ROFE, Benjamin Michael

Thomas married PRAUSE, Apphia Laura on 1 Aug 1987 in Millerton, NY. Apphia (daughter of PRAUSE, Henry August and FITCH, Elizabeth Ashton) was born on 22 Aug 1965 in Sharon, CT; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1940, Sharon, CT

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Henry married FITCH, Elizabeth Ashton on 11 Aug 1962 in Warren, CT. Elizabeth (daughter of FITCH, George Curtiss and MAXWELL, Sarah J.) was born on 28 Aug 1928 in Brookfield, CT; died on 4 Dec 2018 in Millerton, NY; was buried in Millerton, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Departure: Hamburg, Germany
• SSN issued: CT
• Social Security Number: 048-18-8556
• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 23 Sep 1929, NY
• Residence: 1930, Manhattan, NY

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He joined the German army in 1915. He was 2 years in training and achieved the rank of "corporal', an officer over 8 men. He saw active duty from Aug 1918 till the Fall of 1919. His whole regiment (East Prussian Regiment #18) was captured while in the trenches (dugouts) on the 8th of August 1918 near Verdun, Villers, Brittany. The English advanced behind tanks up their trenches. He recalls being only a few feet from a soldier who was killed in the trench while picking lice out of his shirt. A grenade landed next to the soldier and killed him. He was unable to do anything for the soldier.

He was in Lily during that summer (1918) in a POW tent. He cleaned cavalry stables and ammunition during his captivity. He contracted diphtheria while in an English POW camp. Put in an isolation tent, an injection to his lower abdomen cured him. As a POW he was given bread (the size of a saucer for 5 men), water, bullion and lime. (Related to David Caranci son-in-law on his 94th birthday)

He came to America on January 7, 1927 on the S.S. President Harding, sailing from Bremen, Germany. He was 28 years old and single. He listed his occupation as 'carpenter'. He could read and write German. He listed Volpersdorf as his place of birth ( it is now Wolizborz, Poland). He was issued an immigration Visa #14511 from Berlin on Feb 11, 1911. He listed his last permanent residence as Hausdorf, Germany (now known as Woliborz, Poland). He listed his next of kin as his father, August, in Hausdorf, Silesia. His final destination was NY, NY for which he had a ticket . He had $25 in his pocket and it was his first time in the US. He was going to his sister, Rosa Prause, 240 E 83rd Street, NYC. He said he intended to live the 'always' and intended to become a citizen. He was in good physical/mental health, was 5'6" tall had fair complextion, blonde hair and green eyes. He was traveling with his cousin, Elsie Dreschner who was 19 and listed her occupation as 'servant'. Her home town was Keustwitz, Germany. Her father was Franz Dreschner, Keustwitz, Silesia. She was 5'5" tall and was going to stay with her cousin Rosa Prause at the same address.

He returned to Germany and then re-entered the US as a "Returning Resident Alien" in 1929 aboard the S.S. Albert Ballin. He listed his occupation at that time as a 'joiner' with his last permanent address as NYC. His nearest relative or friend was his sister, Rose Prause, 520 W. 131st Street, NYC.

He returned to Germany again and then re-entered the US as a "Returning Resident Alien" on Sept. 4, 1931 aboard the S.S. Hamburg. He listed his occupation at that time as a 'joiner' with his last permanent address as NYC. His nearest relative as his father, August Prause, Hansdorf (actually Hausdorf) 426, Germany. His nearest relative in the US was his sister, Rosa Prause, 226 E. 85th Street, NYC.

He returned to Germany again and then re-entered the US as a US citizen on Feb 25, 1937 aboard the S.S. Europa under passport number 350676. He was married at that time and listed his residence as Box 115, Sharon, CT .

Birth:
This town was Volpersdorf, Germany prior to 1945

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August married STENDER, Milanny Luiese on 18 Feb 1934 in New York, NY. Milanny (daughter of STENDER, Jochim Heinrich and HANSEN, Ida Caroline) was born on 2 Jan 1906 in West Ham, Essex, London, England; died on 11 May 1996 in Sharon, CT; was buried in Sharon, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Departure: Hamburg, Germany
• SSN issued: CT
• Social Security Number: 045-32-7933
• _COLOR: 6
• Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, New York, NY
• Arrival: 22 Feb 1934, Sharon, CT
• Naturalization: 15 Jun 1936, Winsted, CT
• Departure: 13 Jun 1956, New York City, NY
• Residence: 1996, Sharon, CT

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Milanny came to the US on the S.S. Albert Ballin arriving in NY on Nove mber 16, 1925 with her father Henry and her brothers Henry, and Rievert . She was 19 and listed her occupation as 'household ???'. She lists h er last permanent resident as Wyk and her mother Ida Stender, Wyk auf F oehr Grove Strasse 52 as her last address where her mother still lived. H er destination was Brooklyn, NY. She had never been in the US before a nd was going to the home of a friend (of the family) Emil Ney, 638 Fult on Street, Brooklyn, NY. She was 5'4" tall with a ruddy complexion, bl onde hair and blue eyes. She worked as an "in stellunk" (German 'in place') which means domestic w ork, i.e. cook, waitress and chambermaid type work with her sister Mine .

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Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin" VFP603993, sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.

Naturalization:
At the time of her naturalization she was working as a maid in the house of Emily Schwab, Sharon, CT. Her husband was their chauffeur

Departure:
With her mother on a trip to Germany, aboard the ship "Italia" bound for Cuxhaven, Germany. They were visiting family on the island of Fohr.

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Residence:
520 W. 131st St., Manhattan, a chauffeur

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A naturapath physician... educated in Hartford, CT

George married MAXWELL, Sarah J. on 3 Nov 1927 in Cambridge, NY. Sarah (daughter of MAXWELL, Robert J. and CRAFT, Elizabeth A.) was born on 4 Mar 1895 in Jackson, NY; died in 1991 in New Milford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Taught in a mission school in Kentucky, and was a nurses helper in a sa natarium.