George and Regina's immigration from Russia to North America:
After our people were settled in Russia, the Russian government broke the treaty which promised the settlers exemption from Russian military service and began drafting the settlers into the Russian army. George paid a man to take his identity while he and his family immigrated to North America. George and his wife Regina and their sons Hugo (age 6), Gotthold (age 4), and Hildebert (age 2) left Kodschambu, Crimea, Russia, on September 4, 1911, sailing on the ship the "F. Missler, Bremmen". Gotthold Sailer remembers the voyage and used to visit the animals aboard the ship.
The voyage lasted 30 days. Regina used to tell her children, "It was nothing but heavens and water." Some of the passengers were sea sick. After landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they traveled by train to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Regina's older brother, Anton DeWald, lived there.
George worked in the city of Calgary while attending night school in order to learn English so he could become a Canadian citizen. They also had a boarding house which Regina managed. Lillian and Emma were born during their stay in Calgary (1911 to 1916).
On April 16, 1916, George and his family traveled by train to Krem, North Dakota. They rented a farm from Fred Bohrer (whose wife was George's niece). Two years later they purchased the Werner farm. Frieda, Bertha, and Gertrude were born there. Because of water problems (all water had to be hauled), they sold the farm and moved to Stanton, North Dakota.
On December 8, 1922, George, Regina and their children became citizens of the United States.
About 1924, George and his family farmed with Esau Wing on his farm south of Hazen. Andrew was born on the Wing farm. In 1926 they purchased the Frier farm which was 10 miles south / 2 miles east of Hazen, North Dakota. It was in the Red Butte School District, a consolidated school.
In 1935, George sustained a hip injury in an auto accident. They needed to auction the farm (no one to do the hard work), and moved to Beulah, North Dakota in the fall of 1936. During the depression, there were no crops, not even hay for cattle.
In Beulah, Regina worked on government projects (sewing and bookbinding) for almost three years. Because of ill health, George and Regina entered the Joachim Memorial Home in 1955. Regina kept busy making lovely quilts and crocheting. Both Regina and George died in old age at the Joachim Memorial Home.
INTERVIEW WITH GERTRUDE SAILER
NOTE - per Gertrude Sailer, all 3 of the older boys (Hugo, Gotthold and Hildebert) were actually born in Kotschembuk which was a farming village. The family had lived in Zurichtal first and then moved out to Kotschembuk where the boys were born).
The Sailers were from Baden (actually Wuerttemberg) Germany and the Rapps were from Switzerland. They met in Austria on their way to Russia. That was around 1803. Fargo (must be GRHC at NDSU) has a lot of geneology.
George was only about 7 years old when his father was killed. George was raised by the Frasch family (Andreas's first wife's family - Rosina)
Regina was a very gentle and good-natured woman, very patient and caring. She could do most anything. She was a wonderful seamstress and she knitted. George took them to school and checked their report cards. Gertrude was very close to the parents when they were closer. George and Regina were farmers. Didn't have crops for over 6 years during the depression. Just had essentials. Milked and sold cream for money for groceries. Everyone had a chore to do. Everyone came to Canada before the revolution. Russia decided to seize the land. George Sailer was about 20 years younger than his older brother Jacob.
Jacob was the oldest and he came over around 1888 (his first child was born on the ship - a daughter). Jacob, Adam and Susan all came to Canada around the same time.
Sailers went to Canada first (Regina's oldest brother lived there in Canada so they went there first). George worked for the city of Calgary and went to night school to become a Canadian citizen. Lived there for 5-6 years and then decided to come to North Dakota to farm (in Manhaven area) because some relatives were in this area. Farmed with a niece (named Bohrer).
George went to school in Russia and was very intelligent. He wrote for a German newspaper ("Der Staats Anzeiger"). George and his brothers were in the military service in Russia and he paid a doctor to get him out of the service. According to Gertrude, he was shot in the hand.
After our people were settled in Russia, the Russian government broke the treaty which promised the settlers exemption from Russian military service and began drafting the settlers into the Russian army. George paid a man to take his identity while he and his family immigrated to North America. George and his wife Regina and their sons Hugo (age 6), Gotthold (age 4), and Hildebert (age 2) left Kodschambu, Crimea, Russia, on September 4, 1911, sailing on the ship the "F. Missler, Bremmen". Gotthold Sailer remembers the voyage and used to visit the animals aboard the ship.
The voyage lasted 30 days. Regina used to tell her children, "It was nothing but heavens and water." Some of the passengers were sea sick. After landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they traveled by train to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Regina's older brother, Anton DeWald, lived there.
George worked in the city of Calgary while attending night school in order to learn English so he could become a Canadian citizen. They also had a boarding house which Regina managed. Lillian and Emma were born during their stay in Calgary (1911 to 1916).
On April 16, 1916, George and his family traveled by train to Krem, North Dakota. They rented a farm from Fred Bohrer (whose wife was George's niece). Two years later they purchased the Werner farm. Frieda, Bertha, and Gertrude were born there. Because of water problems (all water had to be hauled), they sold the farm and moved to Stanton, North Dakota.
On December 8, 1922, George, Regina and their children became citizens of the United States.
About 1924, George and his family farmed with Esau Wing on his farm south of Hazen. Andrew was born on the Wing farm. In 1926 they purchased the Frier farm which was 10 miles south / 2 miles east of Hazen, North Dakota. It was in the Red Butte School District, a consolidated school.
In 1935, George sustained a hip injury in an auto accident. They needed to auction the farm (no one to do the hard work), and moved to Beulah, North Dakota in the fall of 1936. During the depression, there were no crops, not even hay for cattle.
In Beulah, Regina worked on government projects (sewing and bookbinding) for almost three years. Because of ill health, George and Regina entered the Joachim Memorial Home in 1955. Regina kept busy making lovely quilts and crocheting. Both Regina and George died in old age at the Joachim Memorial Home.
INTERVIEW WITH GERTRUDE SAILER
NOTE - per Gertrude Sailer, all 3 of the older boys (Hugo, Gotthold and Hildebert) were actually born in Kotschembuk which was a farming village. The family had lived in Zurichtal first and then moved out to Kotschembuk where the boys were born).
The Sailers were from Baden (actually Wuerttemberg) Germany and the Rapps were from Switzerland. They met in Austria on their way to Russia. That was around 1803. Fargo (must be GRHC at NDSU) has a lot of geneology.
George was only about 7 years old when his father was killed. George was raised by the Frasch family (Andreas's first wife's family - Rosina)
Regina was a very gentle and good-natured woman, very patient and caring. She could do most anything. She was a wonderful seamstress and she knitted. George took them to school and checked their report cards. Gertrude was very close to the parents when they were closer. George and Regina were farmers. Didn't have crops for over 6 years during the depression. Just had essentials. Milked and sold cream for money for groceries. Everyone had a chore to do. Everyone came to Canada before the revolution. Russia decided to seize the land. George Sailer was about 20 years younger than his older brother Jacob.
Jacob was the oldest and he came over around 1888 (his first child was born on the ship - a daughter). Jacob, Adam and Susan all came to Canada around the same time.
Sailers went to Canada first (Regina's oldest brother lived there in Canada so they went there first). George worked for the city of Calgary and went to night school to become a Canadian citizen. Lived there for 5-6 years and then decided to come to North Dakota to farm (in Manhaven area) because some relatives were in this area. Farmed with a niece (named Bohrer).
George went to school in Russia and was very intelligent. He wrote for a German newspaper ("Der Staats Anzeiger"). George and his brothers were in the military service in Russia and he paid a doctor to get him out of the service. According to Gertrude, he was shot in the hand.
George and Regina's immigration from Russia to North America:
After our people were settled in Russia, the Russian government broke the treaty which promised the settlers exemption from Russian military service and began drafting the settlers into the Russian army. George paid a man to take his identity while he and his family immigrated to North America. George and his wife Regina and their sons Hugo (age 6), Gotthold (age 4), and Hildebert (age 2) left Kodschambu, Crimea, Russia, on September 4, 1911, sailing on the ship the "F. Missler, Bremmen". Gotthold Sailer remembers the voyage and used to visit the animals aboard the ship.
The voyage lasted 30 days. Regina used to tell her children, "It was nothing but heavens and water." Some of the passengers were sea sick. After landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they traveled by train to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Regina's older brother, Anton DeWald, lived there.
George worked in the city of Calgary while attending night school in order to learn English so he could become a Canadian citizen. They also had a boarding house which Regina managed. Lillian and Emma were born during their stay in Calgary (1911 to 1916).
On April 16, 1916, George and his family traveled by train to Krem, North Dakota. They rented a farm from Fred Bohrer (whose wife was George's niece). Two years later they purchased the Werner farm. Frieda, Bertha, and Gertrude were born there. Because of water problems (all water had to be hauled), they sold the farm and moved to Stanton, North Dakota.
On December 8, 1922, George, Regina and their children became citizens of the United States.
About 1924, George and his family farmed with Esau Wing on his farm south of Hazen. Andrew was born on the Wing farm. In 1926 they purchased the Frier farm which was 10 miles south / 2 miles east of Hazen, North Dakota. It was in the Red Butte School District, a consolidated school.
In 1935, George sustained a hip injury in an auto accident. They needed to auction the farm (no one to do the hard work), and moved to Beulah, North Dakota in the fall of 1936. During the depression, there were no crops, not even hay for cattle.
In Beulah, Regina worked on government projects (sewing and bookbinding) for almost three years. Because of ill health, George and Regina entered the Joachim Memorial Home in 1955. Regina kept busy making lovely quilts and crocheting. Both Regina and George died in old age at the Joachim Memorial Home.
INTERVIEW WITH GERTRUDE SAILER
NOTE - per Gertrude Sailer, all 3 of the older boys (Hugo, Gotthold and Hildebert) were actually born in Kotschembuk which was a farming village. The family had lived in Zurichtal first and then moved out to Kotschembuk where the boys were born).
The Sailers were from Baden (actually Wuerttemberg) Germany and the Rapps were from Switzerland. They met in Austria on their way to Russia. That was around 1803. Fargo (must be GRHC at NDSU) has a lot of geneology.
George was only about 7 years old when his father was killed. George was raised by the Frasch family (Andreas's first wife's family - Rosina)
Regina was a very gentle and good-natured woman, very patient and caring. She could do most anything. She was a wonderful seamstress and she knitted. George took them to school and checked their report cards. Gertrude was very close to the parents when they were closer. George and Regina were farmers. Didn't have crops for over 6 years during the depression. Just had essentials. Milked and sold cream for money for groceries. Everyone had a chore to do. Everyone came to Canada before the revolution. Russia decided to seize the land. George Sailer was about 20 years younger than his older brother Jacob.
Jacob was the oldest and he came over around 1888 (his first child was born on the ship - a daughter). Jacob, Adam and Susan all came to Canada around the same time.
Sailers went to Canada first (Regina's oldest brother lived there in Canada so they went there first). George worked for the city of Calgary and went to night school to become a Canadian citizen. Lived there for 5-6 years and then decided to come to North Dakota to farm (in Manhaven area) because some relatives were in this area. Farmed with a niece (named Bohrer).
George went to school in Russia and was very intelligent. He wrote for a German newspaper ("Der Staats Anzeiger"). George and his brothers were in the military service in Russia and he paid a doctor to get him out of the service. According to Gertrude, he was shot in the hand.
After our people were settled in Russia, the Russian government broke the treaty which promised the settlers exemption from Russian military service and began drafting the settlers into the Russian army. George paid a man to take his identity while he and his family immigrated to North America. George and his wife Regina and their sons Hugo (age 6), Gotthold (age 4), and Hildebert (age 2) left Kodschambu, Crimea, Russia, on September 4, 1911, sailing on the ship the "F. Missler, Bremmen". Gotthold Sailer remembers the voyage and used to visit the animals aboard the ship.
The voyage lasted 30 days. Regina used to tell her children, "It was nothing but heavens and water." Some of the passengers were sea sick. After landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, they traveled by train to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Regina's older brother, Anton DeWald, lived there.
George worked in the city of Calgary while attending night school in order to learn English so he could become a Canadian citizen. They also had a boarding house which Regina managed. Lillian and Emma were born during their stay in Calgary (1911 to 1916).
On April 16, 1916, George and his family traveled by train to Krem, North Dakota. They rented a farm from Fred Bohrer (whose wife was George's niece). Two years later they purchased the Werner farm. Frieda, Bertha, and Gertrude were born there. Because of water problems (all water had to be hauled), they sold the farm and moved to Stanton, North Dakota.
On December 8, 1922, George, Regina and their children became citizens of the United States.
About 1924, George and his family farmed with Esau Wing on his farm south of Hazen. Andrew was born on the Wing farm. In 1926 they purchased the Frier farm which was 10 miles south / 2 miles east of Hazen, North Dakota. It was in the Red Butte School District, a consolidated school.
In 1935, George sustained a hip injury in an auto accident. They needed to auction the farm (no one to do the hard work), and moved to Beulah, North Dakota in the fall of 1936. During the depression, there were no crops, not even hay for cattle.
In Beulah, Regina worked on government projects (sewing and bookbinding) for almost three years. Because of ill health, George and Regina entered the Joachim Memorial Home in 1955. Regina kept busy making lovely quilts and crocheting. Both Regina and George died in old age at the Joachim Memorial Home.
INTERVIEW WITH GERTRUDE SAILER
NOTE - per Gertrude Sailer, all 3 of the older boys (Hugo, Gotthold and Hildebert) were actually born in Kotschembuk which was a farming village. The family had lived in Zurichtal first and then moved out to Kotschembuk where the boys were born).
The Sailers were from Baden (actually Wuerttemberg) Germany and the Rapps were from Switzerland. They met in Austria on their way to Russia. That was around 1803. Fargo (must be GRHC at NDSU) has a lot of geneology.
George was only about 7 years old when his father was killed. George was raised by the Frasch family (Andreas's first wife's family - Rosina)
Regina was a very gentle and good-natured woman, very patient and caring. She could do most anything. She was a wonderful seamstress and she knitted. George took them to school and checked their report cards. Gertrude was very close to the parents when they were closer. George and Regina were farmers. Didn't have crops for over 6 years during the depression. Just had essentials. Milked and sold cream for money for groceries. Everyone had a chore to do. Everyone came to Canada before the revolution. Russia decided to seize the land. George Sailer was about 20 years younger than his older brother Jacob.
Jacob was the oldest and he came over around 1888 (his first child was born on the ship - a daughter). Jacob, Adam and Susan all came to Canada around the same time.
Sailers went to Canada first (Regina's oldest brother lived there in Canada so they went there first). George worked for the city of Calgary and went to night school to become a Canadian citizen. Lived there for 5-6 years and then decided to come to North Dakota to farm (in Manhaven area) because some relatives were in this area. Farmed with a niece (named Bohrer).
George went to school in Russia and was very intelligent. He wrote for a German newspaper ("Der Staats Anzeiger"). George and his brothers were in the military service in Russia and he paid a doctor to get him out of the service. According to Gertrude, he was shot in the hand.
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