Biographies
Dionysius (Dennis) Walz and Caroline nee Herrmann
Peter P Walz and Celestine M Widerspach
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This biography was, according to Theresa Widerspach, based on an interview with Peter
Walz. It was published in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County,
Iowa in 1888.
According to "Germans to America" series of reference books
Karoline came to America on the ship, the "President Filmore" out of Le Havre, France. She arrived in New York on March 7, 1854. The passenger manifest had her listed as
Caroline Herrmann, 24, female, a baker from Baden, destination USA.