Where They Came From
- Alt Rüdnitz (Kreis Königsberg, Neumark district, Brandenburg, Prussia):
birthplace of
D. Sophia Flügel.
Based on information from the Dodge/Jefferson Counties
Genealogical Society, extracted from St. Luke's (Watertown)
Church records. It is about 22 km (14 mi) southeast of
Königsberg, where her husband,
Michael F. Krakow,
was born. German emigration records list the whole family
(Sophia Flügel, Micahel Krakow, Henrietta Krakow) as coming
from Alt Rüdnitz. The town is now on the western edge of Poland,
and is called "Stara Rudnica"; its coordinates are approximately:
52° 50' N,
14° 12' E.
- Batzlaff (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia):
birthplace of
Johann G. Burmeister.
Based on David Star church records. Now known as
"Baczyslaw".
Its coordinates are approximately:
53° 50' N,
14° 53' E.
- Cammin (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia):
birthplace of
M. Friedrich Bruss.
Friedrich Bruss's birthplace is mentioned the
history of Freistadt [2], and is confirmed
by his baptism record in Cammin.
Cammin is on the Cammin Bay (or lagoon)
about 6 km from the coast. It is now the Polish town of Kamien Pomorsky;
it is sometimes referred to in German as
"Cammin in Pommern", and sometimes
spelled with a "K".
Its coordinates are approximately:
53° 58' N,
14° 46' E.
- Coelpin or Kölpin (Kreis Kolberg, Pomerania, Prussia):
birthplace of
C. Caroline Bartel,
documented by German birth/baptism certificate. However, according
to another source, she was born in Pinnow and baptized in Coelpin.
The early Trinity (Milwaukee) church records list her as born in
Coelpin or Kölpin, except one place where her birthplace is
listed as Pinnow. So she or her family may have lived in both
places. Kreis Kolberg later became part of Kreis
Kolberg-Körlin. The Polish name for Coelpin is
Kielpino.
Its coordinates are approximately:
53° 55' N,
15° 24' E.
- Dargsow (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia): birthplace of
Albertine F. Burmeister
and
Caroline L. Barkow.
Based on David Star church records. Now known as
"Dargoszewo".
Its coordinates are approximately:
53° 51' N,
14° 52' E.
- Dommitzsch (Kreis Torgau, Saxony/Prussia): birthplace of
Johann K. Noack,
according to Michael Nyquist.
This area was part of the Kingdom
of Saxony when Johann K. Noack was born, but became part of
Prussia after the Napoleonic wars. Prussia incorporated it into
its province of Saxony. Son
J. Karl Noack
was born nearby in Düben.
Dommitzsch is on the Elbe River, in
the state of Sachsen, near the border with Sachsen-Anhalt.
Its coordinates are approximately:
51° 39' N,
12° 53' E.
- Drahnow (Kreis Deutsch Krone, West Prussia):
birthplace of
Moritz Sterz
and
Johann F. Stertz.
From Drahnow and Stieglitz church records. It seems that
originally there were two hamlets, Klein and Gross Drahnow, but they
merged into the single village.
About 15 km (nine miles) from Stieglitz. Now called
"Drzonowo Walecki".
53° 4' N,
16° 11' E.
- Düben (Kreis Bitterfeld, Saxony Province, Prussia):
birthplace of
J. Karl Noack.
His obituary says
he was born in
"Duben, Saxony".
However, it should really be spelled
with an umlaut. His father,
Johann K. Noack
was born nearby at Dommitzsch. This area was part of the Kingdom
of Saxony when the elder Noack was born, but became part of
Prussia after the Napoleonic wars. Prussia incorporated it into
its province of Saxony. It seems to be called
"Bad Düben"
now, and is in the state of Sachsen, near the border with
Sachsen-Anhalt.
Its coordinates are approximately:
51° 37' N,
12° 35' E.
- Gross Ujeschütz (Kreis Trebnitz, Silesia, Prussia):
birthplace of
Susannah H. Labitzky,
according to David Star church records.
Gross Ujeschütz is now the Polish town of
"Ujezdziec Wielki".
It's less than a kilometer from Klein Ujeschütz, where her son,
and possibly her husband, were born.
Its coordinates are approximately:
51° 25' N,
17° 6' E.
- Klein Ujeschütz (Kreis Trebnitz, Silesia, Prussia):
birthplace of
Gottlieb Tischer,
according to David Star church records.
Also the birthplace of his father,
Gottlieb C. Tischer,
according to the Tischer article in the history of
Jackson [1].
Klein Ujeschütz is now the Polish town of
"Ujezdziec Maly". Under
Prussian administration, it was in the Kreis of Trebnitz. It is
14 km ESE of Zmigrod (German: Trachenberg) and 14 km north of the Trzebnica
(German: Trebnitz). It is 35 km north of the city of
Wroclaw (Breslau).
Its coordinates are approximately:
51° 25' N,
17° 6' E.
- Kohlberg (Kreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab,
Bavaria):
birthplace of
Elisabethe Kunz.
Mentioned (though misspelled) in Trinity (Milwaukee) Church
records. Confirmed by distant cousins in Bavaria.
49° 35' N,
12° 1' E.
- Königsberg (Kreis Königsberg,
Neumark district, Brandenburg, Prussia):
birthplace of
Michael F. Krakow.
(Although emigration records indicate he came from Alt Rüdnitz,
the same as hist wife.)
Based on information in the Lebanon Baptist Church records,
courtesy of the Dodge/Jefferson Counties
Genealogical Society. It is now called Chojna.
52° 58' N,
14° 26' E.
- Kopplin (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia):
birthplace of
S. Louise Ramthun.
Based on information from Pat Kasten's history of the Tischers,
and the David Star church records. It is now called
"Koplino".
53° 52' N,
14° 54' E.
- Kretlow (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania): home of
Albertine F. Burmeister
and her parents,
Johann G. Burmeister
and
Caroline L. Barkow
before they emigrated.
The Polish name is now Kretlewo.
Its about 17 km SSE of the town of Cammin (Kamien Pomorsky);
its coordinates are approximately:
53° 50' N,
14° 54' E.
- Langendorf (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania): birthplace of
A. Heinrich Wallschlaeger Sr.,
documented by original German birth certificate. His parents
(E. Friedrich Wallschlaeger
and
Friedericke Wolfgram)
may have also been born there.
Langendorf is now known by the Polish name
Legno. It was
in the eastern part of Kreis Cammin, 26 km SSE of the town of Cammin
(now Kamien Pomorsky).
Its coordinates are approximately:
53° 45' N,
14° 59' E.
- Mantel (Kreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria):
birthplace of
M. Barbara Wirth
and
J. Bartholomaeus Wirth
Hugo Wallschlaeger's records say Barbara Meyer was born in
"Mandel, Bavaria".
Her father's birthplace in her
marriage record at Trinity church (Milwaukee) looks like
"Mandel" (or "Mandeln") but could be "Mantel".
Her death record at St. John's (Milwaukee) also lists her
birthplace as "Mandel" or "Mandeln" (but there is no
"Mandeln" in Bavaria).
The transcription of
the Immanuel Church records (Cedarburg) list her brother,
Johann, as coming from "Mantel". It could be that the
d/t confusion was miscommunication between the
Bavarian and Pomeranian sides of the family. What led
me to believe that this is the right village is that: (1)
there is a Lutheran church there; and (2) there is another
village a few miles away named "Kohlberg". In Barbara's
marriage record, her mother's birthplace is listed as
"Colberg" (or possibly, "Cölberg"). This is the
only place in Bavaria where two villages with names that sound
similar to "Mandel" and "Colberg" are near each other.
Contact with distant cousins in Mantel has confirmed that this
is the right village.
Mantel's coordinates are approximately:
49° 39' N,
12° 3' E.
- Mönchsroth (Kreis Ansbach, Bavaria): birthplace of
G. Wilhelm Meyer,
documented by original German birth certificate.
Mönchsroth (or Moenchsroth) is on the western edge of Bavaria,
now part of
"Landkreis" (county) of Ansbach, in the
"Bezirk" (district) of
Mittelfranken (in the 19th Century, it was part of the Kreis of
Dinkelsbühl). It is about 7 km southwest of the town of Dinkelsbühl,
just west of Highway 25, across from the town of Wilburgstetten.
Its coordinates are:
49° 1' N,
10° 22' E.
- Ramsberg (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia):
birthplace of
Martin Bruss (1),
according to the history of Freistadt [2].
It is about 8 km northeast of the town of Cammin (now Kamien Pomorsky),
where his son was born. It looks like the little village eventually
merged with neighboring Stresow, which is now known as "Strzezewko".
Its coordinates are approximately:
54° 1' N,
14° 52' E.
- Schwirsen (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia) is where
A. Heinrich Wallschlaeger Sr.
and his wife
C. Caroline Bartel
lived before emigrating; their first two
children were born there.
Schwirsen (now Swierzno) is 12 km east of the town of Cammin, at
53° 58' N,
14° 58' E.
- Stieglitz (Kreis Czarnikau, Posen Province, Prussia):
birthplace of
Hermann A. Sterz.
His obituary says
he was born in
"Stieglitz, East Prussia".
Properly speaking, East Prussia
is a separate province of Prussia. But Posen was in eastern
Prussia. Stieglitz church and school records confirm that this
is the right village. A traditionally Polish area, it became part of
Prussia in the late 18th
Century. Prussia lost it for a short period in the Napoleonic era,
but regained it by 1815. Although most of Posen again joined
Poland after World War I, the area north of the Netze river
(including Stieglitz) remained part
of Germany until the end of World War II.
The town is now called "Siedlisko".
It is 15 km northwest of the town of Czarnków (German: Czarnikau), and
about 200 km ENE of Berlin.
Its coordinates are approximately
52° 59' N,
16° 24' E.
- Tribsow (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia): birthplace of
Wilhelmina H. Buth
and
probably for Fredericka Buth.
An article about Wilhelmina's 60th wedding anniversary lists this
as her birthplace. It is likely her sister was also born there.
A history of the Tribsow parish mentions a Buth family among the first
group of families to emigrate to America, leaving on 12 June 1841.
Tribsow (now Trzebieszewo) is about 5 km east of the town of Cammin
(Kamien Pomorsky),
where Wilhelmina's husband was born (the whole area is now part of Poland).
Its coordinates are approximately:
53° 59' N,
14° 51' E.
- Wilsdorf (Kreis Cammin, Pomerania, Prussia):
hometown (birthplace?) of
August F. Bartelt.
Referred to in his marriage record at St. John's (Milwaukee).
Also spelled "Wilzdorf" or "Wielsdorf". The village does
not exist any more.
Click here for
a close-up map of Wilsdorf and vicinity.
It is about 38 km (23 mi) west of Wisbu, where his wife was born
(see below).
Wilsdorf's coordinates are:
53° 51' N,
14° 44' E.
- Wisbu (Kreis Regenwalde, Pomerania, Prussia):
birthplace of
S. Ernestine Zarling
and
Christian F. Zarling.
Based on David Star church records and Wisbu parish records.
The Polish name is
"Wyszobór", and its coordinates are:
53° 53' N,
15° 19' E.
John Bartelt
2006-01-30
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