| Article: | German families sought a better life Young German families immigrated to the central New York area in the 1850s to 1860s so that they might have a better life. Do you recognize some of the names of these families: Cook, Hornburg, Hirsh, Duger, Wise, Kranze, Weller, Brinkman, Shoults/ Shoultz, Hager? Many of these families were farmers or became farmers when they arrived in the United States. |