Life on the farm

[ovrszd]

My guess would be northern Germany because the combination of brick and thatch...

I remember my Mom telling me once, but alas, it didn't get written on the back of the picture.

 

[ultrarunner]

I remember my Mom telling me once, but alas, it didn't get written on the back of the picture.

Ship passenger list are often a great source and immigration records...

I did a little sleuthing a few years back and connected with the other side of the family with common ancestor being two bothers born in the 1700's one my side of the family tree and the other his side.

I showed up on his door step and said hello cousin, greetings from America... we pulled out drivers licences and went from there... it was a fun afternoon...

A big regret of mine was being too young when my Grandfather took a trip back to his childhood home...

Everyone said next time but there was never to be a next time.... back then I was a sponge for family history and being in California thousands of miles removed...

 

[ovrszd]

Ship passenger list are often a great source and immigration records...

I have their ship documents but I don't recall the date. I'll dig that out and check.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's a receipt from Hamburg Lines for 2 adults and 3 children. I think it's for my Great Grandfather and his family, but can't be positive. If so, I was off on the date. This document is 1898. Note the cost.....

 

[bunyip]

I'm not sure I know what a "tax inspector" is.

We get customs and excise inspectors checking that you are not using farm diesel in your cars, farmers get a cheaper rate but for machinery only, I am not a farmer so no inspections, they check usage and hours on machines.

 

[ovrszd]

We get customs and excise inspectors checking that you are not using farm diesel in your cars, farmers get a cheaper rate but for machinery only, I am not a farmer so no inspections, they check usage and hours on machines.

Yeah, we have those, State employed. I've never saw one. I've heard of a few locals having their trucks checked for dyed fuel. Not sure how your diesel is handled to separate it? Ours is dyed red for farm use. Clear for on road use.

I have a 55 gallon transfer tank in the back of my pickup truck. It's used to transport and transfer red fuel for my tractors. No road tax is charged on red fuel. Saves about 30 cents per gallon.

 

[grsthegreat]

Here in idaho, as of last wednesday when i refilled my 55 gal diesel tank. Undyed diesel was $2.33 per gal, dyed red was $1.89. Its the same fuel. Winter blend. Has dye added at pump.

 

[Big Barn]

I just sold my farm tank but obviously the fuel truck carried UNmarked (clear) diesel and the driver’s job was to “add” the red dye when he filled the tank. Hee hee.

Unfortunately ALL vehicles and machinery were legal with marked fuel. I should have bought a diesel powered car.

 

[bunyip]

They check usage versus balance, or used to, had a friend who was an inspector many years ago, don't know if they dye the fuel.
He told me that the farmers could become extremely aggressive but he had a theory, he wore glasses and would sit down looking at the books and not make eye contact, he maintained it took a brave man to hit someone in this position, one day he met a very brave man.......

 

[ultrarunner]

Here's a receipt from Hamburg Lines for 2 adults and 3 children. I think it's for my Great Grandfather and his family, but can't be positive. If so, I was off on the date. This document is 1898. Note the cost.....



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Hamburg was the port for much of Europe to America and passage was costly even at the lowest rate and it was one way.

Farmers from Germany often found success here... and the timing of your ancestors was good as two wars would soon devaste Europe...

The US was almost a German speaking country at the time language decided...

It would be interesting to visit the old homestead 120+ years later and catch up...

On one visit to Austria there was a small mountain farm... think Heidi on the mountain here.

They once had a young visitor from New York at the doorstep... she did not speak a word of German and they no English... she had left some papers which I read...

The farm had belonged to her Grandmother who was left a orphan at age 4... she went to live in Germany with next of kin.... Austrian law dictated the property be held in trust until she was an adult... having no real connection she sold the property to the family I knew..

The visit was the Grand Daughter tracing her roots to where her Grandmother had been born.