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These are my great,great Gengler grandparents. Peter Johann GENGLER was born in Nospelt, Canton Capellen, Luxembourg in 1816. Anna Maria BONIFAS was also born there. The two families had been friends and had intermarried for about 200 years.prior to that. Peter and Anna Maria married in Nospelt and then they emigrated to the US on the ship "Sully" that entered New York harbor on 14 July 1845, and docked on 15 July. The "Sully" sailed out of Le Havre, France and most of the passengers aboard were Swiss, Belgian and French. Peter and Mary brought with them their sons, Dominic and Louis. On 29 September 1845 Peter purchased his first farm; 80 acres near New Riegel in Seneca County, Ohio. They later moved to Allen County, Ohio near Landeck. These two families are ANCIENT inhabitants of tiny Luxembourg.
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