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The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Gertie Vanzhas's death. Born in 1863 in Sandhorst, East Friesland, she came to America in 1884.Three years later she…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Gottlieb Schuetz's death in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Jacob Gutknecht's death in or around 1886. Born in 1825 in Baden, Jakob came to America at the age of thirty with his…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Karl Zulik's death at the age of 74 in Humboldt, Nebraska. Born in Podmaklan in Bohemia in 1822, Karl Zulik came first…

The Family of Bill Dean Collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Karolina Bettenhausen's death in 1896, at the age of seventy-two. She might have been a wife of the pastor in the…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Katharina Schuetz's death in 1899, at the age of twenty-six. Born in 1873, Katharina came from Switzerland and was…