Willard Manderfeld

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Willard Manderfeld was born in 1928 in Linden Township, Brown County, MN to Eugene Manderfeld and Hilda Drexler. He lives in the New Ulm, MN area.

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They had to teach us English first Willard Manderfeld \| Oral History	Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up, Settler Life, Language, German Keywords: German, Language
Close to a hundred miles Willard Manderfeld \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Causes of War, Family in War, Aftermath of War, Treaties, Perspectives on War Keywords: Family, Fort Ridgely
They lived here that long so they got the land free Willard Manderfeld \| Oral History	Theme: Immigration Topics: Homesteading, Immigration Experience, U.S. Government Keywords: Homesteading, Immigration
I don't think they got a very fair deal Willard Manderfeld \| Oral History	Theme: Shared History Topics: Treaties Keywords: Treaties, Land

Oral History- Interview | Narrator Willard Manderfeld Interviewer Deborah Locke made in New Ulm, MN | Thursday, August 11, 2011

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