Our German Roots: The Turnau Family in the Time of Napoleon: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781514316139)

Julia Turnau Wall came to the United States from Germany at the age of 23. Sailing from Bremen to New Orleans, she united with her husband-to-be, George W. Wall, a pastor whom she'd never met, and dedicated herself to serving the Lord as his wife. At the age of 78 she hand-wrote this manuscript, a compilation of her memories of her family's ancestral home and the stories that had been passed down to her by her parents and grandparents. Many years later, her great-nephew, Armin L. Saeger, translated the text from its original German script. Julia had a gift of capturing in vivid and interesting detail these historic times and the lives of her family members who lived them.