Unbearable working and living conditions along with continuous wars in Saxony spurred a group of adventuresome men and women to emigrate.
A second group of 30 familie.
Then, settling in the Upper Peninsula turned out to be a disaster.
First, a warning of the Prussian government against leaving for the ?Siberian-like? Michigan.
Obstacles arose.
Allardt, spent six years in Germany, helping form Colonie Saxonia, enabling also low-income families to leave.
The Michigan Emigration commissioner M.
H.
Unbearable working and living conditions along with continuous wars in Saxony spurred a group of adventuresome men and women to emigrate