@article{715, keywords = {Families, Genealogy, Place names, Waterloo County}, author = {Albert Hess}, title = {I found Waterloo County in Hesse}, abstract = {A short account of life for peasants in Hesse, Germany, from which significant numbers emigrated to Waterloo County in the 1830s and 1840s. The article is based on research done on the author's trip to Hesse in 1972, where he found convincing evidence of ancestors of county families such as Ratz, Euler, Dreger, Ernst, Kaufman, Kranz, Schmalz, Breithaupt, Lautenschlager, Smith (Schmidt), Pfohl, Einwechter, Nahrgang, Hachborn, Stroh, Wettlaufer, Kalbfleisch, Krug, Schaefer, Staebler, Seyler, Wilker, Doerbecker, Doersam, Doering, Hahn, Neeb, Weitzel, Knipfel, Lotz, Doehn and Koch.}, year = {1972}, journal = {Waterloo Historical Society}, volume = {60}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {63-72. ill., }, language = {English}, }