Genealogy Sources
People - W
- Birth records of Aschbach, Bas-Rhin (Alsace), France
- WAGATHA, Madeleine - 26-Oct-1866 #15
- Parents: Jean WAGATHA and Catherine BOHN
- E-Mail message from Gary Helenbrook, March 2013
- From the funeral memorial card of Magdalen Wagatha Staebell
- Her name is spelled "Magdalen" on the card
- Died in Buffalo on 11-Mar-1937, age 70 years, 4 months, 13 days
- 1930 census
- STAEBELL, Magdalene 63, living with husband Bernard and two children,
Buffalo, enumeration district 186, p.48
- Magdalene was born in Germany, immigrated 1884
- E-Mail message from Linda K. Benzin, January 2002
- Most of the Wagatha family arrived in America on the ship Labrador,
arriving in New York from Le Havre on 15-Dec-1880
- Passengers: Jean 57, Catharina 52, Berhard 29, Ferdinand 17, Catharina
16, Kdeline, Maria-Anna 11
- Martin Wagatha, age 22, brother of Magdalena, arrived on the ship France,
arriving in New York from Le Havre on 03-Nov-1880
- Bussiere Genealogy
- Born: 26-Oct-1866 in Aschbach, Alsace, France (source #12)
- Died: 11-Mar-1937 in Buffalo, New York
- Daughter of Jean Wagatha and Catherine Bohn (source #12)
- Wife of Bernard Staebell
- Stundwiller Civil Records
- Marriage record of Jakob WAGNER and Margaretha STÄBELL in Stundwiller, 09-Flor-y.12 (29-Apr-1804) (p.4-5 of 7):
- Jakob WAGNER
- Born 25-Jul-1777 in Stundwiller
- Son of Frantz Antoni WAGNER and Margaretha STRASSER
- Family History Report contributed by Nancy
Kirwan Archdekin, April, 2001
- Son of Franz Anton Wagner and Margaretha Strasser
- Married Margaretha Staebell
- Bussiere Genealogy
- Born: 02-Sep-1818 in Stundwiller
- Died: 04-Sep-1879 in Alden
- Wife of Mathias Staebell
- E-mail correspondence from Betty Seigler Klein, Jan-2004:
- Born in Siegen, Bas-Rhin, France
- First cousin of Franz Anton Wagner (husband of Magdalena Sugg) of Alden,
New York
- "Descendants of Sebastian Heintz," a website by Betty L. Thomas
of Boylston, Massachusetts, at http://members.tripod.com/~BettyT/heintz/heintz.htm
- Marie Crescence WAGNER was born on 13 May 1797 in Niederlauterbach,
Bas Rhin, Alsace, France. She died on 23 Jun 1855 in Sheldon, Wyoming,
New York. She was buried in St. Cecilias Catholic Church Cemetery, Sheldon,
Wyoming, NY. She was included in the1850 US census for Sheldon, Wyoming,
NY.
- Daughter of Francois Joseph WAGNER and Magdalena JOST
- Family History Report contributed by Nancy
Kirwan Archdekin, April, 2001
- George Walter, son of Balthasar Walter and Margaretha Philipps
- Married Barbara Fix
- E-mail correspondence from Carol Gable, March 2001
- b March 27, 1920 in Buffalo
- d Sept. 24, 1983 (age 63) in Fort Worth, Texas
- Husband of Marcella Clarissa Staebell
- Family History Report contributed by Nancy
Kirwan Archdekin, April, 2001
- Maria Eva Walter, daughter of Balthasar Walter and Margaretha Philipps
- Married Mathias Kocher
- Kutzenhausen Catholic Parish
records from Bas-Rhin Online
Records
- WEBER, Maria Catharina (baptism)
- Kutzenhausen B (baptisms) 1741-1776, page 119 of 199
- Baptized 17-Aug-1764
- These words, something like, "natae ejusdem mensis et annis",
I assume translates to "born in the same month and year."
- Daughter of Nicolai WEBER (of Oberkutzenhausen) and Magdalena LUX
- Godfather: Franciscus Antonius ZIEBER
- Godmother: Maria Eva LUXIN, wife of the deceased Michaelis HOFFMANN
of Surbourg
- Surbourg civil records from
Bas-Rhin Online Records
- CASPAR and OTT (marriage)
- Surbourg 1831 M (marriages), page 8 of 12, record # 12
- Married 23-Nov-1831
- Jacques CASPAR and Anne Marie OTT
- Catherine WEBER is alive and present at this marriage.
- Age 63, living in Kutzenhausen
- This indicates that her year of birth was approximately 1768
- From "Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929" on Ancestry.com:
- Name: Joannem Georgium Ott
- Father: Martini Ott
- Mother: Mariae Eichenlaub
- Gender: Male
- Age: 24
- Birth Date: 7 Mrz 1762 (7 Mar 1762)
- Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1786
- Marriage Place: Steinfeld (Ba. Bergzabern), Bayern, Germany
- Spouse: Catharina Weber
- Father: Nicolai Weber
- Mother: Magdalenae Lux
- FHL Film Number: 367680
- Reference ID: 198-21
- From the website of Didier
Ott at http://ott.fr and from e-mail correspondence
with Didier Ott in Apr-2007
- Wife of Jean-Georges OTT
- Daughter of Nicolas WEBER and Madeleine LUX
- Born circa 1768 in Kutzenhausen
- Died after 23-Nov-1831
- 1836 census of Alsace, living in Kolbsheim:
- Note: This is probably a different Catherine WEBER.
- WEBER: Catherine 68, widow
- Living in the same household:
- LUX: Jacques 36,
Daniel 29,
Eve 23
- "O'Toole Family Tree" by Patricia Gausnell, at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pattygausnell
on Ancestry World Tree
- Birth: 6 JUL 1830 in Huttendorff,Bas-Rhin,France
- Father: Laurent or Lorentz Weber b: 1796 in (of)Huttendorff,Bas-Rhin,France
- Mother: Gertrude Matter b: 4 APR 1806 in (of)Huttendorff,Bas-Rhin,France
- Marriage: Joseph Daul b: 3 FEB 1829 in Morshwiller,Bas-Rhin,France
- Married: 9 MAR 1853 in Huttendorff,Bas-Rhin,France
- FHL Microfilm 1324471 - Church records,
1859-1921
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Niagara Falls, New York
Item 1 - Baptisms, 1865-1896
- 20-Aug-1872 (p.42) - Baptism of Laurentius Georgius Daul
- Parents: Joseph Daul and Maria Magdalena Weber
- 1880 Census
- Maria Daul, age 50, born in Alsace, living in Wheatfield, Niagara County,
New York, with husband Joseph and four children
- From the website of Didier
Ott at http://ott.fr and from e-mail correspondence
with Didier Ott in Apr-2007
- Husband of Madeleine LUX
- Son of Adam WEBER and Marie Barbara GREISS
- Born in Oberkutzenhausen
- Died after 13-Jun-1786
- Information received from Noel Balthasar, Oct-2004
- Correspondence from Marge
Thomas, Jan-2003
- Married Frank Steibel
- Daughter of Nicalus and Magdelina Wenzel
- Born February 18, 1851 in Germany and died February 23, 1936 in Pittsburgh,
PA
- 1880 Census: This June 1st 1880 Census shows Helena Steibell was 29
years of age, white female, the spouse of the Head of Household and not
employed. She had four children and a fourteen-year-old servant (Anna
Voss from Prussia). Helena was born in Bavaria and both parents were born
in Bavaria. She lived on Carey Alley, 25th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Goldberg Evangelical Church Records,
1815-1864, Goldberg, Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany
LDS FHL Microfilm 69125
- Marriage record of Carl Laborn and Sophia Westphal, 16-Oct-1847
- Bride's name: Charlotte Sophia Dorothea WESTPHAL
- Father of the Bride: Joachim WESTPHAL
- Boarding List for the Sailing
Ship Rudolph, from Hamburg, 15-Sep-1857
- Name is given as Sophie Labron
- Age: 46
- Place of Residence: Malow in the country Meichlburg
- Newspaper article about the Rudolph "Poison
Ship"
- Place of Residence: Mido, near Geldburg, in Alsace-Lorraine
- Sophia died about four days into the voyage
- Sophia's sister had a stepdaughter on board the ship, who grew up to
be Mrs. Hagaman of Kent, Ohio, written about in another article in the
newspaper
- 1901 Canada Census
- SCHNEIDER, Jacob 32 b.04-Apr-1869, wife Ida 27 b.17-Feb-1874, daughter
Florence 4 b.06-Jan-1897, daughter Viola 2 b.21-Nov-1899, son William
6/12 b.04-Oct-1900, father Jacob Sr. 67 b.15-Oct-1833, brother Peter 28,
p.1
- Ida and Florence were born in NY and immigrated to canada in 1898;
all others were born in Ontario
- Roman Catholic
- Jacob Jr. is a Well Driller
- Jacob Sr. is a Building Manager
- Mother tongue spoken is German
- Bussiere Genealogy
- Born: 18-Jan-1940
- Died: 1987 in Toledo, Ohio
- Husband of Donna Staebell
- Social Security Death Index
- b. 18-Jan-1940, d. 21-Dec-1987, residence: 43447 Millbury, Wood, OH
- From Soufflenheim Marriage Contracts collected by Robert Wideen:
- JOHANNES WILD & ANNA MARIA KIEFFER, 1760
- Marriage contract dated 04 February 1760
- Johannes Wild, son of deceased Johann Georg Wild of Glöcklingen and Ottilia Glöckler
- Anna Maria Kieffer, daughter of Anton Kieffer and Eva Wagner
- (Note by Brian Smith: "Glöcklingen" may be Göcklingen, a town about 50km north of Soufflenheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.)
- From Soufflenheim Inventories collected by Robert Wideen:
- Inventory of (the late) Anna Maria Kieffer, wife of Johannes WILD, 1796
- This document refers to Martin Judt (elsewhere spelled Jud) and the "step father" of Johannes Wild.
- Soufflenheim microfilm FHL #
0740030 - Death records, 1893-1821
- 18-Mar-1808 (#16, p.6 of 21 in the online records) - Jean WILDT, age 70
- Husband of Barbe SENSENBRENNER
- Witnesses: Antoine MÜLLER and Joseph ADAM
- Soufflenheim microfilm FHL #
0740031 - Death records, 1822-1842
- 09-Dec-1834 (#92) - Magdelaine Wild, age 64
- Widow of Joseph Adam
- Parents: Jean Wild and Maria Anna Kieffer
- Jean Wild was born in Gorglingen, "Royanne du Baviery"
- Baptism record, Soufflenheim microfilm
FHL # 0740080, v.1, p. 348
- Baptism date: 16-Jun-1765
- Parents: Joannes Wilt and Maria Anna Kieffer
- Death record, Soufflenheim microfilm
FHL # 0740030
- 19-Jun-1815 (#23)
- age 51
- Widow of Antoine Muller
- Father and mother are not named
- Marriage record
of her daughter Catharina's marriage to Joseph Voegele, 1821
- Date of death: 19-Jun-1815
- Kutzenhausen Catholic Parish
records from Bas-Rhin Online
Records
- WILHELM, Maria Magdalena
- Kutzenhausen B (baptisms) 1777-1797, page 92 of 115
- Baptized 24-July-1791
- Daughter of Joannis Wilhelm and Magdalena Fremdling
- Living in Oberkutzenhausen
- Kutzenhausen civil records
from Bas-Rhin Online Records
- WILHELM, Madelaine (death)
- Kutzenhausen 1821 D (deaths), page 4 of 10, record # 10
- Died 26-Apr-1821
- Age 28
- Born in Oberkutzenhausen
- Wife of George OTT
- Lived in Oberkutzenhausen
- Parents: Jean WILHELM and Catharine Madelaine FREMDLING
- Witnesses:
- George OTT, husband, age 30
- Michel WOLFF, age 61
- Church records of St. Mary's of the Assumption, Lancaster, New York
Research by Susan Muench
- Marriage: 16-Aug-1894, Jos. Raudenstrach, son of George R and M. Voegele,
to M/A Wintermantel, daughter of Jos. W and Frances Gatte
- 1900 Census
- "Rottenstrau" family on St. Mary's Street, Lancaster Village,
Enumeration District 251, p.30:
- ROTTENSTRAU, Joseph (b.May-1865), Mary (b.Jul-1869), 4 children