Quincy Illinois Immigrants from Munsterland Westphalia Germany

This series consists of two complementary volumes. The first volume deals with the life of the emigrants in Germany their voyage to America and their life in Quincy Illinois. Volume I examines reasons for migration details of the ocean voyage the journey to Quincy life in Quincy German dialects German-language newspapers German occupations farming German customs clustering the impact of World War I on Quincy's Germans and much more. These pages offer a detailed account of the history of Quincy from the unique perspective of a Münsterland immigrant. A History Timeline of Münsterland three maps and an index to names places and subjects add to the value of this work. The second volume of this work presents a list of 1456 immigrants who came to Quincy from Münsterland. Numbers following names in Volume I refer to their enumeration in the biographical section of the work in Volume II.