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Category Archives: Semler family
From Immigrant to Entrepeneur
In 1849, my great-great-great grandfather, John Semler, came to America with his parents. He was about fourteen at the time. They settled in Somerset, Pennsylvania. They had come from the German state of Hessen-Darmstadt, from a small town called Nieder-Ohmen. … Continue reading
Working on the Railroad
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the railroad industry shaped our country. My great grandfather, George Paul Semler, spent most of his life working on the railroad. When he retired on November 29, 1961, the local newspaper ran a … Continue reading
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