They lived with relatives until Julius found work. Regine told her relatives back home that her uncle had been happy to hear news from his old home again and especially she mentions that her children were all very intelligent and warm hearted persons. They could still speak German fluently, but they were not able to read or write it.

Today four of the children are still alive. Only two of them got married: August (IX,35) and Ellen (IX,38). Their children all had university educations and have leading positions in the education system. One of August's five sons, Roy Haberlen (X,106) who lives on his father's farm in Latrobe, had been democratic congressman two times. Unfortunately he lost his wife in a car accident in December 1936. All in all the relatives in the United States seem to live in easy circumstances; some of them have good positions. Two of the took part in war+. Their grandchildren don't speak German at all anymore; they did not even know where their grandfather was from. But they were happy about our effort to get into contact again, especially the oldest of the family, August, who still works on his farm being 78 years old. His oldest son John Haberlen, school inspector++ in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. hopes to come to Germany for a visit soon.

Except for Julius, who returned to Germany after a few years for reasons of health, two more Haeberlens had emigrated to Pennsylvania: August (IX,6) and Wilhelm (X,12), both sons of the-town clerk Fritz (VIII, 2) and brothers of the painter Christian in Weinsberg. They were not lucky as their uncle Christian. In 1859 August joined the cavalry, but got bitten by a horse

+ WW I (CFH)
++ superintendent (CFH)