Matt's Grandfather

Matt's Grandfather was born in Hovelhof, Germany and emigrated to the US in 1923 when he was 24 years old.  He left everything and everyone behind to seek the American dream.

Here is a picture from the grand send off at the train station when he left.

The woman whose hand he is holding is NOT Matt's grandmother.  :)

And that is a band in the background!

He returned once in 1950 to visit.

This is the farm where he was born.

But all that was there when he lived there was this building.

The family lived upstairs, the animals downstairs. 

Since we had the picture above from the grand send off at the train station, we wanted to see it for ourselves.

Maybe a little updating....but not much....

Can't wait to take George and Judy to visit!