Just as immigrants face persecution, stereotypes and life altering events, the same is true of my ancestors. My ancestors were originally from Germany and were immigrants to this country in the 1840s. I do not know their detailed immigration story but in the 1850s my ancestors on my fathers side of the family migrated from Iowa to Salt Lake City, Utah in the Martin Willie Handcart Company. They were considered pioneers as they traveled by handcart for a year in 1856. Nearly ten percent of these people died of frostbite, starvation, and other natural causes while on their journey.
Just as immigrants face persecution, stereotypes and life altering events, the same is true of my ancestors. My ancestors were originally from Germany and were immigrants to this country in the 1840s. I do not know their detailed immigration story but in the 1850s my ancestors on my fathers side of the family migrated from Iowa to Salt Lake City, Utah in the Martin Willie Handcart Company. They were considered pioneers as they traveled by handcart for a year in 1856. Nearly ten percent of these people died of frostbite, starvation, and other natural causes while on their journey.