Emma G. Wenzel. Also in attendance was Austrian consul general of Chicago. Eduard Adler. John Wenzel. 18591917. became an agent for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co.. and organized groups from various towns and led them to their new home in Chicago. The first group. numbering 45. left Burgenland in 1890. and sailed on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm. This ship is referred to as the Mayflower of the immigrant Burgenlanders. John and Elizabeth Wenzel had four children. three of whom. Theresia. Joseph. and John settled in Chicago. Anna remained in Burgenland and raised her family at the Wenzel house in Grodnau.
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