Henry B Harthan

<p>Henry was born July 11, 1857 in Nurenberg, Red Witz, Germany.&nbsp; As a boy, he and his brother, Peter, who was two years older, worked in a grape vineyard running barefoot and delivering the wine after it was made.</p><p>As they got older, they decided to come to America to get away from military training.&nbsp; His mother had passed away when he was nine years old.</p><p>He said that a farmer man who was a Catholic priest, by the name, Mason, wanted to get married.&nbsp; So he left the Catholic belief and changed his name to Harthen which is where our Harthan name came from.</p><p>Henry spent his 16th birthday on the ocean.&nbsp; They landed in New York City and were met by their father who had come over before them.&nbsp; The three of them sang on stage in New York City for a while.</p><p>Then the boys, Peter and Henry, decided to come west.&nbsp; They couldn&#39;t speak English, so Henry started to school here.&nbsp; He said he went through three readers in one winter, learning fast.</p>

<font face="comic sans ms,sand">Henry emigrated from Redwitz Germany in late 1800.&nbsp; Henry and brother Peter came to the US because Peter, then age 16, was close to the age of draft into Kaiser&#39;s Army.&nbsp; Henry Sr. and one sister were already in New York.&nbsp; Their mother died when the boys were young.&nbsp; One sister remained in Germany and married a Rosenbaur.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other sister married a Beilfeld.</font>