Finding Zwiesler Clues
1. I got basic information on birth dates from family.
2. I found Leopold and Theresa Zwiesler on the 1900 census, living in Dayton Ohio. Leopold listed his birth year as 1842, his immigration year at 1865, and that he was a naturalized citizen.
3. I found information on Leopold Zwiesler marriage to Theresa Zwiesler in Lawrence County Ohio from the Morman Archives at www.lds.org.
4. I ordered the appropriate LDS microfilm film and found the record with names and date of the ceremony in Lawrence County and the priest who performed the ceremony- H. Fisher.
5. I posted a query to an Ohio genealogy message board and asked if anyone knew which church (probably Catholic) that an H. Fischer worked at in 1872. I got several replies indicating that this priest was pastor of two nearby churches- Bessemer and Ironton. This information also indicated that many German immigrants worked in Ironton.
6. I wrote a letter to Ironton parish (with $20 donation) requesting a copy of the marriage certificate and they found it. It only listed the married couple and four witnesses, no parent names
7. I searched for other Zwiesler's in Dayton records on Ancestry message board. Find other Zwielsers in Dayton, some have villages listed, i.e
| Constantine Zwiesler, 1820-1900, was born on 5/28/1820 at Breitenbrunn, bessen Darmtadt, Bavaria, Germany, and was the youngest child of five children . in june of 1834, at 14, he was indentured as an apprentice to Mr. Sebastian Hoffmann, a custom and merchant tailor, and in the spring of 1842 he emigrated to the U.S. It took 3 months to get from NY to Dayton, which was a community of 6,067. After being in business for seven years as a merchant, custom tailor, at 531 East Third St. in Dayton, Constantine married Mary Anna Margaret Sciml, 1823-1890, on 4/11/1849. They lived at 1014 Wayne Ave. in Dayton , from which he also conducted his merchant custom tailoring business. He had 4 sons and 2 daughters all reared at that address. They were. Christine, who apparently married twice, to an Oldig, and then to a Weiss and I have the names of her children but no Leo. The other children were: Charles Zwiesler, 1853-1894, John Henry Zwiesler, 1855-1929, Louis Zwiesler 1857-1936, Augustine Axiesler,1859-1926, Mary Christine, 1891-1891, Joseph John,1892-1933, Eleanor 1893- ? Charles Joseph 1895-?, Richard Edward, 1897-?, Robert Frederick, 1898-? William Henry 1900-? ( who wrote the document I have) and Rose Mar, 1901-?. |
6. I searched Ancestry.com message board for Julie Zwiesler. I found this:
Juliana Zwiesler m: Anton Schick, Anton was from Brietenbrunn, Bavaria. This leads me to believe that Juliana was somehow related to Constantine. Juliana was b: circa: 1830-35 in Germany. She and Anton Schick are buried at Calvary Sec 6 lot 12 tier 4c. They were at 73. S. McClure St in 1888-89. Near them were Gottlieb and Jacob Zwiesler at 104 S. McClure. All the Zwiesler's in Dayton in the 1800's are most likely related. Has anyone run across information about Juliana Zwiesler and Anton Schick in their research? A Brick wall for me.
7. Searched google.com for Zwiesler and Schick and found a web page from a town called Breitenbrunn with information about emigration of Leopold, Juliana, and Magdalena Zwiesler in the 1860s. They all came from House number 28. Anton Schick is also listed. Further search of Germans to America CD show Anton Schick on board the same ship as the Zwieslers in 1865. Here is an internal copy of this page. Here is the same page using a poor online translation program. There are lots of words wrong, but you can make out the meaning.
8. I found a Leopold Swiesler on an index for naturalizations in Lawrence Ohio. I have sent for this document.
9. I am writing to the parish in Breitenbrunn for information confirming this
family.