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TRADITIONSObermonjour in Russia was founded in 1766.It was located on the valley side of the volga, the first village north of Katherinestaadt.According to an account by Victor Leiker, a New Jersey Jouranlist and a native of Munjor, Kansas in the AHSGR Work Paper No., 5, Feb. 1972, the town in Russia was named after a Frenchman named Monjou, a land agent for Catherine the Great.Eventually the town had a population of 3,000.Mr. Leiker says that a young Obermonjour lad who survived Siberia and was able to visit the Volga a few years ago, wrote his undle in Gemany as follows: "I could not even find where our village had been.It is as though nature has returned the land to the plains as they once were, without a tree, or a smokestack or a road or even a rusty pipe marking the village we loved so much."
In 1876 the following families founded Munjor in Kansas.Befort; Binder; Dechant; Doerfler; Eberle; Engel; Gabel; Graf; Gross; Herl; Hertel; Klaus; Korbe; Krannawitter; Lieker; Pfannenstiel; Miller; Riedel; Rohr; Ruder; Rupp; Schumacher; Schreibvogel; Stoecklein; Unrein; Urban; Wasinger; Yunker; Goetz.
Not all of the founders of Munjor, Kansas came from Obermounjour in Russia.Some came from Wittman, Schoenchen, Marienthal, and Herzog on the Volga.The Grabbe family came directly from Germany.
Peter Leiker of Obermonjour was one of the five explorers who came to America in 1876 to look for a suitable place to settle.
When the settlers arrived, they were for the most part poor, and the first order of business was to build shelters for their families, which were house constructed from sod and tree sapplings from Big Creek.In 1926 a model sod house was built on the campus of Ft. Hays College to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coming of the German-Russians to Ellis County.A lady from the east who stopped to see the sod house remarked, "Oh my Goodness, how could anyone develop in a thing like this?"Joe Linenberger of Victoria a man 6' 3" tall and weighing about 225 lbs. overheard the remark and said,"Lady I am a specimen that grew up in one of hese sod houses and I could crush every bone in your body with one hand.: Contrary to what was said, these houses were fairly comfortable.The floor was bare, and in one of the rooms was a large stove used for baking and cooking.The interior of the house was whitewashed, and the entire house kept neat and clean.
On of the most noted characteristics about Munjor in America was its find church choir.Clemens Wasinger and his son Paul were directors for over 50 years.Nick J. Pfannenstiel whom many considered the finest tanor in Ellis County, led the singers.He retired in Hays and in 1956, Nick and this writer compiled a book of approximately 150 German-Russian folk songs.
Munjor was another Ellis County towns that was proud of its fine basebll teams through the years.There were many fine players, but let it suffice here to say that many felt John Riedel and Martin Leiker could both have been professional ball players had they been given the opportunity.
Nicj J. Pfannenstiel, Joe B. Pfannenstiel (604 E. 15th.) had fine race horses, and did much harness racing at county fairs and other events.
Today, many of the best citizens of Ellis County originate from this quaint little village located 6 miles southeast of Hays on the banks of Big Creek.
Our forefathers who left Germany to go to Russia to make a better life for themselves and their children.It is dedicated as well to our brave forefathers who left Russia to make a better life for themselves and their children in the United States.It is especially dedicated to those of our relatives who stayed in Russia and endurred over fifty years exiled in prison work camps for their crime of being of German ancestry.
Forword
Many books and papers about other Volga German families and their descendants, have been published over the last fifty years, and are treasured documents for not only the serious researcher, but also those with a passing interest as well.This book is one the descendants of one Befort family that left Germany to go to Russia.
While every effort has been made in this compilation to provide accurate and complete information, endeavors to aquire additional facts and details from both the United States and European sources continue.Any ommission of person (s), places, or events that deserve inclusion berein is purely unintentional.
This is the story of a Volga-German family named Krannawitter.In the chapters which follow, I have attempted to trace the development of the family from the 1766 migration to Russia, through the four-genreation sojourn along the Volga River, to migration to America.
While gathering geneological information for this book, I have had the opportunity to contact many members of this family living in different parts of the U.S., in canada, and in Argentina.I have also corresponded with members of this family who remained in Russia.During my research, i have come across six different ways of spelling the surname among my relatives; Krannewitter, as spelled in the original Russian censuses; Krannawitter, as spelled by members of my own family; Kronewitter, as spelled by cousins descended from my great-uncle; Kronewitter, as spelled by by cousins in Colorado.Kronewitt; as spelled by relatives in Canada; and Kranewitter, as spelled by relatives in Argentina and by relatives who stayed in Russia.Members of all these families have contributed information making this book possible.Biographical sketches detail the lives of selected people from these different families and areas.
Attention is also devoted to the hundreds of unrelated American and European families who bear surnames similar to Krannawitter--with such spellings as Kronawitter, Kronawetter, Kranebitter, Cronenwett, Kronebitter, Kronenwett, Kronewetter, and Kranawetter.
Finally, maps and photographs provide a visual representation of the places and people referred to.I certainly enjoyed putting it together
This book is the end result of years of research into the origin and dispereal of the Krannawitter family.This INTRODUCTION contains a brief description of the twelve chapters and two final sections of this book.
Within each chapter, in the even that any information was obtained from published material or from correspondence with official agencies, the particular sourse is cited.Much of the data used in this geneological report was also taken from personal letters and family records; these sources, too, are duly cited.All of the sources used to compile this book, including those not speciifically cited within the chapters, aare recorded in the bibliographic list at the end of the book.
The author wishes to express his sincere graditutde to all the people who made this report possible.Any ommissions or mistakes are unintentional.Special care has been given to citing all the people responsible for the compilation of this work.
The members of the Krannawitter, Kronewitter/Kronwitter/Kronewitt/Kranewitter families that came to America from the Volga-German colonies in Russia were among thousands of ethnic Germans from Russia who emigrated in search of freedom from 1875 up to the time of the Russian Revolution.The variant spellings of the Krannawitter surname evolved as family members who had moved to different parts of North and South America graadually lost contact with each other.
In the earliest Russian records, the name was spelled Krannawitter.All the American spellings that eventually developed differed slightly from this original version.Later in this introduction, more attention will be given to the subject of the dispersal of this family and different spellings that ensued.For the make of simplicity, in this report the surname will be referred to generically as Krannawitter unless a specific family with an alternative spelling is being discussed.
Evidence seems to indicate, although not incontrovertibly, that the Krannawitter family that migrated to the Volga colonies of Russia originated in Wiesbach, a small German village in lowerer Bavaria situated about 50 miles northeast of Munich.(See figure 29.) Chapter one of this book, WIESBACH, LOWER BAVARIA< GERMANY; THE PROBABLE PLACE OF ORIGIN OF THE VOLGA-GERMAN IMMIGRANT JOHANNES KRANNEWITTER (1731-EA. 1782), ANALYZES THE RESEARCH that led to this tentaative conclusion (Pleve 1998).
According to records contained in Catholic parish archives in Germany, Adam Kronawitter and his wife Anna _______-were parents of Michael Gronawitter (the surname was spelled differently even in the same baptisimal entry.), baptised 3 May, 1731, at the church serving the parish of Obertrennbach, where Weisbach was located.The entry stated that Adam Kronawitter was a dragoneer in the army (presumably the Bavaarian army) and had been stationed at Mitterfels, a town about 40 miles north of Weisbach and about 20 miles east of the city of Regensburg (Mai (Dr. Paul) 1998).the Catholic archives referred to aare the only souce of records fo so early date in Germany.
Johannes Krannewitter was the name of the man who migrated from Germany to Russia, as listed in the roster of the original settlers of the Volga-German colony of Obermonjou, where he settled in 1767.(See figure 30.)Upon arrival at the colony on August, 1767, he stated that he was 36 years of age, that he was a Catholic, that he was from Weisbach (Germany), and that he was a baker by trade.Anna_______-, his wife, was 29 years of age (Pleve 1998).
The author corresponded with the directors of the diocesan archives that house Catholic parish records wre the only records kept in these towns in the early years.The only Weisbach that hadd records of any Krannawitter (or any other similar spelling of that surname) families living in close proximity was the village mentioned above.
Michael Gronawitter, baptised in 1731--according to records in Weisbach, Lower Bavaria--would have been 36 in 1767, as Johannes Krannewitter indicated that he was when he settled in Obermonjou in 1767.In German naming practice at the time of Johannes Krannewitter's migration, men were often given two names and would refer to themselves in official documents by either or both of these names.It is highly plausible that Johannes and Michael were one and the same.Johannes Michael was a common given-name combination.Since the Catholic church in Obermonjou available for that early a date, it is impossible to verify this claim using those sources (Pleve 1999).Only circumstantial evidence can be used to provide further support for the assumption that Johannes and Michael were the same person.Particularly
relevant is the fact that the information about Johannes Krannewiter's place or origin was extracted from the list of the first settlers of Obermonjou (PLeve 1998).
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The place of origin was extracted from the list of the first settlers of Obermonjou (Pleve 1998).The place of origin named in this source is by and large more speciifc and more reliable than that listed in the other principal source of information about the early German migrants to the Volga colonies; the Ivan Kuhlberg records, which were ship passenger lists prepared in 1766 when the first-settlers list is usually the place of birth, which makes it easier to find a connection in Germany (Schmidt 1998).
At any rate, thanks to early Russian census records an unbroken line can be traced from Johannes and Anna Krannewitter to most of the families descended from them.Dr. Igor Pleve, who is on the faculty of Saratov State University and is an expert in Volga-German research, and the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) based in Lincoln, Nebraska, have been instrumental in providing information drawn from these early censuses.The AHSGR has published 1798 census data for Obermonjou and for the other Volga-German colonies (Rye 1995; Pleve 1998).Chapter Two of this book, EARLY VOLGA-GERMAN RECORDS USED IN THIS GENEOLOGICAL REPORT, focuses on four early sources that were referred to during the research process; and it summarizes the information taken from these records.Later censuses, or "revision lists" of earlier enumerations, were taken in the years 1816, 1834, and 1850 (Mai (Brent) 1998; Pleve 1998; Rye 1995; Leiker 1999; Rupp 1999).From this Russian data and from death, census, church, family, and other records offamily members who later moved to America, pedigree charts have been made fro three related Obermonjou families; Krannawitter, Dechant, and Brull; these charts are included in Chapter Two (See figures 1, 2, and 3).
A genealogical profile of Krannawitter families living in the U.S., Canada, Argentina, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Germany who aare descended from Johannes and Anna Elizabeta Krannewitter is contained in CHAPTER THREE,,AN ELEVEN-GENERATION REGISTER OF SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHANNES AND ANNA ELISABETA (SATTLER) KRANNEWITTER.This chapter consists of a computer-generated report of eleven generations.All the sources used to compile this data aare included in the bibliographic list.Many of the families are traced through only a few generations.
Before discussing any more of the content of the book, the author would like to present an abbreviated history of the Volga_german colonies and in this way provide a historical backdrop for the benefit of the reader.The information which follows was taken from two excellent books written about the Volga-German colonies: Wir Wollen Deutsche Bleiben, by George J. Walters, 1982; and The German Colonies on the Lower Volga, by Gottlieb Beratz, 1914, translated by Leona W. Pfeifer, LaVern J. Rippley, and Dona Reeves-Marquardt, edited by Adam Giesinger, all of whom worked in cooperation with the AHSGR (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
The ancestors of the Volga Germans were among an estimated 27, 000 Western Europeans, primarily Germans, who migrated to Russia from 1764 to 1767 upon the invitation of th Russian empress Catherine II, better known aas Catherine the Great.The Catholic settlement of Obermonjou, which was the home of all the Krannawitter families that later migrated to America, was one of 104 Mother Colonies--32 Catholic and 72 Protestant--established by these immigrants on both sides of the lower Volga River.
Obermonjou was one of 27 colonies founded in 1766 and 1767 by Chevailer Caneau de Beauregard, a native of Switzerland who directed a French company employed by the Russian government to recruit colonists.The subdivision in which these 27 colonies were located was called the Fief de Catherine.Obermonjou, which was named for the French recruiting agent Otto de Monjou, was founded 5 March, 1767, by 82 families, including 160 males and 139 females, for a total of 299 (Stumpp 1978).Obermonjou was located about 40 miles northeast of the city of Sartov and was situated on the east side, or Wiesenseite (meadow side), of the Volga River.(See figure 30.)The west side of the Volga River was known as the Bergseite (hilly side) (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
To temp the war-weary farmers, merchants, artisans, and soldiers of Germany and other European countries, Catherine the Great--a german herself--issued official edicts that offered free communal land, paid travel expenses, freedom of religion (as long as the people were Christians), freedom of self-government, and the opportunity to carry on one's particulat traade (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
Upon arrival in Oranienbaum, a seaport near St. Petersburg, Russia, the colonists--after a difficult land and sea journey from recruiting points in Germany--received the first of many setbacks they would encounter.They were informed by the Russian Commissar Ivan Kuhlberg, who served as Catherine's official spokesman to the settlers, that they would all have to become farmers, regardless of Catherine and her immediate successors.These pan-Slavic circles had grown suspicious and envious of the prosperous Volga Germans, who lost the liberty to rule themselves, to instruct their children in the German language, and to avoid conscription into the Russian army.The abrogation of these concessions prompted the Volga Germans to take advantage of an escape clause in the second of Catherine's two manifestos of invitations: the right to quit Russia at any time after paying a tax on profits made in the empire.One of the destinations this time, after careful consideration and exploration by a group of scouts appointed by the colonists, was North America--specifically the fertile Great Plains of the U.S.Others chose to migrate to South America, where they settled in Brazil and Argentina (Walters 1982).
Typical of the movement was the settlement of Ellis and Rush counties in Kansas, where between three and four thousand Catholic Volga Germans eventually located.They founded the settlements of Herzog (Victoria), Munjor, Katherinestadt, (Catherine), Liebenthal, Schoenchen, and Pfeifer (Walters 1982).
Several Krannawitter families and individuals from Obermonjou are known to have migrated to America.The following paragraphs detail the dates of their arrivals, their ultimate destinations, and the different spellings of the surname they utilized.The number in superscript between the immigrant's given name and surname indicate the number of his or her generation of descent from Johannes Krannewitter, the original Volga-German settler.The paretheses after the immigrant's surname enclose a complete list of the names and generation numbers of each of his or her
Krannawitter ancestors leading up to Johannes Krannewitter.This is same pattern will be used throughout this book--except when the type must be single-spaced, in which event brackets will enclose the number of the generation of descent.Chapter Three, entitled AN ELEVEN-GENERATION REGISTER OF SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JAHANNES KRANNEWITTER AND ANNA ELIZABETA SATTLER, contains a complete description of each Krannawitter immigrant's family.
Brothers Johannes and Raymond Krannawitter both move to the U.S. albeit at different times.Johannes came to Ellis County, Kansasas single man in 1876.One of the original settlers of Munjor, Kansas, he later married Helen Leiker.Raymond came to Ellis county 1901 with his second wife Mary Krapp, son John Krannawitter (who was Raymond's son by his first wife Maria Catherine Dechant--John is the author's grandfather), and daughters Julia and Rosa Kronewitter (who were the oldest children of Raymond and Mary).Later, another daughter, Katherine Kronewitter, and a son, Joseph Kronewitter, were born in the U.S.Joseph and his sisters spelled their name Kronewitter, as do their descendants today.Raymond's brother Johannes and his family migrated to the U.S. in 1901, they spent a short time in Ellis County, Kansas; then they, too, moved to New Mexica where Raymond worked with his brother.In 1907, Raymond and his family moved back to Ellis County and settled near Schoenchen.Many years later, one of Johannes' sons, Michael Krannawitter, also moved back to Ellis County andsettled near Severin, located about five miles northwest of Catherine.
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The rest of Johannes' children remained in New Mexico, but he and his wife also eventually returned to Ellis County where they settled in Hays, the county seat (Pleve 1998; Krannawitter (Michael J. 1993.)
Margareta Krannawitter, widow of Johann Leiker, moved to Munjor, Ellis County, with her children in 1876.Her son, Peter Leiker, was one of the five scouts sent in 1874 by the Caatholic Volga-German colonies to explore the possibilities of establishing settlements in the central plains of the U.S. (Pleve 1998; Leiker (Victor C. 1976.)
Magdalena Younger, widow of Franz Krannewitter, accompanied her daughter Barbara Krannewitter and Barbara's husband John Pfannnensteil to Munjor, Kansas, by 1880.Franz was the brother of Johannes Krannewitter who was the father of Johannes and Raymond Krannawitter, discussed above. (Pleve 1998; Meyer 1976).
Maria Elizabeth Krannewitter (Kronewitter) was the sister of Franz and Johannes mentioned in the paragraph above.She and her husband JOhn Rohr also moved to Munjor by 1880 (Pleve 1998; Meyer 1976).
In 1878, brothers Michael and Joseph Kranewitter--who were brothers of the U.S. immigrants Johannes and Raymond Krannawitter discussed above--migrated to the province of Entre Rios, Argentina, with their adoptive parents Joseph and Catalina (Unrein) Wendler.They were among the founders of the Volga-German settlement of Marienthal (Valle Maria), located about 25 miles south of the city of Parana (Wendler 1990; Kranewitter (Vicente) 1990).Raphael
Kranewitter--who was probably the brother of Johannes, Raymond, MIchael, and Joseph--remained in Russia.His descendents are profiled in Chapter five (Dreher Katharina) 1995).
Adam Kranewitter and his family moved to Valle Maria, Argentina, in 1878.They were also among the founders of that settlement (Pleve 1998; Kranewitter (Vincente) 1990.
Johannes "Weisse" Kranewitter and his wife Margaretha C. Leiker migrated to Valle Maria in 1880.John Conrad Kranewitter and his family also migrated to Brazil in 1877 and then to Valle Maria in 1880 (PLeve 1998; Kranewitter (Vicente 1990).
Raymond Kronewitt moved first to Ellis County, Kansas, in 1902, and later to the Peace River valley of Alberta, Canada, in 1913.Raymond's aunt Anna Maria Krannewitter and her husband John Boos and their children migrated to Ellis County in 1892.Raymond Kronewitt's first cousins Peter and Frank Kronwitter moved to the U.S.--Peter in 1903 and Frank in 1904.Peter and his wife Dorothea Boos returned to Russia in 1924 and died there.One of their daughters Anna Kron (e)witter and her husband John Dechant moved to the Peace River valley of Alberta in 1915.Peter's brother Frank Kronwitter and his family settled in Pueblo, Colorado.(See Chapter Five).(Pleve 1998; Krapp; 1986; Dechant 1987).
Present-day descendants of the five Krannawitter/Kron(e)witter families who migrated to North America, the six Kranewitter familes who migrated to South America, and two of the Kranewitter families stayed in Russia are listed in Chapters Four and Five.
Chapter four, current listings of related Volga-German families and individuals, as well as the many U.S. families that have variant spellings of the surname and do not have an obvious connection to the Volga-German families.The families are ranked according to the frequency of appearance of each particular spelling in the U.S. telephone diretories or in other U.S. indexes.Also discussed are the areas in the U.S. where there are high concentrations of these families.Various immigration records, the social security Death index, and listings found on the internet were also used to compile this data.
Chapter five, A FOCUS On RELATED KRONEWITT FAMILIES LIVING IN CANADA AND ON RELATED KRAANEWITTER FAMILIES LIVING IN ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN, AND GERMANY, provides up-to-date listings of the Kronewitt families in Canada, Kranewitter families in Argentina, and Kranewitter families who chose to remain in what later became the Soviet Union.The information for the American Kronewitt and Kranewitter descendents came from Internet directories.The information for the Russian Kranewitter descendants came from private correspondence.These Russian families underwent terrible ordeals to attain their present positions.Between 1876 and 1914, around 200,000 Volga Germans migrated to Siberia, the U.S. Canada, and countries in South America.
The number of Volga Germans that remained in what later became the Volga German Republic increased to around 600,000 in 1914.In 1912, the population of Obermonjou had reached 2,882.By 1926, it had fallen to 2,157, due largely to a deadly famine that had swept through the Volga colonies, which were already devastated by crop failurees in 1920 and 1921.The previous disastrous effects of WWI and the resulting civil strife and anti-German sentiment added to the misfortunes of the German settlers.The tyrannical policies of Josef Stalin--brutally enforced by his communist cohorts, another widespread famine in 1932, the con scription of the young men of the towns into the Soviet army, and the banishment of property holders to prison camps all contributed to the steady decline of Obermonjou and the other Voga-German towns.The final blow came during WWII when the German army was approaching the Volga region.Stalin, fearing collaboration of the Volga Germans with the enemy, ordered the banishment of the entire population in August, 1941, along with the abrogation of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Volga Germans, which had been established in 1924.Some 390,000 Volga Germans, which had been established in 1924.Some 390,000 Volga Germans were resettled in Siberia and Kazashstan (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
Among those people resettled wwere several Kranewitter families.The author has contacted two descendants of these families:Vladimir Kranewitter and Katherine Dreher.Their story and the story of other relatives still living in Russia and Kazakhstan aare recounted in Chapter 5, A FOCUS ON RELATED KRONEWITT FAMILIES LIVING IN CANADA AND ON RELATED KRANEWITTER FAMILIES LIVING IN ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN, AND GERMANY.Now that the Russian Government has eased restrictions on the Geman minority, more are trickling back to the former Volga German Republic near Savator.However, because the Russian economic situation is so bleak at the present time, many others are filling out the countless forms and submitting the endless documents necessary to emigrate to Germany.Katharina Dreher, mentioned above, and her family have joined the thousands of Volga Gemans who have returned to their motherland.(See figures 8-14.)
Chapter Six, OTHER FAMILIES WITH VARIANT SPELLINGS OF THE KRANNAWITTER SURNAME LIVING IN EURAOPE AND SOUTH AMERICA, contains statistics on the hundreds of families scatttered throughout Germany, Austria, Italy, Switxerland, France, Spain, Belgium, Luxemboug, and Paraguay who have different versions of the surname Krannawitter.These families and individuals are not obviously related to the Krannewitter couple that settled in Obermonjou, Russia, in 1767,Any concentration of families with a similar spelling of the surname is noted.Sources for this information were also telephone directories found on the internet.(See figures 15-21.)
ChaPTER sEVEN, A TRIBUTE TO WILFRED W. KRANNAWITTER (1924-1970), RADIOMAN SECOND CLASS, U.S.S. SARASOTA APA 204, WWII, IS A MEMORIAL to the author's father.Wilfred W. ("Willie") Krannawitter served in the south Pacific at the end of WWII.His ship, the Attacik Transport U.S.S. Sarasota APA 204, took part in the battle of WWII-- the Battle of Okinawa.This chapter includes an itineray of all the ports of call and war-time duties of the Sarasota.Also included are photographs, a history of the Sarasota's post-war activities, and an artistic rendition of the ship itself.After the war, Wilfred bought land and went into farming and stock raising.He later fought a personal battle against the neurologic disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome for 17 years before it claimed his life in 1970.(See figures 22-24).
CHAPTER EIGHT, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TWELVE NOTED KRANNAWITTER, KRANEWITTER, KRONEWITT, AND KRONA WITTER INDIVIDUALS IN THE U.S., CANADA, ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, AND AUSTRIA, contains information about the lives of eight notable Volga-German relatives:three descended from the Kronewitt family that migrated to Argentina, and one descended from one of the Kranewitter families that remained in Russia.Four unrelated but equally distinguished individuals are also treated: three with the surname Kranewitter and one with the surname Kroneawitter.
Chapter Nine, ETYMOLOGY REFERENCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS IN EURAOPE AND THE U.S. THAT RELATE TO THE SURNAME KRANNAWITTER, includes entries taken from three etymological dictionaries that deal with surnames.Four geographical locations are also described:the hamlet of Kanawitt in Upper Bavaria, Germany: the mountain peak Kranabitsattel in the Hollengebirge mountains of Upper Austria, Austria; the airport Innsbruck-Kranebitten near Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria, and Kronenwetter Township in Narathon County, Wisconsin.(See figures 25-27.)
Chapter Ten, THE KRANEWITTER COAT-OF-ARMS, AWARDED TO THE TYROLEAN COUSINS HANS AND WOLFGANG KRANEWITTER IN 1630, relates the story of the cousins Hans Kranewitter and Wolfgang Kranebitter who received a coat-of-arms in recogonition of service rendered to the Austrian crown in its struggle in the neighboring Engadin region in Switzerland.The Kranewitter coat-of-arms was obtained in 1950 by Richard M. Krannawitter (1909-1991) while he was in Germany with the judge Advocate office at the end of WWII.The relationship between the original Volga-German settler Johannes Krannewitter and the cousins Hans and Wolfgang Kranewitter is unknown.(See figure 28.)
Chapter 11, MAPS PF FORMER AND PRESENT PLACES OF RESIDENCE OF KRANNAWITTER FAMILIES IN GERMANY, RUSSIA, THE U.S., CANADA, AND ARGENTINA, includes 13 maps displaying the former and current homes of Krannewitter/Kranewitter/Krannawitter/Kronewitter/Kronewitt famileis in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.These maps, which are taken from a variety of sources show the historical migration of the family from the original home in Germany, to the lower Volga River valley of Russia, to other parts of the former Soviet Union, and to the colonies centered in Ellis County, Kansas; entre Rios, Argentina; and Alberta, Canada.(See figures 29-35.)
Chapter Twelve, PHOTOGRGRAPHS OF KRANNAWITTER DESCENDANTS IN THE U.S., CANADA, ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, GERMANY, contains photographs of some of the Krannawitter/Kronewitt/Kranewitter families and individuals that migrated from the Volga-German colonies to the U.S., Canada, and Argentina.Other photographs are of descendants of these same families living in the U.S., Canada, Argentina, and Russia.(See figures 36-58).
The BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST is an alphabetical arrangement of every source used to compile this book.The list includes books, booklets, Magazine articles, Internet Websites, death records, publiched and unpublished family histories, private correspondence, census, and other records.
The last section of this book is a surname index which consists of an alphabetical list of the surname Krannawitter have already been discussed in this introduction.The reader will notice that in many instances in this book there are also several spellings for certain given names--for example, Catherine, Catharine, Catharina, Katharina, Catalina, etc.The reason for this is that each given name is presented as it was spelled in the record that it was extracted from, as are the surnames.
To make matters worse, from 1773 to 1775 Emyliano Pugachev and his followers staged a rebellion against Catherine.They also encouraged the Kirghiz to stage a rebellion of their own.Intensifying raids against the German settlements.Large areas of the Volga colonists were devastated.Some of Pugachev's followers, including about 100 Germans recruited from other Volga colnies, entered the town of Katherinenstadt, where they harassed and robbed the inhabitants of horses and guns.Katherinenstadt, the largest of the Volga colonists on the Wiesenseite, was only about five miles southwest of Obermonjou.Amid all these tragediest, men totally unaccustomed to the figors of farming were forced to learn that trade.Crop failures in the early years added to the colonists' desperation (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
After two genrations of colonists had lived and died, conditions for the German settlers along the lower Volga slowly began to improve.They eventually prevailed and prospered.As the original Mother Colonies became too crowded, Daughter Colonies were established.Fortunately, the colony of Obermonjou was never attacked by Kirghiz or by Pugachev's rebels.In 1767, 299 people (82 families) had founded Obermonjou.Two years later, the population was 324 (91 families).By 1798, when the first comprehensive census of Obermonjou was taken, the population had grown to 429.Through the 19th century, the population steadily increased as living conditions improved.But the good times were soon to end (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
The number of Volga Germans that remained in what later became the Volga German Republic increased to around 600,000 in 1914.In 1912, the population of Obermonjou had reached 2,882.By 1926, it had fallen to 2,157, due largely to a deadly famine that had swept through the Volga colonies, which were already devastated by crop failurees in 1920 and 1921.The previous disastrous effects of WWI and the resulting civil strife and anti-German sentiment added to the misfortunes of the German settlers.The tyrannical policies of Josef Stalin--brutally enforced by his communist cohorts, another widespread famine in 1932, the con scription of the young men of the towns into the Soviet army, and the banishment of property holders to prison camps all contributed to the steady decline of Obermonjou and the other Voga-German towns.The final blow came during WWII when the German army was approaching the Volga region.Stalin, fearing collaboration of the Volga Germans with the enemy, ordered the banishment of the entire population in August, 1941, along with the abrogation of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Volga Germans, which had been established in 1924.Some 390,000 Volga Germans, which had been established in 1924.Some 390,000 Volga Germans were resettled in Siberia and Kazashstan (Walters 1982; Beratz 1914).
Among those people resettled wwere several Kranewitter families.The author has contacted two descendants of these families:Vladimir Kranewitter and Katherine Dreher.Their story and the story of other relatives still living in Russia and Kazakhstan aare recounted in Chapter 5, A FOCUS ON RELATED KRONEWITT FAMILIES LIVING IN CANADA AND ON RELATED KRANEWITTER FAMILIES LIVING IN ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN, AND GERMANY.Now that the Russian Government has eased restrictions on the Geman minority, more are trickling back to the former Volga German Republic near Savator.However, because the Russian economic situation is so bleak at the present time, many others are filling out the countless forms and submitting the endless documents necessary to emigrate to Germany.Katharina Dreher, mentioned above, and her family have joined the thousands of Volga Gemans who have returned to their motherland.(See figures 8-14.)
Chapter Six, OTHER FAMILIES WITH VARIANT SPELLINGS OF THE KRANNAWITTER SURNAME LIVING IN EURAOPE AND SOUTH AMERICA, contains statistics on the hundreds of families scatttered throughout Germany, Austria, Italy, Switxerland, France, Spain, Belgium, Luxemboug, and Paraguay who have different versions of the surname Krannawitter.These families and individuals are not obviously related to the Krannewitter couple that settled in Obermonjou, Russia, in 1767,Any concentration of families with a similar spelling of the surname is noted.Sources for this information were also telephone directories found on the internet.(See figures 15-21.)
ChaPTER sEVEN, A TRIBUTE TO WILFRED W. KRANNAWITTER (1924-1970), RADIOMAN SECOND CLASS, U.S.S. SARASOTA APA 204, WWII, IS A MEMORIAL to the author's father.Wilfred W. ("Willie") Krannawitter served in the south Pacific at the end of WWII.His ship, the Attacik Transport U.S.S. Sarasota APA 204, took part in the battle of WWII-- the Battle of Okinawa.This chapter includes an itineray of all the ports of call and war-time duties of the Sarasota.Also included are photographs, a history of the Sarasota's post-war activities, and an artistic rendition of the ship itself.After the war, Wilfred bought land and went into farming and stock raising.He later fought a personal battle against the neurologic disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome for 17 years before it claimed his life in 1970.(See figures 22-24).
CHAPTER EIGHT, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TWELVE NOTED KRANNAWITTER, KRANEWITTER, KRONEWITT, AND KRONA WITTER INDIVIDUALS IN THE U.S., CANADA, ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, AND AUSTRIA, contains information about the lives of eight notable Volga-German relatives:three descended from the Kronewitt family that migrated to Argentina, and one descended from one of the Kranewitter families that remained in Russia.Four unrelated but equally distinguished individuals are also treated: three with the surname Kranewitter and one with the surname Kroneawitter.
Chapter Nine, ETYMOLOGY REFERENCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS IN EURAOPE AND THE U.S. THAT RELATE TO THE SURNAME KRANNAWITTER, includes entries taken from three etymological dictionaries that deal with surnames.Four geographical locations are also described:the hamlet of Kanawitt in Upper Bavaria, Germany: the mountain peak Kranabitsattel in the Hollengebirge mountains of Upper Austria, Austria; the airport Innsbruck-Kranebitten near Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria, and Kronenwetter Township in Narathon County, Wisconsin.(See figures 25-27.)
Chapter Ten, THE KRANEWITTER COAT-OF-ARMS, AWARDED TO THE TYROLEAN COUSINS HANS AND WOLFGANG KRANEWITTER IN 1630, relates the story of the cousins Hans Kranewitter and Wolfgang Kranebitter who received a coat-of-arms in recogonition of service rendered to the Austrian crown in its struggle in the neighboring Engadin region in Switzerland.The Kranewitter coat-of-arms was obtained in 1950 by Richard M. Krannawitter (1909-1991) while he was in Germany with the judge Advocate office at the end of WWII.The relationship between the original Volga-German settler Johannes Krannewitter and the cousins Hans and Wolfgang Kranewitter is unknown.(See figure 28.)
Chapter 11, MAPS PF FORMER AND PRESENT PLACES OF RESIDENCE OF KRANNAWITTER FAMILIES IN GERMANY, RUSSIA, THE U.S., CANADA, AND ARGENTINA, includes 13 maps displaying the former and current homes of Krannewitter/Kranewitter/Krannawitter/Kronewitter/Kronewitt famileis in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.These maps, which are taken from a variety of sources show the historical migration of the family from the original home in Germany, to the lower Volga River valley of Russia, to other parts of the former Soviet Union, and to the colonies centered in Ellis County, Kansas; entre Rios, Argentina; and Alberta, Canada.(See figures 29-35.)
Chapter Twelve, PHOTOGRGRAPHS OF KRANNAWITTER DESCENDANTS IN THE U.S., CANADA, ARGENTINA, RUSSIA, GERMANY, contains photographs of some of the Krannawitter/Kronewitt/Kranewitter families and individuals that migrated from the Volga-German colonies to the U.S., Canada, and Argentina.Other photographs are of descendants of these same families living in the U.S., Canada, Argentina, and Russia.(See figures 36-58).
The BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST is an alphabetical arrangement of every source used to compile this book.The list includes books, booklets, Magazine articles, Internet Websites, death records, publiched and unpublished family histories, private correspondence, census, and other records.
The last section of this book is a surname index which consists of an alphabetical list of the surname Krannawitter have already been discussed in this introduction.The reader will notice that in many instances in this book there are also several spellings for certain given names--for example, Catherine, Catharine, Catharina, Katharina, Catalina, etc.The reason for this is that each given name is presented as it was spelled in the record that it was extracted from, as are the surnames.
Gerhard Krannewitter b. 1827, Obermonjou, Russia, m. Mrs. Gerhard (Christina) Kranewitter, be. c 1830, Russia, d. Russia.Gerhard died in Obermonjou, Russia.In the census Gerhard, 7, was listed at the house of parents Sebastian Krannewitter and Catherina (Brehm).In the 1850 Obermonjou census, gerhard, 23, was listed with his wife Christina, 21.He is referred to in an 1878 letter from Anton Boos to his son-in-law Adam Kranewitter of Valle Maria Argentina.Adam was Gerhard's brother.
children:Anna Margaret Kronewitter b. 10 Aug 1856.
Generation 1
DESCENDANTS OF JOHANNES AND ANNA ELIZABETH (SATTLER) kRANNEWITTER,
1. Johannes Krannewitter b. 1731, Weisbach,Germany, Occupation: Farmer, m. c. 1766, Elizabeth Sattler, b. c. 1738, Germany. Johannes d. c. 1782, Obermonjou, Russia. Johannes and Anna Elizabeth arrived in Obermonjou 8/3/1767. He listed his place of origin as Weisbash, Germany, and his occupation as baker. He stated that he was a Catholic. His youngest daughter Katherine was born in 1779. He was not listed in a register of Obermonjou residents compiled in 1785. This would indicate that he died sometime between 1779 and 1785. Elizabeta and Johannes died, she married Johannes Neulist. She and Johannes Neulist has no children of their own but adopted Christian Minrad (Meinrad), an orphan from Solothurn (Wittmann).
Children:
Margareta Krannewitter b. 1768
Gerhard Krannewitter b. 1770
Katherine Krannewitter b. 1779, Russia. When the 1798 census of Obermonjou was taken Katherine was living at the house of her mother Anna Elizabeth Sattler and stepfather Johannes Neulist.
Second Generation
Margareta Krannewitter b. 1768, Obermonjou, Russia m. Josef and Margareta were living at the house of Josef's mother Anna Maria Hartman, 68, and her second husband Wilhelm Seib, 53. I t was noted in the census that Josef's father was Valentin Nurberger, deceased.
children
Margareta Nurnberger b. 1794, Obermonjou, Russia.
Sebastian Krannewitter b. 7/11/1800, Obermonjou, Russia, Occupation: Farmer m. Katherine Margareta Brehm, b. c 1800 d. 11/20/1873, Russia. Sebastian died 7/11/1885, Obermonjou, Russia. In the 1834 Obermonjou census Joseph, one month old, was listed with his parents, Sebastian and Catharina (SIS) Krannewitter. In the 1850 Obermonjou census, Joseph, 16, was again listed at his parent's house. In a letter written 8/14/1878, from Anton Boos to his son-in-law Adam Krannewitter of Valle Maria, Argentian, Anton stated that Joseph was fine but that Joseph's wife had died a few weeks previously. No children were referred to in the letter.
Margaretha Krannewitter b. 1839, Obermonjou, Russia. In the 1850 Obermonjou census Maria margaretha, 11, was listed at the home of her parents Sebastian and Catherine Krannewitter. No further information is available.
Peter Kronwitter b. 1860, Obermonjou, Russia: Farmer m. c. 1880 in Obermonjou, Russia, Maria Dorothea Boos, b. 1858, Obermonjou, Russia (daughter of Anton Boos and Katherine Margaret Schreiner) d. 15-Octo1934, Volga Colonies, Russia.Peter died 2-Dec-1932, Russia.Peter and his family moved to the U.S. in 1903.After living in the U.S. for for 21 years Peter and his wife Maria Dorothea Boos returned to Obermonjou, Russia.Finding living conditions too difficult Peter and his wife attempted to return to the U.S. but got only as far as the Black Sea when Russian soldiers caught up with them and took them back to Obermonjou.In 1931 Peter was imprisoned and sent to Siberia.In 1932 he retuned to Obermonjou where he died.Maria died of starvation a few years later.He spelled his last name "Kronwitter."
Anna Margaret Kronewitter b. 10 Aug 1856, Obermonjou, Russia, m. Conrad Befort d. 12 Aug. 1914, Munjor, Ellis Cnty., K.S. Anna died 1 Aug 1923, Munjor, Ellis Cnty, KS.Anna Margaret Kronewitter Befort's death records list her father as Gerhard Kronewitter (sic) and her mother Christina, no maiden name was given.Anna Margaret and her husband Conrad Befort moved to the U.S. in 1876
children:
Descendants of Heinrich Befort
Generation 1
1.Heinrich Befort was born 1761 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married Kunigunde Doerfler.She was born 1763 in Obermonjou, Russia
Children of Heinrich and Kunigunde Doefler
2.Franz Befort b. 1787, Obermonjou, Russia
Elizabeta Befort b.1792, Obermonjou, Russis
3.Jakob Befort b. 1798, Obermonjou, Russia
4.Anton Befort b. 1799, Obermonjou, Russia
Generation No. 2
Franz was born 1787 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married Catharina Elizabet?.She was born 11793.
Child of Franz Befort and Catharina is?Anna Maria Befort b. Abt. 1825.
Jacob Befort was born 1795 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married Catherine Smelzer.She was born ABt. 1805 in Obermonjou, Russia.
Child of Jakob Befort and Catherine Smelzer is
Anna Marai Befort b. Abt. 1825
Anton Befort was born 1799 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married Anna Elizabeth?She was born 1803 in Russia.
Children of Anton Befort and Anna ? are:
Catherine Elizabeth Befort b. 1820, Obermonjou, Russia
Johannes Martin Beforrt b.1834, Obermonjou, Russia
Gerhard Befort b. February 10, 1835, Obermonjou, Russia; d. August 16, 1906, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Generation 3
Anna Maria Befort was born 1820 in Obermonjou, Russia and died March 04, 1907.SHe married JAKOB HERTEL, son of Casper Hertel and Anna?.He was born 1814 in Obermonjou, Russia and died Aft. 1842 in Obermonjou, Russia.
Child of Anna Befort and Jakob Hertel is Anna Maria Hertel b. September 17, 1841, Katheinenstadt, Russia d. March 04, 1907, Catherine Ellis County, Kansas.
Anna Amaria Befort was born Abt. 1825.She married Anton Boos, son of Gerhart Boos and Barbara Betzze.He was born in Obermonjou, Russia and died in Obermonjou, Russia.
Children of Anna Befort and Anton Boos
Katherine Boes, b. December 08, 1852, Obermonjou, Russia d. August 02, 1937, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Catherine Elizabeth Befort was born 1820 in Obermonjou, Russia.She maried SR. Anton Schumacher in the Volga Area, Russia.He was born 1820 in Wittman, Russia.
More about Caatherine Elizabeth Befort
Departed:1876, Wittman, Russia
Immigration: August 03, 1876, Arrived in New York on the SS Suevia from Hamburg & Havre.
More about SR. Anton Schumacher
Departed 1876, Wittman, Russia
Immigration: August 03, 1876, Arrived in New york on the SS Suevia from Hamburg & Have
Children of Catherine Befort and Anton Schumacher are:
Heinrich Ferdinard Schmumacher, b. June 1842, Wittman, Russia; d. September 03, 1920.
Johann Georg Schmacher, b. September 08, 1846, Wittman (Solothurn), Russia; d. November 10, 1927, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Anton Schumacher, Jr. b. January 05, 1856, Wittman (Solothurn), Russia; d. May 23, 1930, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Johannes S. Schumacher, b. December 08, 1858, Wheatmond, Russia; d. September 03, 1933, Munjor, Ellis Couinty, Kansas.
Gerhard Befort was born February 10, 1835 in Obermonjou, Russia and died August 16, 1906 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.He married Anna Maria Catherine Stecklein in Russia.She was born December 18, 1835 in Gatnung' (Zug), Russia, and died February 24, 1911 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Notes for Gerhard Befort
Ship's manifest has him listed as Gottfried Befort
More about Gerhard Befort
Bruial: Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Departed:1876, Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration:July 17, 1876, Arrived in New York on Ss Donau from Bremen.
More about Anna Maria Catherine Stecklein:
Burial:Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Departed: Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration: July 17, 1878; Arrived in New York on SS Donau from Bremen.
Children of Gerhard Befort and Anna Stecklein are:
Conrad Befort, b. April 15, 1855, Obermonjou, Russia; d. August 12, 1914, Munjor, Ellis COunty, Kansas
Anton Befort, b. February 02, 1856, Obermonjou, Russia d. February 26, 1929, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Joseph Befort b. June 28, 1857, Obermonjou, Russia; d. August 10, 1923, Kansas City, Kansas
Elizabeth Befort b. August 06, 1860, Obermonjou, Russia; d. March 10, 1919, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Alexander Befort, b. October 112, 1862; Obermonjou, Russia; d. June 17, 1927, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Amalia Befort, b. August 16, 1866, Obermonjou, Russia; d. September 17, 1936, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Katherina Befort b. Septemebr 08, 1869, Obermonjou, Russoa; d. Augus 18, 1940, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Johannes Befort, b. July 28, 1857, Obermonjou, Russia d. August 18, 1940, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Andreas Befort, b. Abt. 1876.
More about Andreas Befort
Immigration: July 17, 1878; Arrived in New York on SS Donau from Bremen.
Maria Befort was born 1826.She married Michael Dechant, son of Johannes Dechant and Dorotea Heil.He was born 1822 in Obermonjou, Russia.
Child of Maria Befort and Michael Dechant is:
Joseph Dechant, b. April 15, 1863; d. January 24, 1957.
Generation No. 4
Anna Maria Hetel was born September 17, 1841 in Katherinenstadt, Russia, and died March 04, 1907 in Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas.She married Michael Weilert, son of Johann Weilert and Maria Dorzweiler.He was born March 06, 1839 in Katherinensadt, Russia and died march 19, 1911 in Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Anna Maria Hertel
Immigration: July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS Lessing from Hamburg & Have.
More about Michael Weilert
Immigration: July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS Lessing from Hamburg & Have
Children of Anna Hertel and Michael Weilert are:
Otillia Weilert, b. June 05, 1862, Katherinenstadt, Russia; d. April 19, 1930, Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas
Karl Weilert b. May 14, 1867, Katherinenstadt, Russia; d. August 08, 1954, Lebanon, Missouri.
Sophia Weilert, b. 1870, Katherinenstadt, Russia; d. October 06, 1880, Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Sophia Weilert:
Immigration:July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS Lessing from Hamburg & Havre.
Elizabetha Weilert, b. February 13, 1872, Russia; d. April 11, 1951.
Melchoir Weilert, b. September 09, 1874; d. 1937.
Anna Weilert, b. 1875; d. 1880
More about Anna Weilert:
Immigration: July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS Lessing from Hamburg & Havre.
Margaretha Weilert, b. October 19, 1876, Russia; d. childhood.
More about Margaretha Weilert:
Immigration:July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS Lessing from Hamburg & Havre.
Johannes Weilert, b. February 02, 1879, Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 20, 1962.
Sophia Weilert, b. February 02, 1881, Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas d. February 09, 1911, Catherine, Ellis County, Kansas
Josephine Weilert, b. April 15, 1883, Catherine, Ellis county, Kansas; d. April 13, 1953, Kansas.
Katherine Boes was born December 08, 1852 in Obermonjou, Russia and died August 02, 1937 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.She married Johann Mciahel Leiker January 20, 1870 in Obermonjou, Russia and died August o2, 1937 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.She married Johann Michael Leiker January 20, 1870 in Obermonjou, Russia son of Peter Leiker and Catherine Engel.He was born April 02, 1849 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died June 27, 1932 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Katherine Boes:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Depaarted:July 08, 1876, Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration:August 03, 1876, Arrived in New YOrk on SS Suevia from Hamburg & Havre.
Notes for Johann Michael Leiker:
Left Pannentzka, Russland at the age of 25.Left Saratov, Russia on July 8, 1876.
The 1850 census indicated he was 3 months old and that his name was Johann Michael but a an adult he was always known as Michael or Mische in German.
More about Johann Michael Leiker:
Burial: St. Francis Cemetary Munjor, Kansas
Departed:July 08, 1876, Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration: August 03,1876,Arrived in New York on SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Havre
Notes for Johann Michael Leiker:
Left Pannentzka, Russland at the age of 25.Left Saratov, Russia on July 8, 1876.
The 1850 census indicated he was 3 months old and his name was Johann Michael but as an adult he was always known as Michael or Mische in German.
More about Johann Michael Leiker:
Burial:St. Francis Cemetary Munjor, Kansas
Departed:July 08, 1876, Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration: August 03, 1876 Arrived in New York on SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Harve
Children of Katherine Boes and Johann Leiker are:
Martin Leiker, b. Bef. 1873; d. Bef. 1873, infancy
Marianne Leiker, b. January 20, 1873, Obermonjou,Russia; d. March 01, 1965, Walker, Ellis County, Kansas
Anton B. Leiker, b. April 09, 1875, Obermonjou, Russia; d. November 22, 1964, Kansas Good Samaritan Center, Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas
Barbara Leiker, b. August 14, 1877, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas d. April 18, 1976, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Clara Leiker, b. April 02, 1879, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. November 13, 1962, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Agatha Leiker, b. February 19, 1881, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. August 01, 1975, Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.
John B. Leiker, b. October 02, 1882, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. August 08, 1974, Ellis county, Kansas 67601
Katherine B. Leiker, b. January 12, 1886, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. January 16, 1971, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Alex B. Leiker, b. June 11, 1888, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. April 18, 1970, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas
Pauline Leiker, b. October 08, 1892, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 21, 1894, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
More about Pauline Leiker:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Peter B. Leikr; b. April 01, 1896, Munjor, Kansas; d. July 29, 1962, Hays, Ellis County, Kanas.
Heinrich Ferdinard Schmacher was born Jun 1842 in Wittman, Russia, and died September 03, 1920.He married (1) Anna Miller in Wittman, Russia.She was born 1850 in Wittman, Russia, and died Aft. June 15, 1875 in Wittman, Russia.He married (2) Anna Catherine Stark in Wittman, Russia.She was born May 05, 1850, and died May 09, 1927.
More about Heinrich Ferdinard Schumacher:
Departed:1876; Came on SS SUEVIA
Immigration:August 03, 1976, Arrived in New York on the SS SUEVIA from Hamburg and Havre.
More about Anna Miller
Burial:Wittman, Russia
Immigration:August 03, 1876, Arrivedin New York on the SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Harve.
More about Anna Catherine Stark:
Departed: 1876, Wittman Russia
Immigration: August 03, 1876, Arrived in New York on SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Harve
Children of Heinrich Schumacher and Anna Miller are:
Alexander Schumacher b. June 15, 1875; d. December 29, 1938.
Paulina Schumacher, b. October 04, 1868, Wittman (Solothurh), Russia; d. December 07, 1954, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Children of Heinrich Schumacher and Anna Stark are:
Heinrich Schumacher, b. August 04, 1876.
Peter Schumacher, b. November 04, 1877; d. Bef. 1880
Agnes Schumacher b. September 21, 1879; d. November 08, 1951.
Anton Schumacher, b. July 22, 1881.
ANTON BEFORT was born February 02, 1856 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died February 26, 1929 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.He married ANNA CAATHERINE RUPP in Russia, daughter of JOHANNES RUPP and CATHARINA BEFORT.She was born September 29, 1853 in Russisa, and died August 21, 1937 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Notes for ANTON BEFORT
Also known as "Linke"
More about ANTON BEFORT
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Departed:1876, Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration:October 26, 1876, Arrived in New York on SS GELLERT from Hamburg and Havre.
Children of ANTON BEFORT and ANNA RUPP are:
Catherine Befort b. Bef. 1875; d. BEF. 1880.
Rosa Befort b. October 24, 1875, Obermonjou, Russia; d. April 14, 1954, Catherine, Ellis county, Kansas.
Alexander A. Befort, b. May 10, 1878, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas d. April 09, 1964, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Ludwin Befort, b. July 16, 1880, Munjor, Kansas; d. March 23, 1948.
Franz Befort, b. 1882, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. Schoenchen, Ellis County, Kansas
Conrad Befort, b. August 08, 1886, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. June 09, 1954.
John A. Befort, b. September 03, 1888, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. January 08, 1958.
Paulina Befort b. April 23, 1892, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, d. February 29, 1968.
MIchael Befort, b. June 20, 1892, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. August 17, 1962.
Catherine A. Befort, b. December 11, 1894, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. June 02, 1993, St. John's Nursing Home, Hays, Kansas
Adelheid Befort b. 1898, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; m. Joseph Urban; b. July 30, 1893, d. February 12, 1971.
JOSEPH BEFORT
Burial: Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Immigration: July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS DONAU from Bremen.
Occupation: 1880, Servant
MOre about GERTRUDE ROHR:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Departed:1876, Marienthal, Russia
Children of JOSEPH BEFORT AND GERTRUDE ROHR are:
Elizabeth Befort, b. January 01, 1884, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. April 11, 1885, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Anna B. Befort, b. August 20, 1886, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas d. July 02, 1967, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Maria Befort, b. August 18, 1888, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. Februaary 13, 1975, Brighton, Colorado.
Rosa Befort, b. September 30, 1890, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, d. January 30, 1926, Hyacinth, Ellis County, Kansas.
Margaret Befort b. December 16, 1892, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas d. February 21, 1986, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Pauline Befort b. January 13, 1895, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. 1899, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Catherine Philomena Befort, b. February 04, 1896, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 15, 1982, Denver, Colorado; m. Peter R. Denning
October 11, 1921; b. July 03, 1898; d. July 18, 1958.
Barbara Befort, b. November 13, 1899, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Fidelis J. Befort, b. December 21, 1900, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. December 14, 1985, St. Anthony's Hospital, Hays, Kansas.
Jacob J. Befort, b. September 09, 1903, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 09, 1937, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Adeline Befort, b. September 21, 1905, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 26, 1975, Denver, Denver, County, Colorado.
ELIZABETH BEFORT was born August 06, 1860 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died March 10, 1919 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.She married CHRISTIAN HERTEL Aft. June 1880 in Obermonjou, Russia, son of MARTIN HERTEL AND CATHERINE HATZENTON.He was born May 31, 1855 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died January 07, 1939 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about ELIZABETH BEFORT
Burial:Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Departed:1876, from Obermonjou, Russia
Immigration:July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS DONAU from Bremen.
Notes for CHRISTIAN HERTEL
Left Saratov, Russia on September 18-30, 1876 and arrived in Munjor, Kansas on November 1, 1876.
More about CHRISTIAN HERTEL
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Departed:1876, from Obermonjou, Russia
Children of Elizabeth Befort and Christian Hertel are:
Pauline Hetel, b. December 21, 1881, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, d. April 12, 1885, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
More about Paulina Hertel
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Catherine Hertel, b. May 16, 1883, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. August 27, 1968, Hays, Ellis Ccounty, Kansas.
Barbara Hertel, b. September 03, 1885, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 26, 1971, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
John Hertel, b. April 30, 1887, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 22, 1975, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Anna Hertel, b. April 30, 1889, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. January 1949, LaCrosse, Rush County, Kansas.
Peter Christian Hertel, b. December 17, 1890, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. May 28, 1963, Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas
Rose Hertel, b. November 30, 1892, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. January 01, 1958, VIctoria, Ellis County, Kansas.
Maria Hertel, b. Abt. 1895; d. infancy.
Hilarius Hertel, b. March 02, 1986, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. December 05, 1989; m. Matilda Rohr, May 20, 1929, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; b. October 06, 1902, Antonino, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 04, 1997, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Casper Hertel, b. June 11, 1898, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, d. November 21, 1898, Munjor, Ellis Coounty, Kansas
More about Casper Hertel:
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
Anna Catherine Hertel b. February 16, 1900, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. April 30, 1979, LaCrosse, Rush County, Kansas
Philomena Hertel, b. December 09, 1903, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. May 16, 1975, Grinnell, Kansas.
Notes for KATHERINA BEFORT
Also known as "Catherine"
More About KATHERINA BEFORT:
Immigration: July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS DONUAU from Bremen.
More about ANDREAS GOETZ:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Departed:1876, the Volga Area, Russia
Immigration:July 29, 1876, Arrived in New York on the SS MOSEL from Bremen.
Children of KATHARINA BEFORT AND ANDREAS GOETZ are:
Peter Goets, b. Munjor, Kansas; d. May 22, 1893, Munjor, Kansas
More about Peter Goetz:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
John Goetz, b.April 10, 1888, Munjor, Kansas; d.April 10, 1888, Munjor, Kansas
More about John Goetz
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
John Goetz, b. October 23, 1892; d. January 12, 1967; m. Maria Sander, January 26, 1915; b. December 25, 1888; d. April 11, 1979.
Raymond Goetz, b. June 11, 1895, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 26, 1897, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More About Raymond Goetz:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Barbara Goetz, b. September 16, 1898; d. June 14, 1929.
JOHANNES BEFORT was born July 28, 1857 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died August 10, 1923.He married ELIZABETH ERNST and ANNA KEMPER.She was born 1873 in Marienthal, Russia.
More About JOHANNES BEFORT:
Immigration:July 17, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS DONAU from Bremen.
Children of JOHANNES BEFORT AND ELIZABETH ERNEST are:
Catherine Befort
Jospeh Befort
Mary Befort
Pauline Befort
William Befort
Angela Befort, b. September 26, 1892, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 21, 1985, Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
Susan Befort, b. July 24, 1898, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 26, 1969, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Aloysius Befort, b. January 04, 1901, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 11, 1905, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Aloysius Befort
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
Nicholas Befort, b. January 21, 1904, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 28, 1905, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Nicholas Befort
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
JOSEPH DECHANT was born April 15, 1863, and died January 24, 1957.He married ANNA EVA PFANNENSTEIL, daughter of JOHANNES PFANNENSTIEL AND MAGDALENA JUNKER.She was born October 13, 1863 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died November 03, 1935.
More about JOSEPH DECHANT:
Departed: Russia
Children of JOSEPH DECHANT AND ANNA PFANNENSTIEL are:
Michael Dechant, b. February 11, 1890, Russia; d. April 29, 1959.
Peter Dechant, b. November 27, 1896.
Rosa Dechant, b. July 30, 1899; d. Russia; d. infancy.
John Dechant, b. 1901; d. 1901.
Aloysius Dechant, b. January 22, 1902
Jake Dechant, b. 1905
Anna Catherine Hertel, b. February 16,1900, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. April 30, 1979, LaCrosse, Rush County, Kansaas.
Philomena Hertel, b. December 09, 1903, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. May 16, 1975, Grinnell, Kansas.
ALEXANDER BEFORT was born October 12, 1862 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died June 17, 1937 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.He married SUSANNA GROSS in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas, daughter of PETER GROSSand MARGARET GOETS. She was born November 23, 1872 in Mariental, Russia, and died July 28, 1955 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about SUSANNA GROSS:
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
Children of ALEXANDER BEFORT AND SUSANNA GROSS are:
Anna Befort, b. April 29, 1891, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 16, 1918, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Agnes Befort, b. July 18, 1895, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas d. February 24, 1940, Munjor, County, Kansas.
Paul Befort, b. February 04, 1898, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; m. Stella Duncan, June 09, 1928; b. August 1904.
Adeline Befort, b. April 23, 1900, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 09, 1952, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.
Raymond Befort, b. January 22, 1903, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; m. Olive K. Kinnanan; b. December 10, 1902.
Rosa Befort, b. May 11, 1906, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 02, 1980, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Margaret Befort, b. February 23, 1908, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. May 19, 1951; m. Hironymous Burgardt, November 26, 1928, Pfeifer, Ellis County, Kansas; b. July 30, 1903; d. June 04, 1968, Pfiefer, Ellis County, Kansas.
Edgar Befort, b. July 19, 1913, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 1983, Denver, Denver County, Colorado; m. Martha J. Faley; b. December 30, 1923.
Albina Befort, b. June 28, 1904, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. May 11, 1972.
AMALIA BEFORT was born August 16, 1866 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died September 17, 1936 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.She married RAYMOND SPEIER October 28, 1884 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Notes for AMALIA BEFORT
Burial:Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Immigration:July 17, 1878, Arrived in New YOrk on SS DONAU from Bremen
More about RAYMOND SPEIER:
Burial;Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Children of AMALIA BEFORT AND RAYMOND SPEIER are:
? Speier, b. 1886, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. 1886, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Anna Speier, b. October 02, 1887, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 27, 1986, St. Anthony's Hospital, Hays, Kansas
Alex Speier, b. July 29, 1889, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. June 01, 1971, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Anton Speier, b. November 08, 1891, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. March 1982, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
Rosa Speier, b. January 29, 1894, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. August 02, 1990, Colorad.
Joseph Speier, b. January 09, 1896, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. April 21, 1930, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Joseph Speier
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
Caspar Speier, b. June 19, 1898, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. September 25, 1919, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about Caspar Speier:
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
John S. Speier, b. November 26, 1903, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Aloysius Speier, b. February 26, 1906, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. December 27, 1908, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
More about Aloysius Speier:
Burial: Munjor, Kansas
Paul Speier, b. August 23, 1899, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. 1944.
Heinrich Speier, b. August 26, 1901, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. December 03, 1995, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
KATHARINA BEFORT was born September 08, 1869 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died August 18, 1940 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.She married (1) FRANZ A. MERIS January 07, 1902, son of ANTON MERMIS and ELIZABETH HOFFMAN.He was born January 16, 1872 in Russia, and died March 02, 1938 in Walker, Ellis County, Kansas.She married (2) ANDREAS GOETZ AND ANNA RIEDEL.He was born January 28, 1867 in SHip's record indicates age 7, and died July 31, 1901, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
Alex Befort's Military RecordsPermanent mailing address: RR Hays, Ellis, County, KS
Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1919 Munjor, Kansas
Blue eyes, Black hair, Height 5' 8" Weight: 181
Civilian Occupation: Farmer
Military Qualification: Carbine Sharpshooter
Place of Enter in Service: Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Battles and Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
WWII
John Befort b. 18 Feb. 1890 m. 24 Oct 1911, in Munjor, KS, Barbara Steinbeck b. 3 June 1893 d. 1 July 1941.John died 30 June 1933, Hays, KS
Josephine Befort b. 27 June 1912, Munjor, KS
Albina Befort b. 3 Sept 1913, Munjor, KS
Clarence Befort b. 4 Aug 1915
William Befort b. 2 Feb. 1917, Munjor, KS
Alex Befort b. 17 Oct 1919
Elizabeth Befort b. 19 Oct 1920, Hyacinth, KS d. young
Agnes Befort b. 8 July 1922, Hyacinth, KS
Jane Befort b. May 1924, Hyacinth, KS
John Befort b. 18 Sept 1925, Hyacinth, KS d. young
Esther Befort b. 31 Sug 1926, Hyacinth, KS
Bernice Befort b. 24 April 1928, Hyacinth, KS
Irene Befort b. 13 Dec 1929
Alois Befort b. 30 Oct. 1931, Hyacinth, KS
Conrad Befort b. 30 Oct 1931, Hyacinth, KS d. 1947.
Francis Befort b. 6 Oct. 1933. d. Aug 22, 1961
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Beatrice Befort
353-01-7869
Born 17 Oct 1913
Died 8 Jul 1989
Residence 90504 Torrance, Los Angeles, Ca
Clarence Befort
510-12-0495
Born: 4 Aug 1915
Died: 15 Jun 1991
Russell, Kansas
Francis John Befort
510-32-7380
Born: 6 Oct 1933
Died: Aug 22, 1961
Residence: Hays, Kansas
John Befort
512-38-1226
Born: 17 Oct 1905
Died: Nov 1978
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Mike Befort
510-26-6722
Born: 9 Oct 1928
Died: 8 Nov 1996
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Martha Befort
514-16-3705
Born: 9 Nov 1909
Died: March 1973
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Paul Befort
511-22-9821
Born: 27 Dec 1886
Died: Dec 1962
Philomena Befort
515-48-9998
Born: 24 Jul 1900
Died: 23 Nov 1987
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Rosa Befort
514-46-1975
Born: 4 Mar 1882
Died: Nov 1966
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Sarah Befort
514-34-3791
Born: 28 Aug 1905
Died: Oct 1981
Residence: Hays, Kansas
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Beatrice Befort
353-01-7869
Born 17 Oct 1913
Died 8 Jul 1989
Residence 90504 Torrance, Los Angeles, Ca
Clarence Befort
510-12-0495
Born: 4 Aug 1915
Died: 15 Jun 1991
Russell, Kansas
Francis John Befort
510-32-7380
Born: 6 Oct 1933
Died: Aug 22, 1961
Residence: Hays, Kansas
John Befort
512-38-1226
Born: 17 Oct 1905
Died: Nov 1978
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Mike Befort
510-26-6722
Born: 9 Oct 1928
Died: 8 Nov 1996
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Martha Befort
514-16-3705
Born: 9 Nov 1909
Died: March 1973
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Paul Befort
511-22-9821
Born: 27 Dec 1886
Died: Dec 1962
Philomena Befort
515-48-9998
Born: 24 Jul 1900
Died: 23 Nov 1987
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Rosa Befort
514-46-1975
Born: 4 Mar 1882
Died: Nov 1966
Residence: Hays, Kansas
Sarah Befort
514-34-3791
Born: 28 Aug 1905
Died: Oct 1981
Residence: Hays, Kansas
12 Aug 1914 died
b. 4/15/1855
Conrad Befort; husband of Anna Maria Kronnewitter
Befort, Conrad and Anna,
I would like our family history to begin with my great grandparents. Conrad and Anna Margaretha (Kronnewitter) Befort, along with their two small children, Paula and Peter, emigrated from Obermonjour, Russia, situated along the Volga, north of Saratov.
Leaving on September 18, 1876, they arrived November 1, 1876. They landed in New York and immediately headed westward. Conrad and Anna, along with other immigrants, settled in and founded what is now known as Munjor, Kansas. Upon their arrival (as this was open prairie) the first in order of things was to provide shelter. Their first home was built of sod cut from the prairie. After taking care of their immediate needs, and to survive the coming winter, the next most important thing was to build a place of worship.
Their first church was built in 1877. They were strong in their Catholic faith, and their lives were centered around their religious training.
Conrad and Anna were farmers and were active in their community and church. As the years passed, they eventually had a family of thirteen children. My grandfather, John C. Befort, was born in Munjor, Februrary 18, 1890. He was the ninth child and youngest son.
Conrad died August 12, 1914, survived by his wife and ten children. Anna lived in her home in Hays, Kansas, for some years, and the remainder of her life with her son and daughter-in-law John and Barbara. submitted by Jane (Befort) Gottschalk
The SUEVIA
The picture of the "Suevia" is reprinted with permission from the American Historical Society of Germans and Russia. THe picture appears in "Clues" 1974 Edition published by A.H.S.G.R. Ruth M. Amen, president.
Before we boarded the ship, a priest blessed us all and wished us good luck. We knew we needed it, for the next two weeks were not very pleasant. These are the words spoken by Joseph M. Linenberger as he and his family, along with others were preparing to leave Europe for America in August of 1878.
John Befort b. 18 Feb 1890 d. 30 Jun 1933 Hays, Kansas
John C. Befort, son of Cronrad Befort and Anna Margaretha (Kronnewitter) Befort, was born on February 18, 1890. Barbara Steinbeck, the daughter of Alois and Elizabeth Steinbeck, was a triplet and born on June 3, 1893. On October 24, 1911, they were married in Munjor, Kansas. They began their life together on a farm several miles west of Munjor. They remained there until 1920. During those years five children were born to them; Josephine, 6/27/1912; Albina; 9/3/1913, Clarence, 8/4/1915; William, 2/2/1917; and Alex, 10/17/1919.
In the year of 1920, John and Barbara sold their farm and purchased half a section of land half a mile north of Hyacinth, Kansas. The home, barn and other buildings had been built about three years earlier. Ten other children were born to them the following years; Elizabteth, October 19, 1920; Agnes, 7/8/1922; Jasne 5/3/1924; John Jr. 9/18/1925, Ester, 8/31/1926; Bernice, 4/24/1928; Irene, 12/13/1929 twins Alois and Conrad, 10/30/1931 and Francis 10/6/1933.
John Jr. and Elizabeth died as infants. Alex was a veteran of World War II in the U.S. Army and saw action in Germany and France. He died in 10/1951. He was survived by his wife, Rose (Steinlein) Befort, and infant daughter, Gloria. Irene died 8/16/1965, at age 35, survived by her husband, Leroy Wilson and small son, David. Conrad (twin son) died in 1947 at seventeen years of age. Francis died in a power line accident 8/22/1961. He was in the army from 1954-1955. He was age 27 when he passed awaya. He was survived by his wife Darlene (Hammersmith) Befort and two small daughters, Rosemary, 4 and Margaret, twenty-three months old.
John and barbara worked long hours to provide for and rear their family. Barbara would begin her day at 4'oclock in the morning to do her baking, laundry, and help with outside morning chores, including milking cows and feeding animals. During harvest she was in the fields working along side the men. SHe was also a seamstress and made most of the children's clothing.
Their children received their el;ementary deucation at Hyacinth in a one-room school, whre all eight grades were taught by one teacher. Simon Goets and Florence Ross were the teachers during those years. Their children walked to school most of the time as it was only about a mile away from home. However, other times, after a particularly heavy snow storm, the children looked forward to going to school in a one-horse open sleigh. John would bundle them up in a fur laprobe and don his buffalo fur coat and away they would go.
They were members of St. John the baptist Catholic Church, also located at Hyacinth, where their children received their sacraments and spiritual training.
John died at 43 years of age on June 30, 1933. Barbara died at 48 years of age on July 1, 1941. They were survived by thirteen of their children.
Submitted by Jane (Befort) Gottschalk
Married 24 Oct 1911, Munjor, KS
Barbara Steinbeck b. 3 Jun 1893 d. 1 July 1941 was a triple
Father: John Befort
Mother: Barbara Steinbock
b. Winona, Kansas Triplet Daughter
Grandfather: Conrad Befort
Grandmother: Anna Marie Kronnwitter
Elizabeth Steinbock
Grandfather: Gerhard (Fernard) Kronnwitter
Aloysius Steinboch
Great Grandmother: Christina
Anne Mariae
Children:
Josephine Befort b. 27 June 1912, Munjor, KS
Albina Befort b. Sept 1913, Munjor, KS
Clarence Befort b. 4 Aug 1915 d.
William Befort b. 2 Feb 17 1917, Munjor, Kansas died Nov 22, 2000
Permanent Mailing Address: RR 1 Hays Ellis CO Kansas
Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1919 Munjor, Kansas
Blue eyes, Black Hair, Height 5'8" Weght: 181
Civilian Occupation: Farmer
Military Qualifications: Carbine Sharpshooter
Place of Enter in Service: Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Battles and Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
WWII
Alex Befort b. 17 Oct 1919
Elizabeth Befort b. 19 Oct 1920, Hyacinth, Kansas died as an infant
Agnes Befort b. 8 July 1922, Hyacinth, Kansas
Jane Befort b. 3 May 1924 , Hyacinth, Kansas
Ester Befort b. 31 Aug 1926, Hyacinth, Kansas
Bernice Befort b. 24 April 28, Hyacinth, Kansas
Irene Befort b. 13 Dec 1929 d.
Aloys Befort b. 30 Oct 1931, Hyacinth, Kansas
Conrad Befort b. Oct 1931, Hyacinth, KS d. 1947
Francis John Befort b. Oct. 6 1933 d. Aug. 22, 1961
Conrad Befort and Anna Margareta Kronnewritter (1876)
Paulina (Phillip Pfannensteil)
Agnes died as an infant
Clara (Peter Pfannensteil)
Anna (Adam Brull)
Margaret (Joseph Binder)
Carl (Mary Goetz)
Catherine (Aloi A. Engle)
Casper died as an infant
Agnes (Oscar Anderson)
George died as an infant
St. John The Baptist Church - Hyacinth, Kansas
Name:John C. Befort
Birth:1890
Death:30 Jun 1933Hyacinth, Kansas
Burial:2 Jul 1933St. Johns Cemetery-Hyacinth, Kansas
Marriage:24 Oct 1911St. Francis Catholic Church-Munjor,
Kansas
Spouse:Barbara Steinbeck
Birth:1891Russia
Death:1 Jul 1941Hyacinth, Kansas
Burial:3 July 1941St. Johns Cemetery-Hyacinth, Kansas
Children:
1FJosephine Befort
Birth:3 Sep 1913
Spouse:Alex P. Pfeifer
Marriage:19 Aug 1941St. John the Baptist Catholic Church-
Hyacinth, Kansas
2M:Alexius Befort
Birth:17 Oct 1918Hays, Kansas
Spouse:Rose Stecklein
Marriage:31 Jan 1950St. Josephs Catholic Church-Hays,
Kansas
3MPaulina Elizabeth Befort
Birth:24 Oct 1920Hyacinth, Kansas
Death:13 Sept 1921Hyacinth, Kansas
Burial:14 Sept 1921St. Francis Catholic Cemetery-
Munjor, Kansas
4F:Agnes Virginia Befort
Birth:8 Jul 1922Hyacinth, Kansas
Spouse:Alfred England
Marriage:19 Oct 1943St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church-Hyacinth, Kansas
5F:Jane Francis Befort
Birth:2 May 1924Hyacinth, Kansas
Spouse:Adolph Gottschalk
Marriage:2 Mar 1943St. Anthonys Catholic Church=
Schoenchen, Kansas
6 M:John (Jr.) Befort
Birth:4 Sep 1925Hyacinth, Kansas
Death:7Sep 1925Hyacinth, Kansas
Burial:7 Sep1925St. Johns Cemetery-Hyacinth,
Kansas
7F:Ester Maria Befort
Birth:31 Aug 1926Hyacinth, Kansas
8F:Bernice Clara Befort
Birth:24 Apr 1928Hyacinth, Kansas
Spouse:Norman England
Marriage:New Bedford, Mass.
9 F:Barbara Irene Befort
Birth:15 Dec. 1929Hyacinth, Kansas
Spouse:Leroy Wilson
Marriage:15 May 1957Hays, Kansas
10 M:Conrad Befort
Birth:31 Oct 1931Hyacinth, Kansas
Death:1948
11 M:Aloys Befort
Birth:31 Oct 1931Hyacinth, Kansas
12 M:Francis John Befort
Birth:6 Oct 1933Hyacinth, Kansas
Spouse:Darlene Ann Hammersmith
Marriage:28 Jul 1956Plainville, Kansas
13 F:Albina Befort
Death:4 May 1986
Spouse:Edwin J. Pfeifer
Marriage:21 May 1946St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church-Hyacinth,
Kansas
Notes for John C. Befort
Parents of John C. Befort were Conrad and Anna Margaret Kronewitter
Sources:
1.Baptism Records: St. John the Baptist-Hyacinth, Kansas
2.St. John the Baptist Church at Hyacinth, Kansas by Donald V. Schmitt
3.St. John the Baptist Death Records-Hyacinth, Kansas
4.St. Francis Catholic Church Marriage Records: Munjor, Kansas
5.Wedding Records of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church-Hyacinth, Kansas
6.St. Josephs Catholic Church Marriage Records - Hays, Kansas
7.St. Jospehs Catholic Church Baptism Records - Hays, Kansas
8.St. Anthonys Parish: Baptism-Marriages-Deaths-Schoenchen, Kansass
9.Hays Daily News Obits.
Last Modified:28 Jul 2000
Created:10 Oct 2000
Military Service for Francis John Befort He was single at the time of Military Service.
Father was single at time of service
Social Security Number: 510-32-73
Birthplace of biological father: Hyacinth, Kansas
Occupation of biological father: Oil field worker
Military Service: Army
Service Number: US 55 460 6333
Grade Rate-Rank and Date of Appointment: Pfc. (T) 12 Feb 55
Component and Branch of Class: AUS AAA
Specialty Number of Symbol: 161.10 - AAA (AW) Crewman
Reason and Authority of Separation: SR 600-450-10 SPN 35 (See Item 38)
Place of Separation: Fitzsimons Army Hospital Denver Colorado
Description: Caucasian Male
Color of eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 165
Registered
Selective Service number: 14 20 33 125
Selective Service of Local Boards Number (City, County, State)
#20 Hays, Ellis, Kansas
Private E-1
Date and Entry of Active Service: September 17, 1954-55
Place and City: Kansas City, Missouri
Home Address at Time of entry into Active Service: RFD #1 Hays Ellis Kansas
National Defense Metal Army of Occupation Medal with German Clasp
Grammar School: 8th grade
Occupation: Farmhand (Self-employed)
Darlene Hammersmith married Francis Befort
Birth Place of Darlene Hammersmith: Gorham, Kansas
Date of Birth: July 19, 1935
Birth Place of Francis John Befort: Hyacinth, Kansas
Date of birth of Francis John Befort: October 6, 1933
Deceased: August 1960 (age of children 23 months old and 4 years old)
Children: Rosemary Anne Befort and Margaret Mae Befort
Date of Birth for Rosemary Anne Befort: June 20, 1957
Date of Birth for Margaret Mae Befort: September 24, 1959
Place of birth: Hadley Memorial Hospital Location: Hays, Kansas
Address of Hospital: 109 W. 10th St.
Date of Local register for Magaret Mae Befort: 10-3-59
Age of father at time of first child: 23
Age of father at time of second child: 25
Age of mother at time of first child: 22
Age of mother at time of second child: 24
HERZOG (Victoria)
THE largest and most important of the German-Russian colonies in Ellis County is Herzog, which its founders located in the southeast quarter of Section 1, Township 14, South of Range 17. This was one-half of a mile north of the English colony of Victoria, which, through the instrumentality of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, had been founded a number of years prior to the arrival of the German-Russians. In the course of time, the new settlement absorbed the old, though the name of the latter remained. In 1913 the name of the German-Russian settlement was changed from Herzog to Victoria.
The founders of Herzog were: Andrew Billinger, Alois Dreiling, Anton Dreiling, Nicholaus Dreiling, Leonard Hammerschmidt, Jacob Hammerschmidt, John Goetz, John Kreutzer, Michael Rome, John Sander, Michael Storm, John Van der Dunkt, Ignatius Vonfeld, Ignatius Weigel, Jacob Arnhold, Joseph Braun, Frank Weber, John Geist, Jacob Geist, William Geist, Anton Hermann and Peter Quint. All these left Saratov, Russia, in company with numerous other emigrants, on October 24, 1875, and arrived in Baltimore, Md., on November 23. From Baltimore they traveled west to Topeka, where they stayed throughout the winter. On the eighth day of April, 1876, they came to Victoria and erected their first dwellings on the east bank of Victoria Creek, a little west of the present town.
So favorable did the original settlers find conditions in their new home, that they sent most enthusiastic reports of the land of their adoption to their relatives and friends in Russia. The result was that on August 3, 1876, a group of 286 persons, mostly of Herzog, Russia, arrived. From this time on, until the beginning of the World War, immigration to Herzog never really ceased, though no more large groups arrived in the colony.
Herzog's first inhabitants were all of the peasant class. Agriculture was the one business they thoroughly understood. Taking advantage of the liberal homestead laws, each head of a family secured eighty acres of government land. Those who had the means, bought additional land, at a reasonable price and on easy terms, from the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
The early days in Herzog were much the same as in the other colonies. The people were poor, and at first suffered want in many things. They built their humble sod houses, erected a large cross about which they gathered for services, and tilled what land they could.
Divine services were first held at Herzog in the dwelling of A. Dreiling, but the floor proving unequal to the weight, a frame church was built adjoining the house, the south wall of the dwelling serving as north wall of the church. This structure was about 40x24 feet, and could accommodate but part of the congregation. Hon. Walter C. Maxwell, a Catholic Englishman then living south of Victoria, undertook to build a stone church for the settlers on Section 1, north of the present dwellings. In June, 1877, he had collected $700, the total sum subscribed was $1,500, and the only condition attached was that the settlers haul the necessary stone. In August, 1877, plans and specifications had been completed by Henry Bergsland who also received the contract. This church, which measured 60x30x16 feet, soon proving to be too small, the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, at the solicitation of Rev. Hyacinth Epp, O.M. Cap., donated ten acres in the northwest quarter of Section 7 for a church and school, June 9, 1879. Rev. A. Schuermann, O.M. Cap., altered the original design of Rev. Jos. C. Mayershofer, O.M. Cap., and superintended the building of the new church, which measured 168x46x35, and had a seating capacity of 600. The cornerstone was laid on June 1, 1880; consecration by Rt. Rev. L. M. Fink took place on October 19, 1884. The cash cost of construction was about $8,000, $1,875 of which Father Anthony Schuermann collected in England and Westphalia on occasion of a visit to Rome in 1884.
The plans for the present church were completed as early as December, 1905, by John T. Comes, of Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1908, these were revised and modified by Jos. Marshall, of Topeka. Building operations began November, 1908, the cornerstone was laid October 4, 1909, by Rt. Rev. J. F. Cunningham, and the structure was completed in 1911. The total length of the building is 220 feet, the breadth 73 feet, in the transept 107 feet. The towers are 141 feet high.
The complete and highly efficient educational system now enjoyed by the children sprang from a very humble beginning. School district No. 7, the Herzog district, was organized probably as early as 1877, but was without a school. The first public school in the colony was the home of Alois Dreiling, where a certain Mr. Rowe taught. Mr. Peter Linnenberger, who had studied in the seminary at Saratov, taught private school, first in the home of John Sander, and later in Alois Dreiling's home.
August 29,1879, Sisters Agatha and Aurea of the Congregation of St. Agnes, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, came to Herzog and opened a parochial school. The church built by Hon. W. C. Maxwell served the double purpose of church and school, a movable partition dividing off the sanctuary. The school benches were removed each Friday, and stacked up outside by the children, and on Monday morning they were returned. At this period the church had no pews. For a time the Sisters dwelt in Alois Dreiling's home. Later they moved to an annex which had been built to the church in 1878.
In 1888, Rev. Anselm Bayerau, O.M. Cap., built a new school (at present, the Sister's convent), which measured 66x30x23 feet, and contained four large class rooms. At the same time a Sister's house was erected (now the residence of John Schmidtberger). These two new buildings satisfied the needs of the growing community for about ten years. The present school, a commodious, substantial structure, was erected by Rev. Gabriel Spaeth, O.M. Cap., in 1897 and 1898. It contains eight large, well-lighted class rooms, but has neither furnace nor plumbing.
The curriculum was, in the beginning, a very modest one, religion, reading, writing, and arithmetic claiming practically all the attention. As in the other colonies, learning was imparted in both English and German, the mornings being reserved for German, and the afternoons for English. The causes which hampered educational advancement in the other colonies - failure of the children to attend school regularly, the difficulties arising from the bilingual system, and the opposition of the parents - were also met with in Herzog, and were removed only with the passing of the years.
At present, in addition to the grade school attended by four or five hundred pupils, Victoria has a beautiful, modern high school, completed in 1922, and staffed with Sisters of St. Agnes, all qualified teachers. This school, is fully accredited, and its graduates are admitted to any institution of higher learning in the State of Kansas.
The first priest to minister to the inhabitants of Herzog was Rev. Adolf Wibbert, who visited them several times in 1876. In October, 1876, he was accompanied by Rev. Valentine Sommereisen, who watched over this flock until May, 1878, when the Capuchin Fathers took charge of the parish.
Generation No. 1 Anton Hammerschmidt,
Anton Hammerschmidt
Born: abt 1740 at: abt 1730 Koln (Cologne)
Married: abt 1759 at: Germany
Died: aft 1767 at: Remmler/Rommler
Other Spouses: Wilhelmina Marx
Wife: Anna
Born: 1740 at: Abt1733 Germany
Died: aft 1767 at: Remmler/Rommler
Children:
Name: Anton Hammerschmidt
BOrn: 1794 at: Koln (Cologne)
Spouses: Maria Eva Knoll
Name: Johann Reinhard Hammerschmidt
Born: 1753 atL Koln (Cologne)
Spouses: ? Elizabetha Berlin
Name: Nickolaus Hammerschmidt
Born: 1761 at: 1759 Koln (Cologne)
Married: abt 1872 at: Schoenchen (Pani
Died: aft 1767 at: Remmler/Rommler
Spouses: Elizabeta Meshing
Name: Heinrich Hammerschmidt at: 1766 Koln (Cologne)
Married: abt 1793 at: Remmler/Rommler
Died: aft 1834 at: Remmler/Rommler
Spouses: Anna Katherine (Katarina) Auman
Anton Hammerschmidt
Born: abt 1740 at: abt 1730 Koln (Cologne)
Married: aft 1767 at: Zug (Gatung) Russia
Died: aft 1767 at: Remmler/Rommler
Other Spouses: Anna
Wife: Wilhelmina Marx
Born: abt 1750 at: Zug (Gatung), Russia
Died: bef 1798
Children:
Name: Dorotea Hammerschmidt at Zug (Gatung), Russia
b. sb. 1730 in Koln, Germany. He married 9!) Anna ? Befort? immigration 1767 to Remmler/Rommler Kohn Germany
Children
Johann Reinhard
Nikolaus
Heinrich
(2) marriage Anton and Wilhelmina Mary
Children
Dorotea
Immigration 1773 to Wittmann Solothurn, Russia from Zug, Russia
Johannes Jacob (John) Hammersmidt/Anna Barbara Quint
Husband: Heinrich Hammersmidt b. 17665; 1766 Koln (Cologn m. abt 1793; Remmler/Rommler d. aft 1834; Remmler/Rommler
Father: Anton Hammersmith
Mother: Anna
Wife: Anna Katheine (Katarina) Auman b. 1780; 1778, Remmler/Rommler d. aft 1834; Probably Luzern
Children
Anna Maria Hammerschmidt b. 1794
Anton Hammerschmidt b. 1795; Remmler/Rommler m. 1817 d. aft 1834
Spouses: Margaret
Elizabeth Hammersmidt
b. 1797
Hammerschmidt b. abt 1800; Remmler/Rommler
Johannes Hammerschmidt b. 1801; Remmler/Rommler
d. aft 1834
Spouses: Anna Margaret
Michael I Hammerschmidt b. 1803; Remmler/Rommler
m. abt 1822;Remmler/Rommler d. aft 1834;Remmler/Rommler
Spouses: Katherine
Leonard B. Hammerschmidt b. 1805 at 1808 Remmler/Rommler m. abt 1853 d. abt 1860; Herzog, Russia
Spouses: Katherine (Catherine) Wahl Anna Katherine
Jacob I Hammerschmidt b. 1807; Remmler/Rommler m. abt 1829; Russia d. aft 1834; Remmler/Rommler
Spouses: Anna Maria
George Hammerschmidt b. 1815; Remmler/Rommler d. aft 1834; Probably Luzern
Spouses: Anna Katherine III
Elizabeth Hammerschmidt
): Johannes Jacob (John) Hammersmidt/Anna Barbara Quint By Margaret Heart -
Husband: Anton Hammerschmidt b. abt 1740;abt 1730 Koln m. abt 1759; Germany d. aft 1767; Remmler/Rommler
Other Spouses: Wilhelmina Marx
Wife: Anna b. 1740; Abt 1733 Germany
d. aft 1767; Remmler/Rommler
Children
Anton Hammerschmidt b. 1749; Koln (Cologne) Germany
Spouses: Maria Eva Knoll
Johann Reinard Hammersmidt b. 1753;Koln (Cologne), Germany
Spouses: ______________ Elizabeth Berlin
Nickolaus Hammerschmidt b. 1761;1759 Koln (Cologne), Germany m. abt 1872; Schoenchen (Panin d. aft 1767; Remmler/Rommler
Spouses: Elizabeth Meshing
Heinrich Hammerschmidt b. 1765; at 1766 Koln (Cologne)
m. abt 1793;Remmler/Rommler d. aft 1834; Remmler/Rommler
Spouses: Anna Katherine (Katherina) Auman
Johannes Hammersmidt and Anna Quint's som,
Anna Sander b. 11/05/1891 d. 4/19/1979 m. Michael Hammersmidt 1/30/1912, son of Johannes Hammersmidt and Anna Quint. He was born 4/18/1889 d. 8/30/1961.
Children of Anna Sander and Michael Hammersmidt :
Fredolin Hammersmidt b. 4/06/1913 d. 1/17/1945 in WWII, Belgium m. Alberta Geist; born 7/13/1917.
Silverian Hammersmith, b. 2/08/1915 d. 4/26/1978
Leona Hammersmidt b. 12/17/1916
Helen Hammersmidt b. 1/13/1919
Mary Anna Hammersmith Hammersmidt b. 12/07/1920 in Ogallah, Kansas d. 1/24/1999, Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas
Richard M. Hammersmith b. 4/26/1922
Irene Hammersmith b. 3/11/1924
Viola Hammersmidt b. 3/11/1924
Norbert A. Hammersmidt b. 6/28/1928, Ogallah, Kansas d. 8/18/1998, Atica, Kansas
Elias Edward Hammersmidt b. 9/28/1930, Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas
Elmer Hammersmidt b. 9/28/1930
Alvin Hammersmidt b. 8/03/1932
HAMMERSCHMIDT, LEONARDmAnna Maria (Susanna) Goetz
b.Feb., 1854Nov. 11, 1878b.1857
d.Sept. 23, 1931d.Nov. 20, 1891
P:Leonard HammerschmidtP:Johannes Goetz
Catherine WahlAnna Maria Meris
From Herzog, Russia
Leonard--April 3, 1881 (d. Feb. 4, 1885)
Johannes--Oct. 4, 1882 (m. Caatherine Dreiling) (d. Feb. 25, 1956)
Katharina--Oct. 28, 1885 (d. Nov. 5, 1890)
Bernard--Sept. 22, 1887 (m. Margaret Billinger) (2) Magdalena Dreiling)
(d. April 1, 1919)
Maria--Feb. 2, 1889 (m. Peter Heili) (d. April 4, 1937)
Anna Maria--Aug. 13, 1890 (m. Joseph Billinger) (d. may 9, 1937)
mBarbara Brungardt nee
Weigel
b.April 25, 1865
d.May 13, 1942
P:Michael Weigel
Barbara Pfeifer
Susan--Jan. 6, 1893 (m. Peter P. Wasinger) (d. March 1, 1970)
Lidwina--April 14, 1895 (d. Aug. 31, 1896)
Clemens--Aug. 11, 1997 (m. Catherine Stang) (d. Dec. 26, 1974)
Adolph--Aug. 19, 1901 (d. Aug. 4, 1920--drowned)
Otto--Sept. 18, 1904 (m. Mathilda Schmidt) (d. Aug. 25, 1963)
Servilian--April 20, 1907 (m. Theresa Brungardt) (d. Aug. 20, 11992)
Barbara Brungardt--Dec. 8, 1884 (m. Anton F. Dreiling (d. April 1, 1905)
Anna Maria Brungardt--Oct. 20, 1886 (m. Anton F. Dreiling) (d. June 2, 1964)
Michael Brungardt--March 5, 1888 (m. Elizabeth Noonan) (died at the age of 83)
HAMMERSCHMIDT, JOHANN L.mCatherine Dreiling
b.Oct. 4, 1882b.Jan. 31, 1885
d.Feb. 25, 1956d.April 28, 1953
P:Leonard HammerschmidtP:Franz Dreiling
Anna Maria GoetzAnna Margaret Weber
NN:"Dick Finger"
REGINA--Nov. 4, 1904 (m. William Prockish) (d. March 9, 1976)
SOPHIA--Aug. 20, 1907 (m. Andrew Helget) (d. Feb. 21, 1979)
HELEN--Sept. 1, 1909 (m. Edgar Sander) (d. Feb. 21, 1979)
CAROLINE--Aug. 25, 1919 (m. Joseph J. Kisner) (d. Sept. 16, 1983)
JOSEPHINE--April 25, 1919 (m. Bernard Thomas) (d. Sept. 16, 1983)
FELICITAS--Oct. 3, 1920 (m. Herbert J. Reidel)
RICHARD--Oct. 16, 1922 (m. Katherine O'Grady)
HAMMERSCHMIDT,(JOHANNES) JACOBmAnna Barbara Quint
b.Nov. 11, 1857Nov. 11, 1878b. May 21, 1858
d.Jan. 30, 1947d.May 4, 1894
P:Leonard HammerschmidtP:Michael Quint
Catherine WahlFrancesca Spies
ELIZABETH--Aug. 26, 1879 (m. Frank Bieker) (d. Nov. 1 1959)
LEONARD--Jan. 20, 1881 (m. Margaret Bieker) (d. Aug. 26, 1940)
ANTON-April 15, 1884 (m. Anna Barbara Schmidtberger) (d. April 9, 1935)
JOHANNES FIDELIS--Dec. 10, 1885 (m. Anna Brungardt) (d. Nov. 3, 1957)
FRANZ JOSEPH--NOV. 6, 1887 (m. Margaret Rupp) (d. Jan. 22, 1959)
MICHAEL--April 18, 1889 (m. Anna Sander) (d. Aug. 30, 1961)
CATHERINE--July 24, 1892 (m. Anton Wagner) (d. May 6, 1964)
Johannnes Jacob Hammerschmidt m(1)Anna Barbara Quint 11/11/1878 b. 5/21/1858 Russia d. 5/4/1894 m. (2) Anna Elizabeth Bieker 3/30/1897 b. 9/08/1875 d.11/18/1954.
Immigration: 08/03/1876Arrived in New York on the SS Suevia from Hamburg & Havre
Anna Bieker
Immigration: 11/23/1856Arrived in Baltimore from Bremen on the SS Ohio
mAnna Elizabeth Geist nee Bieker
b.Sept. 8, 1875
d.Nov. 18, 1954
P:Conrad Bieker
Magdalena Pfannenstiel
DOROTHEA--Feb. 22, 1898 (d. July 5, 1899)
LEO--March 30, 1899 (d. April 10, 1900)
JOSEPHINE--Aug. 30, 1900 (d. Aug. 25, 1903)
MARY--Jan. 23, 1902 (m. Joseph J. Dreiling) (d. Feb. 24, 1980)
CLARA--Aug. 24, 1903 (d. Aug. 27, 1903)
JACOB--Aug. 24, 1903 (d. Aug. 25, 1903)
WENDELIN--Sept. 1, 1904 (m. Catherine Gassman) (d.June 27, 1972)
BONAVENTURE--May 2, 1906 (m. Catherine Brungardt) (2) Mary Rupp Leikeer
nee Hertiein)
OTTO--Oct. 19, 1907 (m. Evelyn Windholtz) (d. Jan. 16, 1984)
PHILIMENA HILDAD--Feb. 13, 1909 (m.. Anton Windholz)
ANSELM--Dec. 1, 1910 (m. Aureila Staab) (d. Feb. 15, 1975)
LEO--Feb. 17, 1911 (d. Feb. 20, 1911)
HERMAN JOSEPH--June 23, 1912 (m. Teckla Sander)
LAWRENCE--Oct. 26, 1913 (m. Rose Haas)
Carolina Anna--May 5, 1915 (m. Edward Schant (2) Joe Dubois)
CATHERINE ELIZABETH GEIST--Aug. 23, 1892 (m. B.J. Wagner) (d. Nov. 17, 1973)
FERDINAND GEIST--Sept. 5, 1894 (m. Mary Ann Dreiling) (deceased_
ELIZABETH GEIST--Feb. 14, 1896 (m. Ray Linenberger) (d. Nov. 17, 1972)
BILL GEIST--April 5, 1897 (m. Lizzie May) (d. Dec. 23, 1982)
Anton Hammerschmidt b. April 15, 1884 d. 04/09/1935 m. Anna Barbara Schmidtberger b. 12/06/1884 d. 12/03/1922
Sophia Hammerschmidt b. 8/20/1907 d. 2/21/1979 m. Andrew Helget b. 1/13/1909
HAMMERSCHMIDT, JOHN J.m.ANNA BRUNGARDT
b.Dec. 10, 1885Nov. 20, 1906b.Dec. 24, 1883
d.Nov. 3, 1957d.Jan. 13, 1929
P:Jacob HammerschmidtP:Peter Brungardt
Anna Barbara QuintKatherine Hoffman
Raymond--April 1, 1908 (m. Lidwina Vonfelt (2) Mary Schyler nee Vonfelt)
(d. March 18, 1983)
Anna Catherine--March 28, 1914 (m. Pauline Braun) (d. March 28, 1980)
Daniel--July 7, 1915 (m. Edna Meis) (d. Feb. 11, 1991)
Mary--Sept. 26, 1917 (m. Otto Schulte)
Clara Irene--April 6, 1920 (m. Andrew T. Kuhn)
Joseph--May 15, 1923 (m. Louise C. Miller)
HAMMERSCHMIDT, FRANKmMargaret Rupp
b.Nov. 6, 1887b.Sept. 3, 1893
d.Jan. 22, 1959d.Jan. 1969
P:Jacob HammerschmidtP:Alex Rupp
Anna Barbara QuintAnna Margaret
Pfeifer
Leona--March 9, 1913 (d. March 9, 1913)
Richard--April 16, 1914 (d. April 16, 1914)
Similla--June 20, 1915 (d. July 28, 1917)
Ralph--Feb. 6, 1917
Virgil--Dec. 4, 1918 (d. Aug. 15, 1935)
Elmer Francis--June 6, 1920 (m. Rosetta M. Moliden)
Louis--April 1, 1923
HAMMERSCHMIDT, JOSEPHmMathilda Kuhn
b.Feb. 7, 1900Jan. 30, 1934b.Sept. 8, 1908
d.April 24, 1978d.Nov. 5, 1987
P:Leonard E. HammerschmidtP:John B. Kuhn
Walburga AppelhansMargaret Dreiling
From Herzog, Russia
Ernest Joseph--Oct. 11, 1935 (m. Nora Rohr)
Robert Paul--May 15, 1937, (m. Lila Graff) (d. June 16, 1984)
Alice--Dec. 31, 1938 (m. Loren Arnold)
Elaine--Jan. 2, 1940 (m. Earl Sunley)
Leon--Aug. 31, 1941 (m. Melba Jean Fisher)
William--April 22, 1943 (m. Cecile Rempe)
Mary--Nov. 12, 1944 (m. Alfred Hammersmith)
Leo--Oct. 12, 1945 (m. Barbara Finnesy)
Peter--Jan. 16, 1947 (d. Jan. 14, 1966--oil rig accident)
Roseann--March 16, 1948 (m. Ronald Heidel) (d. Feb. 1 1982)
Jo Ann--March 12, 1950 (m. William Jacobs)
Thomas--May 13, 1952 (m. Sonja Sidebottom)
Theresa--Sept. 9, 1954 (m. Mark Conboy)
HAMMERSCHMIDT, HERMAN J.mTeckla Sander
b.June 23, 1912b.Aug. 21, 1917
P:Jacob HammerschmidtP:Frank C. Sander
Anna BiekerAgnes Dinkel
Herman Francis--Oct. 24, 1938 (m. Rosalee Jane Ruggles)
Robert Dean--Jan. 17, 1941 (m. Peggy Fisher) (d. July 30, 1985)
Marion Leo--May 2, 1944 (m. Rose Maria Hipp)
HAMMERSCHMIDT, GERHARD (Walker) mMary Hoffman
b.Aug. 11, 1917Jan. 23, 1939b.July 15, 1917
d.Dec. 18, 1993d.
P:Bernard HammerschmidtP:Conrad Hoffman
Magdalena DreilingChristina Geist
Leon--Jan. 3, 1940 (m. Verma Rome (2) Jan Lutz)
Diana--May 26, 1942 (m. Dean Neville)
Lloyd--April 2, 1945 (m. Cheryl Schmidtberger)
Allen--Dec. 8, 1950 (m. Karen Sander)
Ronald Joseph--Oct. 18, 1952 (d. April 10, 1963)
Geralyn Anne--March 23, 1954 (m. Rodger Glick)
HAMMERSCHMIDT, JOSEPHmLouise C. Miller
b.May 15, 1923Aug. 25, 1947b.June 22, 1924
P:John J. HammerschmidtP:Paul J. Miller
Anna BrungardtMary Seitz
Donald J.--Dec. 11, 1948 (m. Tanya Negus de Ways)
Roanld F.--Jan. 13, 1951 (m. Mary Ann Rziha)
Robert--March 24, 1956 (m. Paricia Fay McGinnes)
Mary Beth--Sept. 11, 1959 (m. Ron Green)
Husband: Leonard B. Hammersmidt b. 1805; 1808 Remmler m. abt 1853 d. abt. 1860; Herzog, Russia
Father: Heinrich Hammersmidt
Mother: Anna Katherine (Katrina) Auman
Other Spouse: Anna Katherine
Wife: Katherine (Catheine) Wahl
b. 10/4/1824; Herzog, Russia d. 8/13/1900; Victoria, Ellis County
Father: Ignatius Wahl
Mother: Maria
Other Spouses: Nicholas Sr. Dreiling
Children:
Leonard II Hammersmidt b. 2/1854; Herzog, (Susly) Russia m. 11/111878; Russia d. 9/23/1931 at 11/20/1891; Victoria
Spouses: Anna Maria (Susana) Goetz and Barbara Weigel
Johannes Jacob (John) Hammerschmidt b. 11/11/1857; Remler, Russia m. 11/11/1878; Herzog, Kansas d. 1/30/1947; Walker, Kansas
Spouses: Anna Barbara Quint Anna Elizabeth Bie
Leonard B. Hammerschmidt
Leonard B. Hammerschmidt
b. 1805 at: (1808) Remmler/Rommler
m. abt 1853
d. abt 1860 at: Herzog, Russia
Father: Heinrich Hammerschmidt
Mother: Anna Katherine (Katarina) Auman
Other Spouses: Anna Katherine
Wife: Katherine (Catherine) Wahl
b. 4 Oct 1824 at: Herzog, Russia
d. 13 Aug 1900 at: Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas
Father: Ignatius Wahl
Mother: Maria
Other Spouses: Nicholas Sr. Dreiling
Children:
Name: Leonard II Hammerschmidt
born: Feb, 1854 at: Herzog, (Susly) Russia
Married: 11 Nov 1878 at: Russia
Died: 23 Sep 1931 at: 11/20/1891; Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas
Spouses: Anna Maria (Susanna) Goetz Barbara We
Name: Johannes Jacob (John Hammerschmidt
Born: 11 Nov 1857 at: Remler, Russia 11
Married: 11 Nov 1878 at: Herzog, Kansas
Died: 30 Jan 1947 at: Walker, Kansas
Spouses: Anna Barbara Quint Anna Elizabeth BieLeonard Hammerschmidt II b. 1854 Herzog, Russia
d. 9/23/1933 Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas married (1) Anna Maria Goetz 11/11/1878 d. 11/20/1891 Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas b. 4/25/1865 Herzog (Susly) Russia d. 5/13/1942
Victoria, Kansas
Departed: Herzog, Russia
Immigration: 11/23/1875
Arrived in Baltimore from Bremen on the SS Ohio
Barbara Weigel
Immigration: 7/21/1876 arrived in New York on the SS Mosel from Bremen
Anna Barabara Schmidtberger b. 12/06/1884 d. 12/03/1922 m. Anton Hammersmith, son of Johannes Hammersmidt and Anna Quint. He was born 4/15/1884 d. 4/09/1935
Katherine Wahl Hammerschmidt Dreiling
Peter Wittman
Birth: 10 Mar 1838 Herzog, Russia
Death: 3 Mar 1918 Victoria, Kansas
Spouse: Katherine Nussman
Birth: 7 Jul 1841 Russia
Death: 22 Jan 1915 Victoria, Kansas
Children:
1F: Anna Maria Wittmann
Birth: 6 Sep 1866
Death: 25 Nov 1899 Hyacinth, Kansas
Spouse: Alexander (Sr.) Geist
Marriage: 8 Nov 1886
2 M: Joseph Wittmann
Birth: 16 Oct 1874
Death: 16 Apr 1889
3 M: ? Wittmann
Birth: Dec 1876
Death: 28 Feb 1878
4 F: Agnes Wittmann
Birth: 13 Aug 1877
Death: 22 Aug 1940
Spouse: Martin Quint
Marriage: 15 Apr 1901
5 F: Barbara Wittmann
Birth: 17 Sep 1879
Death: 14 Oct 1879
6 F: Maria Wittmann
Birth: 8 Sept 1881
Death: 20 Aug 1889
7 M: John Wittmann
Birth: 1882
Death: 11 Sep 1889
8 M: Johannes Wittmann
Birth: 25 Apr 1883
Death: 10 Jan 1902
9 F: Margaretha Wittmann
Birth: 24 Aug 1885 Victoria, Kansas
Death: 11 Dec 1968 Victoria, Kansas
Spouse: Andreas Klaus
Marriage: 26 Apr 1904 St. Fidelis Catholic Church-Victoria, Kansas
Parents of Peter Wittmann were Alexander Wittmann and Katherine Folwerk
Agnes Wittman b. 13 Aug 1877 d. 22 Aug 1940
Agnes Wittman was born August 13, 1877 and married Martin Quint . She died August 22, 1940
NN: Wittmans's Klena
Came on SS Mosel 1876
His parents were ALexander Wittman and Katherine Folwerk
Peter Wittman was born March 10, 1838 and died March 3, 1918. Katherine was born July 7, 1842 and died January 22, 1915
Francisca Spies
SCHMIDTBERGER, JOSEPHmEva Brungardt
1854b.April 1, 1836
d.in Russiad.April 29, 1923
P:Franz Brungardt
Anna Maria Riedel
Katherine--1854 (m. George Vonfelt) (d. Dec. 10, 1932)
Joseph--Nov. 15, 1855 (m. Elizabeth Vonfelt) (d. Aug. 15, 1934)
Michael--Sept. 29, 1859 (m. Katherine Dreiling) (d. March 10, 1925)
Franz--April 10, 1963 (m. Margaret Goetz) (d. Oct. 8, 1932)
SCHMIDTBERGER, JOSEPHmElizabeth Vonfelt
b.Nov. 15, 18551877b.Dec., 1855
d.Aug. 15, 1934d.Aug. 20, 1928
P:Joseph Schmidtberger
Eva Brungardt
Came in 1877
Catherine Margaret--Oct. 28, 1878 (m. Andrew Kuhn) (d. in Wisconsin)
Katherina--Sept. 8, 1880 (m. Joseph Weigel) (d. June 21, 1959)
Magadalena--May 9, 1882 (m. Peter Graf) (d. April 11, 1956)
Eva--March 3, 1884 (m. Clemens Dinkel) (d. June 29, 1941)
Monica--June 19, 1885 (m. Joseph Riedel) (d. June 24, 1918)
Elizabeth--April 19, 1887 (m. Peter P. Sander) (d. March 11, 1965)
Rosa--Oct. 28, 1889 (m. Leonard Goetz) (d. July 24, 1977)
Catherine--May 13, 1894 (deceased)
Agatha--Aug. 31, 1895 (m. Peter H. Quint) (d. Sept. 5, 1986)
SCHMIDTBERGER, JOHANmCatherine Appelhans
b.April 20, 1860b.Aug. 6, 1860
d.July 28, 1931d.Jan. 11, 1941
P:Andreas SchmidtbergerP:Martin Appelhans
Barbara Wolf(Walburga Linenberger)
From Herzog, Russia
NN:"Krumma Schmidtberger"
Michael--Aug. 16, 1885 (m. Katherine Meier) (d. May 9. 1951)
Joseph--Jan. 28, 1887 (m. Anna Maria Meder) (d. April 10, 1975)
Anna--
M. Catherine--Oct. 4, 1892 (m. Johannes Meder) (d. Nov. 29, 1973)
Barbara--April 8, 1894 (m. Ignatius Haberkorn) (d. Jan. 5, 1918)
Franz--
Nicholas--March 22, 1896 (m. Catherine Krenzer) (d. Nov. 17, 1952)
Rose--Oct. 2, 1897 (m. John Appelhans) (d. April 29, 1981)
Clara--Dec. 3, 1898 (d. June 5, 1899)
Anna Margaret--Jan. 8, 1901 (m. Paul Speier (2) John Brungardt)
(d. May 23, 1968)
John--Aug. 15, 1902 (d. Feb. 11, 1905)
Frank--May 14, 1904 (m. Lucy Pfannenstiel)
SCHMIDTBERGER, MICHAELmKatharina Dreiling
b.Sept. 29, 1859Sept. 13, 1880b.March 25, 1863
d.March 10, 1925d.June 20, 1909
P:Joseph SchmidtbergerP:Franciscus Dreiling
Eva BrungardtAnna Maria Sander
Came on SS Mosel
Eva--June 27, 1881 (m. Albert Weigel) (d. Nov. 5, 1961)
Elisabetha--Feb. 9, 1883 (d. Nov., 1883)
Anna Barbara--Dec. 6, 1884 (m. Anthony Hammersmith) (d. Dec. 3, 1922)
Joseph--June 24, 1886 (d. June 7, 1887)
Joseph--Jan. 9, 1888 (m. Anastasia Weigel) (d. Dec. 12, 1947)
Franciscus--Sept. 25, 1889 (m. Elizabeth Weigel) (d. May 19, 1953)
Johannes--April 2, 1891 (d. Dec. 13, 1892)
Catherine--Dec. 27, 1892 (m. John Rupp) (d. Oct. 16, 1973)
Michael--June 14, 1894 (m. Barbara Braun) (d. Aug. 1, 1949)
Alphonse--Oct. 7, 1895 (m. Clara Graf) (d. April 7, 1969)
John--Sept. 7, 1897 (d. March 4, 1920)
Anna Maria--March 25, 1899 (d. Aug. 2, 1908)
Clara--April 4, 1901 (d. Dec. 27, 1932)
Daniel M.--Dec. 5, 1902 (single) (d. Dec. 28, 1976)
Helen--June 21, 1905 (m. Conrad Schamne) (d. Sept. 30, 1950)
Leo--Oct. 16, 1907 (single) (d. Dec. 22, 1980)
The Book of Dechant Descendants
DESCENDANTS?
GENERATION 1
1.
2.JOHANNES DECHANT, SR. b.Abt. 1757; d.Bef. 1798, Obermonjou, Russia.
3.ANNA MARIA DECHANT, b. 1764, from Obermonjou, Russia
4.GEORG DECHANT, b. 1767, Obermonjou, Russia
JOHANN GEORG DECHANT, b. Abt. 1768.
More about JOHANN GEORGE DECHANT:
Emmigration: 1788, As a single man left Obermonjou to go to Wittman, Russia.
GENERATION No. 2
JOHANNES DECHANT, SR. (?) was born Abt. 1757, and died Bef. 1798 in Obermonjou, Russia. He married BARBARA MOER.
Children of JOHANNES DECHANT and BARBARA MOER are:
WILHELM DECHANT, b. 1778, Obermonjou, Russia; d. 1840, Obermonjou, Russia.
MARIA ELISABETA DECHANT, b. 1783, Obermonjou, Russia.
BARBARA DECHANT, b. 1787, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANNES DECHANT, JR. b. 1790, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOSEPF DECHANT, b. 1793, Obermonjou, Russia.
PETER DECHANT, b. 1795, Obermonjou, Russia.
3.ANNA MARIA DECHANT (?) was born 1764 in from Obermonjou, Russia.She married JOHANNES STUPPERT.
Children of ANNA DECHANT and JOHANNES STUPPERT are:
JOSEPH STUPPERT, b. 1784, Obermonjou, Russia
ANNA MARIA STUPPERT, B. 1784, Obermonjou, Russia.
ELISABETA STUPPERT, b. 1794, Obermonjou, Russia.
MARIA MARGARETA STUPPERT, b. 1798, Obermonjou, Russia.
GEORG DECHANT (/) was born 1767 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married ELIZABETA BAUMANN, daughter of ?BAUMANN and BARBARA MITTLEMEIER.
More about GEORG DECHANT:
Emigration: 1788, From Obermonjou, Russia to Wittman, Russia
Children of GEORG DECHANT AND ELISABETA BAUMANN are:
KATARINA DECHANT, b. 1789, Wittmann (Solothurh), Russia
FERDINARD DECHANT b. 1791, Wittmann (Solothurh), Russia
ELIZABETA DECHANT b.1793, Wittmann (Solothurh), Russia
JOHANNES DECHANT, b. 1795, Wittmann (Solothurh), Russia
ANTON DECHANT, b. 1798, Wittmann (Solothurn), Russia
GENERATION NO. 3
WILHELM DECHANT (JOHANNES, ?) was born 1778 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died 1840 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married ANNA BARBARA ? in Obermonjou, Russia.
Children of Wilhelm Dechant and ANNA? are:
PHILIPP DECHANT, b. 1810, Obermonjou, Russia; d. Russia.
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1812
MARGARETHA DECHANT, b. 1814, Obermonjou, Russia
PETER DECHANT, b. 1819, Obermonjou, Russia
JULIANNA DECHANT, b. 1823, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANNES DECHANT, b. 1825, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANNES DECHANT, JR. was born 1790 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married (1) DOROTEA HEIL, daughter of ADAM HEIL and SUSANNA KOHL.He married (2) ANNA MARGARETHA?.
Children of JOHANNES DECHANT and DOROTEA HEIL are:
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1810, Obermonjou, Russia.
ADAM DECHANT, b. 1812.
JOHANNES DECHANT III, b. 1820, Obermonjou, Russia
MICHAEL DECHANT, b. 1822, Obermonjou, Russia.
ANTON DECHANT, b. 1824, Obermonjou, Russia; m. MARGARETHA MINCH.
Children of JOHANNES DECHANT and DOROTEA HEIL are:
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1810, Obermonjou, Russia.
ADAM DECHANT, b. 1812
JOHANNES DECHANT III, b. 1820, Obermonjou, Russia.
MICHAEL DECHANT, b. 1822, Obermonjou, Russia.
ANTON DECHANT, b. 1824, Obermonjou, Russia; m. MARGARETHA MINCH.
Children of JOHANNES DECHANT and ANNA ? are:
CATHERINA ELISABETH DECHANT, b. 1830, Obermonjou, Russia.
ANTON DECHANT, b. 1833, Obermonjou, Russia.
MARIA CHRISTINA DECHANT, b. 1836, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOSEPH DECHANT was born 1793 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married JULIANNA.
Children of JOSEPH DECHANT and JULIANNA are:
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1815, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANN DECHANT, b. 1820, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANNES DECHANT, b. 1822, Obermonjou, Russia.
ELIZABETH DECHANT, b. 1826, Obermonjou, Russia.
CHRISTINA DECHANT, b. 1828, Obermonjou, Russia
CONRAD DECHANT, b. 1829, Obermonjou, Russia
PHILIPP DECHANT, b. 1832, Obermonjou, Russia
MARGARETHA DECHANT, b. 1835, Obermonjou, Russia.
ANTON DECHANT was born 1798 in Wittmann (Solothurh), Russia.
Children of ANTON DECHANT are:
KATHARINA ELIZABETH DECHANT, b. 1820, Obermonjou, Russia; m. ANTON SCHUMACHER.
More About ANTON SCHUMACHER:
Deported: 1876, Arrived in New York on the SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Havre.
MICHAEL DECHANT, b. Abt. 1828, Wittman, Russia; m. ROZINE SCHAFER.
Notes for MICHAEL DECHANT:
According to Lawrence A. Weigel, Michael Dechant b. abt 1828 in Wittmann, Russia was the son of one of the three brothers (Ferdinand b. 1792, Johannes b. 1795 or Anton b. 1798).Anton is the more likely parent for two reasons.First the age difference is less between ANTON AND MICHAEL and second, Michael, named one of his sons Anton.
JOHANN ANTON DECHANT, b. September 13, 1843, Wittmann (Solothurn), Russia; d. June 02, 1928, Highpoint, Ness County, Kansas; Stepchild.Generation No.4
PHILLIP DECHANT was born 1810 in Obermonjou, Russia, and died in Russia.He married (1) CATHERINE BRULL.He married (2) CATHARINA ELIZABETH KOENIG, daughter of PHILLIP KOENIG and MARGARETHA
Notes for CATHARINA ELIZABETH KOENIG:
was brought over by her son and died the same year
More about CATHARINA ELIZABETH KOENIG:
Burial: Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas
Deported:1894
Immigration:July 20, 1878, Arrived in New York on SS DONAU from Bremen.
Children of PHILLIP DECHANT and CATHERINE BRULL are:
JACOB DECHANT, b. Aft. 1850.
GEORGE DECHANT, b. 1855.
More about GEORGE DECHANT:
Immigration: July 15, 1876, Arrived in New York on the SS MAIN from Bremen, Germany
Children of PHILLIP DECHANT and CATHERINE BRULL are:
JOHANN ANTON DECHANT, b. January 15, 1834, Russia; d. June 25, 1912, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
PETER ANTON DECHANT, b. 1837, Obermonjou, Russia; d. Bef. 1876, Obermonjou, Russia.
ELIZABETH AGNESIS DECHANT, b. March 01, 1842, Obermonjou, Russia; d. December 25, 1918, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
JOHANN CARL DECHANT, b. June 15, 1842, Obermonjou, Russia; d. May 25, 1931, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
ANNA CATHARINA DECHANT, b. 1847, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANN PHILLIPP DECHANT, b. 1849, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOSEPH DECHANT was born 1812.He married ANNA ELIZABETH.
Children of JOSEPH DECHANT and ANNA ELIZABETH are:
CATHARINA MARGARETA DECHANT, b. 1836, Obermonjou, Russia.
MARIA ELIZABETH DECHANT, b. 1839, Obermonjou, Russia.
PHILLIP DECHANT, b. 1843, Obermonjou, Russia
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1845.
ANNA CATHERINA DECHANT, b. 1847.
PETER DECHANT was born 1819 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married ANNA MARGARETA.
Children of PETER DECHANT and ANNA MARGARETA are:
CATHARINA MARGARETHA DECHANT, b. December 13, 1847, Obermonjou, Russia; d. March 06, 1909, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
JOHANN JACOB DECHANT, b. 1849, Obermonjou, Russia.He married MARGARETHA ?
Children of JOSEPH DECHANTand MARGARETHA ? are:
JOHANNES DECHANT, b. 1838, Obermonjor, Russia.
JACOB DECHANT, b. 1840, Obermonjou, Russia.
DOROTEA DECHANT, b. 1843, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1845, Obermonjou, Russia.
CATHARIAN ELISABETH DECHANT, b. May 1950, Obermonjou, Russia.
ADAM DECHANT was born 1812.He married MARIA ?
Children of ADAM DECHANT and MARIA ? are:
MARIA DOROTEA DECHANT, b. 1836, Obermonjou, Russia
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1838, Obermonjou, Russia
CATHERINA MARGARETHA DECHANT, b. 1840, Obermonjou, Russia
PETER ANTON DECHANT, b. 1844.
MARIA CATHARINA DECHANT, b. 1847, Obermonjou, Russia
BARBARA DECHANT, b. March 25, 1850, Obermonjou, Russia; d. May 28, 9121, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
JOHANNS DECHANT III was born 1820 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married (1) ELIZABETH BITTEL.He married (2) MARGARETHA ?
More about ELIZABETH BITTEL:
Burial:Munjor, Kansas
Child of MICHAEL DECHANT was born 1822 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married (1) MARIA BEFORT, daughter of ANTON BEFORT AND ANNA ?He married (2) MARIA ?
Child of MICHAEL DECHANT and MARIA BEFORT is:
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. April 15, 1863; d, January 24, 1857.
PETER DECHANT was born 1827 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married MARIA EVA ?
Child of PETER DECHANT and MARIA ? is:
JACOB DECHANT, b. Bef. 1845-1849, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOSEPH DECHANT was born 1815 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married MARGARETHA ?
Children of JOSEPH DECHANT AND MARGAARETHA ? are:
ANNA MARGARETHA DECHANT, b. 1835, Obermonjou, Russia
JOSEPH DECHANT, B. 1837, Obermonjou, Russia.
PHILLIP DECHANT, b. 1841, Obermonjou, Russia,
MARIA DOROTEA DECHANT, b. 1845, Obermonjou, Russia.
MARIA CHRISTINA DECHANT, b, 1845, Obermonjou, Russia.
PHILIPP DECHANT, b. 1848, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANN DECHANT was born 1820 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married MARGARETHA.
Children of JOHANN DECHANTand MARGARETHA are:
CATHARINA ELISABETH DECHANT, b. 1847, Obermonjou, Russia.
ANNA CATHARINA DECHANT, b. May 1850, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANNES DECHANT was born 1822 in Obermonjou, Russia.He married CATHARINA.
Children of JOHANNES DECHANT and CATHARINA are:
JOSEPH DECHANT, b. 1845, Obermonjou, Russia.
CATHARINA DECHANT, b. 1849, Obermonjou, Russia.
JOHANN ANTON DECHANT was born September 13, 1843 in Wittman (Solothurn(, Russia, and died June 02, 1928 in Highpoint, Ness Country, Kansas.He married (1) AMELIA KATHERINE ANNA RUDER Abt. 1866 in Wittman (Solothurn) Russia, daughter of HEINRICH RUDER AND ANNA WASINGER.He married (2) MARIA CATHEINE ISADORA (Solothurn), Russia, daughter of HEINRICH RUDER and ANNA WASINGER.He married (2) MARIA CATHEINE ISADORA BIEKER November 23, 18787 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, daugher of HEINRICH BIEKER and ELIZABETHA HERMANN.
Notes for JOHANN ANTON DECHANT:
There is no certainty that Johann Anton Dechant is the son of Anton Dechant but it is quite likely.Johann Anton was born in Wittman and based on the age and name, Anton Dechant is the most likely father of Johann Anton.Johann Anton could be the son of Anton's brothers or even Anton's nephews.
More about JOHANN ANTON DECHANT:
Immigration: August 03, 1876, Arrived in New York on the SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Havre.
More about AMELIA KATHEINE ANN A RUDER:
Deported: Russia
Immigration:August 03, 1876, Arrived in New YOrk on the SS SUEVIA from Hamburg & Havre.
More About MARIA CATHEINE ISADORA BIEKER:
Imigration: November 23, 1875, Arrived in Baltimore from Bremen on the SS OHIO
Marriage Notes for JOHANN DECHANT and MARIA BIEKER:
Got married at the Ellis County Court House in Hays, Kansas
Children of JOHANN DECHANT and AMELIA RUDER are:
AGATHA MATHA DECHANT, b. February 04, 1869, Wittman (Solothurn) Russia; d. May 17, 1953, garden City, Finney County, Kansas.
JOHN A. DECHANT, JR., b. September 03, 1874, Wittman (Solothurn), Russia; d. May 19, 1950, Antonio, Ellis County, Kansas.
ELIZABETH DECHANT, b. July 16, 1878, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. July 16, 1878, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about JOSEPH DECHANT
Cause of death: Scarlet Fever
KATHERINE ELIZABETH DECHANT, b. August 27, 1887, Schoenchen, Ellis County, Kansas; d. November 16, 1986, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.
CLEMETINE DECHANT, b. 1890, Kansas; d. October 19, 1892, Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about CLEMENTINE DECHANT:
Cause of death: Scarlet Fever
ANNA MARIA DECHANT, b. July 04, 1891, Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 20, 1892, Victoria, Ellis County, Kansas.
More about ANNA MARIA DECHANT:
Cause of Death: Scarlet Fever
ANTON M. DECHANT, b. October 24, 1893, GOrham, Russell County, Kansas; d. February 15, 1975, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas.
HENRY JOHN DECHANT, b. December 06, 1896, Gorham, Russell County, Kansas; d. December 05, 1991, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
JOSEPH JACOB DECHANT, b. October 18, 1900, Gorham, Russell County, Kansaas; d. August 21, 1983, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Generation No. 5
JOHANN ANTON DECHANT was born January 15, 1834 in Russia, and died June 25,1912 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.He married ANNA MARIA AMELIA BOES.
More about JOHANN ANTON DECHANT
Deported:1878, Obermonjou, Russia
More about ANNA MARIA AMELIE BOES:
DECHANT, FRANCIS P. (FRANK) m.Margaret Rohr
b.Dec. 6, 1901Oct. 5, 1926b. March 28, 1904
d.May 1, 1977d. July 25, 1958
P:John DechantP:John Rohr
Anna Catherine WallsmithCatherine Bittle
Alvin-- June 1, 1927 (m. Leona Ziegler) (d. Aug. 19, 1986)
Irene--Nov 17, 1928 (m. Louis Richard Sander)
Herbert--Dec. 30, 1929 (m. Viola Holzmeister)
Evelyn Maria--Aug. 19, 1931 (m. Robert Bradly Erickson)
Norine Rosalin--April 8, 1933 (m. Delphinus Ziegler)
Eugene Donald--July 30, 1934 (m. Aika (Kay) Fujii)
Betty Ann--March 23, 1836 (m. Marcellus Knoll)
Duane Joseph--Jan. 24, 1938 (m. Marjorie Niblock)
Virgil--Jan. 2. 1940 (m. Mary Catherine La Fonda)
Harold--May 29, 1942 (m. Madeline Arrington)
Ann Kathryn--May 20, 19433 (m. Edwin J. Brungardt)
Marietta--Aug. 24, 1944 (single)
Barbara Jean--Dec. 2, 1945 (m. Henry J. Zerr)
Dechant, Jamesm.Brenda Schumacher
b. March 25, 1959b.June 20, 1980
P:Paul DechantP:Hubert Schumacher
Evelyn DreilingBarbara Cooper
Anna Alicia--July 29, 1987
Jacob Andrew--April 28, 1990
Dechant, Johnm.Anna Catherine Ruder
b.Sept. 13, 1843b.1846
d.June 2, 1928d. 1878
p:Henry Ruder
From Wittman, Russia
Agatha--Feb. 5, 1869 (m. Peter Gassman) (d. May 17, 1953)
John A. --Sept. 3, 1873 (m. Anna Catherine Wallsmith
Elizabeth--1878 (d. 1878)
m.Maria Catherine Bieker
b.March 27, 1858
d.Jan. 3, 1947
p:Heinrich Bieker
Elizabeth Herman
Frances--Sept. 23, 1879 (m. John Paul) (d. April 19, 1955)
Maria F.-- Sept. 15, 1881 (m. John Rupp) (d. Feb. 5, 1969)
Jospeh--April 22, 1885 (d. Oct. 19, 1892)
Katherine Elizabeth--Aug. 27, 1887 (m. Jospeh J. Rupp) (d. Nov. 16, 1986)
Clementina--1890 (d. Oct. 19, 1892)
Anna Maria--July 4, 1891 (d. Oct. 20, 1892)
Anton--Oct. 24, 1893 (m. Susan Schneider) (d. Feb. 15, 1975)
Henry John--Dec. 6, 1896 (m. Albertine Schondaller (2) Carla Gutzwiller)
Henry John-- Dec. 6, 1896 (m. Albertine Schondaller (2) Clara Gutzwiller)
Joseph Jacob--Oct. 18, 1900 (m. Olive Fox (2) Anna Kaberlein)
(d. Aug. 21, 1983)
Dechant, Peterm.Appolonia Geist
b.April 18, 1906Oct. 18, 1927b.May 14, 1908
d.Dec. 27, 1992p:Wilhelm Geist
P:John DechantMagdalena Kessler
Anna Katherina Waldschmidt
Rita Belle Wallschmidt--March 1929 (adopted) (m.Eugene Berens
(2) ?Hoffman)
Earl Rudolph--Oct. 7, 1930 (m. Virginia Rogers)
Theresa--Feb. 11, 1933 (single)
Elaine Agnes--May 23, 1935 (m. Buryl Seesus)
Multnomah County, Oregon.
AMELIA KATHRYN RUPP, b. April 28, 1910, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas; d. March 21, 1973, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
REGINA OPHELIA RUPP, b. December 30, 1911.
BEATA MARY RUPP, b. February 14, 1914, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
MARY ANN RUPP, b. May 15, 1915, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
FRANK JAMES RUPP, b.November 25, 1916, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
ELIZABETH MARIE RUPP, b. June 18, 1922, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
KATHERINE ELIZABETH DECHANT was born August 27, 1887 in Schoenchen, Ellis County, Kansas and died November 16, 1968 in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.She married JOSEPH J. RUPP November 20, 1906 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Gorham, Kansas, son of MICHAEL RUPP and ANNA WALDSCHMIDT.
Children of KATHERINE DECHANTand JOSEOH RUPP:
KATTHERINE DOROTHY RUPP, b. September 13, 1907, Gorham, Russell County, Kansas.
PAULINE JOSEPHINE RUPP, b.September 24, 1909, Gorham, Russell County, Kansas.
MARY FRANCIS RUPP, b. October 09, 1911, Gorham, Russell, County, Kansas.
JOHN FRANK RUPP, b.February 02, 1914, Gorham, Russell County, Kansas.
MICHAEL JOSEPH RUPP, b. July 23, 1916, Gorham, Russell County, Kansas.
PAUL VICTOR RUPP, b. September 27, 1918, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.
ADAM WILLIAM RUPP, b. January 31, 1921, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.
FRANK JOSEPH PHILIP RUPP, b. January 06, 1923, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas m. JOSEPHINE RICHMEIER, June 25, 1951, Garden City, Finney, County, Kansas.
JULIA ISADORIA RUPP, b. January 14, 1925, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas
MARGARITA RUPP, b. January 23, 1927, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
ELVIRA LOUISE RUPP, b. March 05, 1930, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.
ANTON M. DECHANT was born October 24, 1893 in Gorham, Russell County, Kansas and died February 15, 1975 in Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas.He married SUSANNNA SCHNEIDER May 21, 1917 in Bizine, Ness City, Kansas, daughter of ADAM SCHNEIDER and ANNA SCHIEHL.
More about Anton M. Dechant:
Burial:Bazine, Ness City, Kansas
Children of ANTON DECHANT and SUSANNA SCHNEIDER are:
HENRY DECHANT, b. September 04, 1919; m. ARMELLA MARIA STEGMAN, November 15, 1948.
ADAM DECHANT, b. May 22, 1921; m. ESTHER MUNSCH.
IADORA DECHANT, b. September 13, 1922; m. OSCAR TABOR.
LILLIAN FRANCES DECHANT, b. September 04, 1924, Bazine, Ness City, Kansas.
LORETTA MARIA DECHANT, b. July 18, 1926, Bazine, Ness City, Kansas.
LUCILLE DECHANT, b. July 30, 1928, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas
JOHN DECHANT, b. Feb. 25, 1930, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
ALEX DECHANT, b. Feb. 09, 1932, Bazine, Kansas; m. JOYCE KLEWENO, March 12.
LESLIE D. DECHANT, b. July 20, 1935, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
HENRY JOHN DECHANT was born December 06, 1896 in Gorham, Russell County, Kansas, and died December 05, 1991 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.He married (1) CLARA GUTZWILLER.He married (2) ALBERTINA FLORENCE SCHOENDALLER May 25, 1921 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, daughter of FRANZ SCHOENTHALER and AMELIA UBERT.
More about HENRY JOHN DECHANT:
Burial: December 09, 1991, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
Children of HENRY DECHANT and ALBERTINA SCHOENDEALLER are:
HENRIETTA DECHANT, b. October 08, 1922.
ALICE MAE DECHANT, b. March 04, 1924.
MARVIN WILLIAM DECHANT, b.January 01, 1926, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
LEO FRANCIS DECHANT, b.July 21, 1927, Jetmore, Kansas.
ERMA AGNES DECHANT, b. July 27, 1929, Bazine, Ness City, Kansas.
HELEN MARY DECHANT, b. April 25, 1932, Bazine, Ness City, Kansas.
CORA LEE DECHANT, b. August 08, 1936, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas
ROBERT ROY DECHANT, b. November 11, 1938, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
More about ROBERT ROY DECHANT:
Cause of death:Accidental death
SHIRLEY ANN DECHANT, b. March 19, 1942, Bazine, Ness City, Kansas.
JOSEPH JACOB DECHANT was born October 18, 1900 in Gorham, Russell County, Kansas, and died August 21, 1983 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.He married (1) OLIVE DEMONIA VIRGINIA FOX June 21, 1926 in Bazine, Ness City, Kansas.He married (2) ANNA KEBERLEIN 1948.
More about JOSEPH JACOB DECHANT:
Burial:August 23, 1983, St. John's Cemetery, Bazine, Ness City, Kansas
Children of JOSEPH JACOB DECHANT:
Burial:August 23, 1983, St. John's Cemetery, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas; d. January 02, 1979, Ranson, Ness County, Kansas.
ETHEL DECHANT, b. April 03, 1930, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
MELVIN JOHN DECHANT, b. October 03, 1932, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
ELMER DECHANT, b. November 08, 1934, Bazine, Ness County, Kansas.
MARIE ISADORIA DECHANT, b. January 14, 1947, Bazine, Ness city, Kansas.
GENERATION NO. 6
CAATHARINA MARGARETHA DECHANT was born March 25, 1856 in Wittman, Russia, and died November 24, 1910 in Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.She married JOHANNES JAKOB LEIKER, SR. in Wittmann, Russia, son of NICOLAUS LEIKER and GERTRUDE VIEDU.
Notes for CATHARINA MARGARETHA DECHANT:
Alvin Komlofske has Katherine as having been born in Obermonjou, Russia
More about CATHARINA MARGARETHA DECHANT:
Burial:St. Francis Cemetery, Mujor, Ellis County, Kansas
Departed:1876, Obermonjou, Russia.
Immigration:October 26, 1876, Arrived in New York on SS GELLERT from Hamburg & Harve.
Notes for JOHANNES JAKOB LEIKER, SR:
John Jacob Leiker, from Obermonjou, Russia, left Saratov, Russia for Germany and subsequently the US on September 30, 1876.He arrived in Victoria, Kansas, where the railroad lines ended at that time, on November 1, 1876.He traveled on the SS GELLERT but was just listed as John Jacob (without a last name) and his wife and children were listed under his name.
More about JOHANNES JAKOB LEIKER, SR.:
Burial: St. Francis Cemetery, Mujor, Ellis County, Kansas
Deported:September 1876, Left Obermonjou, and travelled on SS GELLERT from Hamburg & Havre.
Children of CATHARINE DECHANT and JOHANNES LEIKER are:
JOSEPH F. H. LEILER, b. October 17, 1874, Obermonjou, Russia; d. August 19, 1958, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.
KATHERINE LEIKER, b. May 10, 1876, Obermonjou, Russia; d. August 19, 1958, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.
ALEXANDER H. LEIKER, b. September 20, 1878, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. 1879, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas.
CLARA LEIKER, b. December 17, 1879, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. Ocober 06, 1946, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas.
SEBASTIAN LEIKER, b. September 19, 1881, Munjor, Ellis County, Kansas; d. October 16, 1965, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas.
JOHN WAYNE ROBINSON, b. July 09, 1956, LaCrosse, Rush County, Kansas; m. SHERILL ARMSTRONG, March 1985, Orange PArk, Clay County, Florida.
PAMELA SUE ROBINSON, b. January 12, 1961, LaCrosse, Rush County, Kansas.
RHODA MAE ROBINSON, b. February 03, 1966, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.
SCHMIDTBERGER, JOSEPHmEva Brungardt
1854b.April 1, 1836
d.in Russiad.April 29, 1923
P:Franz Brungardt
Anna Maria Riedel
Katherine--1854 (m. George Vonfelt) (d. Dec. 10, 1932)
Joseph--Nov. 15, 1855 (m. Elizabeth Vonfelt) (d. Aug. 15, 1934)
Michael--Sept. 29, 1859 (m. Katherine Dreiling) (d. March 10, 1925)
Franz--April 10, 1963 (m. Margaret Goetz) (d. Oct. 8, 1932)
SCHMIDTBERGER, JOSEPHmElizabeth Vonfelt
b.Nov. 15, 18551877b.Dec., 1855
d.Aug. 15, 1934d.Aug. 20, 1928
P:Joseph Schmidtberger
Eva Brungardt
Came in 1877
Catherine Margaret--Oct. 28, 1878 (m. Andrew Kuhn) (d. in Wisconsin)
Katherina--Sept. 8, 1880 (m. Joseph Weigel) (d. June 21, 1959)
Magadalena--May 9, 1882 (m. Peter Graf) (d. April 11, 1956)
Eva--March 3, 1884 (m. Clemens Dinkel) (d. June 29, 1941)
Monica--June 19, 1885 (m. Joseph Riedel) (d. June 24, 1918)
Elizabeth--April 19, 1887 (m. Peter P. Sander) (d. March 11, 1965)
Rosa--Oct. 28, 1889 (m. Leonard Goetz) (d. July 24, 1977)
Catherine--May 13, 1894 (deceased)
Agatha--Aug. 31, 1895 (m. Peter H. Quint) (d. Sept. 5, 1986)
SCHMIDTBERGER, JOHANmCatherine Appelhans
b.April 20, 1860b.Aug. 6, 1860
d.July 28, 1931d.Jan. 11, 1941
P:Andreas SchmidtbergerP:Martin Appelhans
Barbara Wolf(Walburga Linenberger)
From Herzog, Russia
NN:"Krumma Schmidtberger"
Michael--Aug. 16, 1885 (m. Katherine Meier) (d. May 9. 1951)
Joseph--Jan. 28, 1887 (m. Anna Maria Meder) (d. April 10, 1975)
Anna--
M. Catherine--Oct. 4, 1892 (m. Johannes Meder) (d. Nov. 29, 1973)
Barbara--April 8, 1894 (m. Ignatius Haberkorn) (d. Jan. 5, 1918)
Franz--
Nicholas--March 22, 1896 (m. Catherine Krenzer) (d. Nov. 17, 1952)
Rose--Oct. 2, 1897 (m. John Appelhans) (d. April 29, 1981)
Clara--Dec. 3, 1898 (d. June 5, 1899)
Anna Margaret--Jan. 8, 1901 (m. Paul Speier (2) John Brungardt)
(d. May 23, 1968)
John--Aug. 15, 1902 (d. Feb. 11, 1905)
Frank--May 14, 1904 (m. Lucy Pfannenstiel)
SCHMIDTBERGER, MICHAELmKatharina Dreiling
b.Sept. 29, 1859Sept. 13, 1880b.March 25, 1863
d.March 10, 1925d.June 20, 1909
P:Joseph SchmidtbergerP:Franciscus Dreiling
Eva BrungardtAnna Maria Sander
Came on SS Mosel
Eva--June 27, 1881 (m. Albert Weigel) (d. Nov. 5, 1961)
Elisabetha--Feb. 9, 1883 (d. Nov., 1883)
Anna Barbara--Dec. 6, 1884 (m. Anthony Hammersmith) (d. Dec. 3, 1922)
Joseph--June 24, 1886 (d. June 7, 1887)
Joseph--Jan. 9, 1888 (m. Anastasia Weigel) (d. Dec. 12, 1947)
Franciscus--Sept. 25, 1889 (m. Elizabeth Weigel) (d. May 19, 1953)
Johannes--April 2, 1891 (d. Dec. 13, 1892)
Catherine--Dec. 27, 1892 (m. John Rupp) (d. Oct. 16, 1973)
Michael--June 14, 1894 (m. Barbara Braun) (d. Aug. 1, 1949)
Alphonse--Oct. 7, 1895 (m. Clara Graf) (d. April 7, 1969)
John--Sept. 7, 1897 (d. March 4, 1920)
Anna Maria--March 25, 1899 (d. Aug. 2, 1908)
Clara--April 4, 1901 (d. Dec. 27, 1932)
Daniel M.--Dec. 5, 1902 (single) (d. Dec. 28, 1976)
Helen--June 21, 1905 (m. Conrad Schamne) (d. Sept. 30, 1950)
Leo--Oct. 16, 1907 (single) (d. Dec. 22, 1980)
The "Suevia" was built by Caird & Co. Greenock, Scotland in 1874 for Hamburg
America Line. She was a 3609 gross ton vessel, length 360.3ft x beam 41ft,
one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13
knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st, 70-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers.
Launched on 1/6/1874, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Havre
and New York on 21/10/1874. She was transferred to the Naples - New York
service on 11/4/1894 and ran between Hamburg - New York and Mediterranean
ports - New York until 27/10/1894 when she commenced her last Hamburg - New
York voyage. On 10/4/1895 she sailed on her last Naples - New York voyage
and in 1896 was sold to a French company who renamed her "Quatre Amis". In
1896, she stranded in the River Scheldt, was refloated and scrapped at
Marseilles the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.391]