Bletsch Family History

Bletsch Families

Welcome!

I've been doing research in the family history off and on for a number of years. I have corresponded with some very nice kinfolk and have lost touch with some of these folk over the years. I decided to put the information that I have gathered from various sources on this site. It may take some time, so please be patient with me.

When I first began doing family history, I learned of three brothers who had come from Germany in about 1852-1854. Jacob, at about age 22, Peter, at about age 18, and August, at about age 12. Jacob became a minister and lived in various places in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. August probably first lived with one of his siblings, but then spent most of his working career with the Western Book Firm in Cincinnati. Peter traveled to Texas in 1855 became a landholder and farmer. You can trace the lineage of these brothers by going to the Ancestry Charts.

These brother's parents were Peter and Magdalena Bletsch. The ages of the other siblings when the three brothers traveled to America would have been approximately: Catharina Barbara Bletsch, 28; Johannes Bletsch, 26; Johannes Bletsch, 25; Johann Anton Bletsch, 24; Johann Georg Bletsch, 21; Johann Adam Bletsch, 16; Franziska Bletsch , 15; and Pius August Bletsch, 13. There are indications that at least one sister and one or more other brothers came to America with Jacob, August and Peter.

Please contact me if you would like your name listed on the kinfolk page, would like to contribute information or if you have a site about your family and would like it to be linked to this site.

I hope you enjoy your visit to this site. Please don't hesitate to contact me with corrections, suggestions or comments.

Thank you,
Connie Bletsch Hewett

Ancestry List
(Click on the names in lighter blue for more information)

1 Peter Matthaus BLETSCH (29 Apr 1801 Waldorf, Germany – 20 Jul 1840 Waldorf, Germany) Marriage: 7 May 1827 Place: Walldorf, Baden
    + Magdalena HUBER (16 May 1801 Waldorf, Germany – 18 Oct 1841 Waldorf, Baden Germany)

        2 Catharina Barbara BLETSCH (12 Dec 1824 Walldorf, Germany) married 1 Nov 1860, Franklin Co., Ohio
            + Charles WAGNER
        2 Johannes BLETSCH (1 Feb 1827 – 2 Feb 1827 )
        2 Johannes BLETSCH (6 Dec 1827 – )
        2 Johann Anton Bletsch (28 Nov 1829 Walldorf, Baden) Marriage: 26 Feb 1854; Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
             + Catharine Offerman
        2 Fredrick Adam Jakob BLETSCH “Jacob” (7 Aug 1831 Walldorf, Germany – 1 Oct 1907 Chicago, IL)
            + Elizabeth JOST (15 Dec 1831 Bavaria – 19 Aug 1898 Chicago, IL)
                3 Wilhelmine BLETSCH (10 Mar 1859 Iowa City, IA – 30 Apr 1933 Chicago, IL)
                3 Clara BLETSCH (3 Dec 1860 Blue Island, IL – 13 Jun 1935 Chicago, IL)
                    + Frederich HOFMANN (abt 11 Jan 1859 Germany – 13 Jan 1928 Chicago, IL)
                        4 Frederick A. HOFMANN (18 Jan 1901 Chicago – 18 Jan 1901 Chicago)
                3 Augustin Lincoln BLETSCH (May 1865 Madison, WI – 19 Dec 1900 Waco, TX)
                    + Rose FUNK (1868 – 16 Jan 1891 Cook Co, IL)
                    + Lydia Matilda RINDER (Aug 1871 Chicago, IL – 22 Oct 1909 Chicago, IL)
                        4 Waldo F BLETSCH (9 Jun 1896 Chicago, IL – Dec 1962)
                3 William George BLETSCH (18 Jan 1868 Chicago, IL – 6 Jan 1945 Chicago, IL)
                    + Caroline Bertha WEGNER (20 Nov 1871 Milwaukee, WI – 3 Nov 1917 Chicago, IL)
                        4 Howard William BLETSCH (25 Sep 1893 Chicago, IL – 14 Apr 1933 Muskegon Twp, MI)
                            + Edna ZEDAKER (11 Feb 1895 Crane Twp, OH – 21 Apr 1966 Holland, MI)
                                5 Marian Jeanette BLETSCH (8 Jul 1923 – )
                                    + William MILLER (22 Oct 1916 Detroit, MI – 9 Jul 1975 Muskegon Twp, MI)
                                5 Howard Fredrick BLETSCH (3 Mar 1918 Dalton Twp, MI – 4 Oct 1945 Dalton Twp, MI)
                                    + Edna Jane WILSON
                                        6 Howard Raymond BLETSCH
                                        6 William Charles BLETSCH
                                5 John Walter BLETSCH (24 Apr 1927 – )
                                    + Iris ZAIGER
                                    + Patsey A. HAMMER
                                5 Kenneth William BLETSCH (10 Jan 1922 Dalton Twp, MI – 14 Mar 1991 Muskegon Twp, MI)
                                    + Betty Marie WILKE (13 Feb 1943 Muskegon, MI – )
                                        6 Kenneth BLETSCH
                                        6 James BLETSCH
                                        6 Mark BLETSCH
                                        6 Linda BLETSCH
                                            + REED
                                        6 Bonnie BLETSCH
                                            + Jack SNIDER
                                        6 Pam BLETSCH
                                            + Dan WILKS
                                        6 Faye BLETSCH
                                            + Jerry KIESGEN
                                        6 Janet BLETSCH
                                            + David WILKS
                                        6 Cheryl BLETSCH
                                            + Cheryl BELL
                                5 Wilbur George BLETSCH “Wink” (8 Dec 1929 Muskegon, MI – 5 Sep 2000)
                                     + Sally STEVENS
                        4 Dorothy BLETSCH (abt Apr 1898 Chicago, IL – 10 Mar 1899 Chicago, IL)
                        4 Margaret Elizabeth BLETSCH (abt 1 Jan 1903 Pueblo, CO – 9 Mar 1949 Chicago, IL)
                            + Paul TILLMAN
                                5 Joan TILLMAN (abt 1933 – )
                                5 Wendy TILLMAN (abt 1943 – )
                    + Ida C. KAHLER (25 Jun 1888 – 4 May 1988)
                        4 William George BLETSCH (Nov 1924 – )
        2 Johann Georg BLETSCH (7 Oct 1832 Walldorf, Baden)
        2 Peter BLETSCH (5 Nov 1834 – 19 Dec 1897)
            + Caroline MEIER (17 Mar 1841 – 23 Apr 1901)
                 3 Mary Ann BLETSCH (1860 Giddings, TX – )
                    + John B. KRAFT
                        4 Edna KRAFT (18 Feb 1896 Waco, TX – 19 Dec 1985)
                            + Frank Wade KELLNER (24 Dec 1894 Waco, TX – 19 Dec 1983)
                                5 Marinelle (Mary Nell) KELLNER (4 Jan 1924 Waco, TX – )
                                    + John Bachman Lee GREER (29 Oct 1923 Waco, TX – )
                                        6 John Bachman Lee GREER (8 Jul 1946 – )
                                            + (Name Unknown)
                                                7 James Bachman GREER (28 Jun 1973 – )
                                                7 Allison Marie GREER (23 Apr 1977 – )
                                        6 Beverly Jane GREER (11 May 1950 Fort Worth, TX – )
                                5 F. W. KELLNER
                        4 Peter KRAFT ( – d. inf.)
                        4 Josephine Louise KRAFT “Josie” + Charles Louis CLAY
                                5 Henry B. CLAY ( – 1983)
                                    + Marjorie P.
                                5 Lucille C. CLAY
                                    + Charles D. ROBERTS
                        4 Ella KRAFT
                        4 Tillie KRAFT
                            + (Name Unknown)
                        4 Olga KRAFT (1902 Waco, TX – 1979)
                            + Ed PFEFFER
                        4 George Ben KRAFT
                3 Amelia or Emilie BLETSCH(1862 – )
                    + Edward William SCHNEIDER (1862 – )
                3 George August BLETSCH (15 Jul 1864 TX – 17 Oct 1928)
                    + Minna Emielia LEUSCHNER “Minnie” (17 Aug 1867 Industry, TX – 14 Apr 1951)
                        4 Louis A. BLETSCH (abt Nov 1887 – )
                            + Martha DRYER
                                5 Lorraine BLETSCH
                        4 Max Albert BLETSCH “Albert” (abt Nov 1889 – )
                            + Ollie Vivian MIRES
                                5 Eula Mae BLETSCH (3 Jan 1920 – )
                                    + Robert Clinton ALLEN (15 May 1916 – 27 Apr 1988)
                                        6 Robert Clinton ALLEN (7 Jan 1941 – )
                                        6 Peggy Jean ALLEN (24 Dec 1945 – )
                                        6 Shirley Mae ALLEN (7 Dec 1947 – )
                                        6 Martha Susan ALLEN (3 Jun 1953 – )
                                               + Perry Dean MARKS (9 Dec 1953 – )
                                5 DOROTHY
                                5 Albert BLETSCH
                        4 George Benjamin BLETSCH “Bennie” (13 Mar 1891 – 25 Sep 1966)
                            + LYDIA SOPHIA POTTHOFF “Lettie” (7 Nov 1895 Perry, TX – )
                                5 George Henry BLETSCH (27 Feb 1918 – Apr 1990)
                                     + Dorothy Mae Smith
                                         6 Patricia Louise BLETSCH (14 Sep 1945 – )
                                         6 Lloyd Edward BLETSCH (20 Dec 1954 – 1989)
                                         6 Donna BLETSCH (13 Aug 1956 – )
                                5 Alta Mae BLETSCH (7 Jun 1928 – )
                                    + Robert C. CARR
                                        6 Cynthia CARR (4 Nov 1953 – )
                                        6 Michael Odell CARR (5 Sep 1963 – 6 Aug 1978)
                                    + Roger Newton HOLMES
                        4 Herman Peter BLETSCH “Pete” (15 Apr 1893 Otto, TX – May 1977 Decatur Hospital, TX)
                            + Stella Louise FORKE (25 Nov 1895 – 23 May 1996)
                                5 James William BLETSCH (10 May 1916 Otto, TX – 19 May 1978 Boyd, TX)
                                    + Mary Florence COLLINS “Florence” (22 May 1927 Rhome, TX – 30 May 1990 Ft. Worth, TX)
                                        6 William Pete BLETSCH (30 Nov 1946 Ft. Worth, TX – 16 Mar 1970 DaNang Airbase, Viet Nam)
                                        6 Connie BLETSCH (9 Aug 1948 Rhome, TX – )
                                        6 Living BLETSCH
                                        6 Living BLETSCH
                                        6 Living BLETSCH
                        4 Mathilde M. BLETSCH “Tillie” (abt Feb 1895 – )
                            + Ben DRYER
                                5 Ruth DRYER
                        4 Bertha Marie BLETSCH (19 Sep 1896 near Otto, TX – 5 Aug 1951 Marlin, TX)
                            + Isham Jefferson Parker PRINGLE (28 Apr 1885 – )
                                5 Jefferson Parker PRINGLE
                                5 Brantley PRINGLE
                        4 Laura Lydia BLETSCH (abt 1901
                3 Anna (Annie) Katherine BLETSCH (1866 – )
                3 John Jacob BLETSCH (1870 – 31 Jan 1939)
                    + Ella Lee STEPHENSON (18 Jun 1883 – 18 Jun 1951)
                        4 John Lee BLETSCH (16 May 1902 Plantersville, TX – 25 Nov 1972 Baytown, TX)
                            + Nettie NONA
                        4 Willie Louise BLETSCH (22 Oct 1906 Plantersville – 12 Sep 1977 Baytown, TX)
                            + George N. JAMISON (21 Apr 1905 Madisonville, TX – 7 May 1977 Baytown)
                                5 George N JAMISON (16 Nov 1925 Baytown, TX – )
                                    + Bonnie Louise CLARK (7 May 1930 – )
                                        6 Kathryn Louise JAMISON (8 Nov 1951 – )
                                        6 Cynthia Lana JAMISON (4 Oct 1954 – )
                                5 William Lee JAMISON (14 Jul 1928 – )
                                    + Gloria Dell FISHER (9 Dec 1930 – )
                                        6 Judith Ann JAMISON (5 Mar 1958 – )
                                        6 William Lee JAMISON (15 Mar 1961 – )
                        4 Ella Carrie BLETSCH (18 Nov 1908 – )
                            + Ray Sam ALLEN (23 Feb 1904 – 21 Jan 1988)
                                5 John Kirby ALLEN (12 Feb 1940 – )
                                5 Dorothy Ray ALLEN (23 Jul 1944 – )
                        4 James E. BLETSCH (7 Oct 1910 – 8 Feb 1968)
                        4 Aubrey Ione BLETSCH (22 Feb 1913 – 22 Jul 1935)
                        4 George Baker BLETSCH (15 Jun 1915 – 4 Jul 1983)
                            + Virgie Doss OELERICH (15 Sep 1916 – 28 Jul 1971)
                                5 Bethany Ione BLETSCH (21 Jul 1949 – )
                                5 Glenda Ella BLETSCH (26 Dec 1952 – )
                                5 Virgie Doss BLETSCH (12 Nov 1956 – )
                        4 Robert Eugene BLETSCH (28 Oct 1917 – )
                            + Hazel Allyne Ferguson NELSON (30 Dec 1923 – )
                                5 Patricia Ann NELSON (30 Apr 1944 – )
                        4 Dorothy Faye BLETSCH (26 Jan 1925 – )
                            + Luby Thomas HARRISON (12 Apr 1922 Livingston, TX – 16 Jun 1983)
                                5 Susan Dianne HARRISON (22 Nov 1950 – )
                                5 Patricia Kay HARRISON (21 Oct 1953 – )
                        4 Anthony Wayne BLETSCH (9 Nov 1927 – )
                            + Helen Marie MASON (7 Aug 1933 – )
                                5 Sandra Kay BLETSCH (6 Jun 1956 – )
                                5 Anthony Wayne BLETSCH (6 Jul 1958 – )
                                5 Lou Ann BLETSCH (1 Aug 1961 – )
                3 Henry Emil BLETSCH (19 Oct 1871 Lee Co, TX – 1 Apr 1955 Waco, TX)
                    + Marie FRITZ (14 Dec 1873 Wurtenburg, Germany – 25 Mar 1954 Waco, TX)
                        4 Rudolf Henry BLETSCH (Aug 1897 – 1985)
                            + Olga Julia WALTMAN
                                5 Grady Ray BLETSCH (8 Jun 1939 – abt 1957)
                                5 Doris Rudell BLETSCH (4 Oct 1934 Waco, TX – )
                                    + Rex Patrick Stallings STALLINGS (11 Jan 1934 – )
                                        6 Ray Patrick STALLINGS (1 Aug 1958 San Diego, CA – )
                                        6 Rex Patrick STALLINGS (28 Apr 1961 Waco, TX – )
                                        6 Russell Patrick STALLINGS (7 Oct 1963 – )
                        4 Alvin Emil BLETSCH (4 Oct 1904 Waco – 27 Dec 1984)
                            + Amanda SCHIMSCHAT (18 Apr 1902 Washington Co, TX – 23 Feb 1975 Waco)
                                5 Marvin Henry BLETSCH (20 Jun 1937 – )
                                5 Allene Marie BLETSCH (25 Apr 1941 – )
                                    + Joe MCHARGUE
                                        6 Regina Marie MCHARGUE (30 Dec 1960 – )
                                        6 Ava Denise MCHARGUE (30 Aug 1964 – )
                        4 Otillie Marie BLETSCH (Dec 1894 Perry, TX – 9 Feb 1948 Waco)
                3 Emma BLETSCH (1875 – )
                3 Otto BLETSCH
        2 Johann Adam BLETSCH (17 Jun 1836 – )
        2 Franziska BLETSCH (3 Aug 1837 – )
        2 Pius August BLETSCH (8 Jul 1839 – )
        2 August BLETSCH (16 Jun 1840 Waldorf, Germany – 30 Jun 1907 Norwood, OH)
            + Johanna Auguste FAUTHAUER (Dec 1834 Germany – )
                3 William Edwin BLETSCH (13 Sep 1866 Allegheny Co, PA – 29 Jun 1935 Highland Park, IL)
                    + Caroline M (abt Jan 1871 KY – )
                3 Etta BLETSCH (Mar 1872 IA – )
                3 (Others unnamed mentioned in obituary that had died before father died.)




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