Christened 'Valeria', Viola sailed to America with her brother, Leonard F. and their parents August & Anna Bortmann from the port of Antwerp on the S.S. Rhynland.
Leonard was a little over 2 years old, and Valeria was only 7 months when they made the trip. The family landed at Philadelphia with $2.50 and train tickets to Milwaukee sent to them by August's brother-in-law, Franz Schmidt, who was living there on Fratney Street.
In the 1930's, Viola would find herself living on that very street with her husband, Willard Davis, and her growing family: Howard, Marion, Mary Louise, LaVerne, Jimmy and Barbara.
Viola is interred in a crypt next to her husband, Willard, in the Garden of Eternal Peace.
Leonard was a little over 2 years old, and Valeria was only 7 months when they made the trip. The family landed at Philadelphia with $2.50 and train tickets to Milwaukee sent to them by August's brother-in-law, Franz Schmidt, who was living there on Fratney Street.
In the 1930's, Viola would find herself living on that very street with her husband, Willard Davis, and her growing family: Howard, Marion, Mary Louise, LaVerne, Jimmy and Barbara.
Viola is interred in a crypt next to her husband, Willard, in the Garden of Eternal Peace.
Christened 'Valeria', Viola sailed to America with her brother, Leonard F. and their parents August & Anna Bortmann from the port of Antwerp on the S.S. Rhynland.
Leonard was a little over 2 years old, and Valeria was only 7 months when they made the trip. The family landed at Philadelphia with $2.50 and train tickets to Milwaukee sent to them by August's brother-in-law, Franz Schmidt, who was living there on Fratney Street.
In the 1930's, Viola would find herself living on that very street with her husband, Willard Davis, and her growing family: Howard, Marion, Mary Louise, LaVerne, Jimmy and Barbara.
Viola is interred in a crypt next to her husband, Willard, in the Garden of Eternal Peace.
Leonard was a little over 2 years old, and Valeria was only 7 months when they made the trip. The family landed at Philadelphia with $2.50 and train tickets to Milwaukee sent to them by August's brother-in-law, Franz Schmidt, who was living there on Fratney Street.
In the 1930's, Viola would find herself living on that very street with her husband, Willard Davis, and her growing family: Howard, Marion, Mary Louise, LaVerne, Jimmy and Barbara.
Viola is interred in a crypt next to her husband, Willard, in the Garden of Eternal Peace.
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