The Hessian Goes Home is a short series of blog posts I did on a former blog; I’m moving them there for posterity.
Part I: https://mickgall.com/2012/02/10/the-hessian-goes-home-part-1/
Part II: https://mickgall.com/2012/02/17/the-hessian-goes-home-part-2-the-church/
Part III: https://mickgall.com/2012/02/24/the-hessian-goes-home-anglicization/
Since covering those two landmarks, it was time to go to the main, the town itself. The official family records state the John Henry Gall was born in the city of Buchenburg, Vohl, district of Kassel, on 24 March 1834.