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heir family. They are buried in Woodland cemetery in Reed City, Michigan. Ferdinand, the oldest of their sons, decided to settle in Pennsylvania. 'At that time Germans accounted for 33 percent of the population in Pennsylvania.'Ferdinand married Mary Koehn in 1889, and worked on the Pennsylvania rail road for many years. They later traveled further west and settled in Reed City, Michigan where most of my ancestors settled. They had five children, William in 1890, Ernest in 1891, Herbert in 1897, Clara in 1900 and Erwin in 1907. William was my Great-great grandfather.He grew up in Reed City working on his father's farm.He also worked at a flooring mill and later drove a delivery truck for an elevator company.

Along my journey of researching my ethnicity I have come across many interesting facts and information regarding Stettin, Germany. One interesting fact that I came across was something that I did not know. According to U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany and Information Resource Centers in '1821The Germanic custom of having a specially decorated tree at Christmas time was introduced to America by Pennsylvania Dutch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Later in the century, the Pennsylvania Dutch version of St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, evolved into America’s Santa Claus, popularized by a German immigrant and influential political cartoonist, Thomas Nast. The Easter bunny and Easter eggs were also brought to this country by German immigrants.'I found this quite interesting because I have always thought that these objects that represent such big holidays in the US did not originate in the US. While I was interviewing my great-aunt Diane I was telling her about how much Stettin has changed as history went on she replied by talking about how you wouldn't even know that there was so much conflict over the land because the people and the cultures there are so diverse now. She also told me some fun little facts that I found quite interesting like when riding in a car it is legal for the passenger to drink alcohol. It is also very common for people to have an alcoholic drink with almost every meal. She said that it is the social norm to drink.

I asked her about the sports in Szczecin, she told me that football, or soccer as we call it in the US, is extremely popular. She told me that they actually are very serious about their football, and that it is much more popular than American football in the US. She went on telling me that people have actually been killed because of disputes between opposing fans. Aunt Diane also told me that they have an American football league as well. I found this hard to believe for some reason because I always thought that Europeans mocked us about American football, by saying things like it is a form of rugby but Americans wear pads. I find it really interesting that different sports have integrated themselves into other cultures.

This assignment has been interesting and exciting. I really enjoy finding out about my early ancestors and how they lived and how life was back then. I have learned a lot from writing this paper. I don't plan on stopping my research though. I feel that someone could research their ethnicity for their whole life and still not know everything about it. That is why I find this assignment so interesting, because I have the ability to really search deep within my ethnic roots and truly find out about all parts本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。