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- I could not find Conrad's birthdate but it's stated that he was 10 years younger than Sophia. In the latter part of the 19th century, the Russian Army of Catherine the Great broke their promise to German immigrants and began to recruit them for the Russian Army. This is why Sophia and Conrad left for America, he was 18 and she was 28. The story goes that he was dressed as a girl and smuggled out of the country in order to avoid the Russian army. The records from the U.S. Federal Archives show them both as being 28 and they were listed as "farmer and wife". Evidently, they fibbed about their age and status to get on the ship.
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