My Maternal Grandfather

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My grandfathers name was Anton and he immigrated here from Germany. First he entered through Ellis Island and had a sponsor in Pennyslvania where he broke wild horses. The interesting part is my grandmother arrived later and worked at the same place and lo and behold they knew each other in Germany. After a time they were married and moved to Ohio and were married many years. After my grandmother died his 3 daughters hired a housekeeper but he didn't want her there as he said she was not a good cook. Then my mother had him at her house for about a year until she had some medical problems and he agreed to go into a nursing home. He was there for about 5 years and since I lived out of state I didn't get to vist much but the one time I did visit and 2 of my boys and I took him out to eat along with some of his other grandchildren and we were all in a good mood I then found out that my grandfather had been a cook in the German army in the first World War. That was amazing to me.