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un:102_caledoniawales [2016-09-10]
nerfer [Wales, WI]
un:102_caledoniawales [2017-01-19] (current)
nerf_herder [Caledonia, WI]
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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, 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.+Located ​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, ​close to his in-laws, [[180x_johgeoerbe|Johann George ​and Eva Catharina Erbe]] who had arrived several years earlier. ​ The Ungerecht farm, located where the rail road tracks cross Seven Mile Road, remained in the family for over 100 years. ​ Descendants ​of [[1857_carltheou|Carl Ungerecht]] ​still live in the area, while his brother [[1860_johgeou|(Johann) George]] moved west to North Dakota.  ​One of George'​s daughters, [[1895_EmmaEllaU|Emma Ungerecht Pietsch]] ​came back to the area. She lived in an old farmhouse (made with tenons and wooden pegs) on a couple acres just to the north of Caledonia ​in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
  
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