My 5x great grandparents came from Holland
they then in 1546 because of religious persecutions
lived in Germany
When persecutions flared up again in 1671 they moved to
Poland
Then in 1786 - 1789 they emigrated to Russia
My 5x great grandfather was Heinrich Esau born 1740
in Heuboden, Free State, West Prussia
May 30, 1874 the Esau's left to emgrate to America
Arriving August 1, 1874 in Manitoba Canada.