My maternal grandmother's maiden name is Anna Marguareta Dorothea Bose (b.1885), last child of Henry Lutge Bose who came to the US in 1868. He was born February 21, 1842, in Germany and had been conscriped twice into the Prussian army (during his first tour he lost his fiancee, but later married her sister...my greatgrandmother). He followed two cousins to America, because he was "tired of fighting wars", but left much of his family (who was said to be of wealth...he was the third or fourth son down however). I do know that he bought a large farm in Otoe, Nebraska, built a large home for his family, donated property on which to build a Lutheran church and saw his children profit nicely. His only daughter, my mother's mother, was given extensive music lessons and later taught voice, violin and piano. He traveled out to California with her over long periods of time conducting business, but I haven't a clue as to its nature. In the mid -1930's, my grandmother was going to make a trip to Germany, but her husband advised against it due to the political changes beginning to take place. To my knowledge, after Henry Lutge Bose came to America, nobody ever revisited the Bose family descendents. I am the first to open this chapter.
Thank you for any information as one day I would love to visit and see the place of my ancestors. Dianne