Adolph Albert Scholz 1865-1939

Adolph was my husband’s Great Grandfather. He was born 8 January 1865

in Schönwiese, Kreis Leobschütz, Austria and died 10 April 1939 in Colfax,

Washington.

Adolph arrived 13 February 1884 in New York with his friend Herman

Klinke.

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Their ship, Neckar, travelled from Bremen, Germany, via Southampton, England to New York.

https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Neckar.html

Adolph settled in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, where he married my husband’s

Great Grandmother, Rosina Muecke, 20 May 1888. Adolph and Rosina had

10 children together. Nine of them were born in Tennessee and the last one,

my husband’s Grandfather, was born in Washington State.