Biography
Hilda came to the US when she was nearly a year old. My late father says her father came to the US because he was a political dissident and was in danger of persecution.
Hilda's family left Germany and made their way to New York City, making their way through Ellis Island. After this, they made their way to Manhattan, living first on
Sources
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF78-3Y9
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4T7-M32
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4T7-M32 : accessed 09 Jul 2014), Hildegard Gehse in household of Henry Gehse, Weehawken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821050.
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