They were married by father Christian Morell in the Year 1840. After they were married they didn't stay in their hometown any longer because the longing for America was awake. Therefore in the year 1844 they started the journey accompanied by Mother's parents. The journey on the sea took also a long time because at the time sailing boats were used on the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of the old world to the coast of the new world. In Hermann, Gasconade County Mo. they bought land to settle down.
Every beginning is hard.
It also was for the adventurers when they wanted to build a hut they didn't have beasts of burdens to transport the building materials. So they had to carry the burden where they needed it. All the attention was now turned to the agriculture and soon the fields grew enough fruits for their own needs. Because of the change in climate that all immigrants had to go through, soon sickness move 'in and in the first autumn my Grandma died. At this time my oldest brother also caught a fever and in spite of medical care his hip stayed paralyzed.