Ronsman
Q. Know my great grandparents, Fred & Isabel Ronsman, but would like to know more. Note: the story that my uncle jerry tells us is that the Ronsmans actually at some point lived in Germany but got in trouble for hunting in the black forest so they left for Belgium Clues from 1920 Census (Ancestry.com) - Fred, Isabelle & Philip D. were born in Belguim; native tongue is Flemish - Daughter, Mary born in 1904 in Wisconsin - Fred naturalized in 1910 Ellis Island Records ( https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/) -SS Vaderland -Departure Antwerp -$30 to pay to view ship record Clues from Ship Records (Familysearch.org) - Ferdinand, Isabelle & Philip last resided in Oud-Heverlee, Belguim - Planning on residing in Green Bay, WI; meeting relative Francis Albert Tuyls - Had $5 in cash (about $151 in 2020 dollars) - Arrived on 16 Jun 1902 via SS Vaderland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Vaderland_(1900) Clues from Manifest of Alien Immigrants (Famil...