Where They Came From

Table of Contents Pedigree Chart


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Germany (1871) Kreis Cammin (Pomerania) and vicinity c.1920 Modern Germany

  • 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