52 in 52 "Fresh Start" Hilda Ida Berkel McIntire (1 of 52)
I'm going to try and do a better job with the #52in52 this year, I think I wrote maybe a dozen last year, but we had some good ones, and hey, quality over quantity, right? Anywho, this year's first theme is "Fresh Start." I actually wasn't sure who I was going to write about this week, until I opened ancestry just a little bit ago, followed a few leaves, and opened my 1st cousin 2x removed, Hilda Ida Berkel. I actually thought the record hints I was viewing were incorrect at first, but after a few verification checks, I saw what an amazing life Hilda eventually lived. Not only that, but she absolutely fits the Fresh Start theme for this week: Born to first generation German American parents (and a bit of a scandalous father) Hilda moved from poor rural Midwest to New York, only to marry very rich and live out the rest of her days in luxury. A fresh start, indeed. My second great-grandparents, Benedict and Pauline Heigert, emigrated from Waldulm, Baden-Wurt...