History of an Eckhardt Family
The ancestral Eckhard family resided in Germany. Three sons of the family – John, Henry, and George, came to America more than one hundred years ago to improve their economic opportunites and in search of religious freedom. In their day the State Religion in Germany was Lutheran, and it was the only faith tolerated. An introductory page provides information on this “first” family. The history of the three brothers and their descendants is recorded in Parts, I, Il and III respectively. Part IV contains brief records of five daughters of the family who did not emigrate. In Part V are … Read more