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While looking through the 1870 census for my ancestor Luke Finnegan, a name that appeared to be "Piesseis" stuck out. I was originally not planning on investigating further, but I did internet searches to find the likely spelling, and then decided to go back to the censuses to test the hypothesis. This started out as mere notes to a friend with whom I was discussing my research, and so the citations are non-specific, and a great deal of information has been omitted. I doubted that I should post this, as it is not quite academically sound, but I put too much effort into it to just let it be.
The following is an informal account of one Joseph Plieseis and his children and grandchildren, based exclusively on federal census returns for Arlington (1870) and New Auburn (1880-1930) in Sibley County. If you plan to use any of this information, I would highly recommend examining the census returns yourself. My source for the census records is HeritageQuest Online, and they indexed the surname "Plieseis" under a variety of spellings (some even incorrect). Retrieving a complete index of New Auburn would be more straightforward. Note: all middle initials happen to be taken from the 1930 census.
Joseph Plieseis (born Aug. 1841 in Austria, emigrated in 1865) married __stena Sablowska/Sabloska (perhaps "Astena" or "Arstena," but I can't read the first name, even in two different handwritings) circa 1873. They had 10 children (all born in Minnesota), but I can only find the names of 9. They are, with birthdates in parentheses: Augusta (c. 1871 - a possible contradiction to an 1873 marriage), Charles (c. 1876), Minna (c. 1878), Emma (July 1880), Herman A. (Jan. 1883), Frank (July 1885), Lola (Nov. 1887), Joseph (May 1889), and Anna (July 1893).
The Sablowskas, from the 1900 census: __stena was born Dec. 1859 in Prussia, the daughter of John "Sablowske" (i.e. Sablowski/Sablowsky?), supposedly born Nov. 1820 in Prussia. He was a widower, didn't speak English, emigrated in 1873, and was not naturalized. A birth date of 1820 seems like a rounded age, however, and he is almost certainly the same person as John Sablowska who was living in the same place on the 1880 census, then aged 63. That John's wife was Caroline, aged 54. One "Dora Sabloska" from 1880 may have been related (speculation: sister-in-law); her daughter Dora married John Gumbold and had 8 children.
By 1910, Joseph's wife had died, and he was living with children Sophia (probably the same as Lola), Joseph, and Anna. His son Herman had married Minnie ___ around 1907, and they had a son, "Warney" (i.e. Warren) (born c. Dec. 1908). They lived with two farmhands, August Koskey and Fred Hopps.
Between 1910 and 1920, Joseph Jr. (I assume - unless someone else named Plieseis moved into the area) married Adolphine Wiechmann (whose mother was Auguste and whose siblings were Albert, Erwin, and Lillian) and died before 1918, as she was a widow with a daughter named Vera (aged 1 9/12) on the 1920 census. Also in 1920, Frank was married to Eda/Ida with children Ernest H., Edgar, and Gertrude L. Herman and Minnie had had 3 more children: Erma/Irma E., Erwin B., and Irene I.
By 1930, Frank and Ida had had another daughter, Odella R., and Herman and Minnie had had another son, Wilbert C. I don't know what happened to Adolphine and Vera.
An internet search reveals possible connections to people with the names Sander/Zander, Ortloff, and Dose. Ortloffs show up on the census, but otherwise I'm not pursuing this any more for now.
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