Father Comes to Visit in the 1880’s and Sponsors Two Grandchildren
Names of godparents can be clues on a variety of levels. Whether something is a clue depends upon what clues you need. An 1883 letter from Noentje Lena (Grass) Ufkes mentions that her father had been visiting her family near Basco, Hancock County, Illinois. Johannes Grass is known to have died in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany, […]