A COUPLE OF THE EHRENBERG BROTHERS CHANGED THE SPELLING OF THE LAST NAME AS THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE BUND IN BUFFALO IN THE LATE 1930S. THEY WERE AFRAID THAT "EHRENBERG" WOULD BE PERCEIVED AS THE JEWISH SPELLING OF THE LAST NAME WHEN ACTUALLY IT IS THE GERMAN SPELLING OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN GERMANY.
"EHRENBURG" IS THE JEWISH SPELLING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU SPELLED THE NAME. PETER EHRENBERG & HIS WIFE GERTRUD BERNS EMIGRATED TO LANCASTER, NY IN 1849 FROM SUD RECKLINGHAUSEN, WESTFALEN, PRUSSIA. THERE WAS A GREAT FAMINE IN GERMANY AT THAT TIME CAUSED BY A 10 YEAR DROUGHT. FORTUNATELY THEY HAD THE MONEY TO BRING ALL THEIR KIDS TO AMERICA ABOARD THE "AMERICA MEDORA" IN APRIL 1849. ONE OF THE CHILDREN, ELIZABETH, DIED WHILE CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.
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