Complex sentence: Schlemmer was born April 13,1856 in Scheibenhardt in the French province of Alsace Lorraine to German parents and immigrated to the United States in 1871 when he was fifteen, as the Prussian army stormed across the France border.
Split into simpler sentences: Schlemmer was born April 13,1856 in Scheibenhardt in the French province of Alsace Lorraine to German parents. He immigrated to the United States in 1871 when he was fifteen, as the Prussian army stormed across the France border.