Apparently that was a common practice in the late 1800s...
Posted on: January 23, 2017 at 12:35:52 CT
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Flee Germany for the US to avoid conscription in the Kaiser's army. My wife's great grandfather did the same thing in the early 1890s and settled in St. Louis where he entered the carriage making business. The business survives to this day as an auto body repair shop.