Their grandson, Paul
along with his wife Anna, wrote
to our family before WWII and a few times after up into the early 1950's.
With his son George and daughter Elizabeth (Sperry) from a
previous marriage, he had 10 children altogether:
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