Roger (Rog) and Rosalie (Schoo) Honkomp
from Roseville-Minneapolis/St.Pauls to the Roots in Germany, September 1999


Rog and Rosalie with a guide in Bremerhaven, the port of their ancestral emigration to the USA. They are standing on the harbor breakwater and looking toward the ocean and the USA.




Rog - Rosalie and Rita - Werner  eating eel in the "Spieker" in Bad-Zwischenahn.

"Ick seh di!  -- Dat freit mee!
Ick sup di to -- Dat do!
---- PROST --- PROST ---
Ick hep di tosapen -- Hest'n Rechten drapen!
(Plattdütsch / old german language)
I see you!  -- this pleases me!
I drink to you! -- so do!
--- cheers --- cheers ---
I have drunk to you!  -- You met the right!




Rog and Rosalie visiting  the farm  of  Rosalie's  Great-Grandfather, located near Suttrup-Thuine/Freren.