Reply To: Where have all the Yekkes gone?

@always
I believe Oma used the term to refer to those from tiny villages as opposed to the city folk in Germany.
Our paternal family records going back to 1752 until they came to America about 1872 show the family raising and dealing in horses and having orchards and using the fruit to make distilled spirits. Sounds like a step above dirt farmers, but still agricultural life.