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=====Caledonia, WI===== | =====Caledonia, WI===== | ||
- | Now an outer suburb south of Milwaukee, it borders Lake Michigan. Milwaukee of course is known as a destination for German immigrants, they started some of the nation's best-known breweries there. When [[1826_JohValU|Johann Valentin Ungerecht]], came to the U.S. he settled on a farm in Caledonia, and it remained in the family for over 100 years. Descendants still live in the area. For most of her life, [[1895_EmmaEllaU|Emma Ungerecht Pietsch]] lived in an old farmhouse (made with tenons and wooden pegs) on a couple acres just to the north in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. | + | Now an outer suburb south of Milwaukee, it borders Lake Michigan. Milwaukee of course is known as a destination for German immigrants, and some with names like Pabst, Schlitz, Busch, Blatz, and Miller started breweries. At one time over a quarter of Milwaukee residents had been born in Germany. When [[1826_JohValU|Johann Valentin Ungerecht]], came to the U.S. he settled on a farm in Caledonia, and it remained in the family for over 100 years. Descendants still live in the area. For most of her life, [[1895_EmmaEllaU|Emma Ungerecht Pietsch]] lived in an old farmhouse (made with tenons and wooden pegs) on a couple acres just to the north in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. |
=====Wales, WI===== | =====Wales, WI===== |