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- A Peter Hammerschmidt is connected with the Ebenezer/Amana Society. (See notes on Jacob Ferdenand Ruhlmann) There is extensive mention of the Hammerschmidts in the official books of the society: ‘Inspirations-History, 1817-1850 Part 3' by Gottlieb Scheuner, Amana, Iowa, 1884. Peter Hammerschmidt was a landlord in Germany and came to Ebenezer, Erie Co., New York in 1847. While we cannot prove the connection yet, we do believe the Hammerschmidts and Ruhlmanns were from the same church and the same area in Ysenberg, Germany (north of Frankfurt). Child of Hammerschmidt is: Dorathea Hammerschmidt, b. 15 May 1804 in Germany, and died 28 Nov1881, Ebenezer, Erie Co., New York.
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