Great Grandma and Grandpa Fuhrmann

Friedrich Fuhrmann and Christina (Nagel) Fuhrmann were my great grandparents. They were the parents of my Grandma Hall. I never knew either of them as they both died before I was born. I actually never even knew who they were until a few years ago.

Christina (Nagel) Fuhrmann

Friedrich Fuhrmann

At that time I found their names and eventually found them on a the passenger list arriving in New York, New York, USA from Rotterdam, Amsterdam aboard the steamer SS Dubbeldam. Friedrich and Christina Fuhrmann arrived at Ellis Island with their 5 month old son, Friedrich Fuhrman in 1893 bound for Kimball, South Dakota. They were accompanied by 14 Fuhrmann and Nagel family members.

Eventually they settled in Cathay, Wells County, North Dakota and raised 12 children, Grandma Hall was #10.  She was just 13 years old when her mother died.