This account is from the New York Daily Times , June 9, 1853.  It was published just one week after the arrival of many Graf family...

Knowing that many of my Graf relatives arrived in New York on June 1, 1853, I decided to check some newspaper accounts of immigrant arrivals...

 I've heard stories about corn husking contests... this one involves creative team spirit!  Emmett Touby and Albert Hensler went to tow...

Emmett and Elsie Touby lived in the "Little House" after they were married.  It was just down the road from the big house where Al...

My dad liked to bake.  While in the Army during WWII he was a Master Sergeant in the mess hall.  He taught me how to make yeast rolls for 4-...

This Graf Family history was published in 1921.  Historians for the project were Emma Graf-Richer and Louise Graf-Froelich, sisters of my gr...

Emmett Touby and Elsie Locke Their homes were about seven miles apart, but the distance (rather significant in the late 19th-early 20th c...