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BOSSHOG

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6. My Great Grandfather immigrated with his family in the 1890s

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 12:25 PM

4 hrs ago

From Holland. Per my older cousin who is a genealogy master our great grandfather changed the spelling of our family name because it sounded “too German.” Oh the twists of humanity.

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