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Cunigunda Ittner m. by 1813 ?Wunsiedel, Bavaria b. May 5, 1781 Selb, Wunsiedel, Bavaria d. Feb 26, 1859 Chieming, Traunstein, Bavaria |
Johann Georg b. Sep 16, 1813 Wunsiedel, Bavaria d. Apr 24, 1894 Jefferson Co. WI |
Anna Catharina b. Apr 2, 1816 Wunsiedel, Bavaria d. Sep 20, 1893 Troy, Sauk Co. WI |
Johann Adam b. 1819 Wunsiedel, Bavaria d. May 11, 1886 ?Jefferson Co. WI |
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Bavaria was named after a tribe dating back to 6th Century A.D. It is now the
largest German state in area and is located in Southeastern Germany. |
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Sons Johann Georg and Johann Adam emigrated with families separately from
different towns in Mar 1747 and Apr 1753. Georg came as an "Economistbürger
with family" and Adam came as a "Landwirth" [farmer] with his wife and six
children with a note "now in Holunbrunn".
Emigration records
[German Emigration Database, pp. 324, 1205]. |
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In Mar 1847, son Johann Georg was listed as emigrating from Oberkotzau, which
is a "municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria"
[mapcarta.com, wbsite]. This is where his father died one year earlier. |
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In Apr 1853 son Adam emigrated from Grafenreuth, which is a "village in
Thiersheim, Wunsiedel, Bavaria" [mapcarta.com, wbsite]. |
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Son Adam married twice, both wives named Elizabeth. The second wife, Elizabeth
Rocktaeschel, died a widow in 1903. She was listed as a pioneer in Dodge County,
Wisconsin, which was formed in 1836 and organized in 1844. |
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Daughter Anna Catharina married Johann Nicol Riedel (1810-bef 1859 in Germany)
by 1843 when they had a son George Reidel (1843-1918), born in Oberfranken,
Bavaria. He died in WI on Dec 17, 1918 [geni.com, website]. |
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Adam may be buried with his brother and other members of the Robish family in
Greenwood Cemetery in Jefferson County Wisconsin.
Photo of Monument. |
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Sources: Dunn, Steve, Transcript of taped communication to Lisabeth M. Holloway, Jul 3, 1977, citing interview with Evelyn Walther Wolfgram, granddaughter of Anna Margaret Robish and John Walther. German Emigration Database, prev. "Bavaria & Pfalz Emigration Database", germangenealogygroup.com, website, "Robisch", pp. 324, 1205. Jefferson County WI, 1880 Census, Census Taker Peter Robish. Robish, John George (son), account in Memorial and biographical record... South Dakota, A. Ogle, Chicago, 1898, pp. 1016 ff. USGenWeb, "Dodge County Pionier 1903",website, List of Pioneer Obituaries 1903. USGenWeb, website, Greenwood Cemetery, Jefferson County, WI. Wennblom, Raymond J. (descendant of Arthur Robish, brother of Rosa Robish), "Descendants of: (Johann) Robisch", Bellevue WA, computer file submitted to L.M. Holloway, Dec 30, 1992. |
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