We have ended the telling of the Hochstetler Massacre.
I had mentioned some time ago reading of the conditions on the ships when our Amish ancestors immigrated to the US. I did some checking on this and found an account at:
http://dda.wwco.com/charmingnancydiary.php
There is a Jacob Kauffman in our line. Don't know yet if it is the author of this diary entry. He records losing 2 of his own children while on board ship, another while in Rotterdam preparing to make the trip, and a fourth just after leaving ship. A number of other children perished, and two adults are mentioned as well in this account. The cumulative losses these families endured is staggering.
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