Leon Vanderschaegen

Comments: The following is from Johan Verplancke of Belgium:
Leon travelled aboard the Lusitania, a ship of the Cunard Line.  Departure : Liverpool 10/06/1911.  Arrival : New York 16/06/1911.  According to the ship manifest his final destination was : "brother" with a reference to the destination of person on the line before : "friend Gustave Van der Schaeghe ...... St Paul Minn", which means that the destination of Leon, was his brother Gustaf H. I found the information about the emigration of Leon on the Ellis Island records.

He returned to Belgium in March, 1914 to marry and accompany Euphrasie to America". Three days later, i.e. on 28/03/1914 both took the Mauretanie from Liverpool (Great-Britain).  They arrived at New York on 04/04/1914.

The following is from the Kulstad Family:
Leo came from Belgium to the Savage, Minnesota area where, at first, he lived with his brother August.  His first job was in the Savage flour mills, which he said was a good place to learn English.
Sometime thereafter, he worked with a Mr. Hunt on the land survey of Orchard Gardens, which he then knew "better than anyone."  He bought his land in Orchard Gardens, which had a Savage, MN mailing address.  He and his buddy, Ener, built the "shack," the first little house on the property.  He then returned to Belgium, married Euphrasie, and they returned to his land in Orchard Gardens, Savage, MN.