Coasting along an ocean and going away to a place far away. This has got to be one of the wildest rides a person could ever experience. Yet that is exactly what so many folks did when they emigrated to the United States. While America was yet in its infancy, we had open ports bringing people that would make this the greatest nation on earth. I have a photography collection of some of those ships that came into our harbors and brought with it my ancestors. I thought you might like to go for a ride with me and enjoy my photos. I collected the pictures because they made me imagine what it must have been like to have been on one of them. I was able to feel my ancestors’ stories as I gazed at these ship photos. It was like the TITANTIC movie in my mind, but my ancestors were on these various ships and their stories came alive within the imagination of my mind:
OUR DESOMER FAMILY ARRIVED TO AMERICA ON THIS SHIP CALLED THE ZEELAND FROM ANTWERP, BELGIUM.
OUR WEISS FAMILY ARRIVED ON THIS SHIP CALLED THE HOWARD FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY
OUR VOY FAMILY ARRIVED FROM GERMANY ON THIS SAILING SHIP.
OUR KREKLOW FAMILY ARRIVED ON THIS SHIP FROM STETTIN, GERMANY NOW LOCATED IN POLAND.
USS FINLAND WAS THE SHIP BOARDED BY MORE ANCESTORS FROM BELGUIM. THIS SHIP WAS REMEMBERED FONDLY BY MY HUSBAND’S GRAMPS WHO WOULD HANG FROM THE SIDE AS A 4 YEAR BOY ONLY COULD DO.
I hope you could imagine those sailing away and going out to sea as you looked upon these photos. Until my next installment I guess I will say BON VOYAGE! Please make sure you take a moment also and go see my Facebook Page on my ancestors. I named it in honor of one of my gramps! Consider liking the page so you can get my posts in your facebook newsfeeds: https://www.facebook.com/DescendantsOfWhitnellJenkins
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