Family stories tell of Karl and 'Lizzie' meeting on board the ship while in route from Germany to Baltimore Maryland. Once they arrived in the US they walked from Baltimore to Washington DC.
I have yet to find any records to back the story, their port of entry being Baltimore, or any other records for either of them.
1999 interview with David and Mary Dinges.
Dinges Family Bible
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