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     Hans Paul Werner Kranzbühler was born on 23 July 1888 at Zweibrücken, Pfalz, Germany.¹ He was the son of Georg Friedrich August Kranzbühler and Anna Luise Clara Johanna Weddigen.¹ Hans Paul Werner married Anna Margarethe Herchenröther on 18 November 1926.¹

     Hasso Kranzbühler was born on 4 May 1938 at Osnabrück, Hannover, Preußen, Germany.^1,3 He was the son of Hermann Otto Kranzbühler and Marie Möller.^1,2
Otto Kranzbühler with his son, Hasso, ca 1939.
Family gathering of the Kranzbühler/Kemmrich family of Osnabrück, ca. 1943.⁴
Hasso ca 5 years old.
Class photo ca 1949, grade 5. He was a chef, baker and pastry cook.⁵

Hasso Kranzbühler immigrated to Melbourne, Vic. , Australia , on the ship Castel Felice which left Germany on 23 Jan 1959. The first stop was at Port Said, Egypt, then to Aden, Arabia, then on to Fremantle, West Australia and finally arriving on 26 January 1960.⁶ In Australia he used the name spelling variation: Hasso Kranzbuhler. Hasso married (given name(s) removed) Every on 6 June 1964 at Methodist Church, Bright, Vic. , Australia .^7,8 Hasso and his wife migrated together with their 4 children on 20 February 1972 to Osnabrück, Germany.⁹ From 1972 to 1974, Hasso and his wife were owners of the hotel "Noller Schlucht", Dissen a. TW. Kreis Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany,, in which they also lived with their children.⁵ Hasso and his wife migrated with their now 5 children on 12 March 1974 back to Melbourne, Vic..¹⁰ He was present at the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of his parents Otto and Marie Kranzbühler on 10 March 1978 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany.¹¹ Hasso and his wife separated in December 1978 at Melbourne, Vic...¹² The marriage ended in divorce on 2 June 1981 at Melbourne, Vic.. The decree nisi became absolute on 03 July 1981.⁷

Hasso Kranzbühler migrated on 18 January 1986 again back to Osnabrück, Niedersachsen.¹⁰
From 1986 to July 1989, Hasso was the publican of the pub "Hörner Krug", Hörner Weg 58a, 4500 Osnabrück, Germany.¹³

Hasso first met his new neighbour Astrid (Fahlbusch) Ballwanz on 15 April 1987 in his pub "Hörner Krug", Hörner Weg 58a.^13,5 He and Astrid had a relationship from 12 May 1987 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen.¹³

Hasso became engaged to Astrid on 13 January 1988 at Hong Kong, British Colony, on their way to their holiday in Australia.^13,5 Hasso married Astrid (Fahlbusch) Ballwanz, daughter of Werner Fahlbusch and Ilse Schütze, on 14 December 1988 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen. Their signing witnesses were Gudrun Krüger and Werner Fahlbusch.³
Wedding photo.

Hasso and Astrid Kranzbühler immigrated together on 20 July 1989 to Melbourne, Vic., (They left Osnabrück on 19 July 1989 and, on the same day, flew with Thai Airlines from Frankfurt (Main) International Airport to Australia, arriving on 20 Jul 1989.).^14,10
From 7 November 1990 to 6 February 1997, Hasso and Astrid Kranzbuhler were owners of the the restaurant "Forest Lodge", 375 Forest Rd., The Basin, Vic. 3153 , Australia .¹³

Hasso Kranzbühler was present at the 25th wedding anniversary celebration of his brother-in-law Dieter Schütze and Gudrun Schütze on 24 May 1991 at Georgsmarienhütte/ Holzhausen, Niedersachsen, Germany.^13,5 He was present at the christening of his wife's grand nephew Marcel Stark on 18 May 1997 at Lengerich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.¹³ He was on 26 September 1998 at Frankston, Vic. , Australia , father of the groom in the wedding of (given name(s) removed) Kranzbuhler and (given name(s) removed) Patterson.^15,13 Hasso and Astrid celebrated their 10th Wedding Anniversary on 14 December 1998 at Melbourne, Vic.. No guests were present.^5,13 He was, among other guests, present at the engagement of (given name(s) removed) Snell and his daughter (given name(s) removed) on 15 January 2000 at 470 West Jindivick Rd., Jindivick, Vic. 3818 , Australia .^13,16,17
Family photo of the Kranzbuhler at the engagement party.
The obituary of Marie Kranzbühler lists Gudrun Krüger, Udo Kranzbühler, Hasso Kranzbühler and Astrid (Fahlbusch) Kranzbühler as his surviving decendants.¹⁸
Hasso Kranzbuhler was a witness when Stuart Kranzbuhler was on 14 August 2001 at Frankston, Vic., naturalized and became an Australian citizen.^13,5,19,20
Hasso Kranzbuhler died on 27 December 2006 at Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Vic. , Australia , at the age of 68 years.¹³
The obituary of Hasso Kranzbühler, dated 27 January 2007, in the newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ), Osnabrück, Germany, lists Astrid Kranzbuhler as his surviving widow as well as his children, grand children, brother and his descendants and his sister-in-law.²¹

     Hedwig Kranzbühler was born on 7 June 1891 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.¹ She was the daughter of Julius Karl Kranzbühler and Philippine Bachmann.¹ Hedwig married Ludwig Mootz on 17 December 1919 at Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.¹

     Heiko Kranzbühler was born on 1 September 1945 at Osnabrück, British Occupied Territory, Germany.¹ He was the son of Hermann Otto Kranzbühler and Marie Möller.^1,2,3 His full name was Heiko Christian Karl Kranzbühler. He was adopted on 21 December 1946 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany, by his uncle and uncle's wife, Wilhelm Kranzbühler and Ella Kranzbühler.^4,1
Heiko Kranzbühler died on 16 February 1953 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, at the age of 7 years of leukemia.⁵

     Hermann Kranzbühler was born on 10 March 1891 at Neustadt an der Haardt, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.¹ He was the son of Gustav Adolf Kranzbühler and Luise Clauss.¹
Hermann Kranzbühler died on 3 June 1894 at Neustadt/Haardt at the age of 3 years.¹

     Hermann Otto Kranzbühler was born on 3 July 1904 at Osnabrück, Hannover, Preußen, Germany.^3,1 His 'call name' was Otto. He was the son of Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Kranzbühler and Lisette Obermüller.^1,2 He was christened on 18 August 1904 at St. Marienkirche, Osnabrück, Hannover, Preußen, Germany, in the protestant faith.² He was educated at a military academy probably in Schloss Lochau (Annaburg), Annaburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Preußen, Germany. Otto was a cadet there either from 1914 or from 1915 until 1919.⁴
Photos of Otto Kranzbühler as a cadet.
On 10 March 1928, Otto was a clerk at the Justice Department at Osnabrück, Hannover.⁵ Hermann Otto married Marie Möller, daughter of Fritz Möller and Karoline Kahmeier, on 10 March 1928 at Osnabrück, Hannover.⁵ Otto and Marie Kranzbühler were religiously married on 10 March 1928 at Osnabrück, Hannover..⁶
Photo of Marie and Otto Kranzbühler.
Otto Kranzbühler with his son, Hasso, ca 1939. Otto and Marie Kranzbühler celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 10 March 1978 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany.⁵
Otto was a chief inspector of the city council at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen.⁷
Otto died on 29 May 1980 at Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, at the age of 75 years.^8,3 He was buried in the family grave 'Kranzbühler', in the cemetary Heger Friedhof, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany.³
Photos of the Otto Kranzbühler family grave in 2001.

     (?) (?) married Johann Jakob Kranzbühler, son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Maria Margaretha Koch.¹

     Jakob Kranzbühler was the son of Nikolaus Kranzbühler and Eva Meyer.¹ He was god father of Georg Jakob Kranzbühler.¹

     Jakobine Kranzbühler was born in November 1796 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² She was christened on 18 November 1796 at St Georgium, Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.² She was the daughter of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Maria Margaretha Koch.¹ Jakobine died in war times as a nurse of typhoid.¹

     Johann Andreas Kranzbühler was born on 1 February 1795 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.^1,2 He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Maria Margaretha Koch.¹

As Johann Daniel had stayed single, he adopted in 1815 his nephew Johann Andreas into the bookprinting business.³


Johann Andreas became 16 June 1819, at the age of 24, his uncle's successor in the bookprinting business Buchdruckerei Worms. Johann Andreas bought in 1830 the business property corner "Wollstraße/Speyerstraße" from Mr. Friedrich Renz, moved the printing business into this house and carried on the business in the 46 years of his proprietary at about the same extent as it had been when he took it over. 2 rival firms failed, not until 1849 was the establishment of a 2nd printing business in Worms by Conrad Boeninger successful.⁴

Johann Andreas married Eleonore Christine Wandersleben on 12 September 1819 at Worms, Hessen, Germany.¹
     Wolfgang Hasch continues.⁵


After the deaths of all of Johann Andreas's children, his nephew Eugen joined in 1860 the bookprinting business Worms to support his aging and ailing uncle.⁶
At age 66, Johann Andreas was widowed on 17 August 1861 through the death of his wife Eleonore Christine at Worms, Hessen.¹
     About Johann Andreas Kranzbühler, Wolfgang Hasch writes.⁷

Johann Andreas Kranzbühler died on 1 February 1866 at Worms, Hessen, at the age of 71 years.¹

Eugen had joined the book printing business Buchdruckerei Worms at 19-years-old and, at age 25, succeeded as the new proprietor after his uncle Johann Andreas's death.⁸

     Johann August Kranzbühler was born in September 1867 at Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.¹ He was the son of Georg Melchior Kranzbühler and Karolina Friederike "Lina" Foltz.¹ He was christened on 14 September 1867 at St Georgium, Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.¹ He was protestant.¹

     Johann Christian Kranzbühler was born in December 1833 at Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.¹ He was the son of Johann Daniel Kranzbühler and Anna Catharina Acker. He was christened on 10 December 1833 at St Georgium, Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.¹ He was protestant.¹

     Johann Christian August Kranzbühler was born on 10 November 1823 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Johanna Elisabeth Acker.¹ Johann Christian August married Johanetta Friederike Ritter, daughter of Georg Ritter and Friederika Schmidt, on 13 August 1850 at Zweibrücken, Pfalz, Germany.³

Johann Christian August was the first Kranzbühler to own the book printing business in Zweibrücken, which he took over from his father-in-law.³
Johann Christian August Kranzbühler died on 25 June 1889 at Zweibrücken, Pfalz, at the age of 65 years.³

     Johann Christian August Kranzbühler was born on 14 November 1857 at Neustadt an der Haardt, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.² He was the son of Gustav Adolf Kranzbühler and Auguste Wilhelmi.¹ Johann Christian August married Babette Kilber on 29 June 1897.²
Johann Christian August was a merchant at Höchst am Main, Hessen, Germany.²
Johann Christian August Kranzbühler died in 1931 at Höchst, am Main, Hessen.²

     Johann Daniel Kranzbühler was born on 16 January 1829 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² He was also known as Daniel Kranzbühler. He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Johanna Elisabeth Acker.¹ Further spelling for the name: Krantzbühler. Johann Daniel married Caroline Philippine Raquet, daughter of Wilhelm Raquet and Luise Hirsch, on 27 July 1854 at Neustadt an der Haardt, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.³

Johann Daniel married the daughter of the owner of the book printing business in Neustadt, after the wedding his father-in-law passed the business on to him.³
At age 44, Johann Daniel was widowed on 10 June 1873 through the death of his wife Caroline Philippine at Neustadt/Haardt.³
Johann Daniel Kranzbühler died on 13 April 1892 at Neustadt/Haardt at the age of 63 years.³

     Johann Daniel Kranzbühler was born on 16 January 1755 at Worms, Hessen, Germany.¹ He was the son of Otto Wilhelm Krantzbühler and Maria Elisabeth Firnekorn.¹

At age 16, Johann Nicolaus became manager in his mother's printing business Buchdruckerei Worms and took his 13-years-old brother, Johann Daniel, on as an apprentice.²

After the death of his brother Johann Nicolaus, Johann Daniel became 02 May 1774 factor in his mother's business.¹

Under Maria Elisabeth and her son Johann Daniel, the bookprinting business Kranzbühler in Worms experienced its first peak. Under the management of Maria Elisabeth, who in those early times was one of few women who were involved in literature, were 9 - 10 printers and type setters employed. The business was located in the family owned house, in best location of (in 1938) "Kämmerergasse" no. 3.¹

From 1776, the newspaper "Wormser Intelligenzblatt" was printed there. In January 1777, Maria Elisabeth purchased the newspaper from Heinrich Valentine Bender and it was then edited and printed by the Kranzbühler.³

On 24 June 1780, Johann Daniel took his 16-years-old youngest brother, Johann Friedrich, on as an apprentice.¹

One year before her death, in 1789, Maria Elisabeth handed over the business to her son Johann Daniel.⁴

Because of the political chaos, the number of employees was reduced by half. At first, the business was still impaired because of the French Revolution, the occupation of Palatine and the expulsion of the French in 1793. Johann Daniel, however, was successful in bringing the business back.
He became a member of the civic council. Politically, he stood by the French Party and hoped for the French to heal countless grievances, the old regime in Worms and elsewhere suffered from.⁵
     Wolfgang Hasch describes the time of the newspaper und Johann Daniel's management in "Verlegerin mit Courage anno 1776":.⁶

As Johann Daniel had stayed single, he adopted in 1815 his nephew Johann Andreas into the bookprinting business.⁷
Johann Daniel Kranzbühler died on 16 June 1819 at Worms, Hessen, at the age of 64 years.⁸

     Further spelling for the name: Krantzbühler. Johann Daniel Kranzbühler was born on 8 January 1800 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Maria Margaretha Koch.¹ Johann Daniel married Anna Catharina Acker, daughter of Johannes Acker and Johanna Maria Müller, on 14 September 1826 at Speyer, Pfalz.²
At age 35, Johann Daniel was widowed on 31 May 1835 through the death of his wife Katharina Anna at Speyer, Pfalz.²

Johann Daniel had learnt book printing in the parental business and inherited it after his father's death - book printing business Speyer.² Johann Daniel married Katharina Elisabetha Rhein, daughter of Johann Jakob Rhein and Katharina Elisabeth Juliano, on 18 November 1835 at Speyer, Pfalz.²
Johann Daniel Kranzbühler died on 26 February 1867 at Speyer, Pfalz, at the age of 67 years.²

     Johann Daniel Kranzbühler was born on 11 October 1850 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² He was the son of Johann Daniel Kranzbühler and Katharina Elisabetha Rhein.¹ Other sources suggest that Daniel was born in November 1857 in Speyer, Pfalz. (Comment: Robert Morgenthaler considers this to be a different child, however, I believe that this is the same child and that the date in the Kranzbühler book is incorrect since it is also nearly illegible in my copy of Christian Schonger's report).¹
Daniel Kranzbühler died on 5 February 1874 at Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany, at the age of 23 years.¹

     Johann Eugen Otto Kranzbühler was born on 22 June 1840 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.¹ He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Johanna Elisabeth Acker.¹ Johann Eugen Otto died on 29 June 1840 at Speyer, Pfalz, at the age of 7 days.¹

     Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler was born on 4 February 1764 at Worms, Hessen, Germany.² He was the son of Otto Wilhelm Krantzbühler and Maria Elisabeth Firnekorn.¹

On 24 June 1780, Johann Daniel took his 16-years-old youngest brother, Johann Friedrich, on as an apprentice in the bookprinting business Buchdruckerei Worms.¹ Johann Friedrich married Maria Anna Enderes, daughter of Johann Paul Enderes, on 20 April 1788 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.³

He took over his father-in-law's book printing business in Speyer after the marriage to Maria Anna.³
At age 25, Johann Friedrich was widowed on 12 March 1789 through the death of his wife Maria Anna at Speyer, Pfalz.³ Johann Friedrich married Maria Margaretha Koch, daughter of Joseph Bernhard Koch and Christina Franckmann, on 20 July 1794.³
Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler died on 8 November 1835 at Speyer, Pfalz, at the age of 71 years.³

From the time of 1802 existed a silhouette, portraying the family of Johann Friedrich senior. The last child of the 2nd marriage, Jakob, hadn't been born then.⁴

     Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler was born on 11 February 1789 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Maria Anna Enderes.¹ Johann Friedrich married Johanna Elisabeth Acker, daughter of Johann Georg Acker and Magdalena Haidschuch, on 15 March 1818 at Speyer, Pfalz.³ Further spelling for the name: Krantzbühler.
At age 62, Johann Friedrich was widowed on 24 January 1852 through the death of his wife Johanna Elisabeth at Speyer, Pfalz.³

At first, Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler stayed in his father's business in Speyer, later he founded the 2nd book printing business in Speyer on the "Königsplatz". From him descended the KRANZBÜHLER, who, in 1900, owned book printing businesses in Speyer, Zweibrücken and Neustadt/Pfalz.³
Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler died on 15 January 1860 at Speyer, Pfalz, at the age of 70 years.³

     Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler was born on 17 September 1819 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.¹ He was christened on 18 September 1819 at St Georgium, Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.² He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Johanna Elisabeth Acker.¹
Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler died on 14 September 1825 at Speyer, Pfalz, at the age of 5 years.¹

     Johann Georg Kranzbühler was born in October 1803 at Speyer, Pfalz, Germany.² He was the son of Johann Friedrich Kranzbühler and Maria Margaretha Koch.¹ He was christened on 24 October 1803 at St Georgium, Speyer, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.² His 'call name' was Georg. Johann Georg married Elisabetha Weber, daughter of Pfarrer (?) Weber, at Speyer, Pfalz.
Georg died in 1840 at Speyer, Pfalz, through drowning in the Rhine river.¹

     Johann Georg Kranzbühler was born on 1 October 1827 at Ramberg, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany.¹ He was the son of Nikolaus Kranzbühler and Eva Meyer.¹ Johann Georg married Katharina Meyer on 18 June 1864.¹

     Johann Heinrich Kranzbühler was born on 25 November 1712 at Worms, Hessen, Germany.¹ He was the son of Mattheus Krantzbühler and Margaretha Dorothea Lächeling.¹ Johann Heinrich died on 16 April 1713 at Worms, Hessen, at the age of 4 months and 22 days. (Since one of the last plague epidemics raged in Central Europe from 1709 to 1714, and he and his father died within 3 weeks of each other, it is possible that they died of the plague).¹