Nettie Louise Kizler1,2,3

F, ID# 751, (16 Apr 1885 - 29 Jan 1974)
Father:Johannes Jakob Kizler (26 Aug 1857 - 5 Aug 1947)
Mother:Angelika "Anna" Barbara Hilsenbeck (11 May 1859 - 16 Aug 1906)
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Nettie Louise Kizler was born on 16 Apr 1885 at Hillsboro, Marion Co, Kansas. She was the daughter of Johannes Jakob Kizler and Angelika "Anna" Barbara Hilsenbeck. Nettie Louise Kizler married Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt, son of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag, on 11 Feb 1909 at Marion, Marion Co, Kansas. Nettie Louise Kizler died on 29 Jan 1974 at Cyril, Caddo Co, Oklahoma, at age 88. She was buried at Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
      Nettie Louise Kizler completed one year of high school and by age 20 was employed with the telephone company.

Nettie reportedly died three different places in Oklahoma, so the most reliabe source, the social security death report, was used to establish the death place.

Detailed source:
--Schmidt - Kizler marriage announcement, Marion Record, Marion, KS, 18 Feb 1909, p. 5.

Children of Nettie Louise Kizler and Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S478] Kizler Family Records.
  3. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

Heinrich Schmidt I1

M, ID# 752, (a 1830 - )
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Heinrich Schmidt I was born a 1830. He married Anna Maria Sippel a 1855.
      Heinrich Schmidt was an extremely common name in Russia in the 1800s. Adding to the confusion was that Germans from Russia reused given names innumerable times. There were not many commonly used names to begin with, and their reuse by siblings, cousins, grandchildren, etc. just expanded the problem exponentially. This means there were likely hundreds of Heinrich Schmidts, many born around the same time to different parents. Census records can be ordered for German colonies in Russia, but again many men had the same name and you must know the village name to order the census record.

In researching online records for Schmidts in Saratov Province, Russia no records were found for a Heinrich and Anna Maria marrying or having children. German-Russian immigrant lists online included pages and pages of Schmidts named Heinrich and Henry, no Sippelhuts and a few Hoags, but no exact name and date matches to our ancestors.

Many German families moved to Russia at the invitation of the Tsars. Catherine the Great, anxious to develop the empty steppe along the Volga and have a bulwark against the nomadic Kalmyks, issued a manifesto on 22 Jul 1763 offering foreign settlers generous acreage, free relocation expenses and supplies, no taxes for thirty years, freedom to practice their religion, no conscription in Russia’s Army, local self-government, loans to buy livestock and equipment with no interest and more. Many Germans desperate to provide for their families jumped at the opportunity to improve their lives and moved their families to Russia. In response German settlers founded 104 colonies on the Volga River between 1764 and 1768 (http://www.rollroots.com/volga.htm). Russian ships transported the immigrants to St. Petersburg, Russia, where the settlers were provisioned and most were taken by ship up the Neva River to the Wolchov and then across to the Volga River for the long trip around Moscow and eventually to Saratov. When winter hit, their progress stopped until spring. The region to be settled stretched 160 by 65 miles on both sides of the Volga River. The immigrants were to be settled in areas sufficient to support 1,000 families, and by 1768 when immigration stopped the region contained about 27,000 people in 8,000 families. Under these conditions by 1840 the available land was insufficient to support the population. (Brunau, M., Die deutsohen Ansiedlungen an der Wolga. (Schriften des Institute fur Auslandkunde und Auslanddeutschtum. Heft 3). 22S, Leipzig 1922; republished American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Clue Journal, Work Paper 11, Apr 1973)

Family tradition is Heinrich Schmidt left Germany because of an edit banning individual households from baking bread in order to conserve fuel and the Schmidts immigrated to Saratov, Russia. What is missing from this tradition is which Heinrich in which generation moved to Russia.

The 1807 and 1809 census lists published in The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862, known as "The Stumpp Book," by Karl Stumpp, pages 823-851, provides the names of origin villages for many settlers. The Stumpf book has two parts, the Volga and Black Sea areas; the Volga Schmidts start on page 155. A researcher interested in determining the German origin of a particular family should compare the information reported in the First Settlers List, The Kulberg Book, and The Stumpp Book. The goal is to identify the members of the family group and their approximate ages in 1766 to successfully locate the family in German parish records.

Colonists arriving from Germany in Russia were assigned to settlements according to their religious confession. Kutter, where Heinrich's son married, was noted as a Reformed Baptist settlement and as a Lutheran settlement on different sources.

An opportunity to make research progress on this line may be through yDNA comparison studies. Even then should the ancestral population prove extremely endogamous, drawing conclusions as to the members of Heinrich Schmidt's family may be impossible.

Research Underway:

Between the Schmidt families of Kutter in 1767 and our ancestor Heinrich Schmidt born about 1830 there are likely two generations missing which need to be documented. Three Schmidt families, who may have been headed by brothers, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 Sep 1766. They all settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 29 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in households 58, 59, and 60 respectively. Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that these three Schmidt families came from the German district of Isenburg.

(1) Anton Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Catharina, and children (Ludwig, age 17; Maria, age 15; Jakob, age 8; and Anna, age ¼).

(2) Peter Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife Anna.

(3) Johann Heinrich Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Susanna, and children (Rosina, age 10; Anna, age 7; Anton, age 2).

Anton (1718- ) and Maria Katarina (1725- ) (mnu) SCHMIDT: Also in the Kutter FSL (p.490, #58) is the Schmidt farmer family also of the Reformed faith who arrived in Kutter also from Isenburg on 29 July 1767: Anton 49, wife Maria Katharina 42, sons Johann Ludwig 18 and Jacob 8, and daughters Maria Barbara 15 and Anna Katharina 1 1/2.

Maria Barbara (SCHMIDT) BELTZ (1752-1824): Johannes Beltz's bride was Maria Barbara Schmidt. She and her parents are on the Kutter First Settlers list as household #58: SCHMIDT, Anton 49, wife Maria Katarina 42, sons Ludwig 18 and Jakob 8, daughters Maria Barbara 15, and Anna Katarina 1 1/2; Anton was a grain farmer (or baker?) of the Reformed faith from Isenberg.

Also Reformed and from Isenberg were households #59 headed by Peter SCHMIDT 36, and #60 headed by Heinrich SCHMIDT 47, whom were possibly younger brothers of Anton. All three SCHMIDT men arrived in Kutter on 29 July 1767. Anton's wife in 1767-75, Maria Katarina, may not have been the mother of Maria Barbara.

Detailed Sources:
-- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, accessed 2015, http://ahsgr.org/index.htm
-- Julia Mangano, emails to Virginia Winslett re Heinrich Schmidt, 2020
-- Karl Stump, The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 to 1862, "The Stumpp Book," https://gfr.foxping.com/Emigration/Emigration%20from%20Germany%20to%20Russia.pdf
-- Mai, Brent Alan. /1798 Census of the German Colonies along the Volga: Economy, Population, and Agriculture/ (Lincoln, NE: American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1999): Kt40, Kt41.
-- Pleve, Igor. /Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767/ Band 2 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): 490-491.
-- Pleve, Igor. /Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766/ (Saratov: State Technical University, 2010): #6414, #6415, #6416.
-- https://volga.domains.unf.edu/surnames/schmidt-kutter
-- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~patrak01/kutter.htm.

Children of Heinrich Schmidt I and Anna Maria Sippel

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.

Anna Maria Sippel1

F, ID# 753, (c 1836 - )
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Anna Maria Sippel was born c 1836 at Kutter, Saratov, Russia. She married Heinrich Schmidt I a 1855.
      The name Anna Maria Sipplehut was provided during an interview with a family descendant in 1983. Anna's last name was actually most likely Sippel, Sieppel, Sippelt, Sipple, Seibel or Schiebelhut or any of those names starting instead with a Z because no Sippelhut records were found online.

The following bits of research have been collected about Sippel families, although this data may not pertain to anyone related to Anna Maria:

-- Hussenbach was founded along the Medveditsa River as a Lutheran colony on 16 May 1767 by the Crown. The original 118 founding colonists came from Brandenburg, Saxony, Darmstadt, and the Palatinate. On 27 July 1896 a group of 7-8 year-old children were playing in the yard of Heinrich Sippel while the adults were working in the fields. At some point a fire was lit in the yard. The high winds fanned the flames which quickly spread to neighboring yards and 273 homes were destroyed along with the church and numerous businesses. (https://www.volgagermans.org/who-are-volga-germans/settlements/original/hussenbach) At the time Anna Maria was born there were about 2,300 people living in about 275 households in the colony.

-- Sippels were on the Hussenbach colony censuses from 1798 - 1857. Schmidts were living in the same colony, but only appeared on the censuses through 1834, and Anna Maria who married a Schmidt was born about 1836. (https://hussenbach.weebly.com/surnames-found-in-records.html)

-- Valentin Sippel, a weaver, his wife Sophia Margaretha, and children (Johann, age 9; Johann Konrad, age 6; Wilhelmina, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 13 Sep 1766 aboard the galliot Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson. They settled in the Volga German colony of Hussenbach. Son Johann is recorded there on the 1798 census in Household No. Hs070. The children of son Konrad are recorded there on the 1798 census in Household No. Hs031. The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Valentin Sippel came from the German region of Darmstadt. (https://volga.domains.unf.edu/surnames/sippel) Research on Valentin is likely available in the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia publications this researcher has if Valentin becomes key in this family.

Children of Anna Maria Sippel and Heinrich Schmidt I

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.

Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II1,2,3,4

M, ID# 754, (c 1860 - )
Father:Heinrich Schmidt I (a 1830 - )
Mother:Anna Maria Sippel (c 1836 - )
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II was born c 1860 at Russian Empire. He was the son of Heinrich Schmidt I and Anna Maria Sippel. Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II married Anna Maria Haag, daughter of Unknown Haag, in 1882 at Kutter, Russian Empire. Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II emigrated on 12 Jun 1892 from Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated on 25 Jun 1892 to New York, New York. He died at Portland, Oregon.
      Our Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt was born, grew up and married a woman from Kutter, Russia and settled in Saratov, Russia before immigrating to America with his family. In searching for the Schmidt church records, in addition to Kutter where Heinrich married, the surrounding villages church records need to be checked. Even though Kutter was in the Balzer Canton and they had their own church, Kutter residents were also in the church records of Messer, Neu Messer and Hussenbach in the years after 1870.

Saratov played an important role in the history of the Volga Germans. The ethnic German population of the Saratov region numbered 800,000 in the early 20th century, with some people whose families had been there for generations. Life for the German immigrants in Russia was far different from what they had been promised in 1767. These new Russian citizens were forced to remain in hostile territory plagued by unpleasant weather patterns, rocky soil, vermin and disease. In 1874 the government enforced conscription on all men, including the Germans along the Volga, and thus Heinrich Schmidt II most likely served in the military. This conscription was a serious breach of promise to the settlers who were strong pacifists and thus many Germans in Russia moved their families to America to avoid being forced to join the military.

Heinrich and Anna Schmidt, both age 32, of Saratov, Russia departed Hamburg with their children on 12 Jun 1892 in steerage on the German steamship Suevia under Capt. Bauer. The New York passenger arrival lists show Heinrich and Anna Schmidt of Saratov, Russia, both age 32, arriving 25 Jun 1892 from Hamburg, Germany on the Suevia with their children Heinrich age 7, Johann and Marcia both noted as age 4, and a baby daughter Cath. Although Heinrich and Anna are very common names, it was our family arriving with their known children Heinrich, Friedrich and Marcia. The family had two pieces of luggage and was noted as planning to go to Brooklyn where the 1890 Police Census showed 28 Schmidts lived. Very few Russians were on board this large ship and Heinrich's family were the only passengers from Saratov, so they were not traveling with family or friends.

Family tradition was the family arrived in New York on 15 May 1891, but the family immigration was 25 Jun 1892. So the question remains as to the significance of the 15 May 1891 immigration date passed down in the family. This could have been a departure date from Russia to Germany followed by immigration to America, or the date could have been 15 May 1892 when they departed from Hamburg. The immigration record showed the family was going to Brooklyn, New York.

In 1891, a group of Volga Germans settled on former forestland near Canby, Oregon. Up until this point the immigrants had arrived from Protestant colonies along the Volga. However, in 1892 a group of Catholic colonists arrived in Portland from Topeka, Kansas. Many of these pioneers held significant family ties and friendships. Formally organized on 24 Apr 1892, the Ersten Deutschen Kongregationalen Ebenezer Kirche (First German Congregational Ebenezer Church) was the mother of all the German Congregational Churches established by the Volga Germans in Portland.

Henry and his family went from New York to reside in Portland, Oregon where a daughter was born in 1894. Anna had nine children with Henry, the majority unaccounted for.

According to family tradition, Henry was killed in a logging accident on 24 Oct (no year given) before his last child Jacob was born, reported as 23 Sep 1895. Nothing confirms Henry was in the logging industry or that he died before his son Jacob was born. A birth record found for an unnamed child born 24 Sep 1895 to a Henry Schmidt, a shoemaker living at 803 Union Avenue North in Portland, raises the possibilty that man was our Henry and was alive when his son was born. (Oregon Historical Records Index, male child Schmidt, 24 Sep 1895, Portland, parent Henry Schmidt of 803 Union Ave, born in Germany, record 576039) No Portland newspaper obituary confirmed the year of Henry's death, however his wife's obituary stated Henry died four years after their "1891 immigration," which was actually a year later, putting his death at 1895 or 1896.

More is known about who Henry was not than is known about who he was. Henry Schmidt was a very common name. Research by Steve Schmidt showed that Portland City directories for 1893 - 1896 listed:
1893:
- Schmidt Henry, lab, rms 342 Morris
- Schmidt Henry, lab, res E Lincoln bet E 3d and Union Av
- Schmidt Henry, lab, res 624 Savier
1894:
- Schmidt Henry, lab, res E Lincoln SE cor Union Av
- Schmidt Henry, shoemkr 803 Union Av N, res same
- Schmidt H P, longshoreman, res 330 Margin
1895:
- Schmidt Henry, lab, res 803 Union Av N (24 Sep 1895 birth recorded at this location but our Henry was not known to be a shoemaker)
- Schmidt Henry, lab, res 363 E Lincoln
Despite this list of residents, only one Henry Schmidt was in the 1895 Multnomah County census; he was listed as born in the US and had no family members.

The Oregon State Archives' Oregon Historical Records Index for 1890s Portland death records included only one Henry Schmidt, a man age 59, born in Germany, resided at 23 N 16th St, Portland and died 22 Oct 1896 of Brights disease. This Henry is a generation older than our ancestor. And it was this Henry Schmidt who most assuredly was buried on 24 Oct 1896 in Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery in Portland.

There were so many same-named men that it is critically important to note the children in the families when differentiating among the Schmidt/Smith families. Our Henry Schmidt was not the Henry Smith/Schmidt age 21 and thus born about 1859 in Russia living in 1880 in Marion Co, Kansas, which had a stronghold of Schmidt residences. This Henry "Smith" resided in Marion Co, Kansas with his large family, including a son with the same name, year and place of birth as our ancestor. Within a few homes were nine heads of household all surnamed "Smith," with ages ranging from 31 to 70 with the majority being in their 50s. Most were born in Russia, two brothers stated they were born in Prussia, and all but one reported his parents were born in Prussia. Of these families, some or none could be related to our Schmidts because of the proclivity of geographical cultures to immigrate together, but none of these Schmidts/Smiths were our direct line. Key is that Anna Hoag Schmidt's future husband Johann Peter Geis moved from Saratov, Russia to Marion Co, Kansas; hence Anna later moved to Marion Co when she remarried Geis, but Anna and Heinrich did not live there during Heinrich's lifetime.

Detailed resources:
--Julia Mangano, emails to Virginia Winslett re Heinrich Schmidt, 2020.
--1892; Departure; Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 080; Page: 874; Microfilm No.: K_1747; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1068/images/K_1747_080506-0247?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=c51477abbd02c07c4e1ac7eba423e2b0&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UHB187&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=70091
--1892; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 31; Page Number: 3; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7488&h=4002169603&tid=&pid=&queryId=8d0b65b6f753ce55b8980bf80d15663d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UHB584&_phstart=successSource.

Children of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S721] Aleta Geis Research.
  3. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.
  4. [S729] Steve Schmidt Research.

Anna Maria Haag1,2,3

F, ID# 755, (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
Father:Unknown Haag (a 1827 - )
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Anna Maria Haag was born on 12 Oct 1860 at Kutter, Saratov, Russian Empire. She was the daughter of Unknown Haag. Anna Maria Haag married Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II, son of Heinrich Schmidt I and Anna Maria Sippel, in 1882 at Kutter, Russian Empire. Anna Maria Haag emigrated on 12 Jun 1892 from Hamburg, Germany. She immigrated on 25 Jun 1892 to New York, New York. She emigrated c 1897. She immigrated on 14 Sep 1899 to Baltimore, Maryland. She married Jacob Peter "J.J." Geis, son of Henry Peter Geis and Katharina Elizabeth Laubach, in 1899 at Hillsboro, Marion Co, Kansas. Anna Maria Haag died on 24 Aug 1940 at Marion Co, Kansas, at age 79. She was buried at Baptist Church Cemetery, Durham, Marion Co, Kansas.
      The reissued birth certificate for Anna Maria Haag's daughter Mollie, noted her mother Anna was born in Kutter, Russia based on a statement by Mollie's brother. On 8 Jul 1767 Kutter was founded by the Russian government as a Volga region mother colony for German settlers. Kutter, also known as Brehning-Khutor and officially named Popovka on 26 Feb 1768, was founded as a Reformed Lutheran colony. The 1834 and 1857 Kutter census records include her ancestors residing in Kutter where Anna Maria was born.

According to Anna Haag's 18 Sep 1940 obituary, Anna Maria Geis, née Haag, was born on 12 Oct 1860 in Kutter, Saratov Province, Russia and died 25 Aug 1940. At the age of 22 she married Henry Schmidt and moved to Saratov town, the next town to Kutter. Anna and Henry had nine children, and five of these survived Anna. In 1891 she came to America with her family. (Records show her immigration was actually the following year.) She stated her husband died four years later. In 1899 she married J. J. Geis and a son was born in this marriage. Her death was mourned by 6 children ... and 5 children of her deceased husband JJ Geis, to whom she was a good foster mother.

Anna had some strange official reporting data. The family tradition is Anna Marie's surname was Hoag. Her oldest children -- Henrich, Friedrich and Marcia -- were born 1883 - 1886 in Saratov, Russia before their 1892 immigration to the US and subsequent move to Portland, OR. Anna then had no surviving children for seven years until Mollie and Jacob were born in Oregon in 1894 and 1895. The 1979 obituary of Anna's daughter Mollie noted Mollie had one surviving sister Leah and six deceased brothers and a sister; so evidentially Molly counted her step-siblings as siblings. Although Anna reported on her 1899 naturalization application that her children Mollie and Jacob were born in Saratov, Russia, they were actually born in America.

After her first husband Henry Schmidt's early death in Portland, OR, which according to Geis family tradition was apparently in a logging accident, Anna reportedly took in laundry to make enough money to return to Russia with her children, which seemed like an ill-timed and exhausting trip. Factors possibly causing her to leave was Anna had five children to feed and was unable to speak or write English according to the census. Perhaps Anna moved back to live with her deceased husband's father; Anna's father-in-law Heinrich Schmidt was born about 1838 reportedly in Germany, and an Heinrich Schmidt born 1838 in Frank, Sartov, Volga Russia and living until 1910 in the same location was found on a German-Russian immigrant list, although Heinrich Schmidt was a very common name so this may be an unrelated man.

Anna returned to America as a mail order bride for Jacob Geis, a widower, and settled on his farm near Hillsboro, KS. On 14 Sep 1899 Anna and her five children left Bremen, Germany via steerage on the "Dresden" and arrived in Baltimore, MD on 27 Sep 1899. The Schmidts were all listed as Russian nationals and subjects of Russia; last residing in and being natives of Saratov, Russia; native language being German; and religion Lutheran. Everyone was listed as never having been in the US, but that column's uniformity indicated it may have been filled out in advance for all but US citizens in first class. The Schmidts were to join their sponsor Jacob Geis of Hillsboro, KS who is listed as "groom" and the person who paid their passage.

The immigrating family listing was: Anna age 38, noted as "married" although the form listed Jacob Geis as the groom instead of as her husband; Heinrich, male age 15; Maria age 11; Friedrich age 9 [age should be listed as 14]; Amalie a female age 4; and Jacob age 3. Of the many census, marriage and draft records, only this immigration form reports Friedrich's age as being born circa 1890 and thus this age was disregarded. Marion Co, KS where they settled had a large Volga German settlement including many Schmidts.

According to Aleta Sue Geis-Ashlock, a great granddaughter of Jacob Peter Geis and Anna Hoag, family tradition was that a mutual friend set up the Geis - Hoag introduction, and Geis sent Anna $1000 to return to America after she agreed to marry him. Anna and her children came over on a ship and then took the train to Durham, Marion Co, Kansas. Jacob Peter Geis met Anna at the train station in Durham. A cousin brought a wagon and took the children back to the farm, and Jacob Peter and Anna took the buggy and went to Hillsboro and got married. The only child Jacob Peter Geis and Anna had from that union was Arthur Geis, the grandfather of the reporter, Aleta Sue Geis-Ashlock.

Speculating about how Jacob and Anna heard of each other, the Marion Co, KS census shows numerous Schmidt families resident in 1895 - 1900 including, but not limited to, these heads of households all born in Russia with parents born primarily in Russia: Heinrich born ~1828, Bernhardt born circa 1833 who is possibly the B. Schmidt with 80 acres in Durham township in 1902, Jacob born ~1839, Tobias B. born circa ~1843, Jacob born ~1848, David born ~1852, Johan born ~1853; John born ~1854, David born ~1863 and an H? Schmidt with 80 acres in Liberty township in 1902. Any or all of these men and or their wives could have been related to Anna's deceased husband Heinrich Schmidt born in 1860 in Russia. Furthermore, other records show Schmidt-Geis intermarriages in Germany, so the families may have known of each other from even further back in their histories.

By 1900 Anna and Jacob were living in Moore, Marion Co, KS on a 160 acre farm. The 1902 Moore district map shows three 160-acre farms owned by Peter, Anna and H? Geis respectively, and two blocks of 160 acres land each apportioned to one or two men named Peter Geis. In 1911 Anna and her husband Jacob Geis traveled to Russia for a six-month visit with family and then returned through New York.

In 1920 Jacob Geis age 61 appeared on the Moore, Marion Co, KS census with his wife Anna age 59 and their son Arthur. Anna noted she and her parents were born in Saratov, Russia. By 1930 Jacob and Anna are living at 27 Lawrence Ave, Durham, Marion Co, KS where they owned a home valued at $3000; Jacob was reported as able to read and write but had never attended school. Between 1920 and 1930 the census reports indicate Anna had finally learned how to speak English.

Detailed sources include:
--Pam Wurst, Kutter Russia Village Coordinator, correspondence with Virgina Winslett, 2020 - 2021.
--American Historical Society Germans from Russia, Paper # 13, Dec 1973 (Geis-Schmidt marriage)
--Kansas Historical Society, accessed in 2015, http://www.kshs.org (1895 Census - Jacob Geis)
--Marion Co, KS landowner maps, 1902, http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209391/page/3 Marion County;
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209391/page/19 Durham Park
(Schmidt land);
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209391/page/21 Liberty map (Schmidt land);
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209391/page/26 Moore map (Geis lands)
--1892; Departure; Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 080; Page: 874; Microfilm No.: K_1747; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1068/images/K_1747_080506-0247?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=c51477abbd02c07c4e1ac7eba423e2b0&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UHB187&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=70091
--1892; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 31; Page Number: 3; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7488&h=4002169603&tid=&pid=&queryId=8d0b65b6f753ce55b8980bf80d15663d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UHB584&_phstart=successSource
--1900; Census Place: Moore, Marion, Kansas; Roll: 488; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL microfilm: 1240488
--1910; Census Place: Moore, Marion, Kansas; Roll: T624_446; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0068; FHL microfilm: 1374459
*National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 136; Volume #: Roll 0136 - Certificates: 51466-52365, 17 May 1911-25 May 1911
--1911; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 1758; Line: 7; Page Number: 159
--1920; Census Place: Moore, Marion, Kansas; Roll: T625_539; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 72; Image: 791
--1930; Census Place: Durham, Marion, Kansas; Roll: 710; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 105.0; FHL microfilm: 2340445
--Obituary; The Messenger, Durham, Kansas, pg 15, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99JH-LLPH?i=4985&cc=2367299&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A7WRZ-L42M; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia"United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7WRZ-L42M : 11 September 2020), Anna Maria Haag Schmidt Geis, Schwester; citing , in "Der Sendbote"; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Children of Anna Maria Haag and Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II

Child of Anna Maria Haag and Jacob Peter "J.J." Geis

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S721] Aleta Geis Research.
  3. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

James Dennison1

M, ID# 756
     James Dennison married Lula Pearl Sullivan, daughter of Tanner Sullivan and Nora Lee Wright, on 18 Sep 1950 at Autauga Co, Alabama.

Citations

  1. [S400] Stephen Weathers Family Records.

Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt1,2,3

M, ID# 757, (22 Jun 1885 - 28 Jul 1957)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II (c 1860 - )
Mother:Anna Maria Haag (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt was born on 22 Jun 1885 at Saratov, Saratov, Russian Empire. He was the son of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag. Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt immigrated on 15 May 1891 to New York, New York. He immigrated on 25 Jun 1892 to New York, New York. He married Nettie Louise Kizler, daughter of Johannes Jakob Kizler and Angelika "Anna" Barbara Hilsenbeck, on 11 Feb 1909 at Marion, Marion Co, Kansas. Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt was naturalized on 4 Dec 1919 at Hobart, Oklahoma. He died on 28 Jul 1957 at Saint Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at age 72. He was buried at Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
      Johann Friedrich Schmidt anglicized his name to Frederick and also used Fred. His World War II draft registration erroneously noted his middle name as Henry although he had a surviving older brother named Heinrich. Frederick immigrated from Russia to America at least twice. First he arrived with his family at the port of New York in 1892 as a small boy using the name Johann Schmidt. His family then moved to Portland, Oregon perhaps as late as 1893, where there was a large German-Russian enclave and numerous Schmidt families lived. When his father died near the end of the century, the family returned to Saratov, Russia. In 1899 the family returned to the US and moved to Hillsboro, KS where there was another large German - Russian enclave. Frederick reported he completed four years of high school.

On 1 Mar 1905 in the Hillsboro, Marion Co, KS census Frederick was living in the Joel Geis household along with various siblings and other relatives; Joel was likely both Frederick's step-brother and his brother-in-law. The Kizler family was enumerated in the same census, so his future wife lived close by. Frederick reported he and his wife were both 24 years old when they married. The ceremony was in Nettie's parents' home after which the couple honeymooned in Gotebo, OK.

After the wedding the couple lived in Hobart, OK where Frederick clerked at the Dixie Store. In 1910 he and his family were living at Harrison, Kiowa Co, OK, he was working as a department store clerk and owned his own home which had a mortgage.

When he registered for the draft in Kiowa Co, OK on 12 Sep 1918, Frederick was not a US citizen, although he was naturalized the following year. Frederick was described as medium build with blue eyes and brown hair. At that time he was manager of a dry goods department at the Dixie Store and was living with his family at 115 North Hitchcock Street, Hobart, Kiowa Co, OK. He did not serve in the military. In 1920 Frederick and his family were still living on North Hitchcock Street. At that time he reported his native language was German, he was able to speak English, he was a dry goods salesman, and he owned his own home.

By 1930 the Schmidts were living at 2020 West 17th St in Oklahoma City, OK and Fred was working as a manager and buyer in ready-to-wear retail for Halliburton's Department Store. He owned his home and it was valued at $5000. In 1940 he was at the same home and it was valued at $4000. He was working as a buyer in retail dry goods with an income of $2,800 (periodicity not known.)

At the time of his death in 1957 Frederick was living at 1501 Drexel Blvd in Oklahoma City and had been working for about eight years as a floor manager at the Peyton-Marcus clothing store. He had undergone surgery ten days before his death. He was a member of First Baptist Church.

Fred Schmidt is a very common name. Other German - Russian men named Fredrich Schmidt born in 1885 in Saratov, Russia immigrated to the US. Many other married couples named Frederick/Henry and Nettie Louise (or Nettie L or Louise) Schmidt born about the same time as our ancestors are in census records throughout the US including in both Portland, OR and Gotebo, OK, at the same time Frederick was living there.

Children of Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt and Nettie Louise Kizler

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.
  3. [S1] "Virginia Winslett Research."

Marcia 'Marsha' Schmidt1,2

F, ID# 758, (23 Sep 1886 - 20 Nov 1962)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II (c 1860 - )
Mother:Anna Maria Haag (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
     Marcia 'Marsha' Schmidt was born on 23 Sep 1886 at Saratov, Saratov, Russian Empire. She was the daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag. Marcia 'Marsha' Schmidt immigrated on 25 Jun 1892 to New York, New York. She married Joel Geis, son of Jacob Peter "J.J." Geis and Anna Elizabeth Wagner, on 8 May 1903 at Durham, Marion Co, Kansas. Marcia 'Marsha' Schmidt died on 20 Nov 1962 at Newton, Harvey Co, Kansas, at age 76. She was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, Kansas.
      Marcia Schmidt lived in Durham Park and Moor Townships, Marion Co, KS as a child. The 1905 Hillsboro, KS census enumerated in the household of Joel Geis, age 20 from Kansas: Maria Geis 18 from Russia [Marcia Schmidt]; Alex Geis [Joel's brother] a 23-year-old male from Kansas; F H Schmidt [Frederick H. Schmidt, our ancestor] from Russia age 20; Male Schmidt [Mollie Schmidt, Frederick and Marcia's sister] age 10 female born in Russia; and Allma Geis age 6 months, male, born in Kansas. "Male" and Allma were added at the bottom of the census page. Joel owned his home which was apparently a duplex. Both Joel and Alex Geis were listed as merchants. Joel was listed with 4 "L" of land with a $1000 value for the land and improvements, and the improvements only valued at $700. The second family in the home was Russian and consisted of J. P. Pankratz 63; Margareta Pankratz 59; Maria Pankratz 26; and Magge Pankratz 13.

Joel and Marcia lived in Rainy, OK in 1910 and by 1920 through at least 1940 they were in Logan KS; by 1948 they were back in Newton, KS.

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

Amalie 'Mollie' Schmidt1,2

F, ID# 759, (23 Feb 1894 - 19 Jun 1979)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II (c 1860 - )
Mother:Anna Maria Haag (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
     Amalie 'Mollie' Schmidt was born on 23 Feb 1894 at Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon. She was the daughter of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag. Amalie 'Mollie' Schmidt married Charley Allen Borton a 1914. Amalie 'Mollie' Schmidt died on 19 Jun 1979 at Marion Co, Kansas, at age 85.
      Mollie Schmidt was noted on her 1899 immigration to the US as "Amalie Schmidt" and in her brother's obituary as Mrs. Charles Borden of Durham, KS.

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

Henrich "Henry" L. Schmidt1,2

M, ID# 760, (13 Dec 1883 - 28 Jul 1959)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II (c 1860 - )
Mother:Anna Maria Haag (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
     Henrich "Henry" L. Schmidt was born on 13 Dec 1883 at Saratov, Saratov, Russian Empire. He was the son of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag. Henrich "Henry" L. Schmidt immigrated on 25 Jun 1892 to New York, New York. He married Emma Geis, daughter of Henry Geis and Philipine Geis, on 12 Jun 1904. Henrich "Henry" L. Schmidt married Katie Marie Schwindt in 1919 at Marion Co, Kansas. Henrich "Henry" L. Schmidt married Mary Buller a 1925. Henrich "Henry" L. Schmidt died on 28 Jul 1959 at Hobart, Kiowa Co, Oklahoma, at age 75.
      Henry was living in Gotebo, OK when his brother Frederick died in 1957.

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

PVT Jacob Robert "JR" Schmidt1,2

M, ID# 761, (23 Sep 1895 - 8 Mar 1979)
Father:Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II (c 1860 - )
Mother:Anna Maria Haag (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
     PVT Jacob Robert "JR" Schmidt was born on 23 Sep 1895 at Portland, Oregon. He was the son of Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt II and Anna Maria Haag. PVT Jacob Robert "JR" Schmidt married Lulu G. (Unknown) c 1922. PVT Jacob Robert "JR" Schmidt died on 8 Mar 1979 at age 83. He was buried on 12 Mar 1979 at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
      Jacob R. Schmidt's records provide his birth date as 23 Sep 1895, however a birth record found for a unnamed child born 24 Sep 1895 to a Henry Schmidt, a shoemaker living in Portland raises the possibility that Jacob was born on 24 Sep.

Jacob completed third grade of elementary school; this point could possibly have been when his mother and step-father died because by 1905 Jacob was not living with his three siblings in the Geis household, although he could have been overlooked as two other household members were initially. Jacob registered for the draft on 5 Jun 1917 in Marion, Marion Co, KS where he was self-employed repairing tires. This is the only record where he stated he was born in 1896; even his military records and he census records listed a 1895 birth date. He had a medium build with grey eyes and dark brown hair. Jacob served in the Army during World War I on 27 May 1918 and was released on 15 Jan 1919.

By 1925 Jacob was living at 905 East Elin St, Salina, Saline Co, KS. In 1930 Jacob was living at 312 Second Dixon Street in Salina, Saline Co, KS where he owned his home valued at $9000 and was working as a proprietor at his own Ford Motor Company franchise. In 1935 Jacob was living at Hays, Ellis Co, KS and by 1940 the family was living at 977 South York Street, Denver, CO where he was renting a home for $40 andmaking $1600 working as a sales manager; he was still living in Denver when he died.

Children of PVT Jacob Robert "JR" Schmidt and Lulu G. (Unknown)

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

Arthur Geis1,2,3

M, ID# 762, (19 Mar 1901 - 19 Mar 1974)
Father:Jacob Peter "J.J." Geis (12 Sep 1859 - 29 Jul 1936)
Mother:Anna Maria Haag (12 Oct 1860 - 24 Aug 1940)
     Arthur Geis was born on 19 Mar 1901 at Hillsboro, Marion Co, Kansas. He was the son of Jacob Peter "J.J." Geis and Anna Maria Haag. Arthur Geis married Margaret Frey in 1920. Arthur Geis died on 19 Mar 1974 at Durham, Marion Co, Kansas, at age 73.
      Arthur Geis was reported as a half-brother in Frederick Henry Schmidt's obituary and did not immigrate to Baltimore with the rest of the Schmidt family; thus although reported as Arthur Schmidt in the Counts interview, Arthur evidently was born after 1899 into Anna's second marriage to Jacob Geis or was a child from Jacob's first marriage.

Children of Arthur Geis and Margaret Frey

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.
  3. [S721] Aleta Geis Research.

Frederick Lamar Schmidt1,2,3

M, ID# 763, (3 Aug 1912 - 1 Jun 1967)
Father:Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt (22 Jun 1885 - 28 Jul 1957)
Mother:Nettie Louise Kizler (16 Apr 1885 - 29 Jan 1974)
Charts:Frederick Lamar Schmidt lineage
     Frederick Lamar Schmidt was born on 3 Aug 1912 at Gotebo, Oklahoma. He was the son of Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt and Nettie Louise Kizler. Frederick Lamar Schmidt married Juanita 'Jan' Bessie Counts, daughter of Jasper Odous Counts and Dovie Belle Stanley, on 15 Jun 1935 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Frederick Lamar Schmidt died on 1 Jun 1967 at Los Gatos, Santa Clara Co, California, at age 54. He was buried at Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
      Frederick Lamar Schmidt was born 3 Aug 1912 but apparently his birth was not recorded because certificates were not required in Oklahoma until 1917, although a lot of Schmidts were born on 3 Aug in 1911, 1912 and 1913. During Lamar's early years he was noted in the censuses and yearbooks as Lamar F. Schmidt and his birth annotation always said "about 1913" although his parents' exact birth years were shown in the same record.

Lamar attended Classen High School in Oklahoma City, OK where he was in the Glee Club; he attended through the third year of college. Prior to his marriage, Lamar worked at the Daily Oklahoman Newspaper and after marriage he worked for the Ford Motor Credit Company traveling throughout Oklahoma. A 1936 city directory noted Juanita and Lamar Schmidt living at 9000 17th, Oklahoma City. By 1940 Lamar was working as an office manager in an automobile credit firm making $1,656 and owned his home at 2129 North Street in Oklahoma City; the census worker recorded the family lived there also in 1935, although they were noted living elsewhere in 1936.

Other residences were in Enid, Cushing and Tulsa, OK. Lamar and his family moved to Bristow, OK in 1947 at which time he opened an automobile dealership and service station. When his father died in 1957, Lamar was reported as living in Bristow, OK. Economic difficulties in l964 led to a move to California. He and his wife lived in Los Gatos and San Jose, CA until his death in 1967. Lamar enjoyed reading historical materials and playing golf.

Detailed sources:

--Oklahoma County Marriage Records 1889-1951, Book 87, p. 582 (Frederick Lamar Schmidt - Jaunita Counts.)

Children of Frederick Lamar Schmidt and Juanita 'Jan' Bessie Counts

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.
  3. [S1] "Virginia Winslett Research."

MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt1,2

M, ID# 764, (23 Jan 1910 - 14 Apr 2001)
Father:Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt (22 Jun 1885 - 28 Jul 1957)
Mother:Nettie Louise Kizler (16 Apr 1885 - 29 Jan 1974)
     MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt was born on 23 Jan 1910 at Gotebo, Kiowa Co, Oklahoma. He was the son of Johann Friedrich 'Fred' Schmidt and Nettie Louise Kizler. MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt married Fern Wright on 3 Nov 1935 at Colorado City, Mitchell Co, Texas. MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt died on 14 Apr 2001 at Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio, at age 91. He was buried at Texas.
      Lowell Kizler Schmidt graduated from the 1928 class at Glassen High School, Oklahoma City and received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering for the University of Oklahoma in 1933. In 1940 Lowell was living on Locust St in Colorado City, Mitchell Co, Texas with his family where he owned his home and was making $2000 working as a maintenance engineer in a petroleum refinery. Lowell also lived in Mission, TX and McAllen, TX.

Lowell served in the Army in the Third Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Ninth Armored Division Artillery Command, WW II Europeon Theater of Operations and in the 4269th Quartermaster Service Battalion. He retired as a major, US Army Reserve Forces.

Lowell retired as chief engineer from APCO Oil Corporation in Cyril, OK; he was living in Cyril in 1957 and his last address was in Jefferson, CO. Lowell was a widower when he died after an injury in Ohio at age 91.

Children of MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt and Fern Wright

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

Marcia Louise Schmidt1,2

F, ID# 765, (c 1940 - )
Father:MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt (23 Jan 1910 - 14 Apr 2001)
Mother:Fern Wright (4 Dec 1915 - 26 Oct 1999)
     Marcia Louise Schmidt was born c 1940. She was the daughter of MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt and Fern Wright. Marcia Louise Schmidt married David Moorehead in 1961.

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S477] Schmidt Family Records.

David Moorehead

M, ID# 766
     David Moorehead married Marcia Louise Schmidt, daughter of MAJ Lowell Kizler Schmidt and Fern Wright, in 1961.

Roy Wright1

M, ID# 767, (16 Sep 1927 - 6 Jan 2016)
Father:Lafayette R. Wright (25 May 1889 - 29 May 1974)
Mother:Jessie Luetta "Lue" Hawk (15 Jul 1893 - 19 Oct 1974)
     Roy Wright was born on 16 Sep 1927 at Alabama. He was the son of Lafayette R. Wright and Jessie Luetta "Lue" Hawk. Roy Wright married Jimmie Nell McDonald on 21 Sep 1951 at Montgomery, Alabama. Roy Wright died on 6 Jan 2016 at Wetumpka, Elmore Co, Alabama, at age 88.

Citations

  1. [S400] Stephen Weathers Family Records.

Johannes Jacob Kizler1,2

M, ID# 768, (28 May 1711 - 1795)
Father:Hans Michael Kizler (1680 - 1729)
Mother:Anna Maria Dorn (1681 - 13 May 1750)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Johannes Jacob Kizler was born on 28 May 1711 at Ilsfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Hans Michael Kizler and Anna Maria Dorn. Johannes Jacob Kizler married Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel, daughter of Hans Melchior Kazenwadel and Sophia Magdalena Schuetz, on 13 Jul 1745 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Johannes Jacob Kizler died in 1795 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
      Johannes Jakob Kizler was a weingaertner or wine gardner, builder and official in Ilzfeld. The Ilzfeld church book and family register were burned in a town fire circa 1900. When his mother remarried in 1733 to Thomas Muller, Johannes moved 15 kilometers to Mundelsheim. Johannes married twice given the notation "(2E)" under his marriage record.

Children of Johannes Jacob Kizler and Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S724] Merkel-Zeller: Bolt.

Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel1

F, ID# 769, (Aug 1723 - 16 Oct 1763)
Father:Hans Melchior Kazenwadel (19 Oct 1677 - 2 May 1751)
Mother:Sophia Magdalena Schuetz (12 Apr 1682 - 27 Apr 1742)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel was born in Aug 1723 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Hans Melchior Kazenwadel and Sophia Magdalena Schuetz. Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel married Johannes Jacob Kizler, son of Hans Michael Kizler and Anna Maria Dorn, on 13 Jul 1745 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel died on 16 Oct 1763 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 40.
      Anna Marg. Katzennadal's name as given this researcher in the interview has been changed to Anna Margarethe Kazenwadel in accord with the spelling of that surname in Mundelsheim, Germany. Identifying others in her line is complicated by the name also being spelled in records as Katzennadal, Katzenwadel, Katzenwedel, Katzennadal, Katzvadel, Kazenwadel and Kuzenwadel, among assuredly other variations.

Children of Anna Margaretha Kazenwadel and Johannes Jacob Kizler

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.

Hans Michael Kizler1,2

M, ID# 770, (1680 - 1729)
Father:Johannes Kizler (a 1650 - )
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Hans Michael Kizler was born in 1680 at Ilsfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Johannes Kizler. Hans Michael Kizler married Anna Maria Dorn, daughter of Michael Dorn and Agnes Magdalena (Unknown), c 1701. Hans Michael Kizler died in 1729 at Ilsfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
      Hans Michael Kuzler worked as a bauer or farmer in Ilsfeld, Germany. Michael Kuzler (Kizler)'s wife remarried in 1733 to Thomas Muller of Elzfeld.

Data about the first generations of the Kizler family line and their four intermarried family lines was based on an interview this researcher had with Claude Counts. Although Claude's sources are not known, the integrity of his data on multiple other family lines not married to the Kizlers matched the work of well-sourced researchers using original German church records, so this researcher was confident his conclusions were factual. Finally much of his research is supported by that of Dr. Rainer Bolt.

Of interest in Ilsfeld is the family of a Christoph Kizler, born about 1716 and who is a son of a Johannes. Christoph married in 1736 Eva Rosina Schaeffer and they had Johannes born 1737; Johann Michael 1739-1751; Margaretha 1745-1824; Maria Barbara 1749-1749; Johan Jacob born 1754; and Christoph 1751-1833 who was specifically noted as a Kuzler. This Christoph born in 1716 is of the age to have been the brother of our ancestor Michael Kuzler also living at that time and place, however as yet there is no proof.

Children of Hans Michael Kizler and Anna Maria Dorn

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S724] Merkel-Zeller: Bolt.

Georg Friedrich Spaeth1,2,3

M, ID# 771, (13 Nov 1761 - 12 Jan 1820)
Father:Johann Leonhard Spaeth (17 Oct 1730 - 23 Feb 1801)
Mother:Anna Margareta Jaeger (7 Apr 1737 - 31 Dec 1772)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Georg Friedrich Spaeth was born on 13 Nov 1761 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Johann Leonhard Spaeth and Anna Margareta Jaeger. Georg Friedrich Spaeth married Katharina Dorothea Fink, daughter of Johann Friedrich Fink and Maria Magdalena Lenzner, on 15 Nov 1791. Georg Friedrich Spaeth died on 12 Jan 1820 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 58.
      Georg Friedrich Spaeth was a Mundelsheim city councilman. His church family record is recorded in Mundelsheim.

Children of Georg Friedrich Spaeth and Katharina Dorothea Fink

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S478] Kizler Family Records.
  3. [S719] Spaeth Family Records.

Katharina Dorothea Fink1,2,3

F, ID# 772, (16 Nov 1768 - 18 Aug 1836)
Father:Johann Friedrich Fink (24 Aug 1735 - 4 Jan 1823)
Mother:Maria Magdalena Lenzner (1 Mar 1738 - 21 Aug 1776)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Katharina Dorothea Fink was born on 16 Nov 1768 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Friedrich Fink and Maria Magdalena Lenzner. Katharina Dorothea Fink married Georg Friedrich Spaeth, son of Johann Leonhard Spaeth and Anna Margareta Jaeger, on 15 Nov 1791. Katharina Dorothea Fink died on 18 Aug 1836 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 67.

Children of Katharina Dorothea Fink and Georg Friedrich Spaeth

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S718] Fink Family Records.
  3. [S719] Spaeth Family Records.

Maria Barbara Schuetz1,2,3,4

F, ID# 773, (Dec 1710 - 12 Dec 1777)
Father:Johann Conrad Schuetz (29 Mar 1678 - 17 Mar 1750)
Mother:Anna Barbara Vielhecker (c 1689 - 26 Nov 1741)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Maria Barbara Schuetz was born in Dec 1710 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Conrad Schuetz and Anna Barbara Vielhecker. Maria Barbara Schuetz was christened on 16 Dec 1710 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg. She married Johannes Michael Schwamm, son of Hanss Jacob Schwamm and Anna Elisabetha Becken, on 10 Nov 1733. Maria Barbara Schuetz died on 12 Dec 1777 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
      Maria Barbara's surname is clearly written as Schuez on her son's family church record, however Schuez and Schuetz are interchangeable in transcriptions dependant on how the 27th letter in the German alphaet that looks like a Greek beta is repesented. The English language has no equivalent, so that letter is represented in different ways and is interpreted as s, ss, z or tz. Some researchers transcribed her surname as Schulz.

Children of Maria Barbara Schuetz and Johannes Michael Schwamm

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.
  3. [S724] Merkel-Zeller: Bolt.
  4. [S725] Merkel-Zeller: Schaaf.

Johannes Michael Schwamm1,2,3,4

M, ID# 774, (12 Oct 1705 - 16 Oct 1769)
Father:Hanss Jacob Schwamm (19 Mar 1667 - 25 Aug 1743)
Mother:Anna Elisabetha Becken (a 1674 - )
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Johannes Michael Schwamm was born on 12 Oct 1705 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Hanss Jacob Schwamm and Anna Elisabetha Becken. Johannes Michael Schwamm married Maria Barbara Schuetz, daughter of Johann Conrad Schuetz and Anna Barbara Vielhecker, on 10 Nov 1733. Johannes Michael Schwamm died on 16 Oct 1769 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 64.
      Hans Michael Schwamm was a weingaertner or wine gardener.

The Mundelsheim Family Register for 1803 - 1863 only has 13 Schwamm families included, some being sons of others listed therein, and the earliest two records show births that occurred in 1746 and 1747. Included in this register are Johan Michael (Thomas) Schwann with his wife Gottliebin Reiner and his father Johan Michael Schwamm with his wife Regina Barbara Harsch.

This researcher could not locate an earlier register. Thus a family register with Johann Michael Schwamm and Maria Barbara Schuez as the principles on the register has not been found. The couple's listing on their son Johann Michael Schwamm's record (page 532) refers to VR 219 and VR314 for his parents, but this researcher could not locate those registers, if they are registers, and thus birth records were used to establish the connections between the earlier generations.

Children of Johannes Michael Schwamm and Maria Barbara Schuetz

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.
  3. [S717] Eugene Bissell Research.
  4. [S725] Merkel-Zeller: Schaaf.

Johann Michael Schwamm1,2,3

M, ID# 775, (14 Nov 1751 - 30 Aug 1825)
Father:Johannes Michael Schwamm (12 Oct 1705 - 16 Oct 1769)
Mother:Maria Barbara Schuetz (Dec 1710 - 12 Dec 1777)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Johann Michael Schwamm was born on 14 Nov 1751 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Johannes Michael Schwamm and Maria Barbara Schuetz. Johann Michael Schwamm married Regina Barbara Harsch, daughter of Johannes Heinrich Harsh and Katherine Barbara Baeuerle, on 14 Jan 1777 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Johann Michael Schwamm died on 30 Aug 1825 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 73.
      Johann Michael Schwamm was a kuefer - a purchaser or a buyer.

Johann Michael's family church record was poorly recorded with children's births out of order and not all children's birth dates recorded. He was recorded as Joh Michael on many records, except his baptism record says Hanss Michel Schwamm born 14 Nov 1751 to Hanss Michel Schwamm and Maria Barbara and his marriage record says Johann Michael Schwamm, son of Michael Swammer.

In the generations prior to this one the family records include both Schwamm, Schwammer and Schwann, primarily in Mundelsheim but also in the outlying towns in the immediate area.

Children of Johann Michael Schwamm and Regina Barbara Harsch

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.
  3. [S724] Merkel-Zeller: Bolt.

Regina Barbara Harsch1,2,3

F, ID# 776, (1 Aug 1755 - 18 Jan 1829)
Father:Johannes Heinrich Harsh (13 Jul 1730 - 13 Feb 1776)
Mother:Katherine Barbara Baeuerle (5 Jan 1733 - 27 Dec 1807)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Regina Barbara Harsch was born on 1 Aug 1755 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johannes Heinrich Harsh and Katherine Barbara Baeuerle. Regina Barbara Harsch married Johann Michael Schwamm, son of Johannes Michael Schwamm and Maria Barbara Schuetz, on 14 Jan 1777 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Regina Barbara Harsch died on 18 Jan 1829 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 73.
      This may be the Regina Barbara Harsch who also married Johann Michael Baeuerle.

Children of Regina Barbara Harsch and Johann Michael Schwamm

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.
  3. [S724] Merkel-Zeller: Bolt.

Thomas Schwamm1,2,3

M, ID# 777, (15 Dec 1797 - 4 Dec 1861)
Father:Johann Michael Schwamm (14 Nov 1751 - 30 Aug 1825)
Mother:Regina Barbara Harsch (1 Aug 1755 - 18 Jan 1829)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Thomas Schwamm was born on 15 Dec 1797 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Johann Michael Schwamm and Regina Barbara Harsch. Thomas Schwamm married Gottliebin Reiner, daughter of Johann Christoph Reiner and Christine Barbara Jaeger, on 21 Jun 1825. Thomas Schwamm died on 4 Dec 1861 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 63.
      Thomas Schwamm was a kuefer -- a buyer or purchaser -- and a weingartner or wine gardener.

His name was noted as Thomas on the church records of his birth family, his wife's death and burial, and their children's births and marriages. Strangely however he was recorded as Johann Michael Schwamm, the name of his father, on his family church record with his father's family church record on the following page where he himself was again listed as Thomas. Thus, the name Johann Michael Schwamm on the family church records page for Thomas is believed to be an unusual error on the part of the church and is not herein recorded for this ancestor.

Children of Thomas Schwamm and Gottliebin Reiner

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.
  3. [S478] Kizler Family Records.

Gottliebin Reiner1,2,3

F, ID# 778, (26 May 1804 - 30 Sep 1861)
Father:Johann Christoph Reiner (3 May 1772 - 5 Nov 1819)
Mother:Christine Barbara Jaeger (18 Jan 1782 - 12 Sep 1837)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Gottliebin Reiner was born on 26 May 1804 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Christoph Reiner and Christine Barbara Jaeger. Gottliebin Reiner married Thomas Schwamm, son of Johann Michael Schwamm and Regina Barbara Harsch, on 21 Jun 1825. Gottliebin Reiner died on 30 Sep 1861 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 57.

Children of Gottliebin Reiner and Thomas Schwamm

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.
  3. [S478] Kizler Family Records.

Johann Christoph Reiner1,2

M, ID# 779, (3 May 1772 - 5 Nov 1819)
Father:Christoph Reiner (2 Jan 1747 - 27 Jan 1830)
Mother:Anna Maria Rau (26 Sep 1743 - 3 Sep 1782)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Johann Christoph Reiner was born on 3 May 1772 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was the son of Christoph Reiner and Anna Maria Rau. Johann Christoph Reiner married Christine Barbara Jaeger, daughter of Johann Jacob Jaeger, on 26 Jul 1801 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Johann Christoph Reiner died on 5 Nov 1819 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 47.
      Christoph Reiner was a weingaerter or wine gardener.

Children of Johann Christoph Reiner and Christine Barbara Jaeger

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.

Christine Barbara Jaeger1,2

F, ID# 780, (18 Jan 1782 - 12 Sep 1837)
Father:Johann Jacob Jaeger (15 Oct 1729 - 3 Apr 1798)
Charts:Johan Jacob Kizler lineage
     Christine Barbara Jaeger was born on 18 Jan 1782 at Lauffen am Neckar, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann Jacob Jaeger. Christine Barbara Jaeger married Johann Christoph Reiner, son of Christoph Reiner and Anna Maria Rau, on 26 Jul 1801 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Christine Barbara Jaeger died on 12 Sep 1837 at Mundelsheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, at age 55.

Children of Christine Barbara Jaeger and Johann Christoph Reiner

Citations

  1. [S486] Interview, Claude Curtley Counts (1901-1984), 1983.
  2. [S487] Schwamm Family Records.