This weeks Saturday Night Genealogy Fun by Randy is:
* Read Megan Smolenyak's article 120 Years of Smolenyaks in America: A Note of Gratitude from a Great-Granddaughter
* Do you have an ancestor like Megan's great-grandfather that was the first one to come to America (or your present country of residence) that you would like to thank?
* If so, tell us about that ancestor - and why you are thankful for their effort.
Maria Strassheim Tross, on the 24 June 1884, you arrived in New York City and then traveled to Buffalo from Eberstardt, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany with 6 children, all under the age of 10, including an infant, and only 3 pieces of baggage. I believe your husband had died in the prior few months and yet you still set out to a new country, relatively alone. I cannot even imagine doing something like that, even in todays world of quick airplanes. Thank you great-great-great grandmother Tross, for being such an incredible, strong woman.
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