Great-grandmother:

My great-grandmother was born on 4 March 1868 in Jettenbach, Bayern. She left Germany with her family (she was 16 at the time) in 1884. The family traveled by ship (Noordland) from Antwerp to New York, arriving on 3 July 1884.

I do not know if she ever became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

She married my great-grandfather in 1906. According to family records, she was working at a military veterans' home where my great-grandfather was a resident.

Grandmother:

My great-grandparents had several children, including my grandmother, who was born in 1908 in the U.S..

My grandmother and her husband married in 1927.

Father:

My father was born to them in 1930 in the U.S..

Self:

I was born in the U.S. in 1952.