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Family Note:   The family sailed for America leaving Gulzar or Pomerania, Germany April 20, 1884, arriving in New York May 6. By train(2 days and 3 nights) to Watertown, Wisconsin. After one year, moved to a farm near Mazeppa, Wabasha County, in Minnesota.

Information on the Marriage Certificate (as extracted by Ella Ihrke Kuehn)

Ernest Kuehn
        and Martha Nickel

March 19, 1899

Witnesses
        Heinrich Nickel
        Mathilde Kuehn

Minister
        Carl W. Nickels
        W. Lutheran Pastor

Marriage Note:    Information on Marriage license (as transcribed by Ella (Ihrke) Kuehn; Certificate is at Jefferson County Courthouse, Jefferson, Wisconsin

Ernest Kuehn and Martha Nickel
March 19, 1899

Witnesses;
Heinrich Nickel and Mathilde Kuehn

Minister; Carl W. Nickels, Ev. Lutheran Pastor