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Originally Posted by stevej37
My Grandpa Alfred, took the boat over from Germany alone in the early 20's and worked on a farm, saved his money and bought it.
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Good on him.
My Grandmothers people came over at the end on WW1, in rather a hurry if you know what I mean. they setup in Nelson here in NZ. A Very rich family. Even to this day a LOT of Germans come to NZ and move to Nelson. I don't know why they choose Nelson.