In the late 1800’s several of our Loraff, Reischke, Schultz, Tollas ancestors emigrated from the Prussian Province of Pommern located on the southern border of the Baltic Sea to Berrien County, Michigan, USA. Pommern was within the Kingdom of Prussia, that
Hadleigh Hill Farm
Our First Homeplace – Margie (Tollas) Bernard “Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” -Helen Keller Whenever I get a whiff of boxwood, daffodils, curry spices, or geraniums
The Tollas~Schultz Family
My father, Alfred Ewald Richard Tollas was born 26 March 1904 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan to William & Hulda (Schultz) Tollas. William was twenty when his parents, Albert and Albertina ‘Tina’ (Reischke) Tollas, emigrated in 1892 from Gross Tuchen, County
Our Families
Bernard-Tollas Family Tree launched ~ U. S. Naval Station Chapel Washington, D.C. This was the neutral site for our American Melting Pot Lutheran~Jewish marriage. Although our marriage ended due to ‘unhappy differences’ in 1973, we remain friends, delighted &