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Peter and Magdalena Bletsch
(Parents of children who came to the U. S.)
 
Peter Matthaus Bletsch 
Married: 7 May 1827 - Walldorf, Baden, Germany
Magdalena Huber
Born:  29 Apr 1801 
Walldorf, Baden, Germany 

Born:  16 May 1801
Walldorf, Baden, Germany
Died:  20 Jul. 1840 
Walldorf, Baden, Germany

 Died:  18 Oct. 1841
Walldorf, Baden, Germany



Children:
Sex
Birth/Death
Spouse
 1.  Catharina Barbara Bletsch
 Born: 12 Dec 1824 in **Walldorf, Baden Germany
married 1 Nov 1860 in Franklin Co., Ohio **Charles Wagner

 2.  Johannes Bletsch
Born: 1 Feb. 1827 **Walldorf, Baden Germany
** D. 2 Feb 1827 Walldorf, Baden, Germany


 3.  Johannes Bletsch
Born:. 6 Dec 1827


 4.  Johann Anton Bletsch
Born: **28 Nov. 1829 Walldorf, Baden, Germany
      
**married 26 Feb. 1854 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Descendants of Johann Anton and Catherine Bletsch

Catharine Offerman

 5.  Fredrick Adam Jacob (Jacob) Bletsch *
Born:  7 Aug 1831 Walldorf, Germany
Died: 1 Oct 1907 Chicago, IL
M
Descendants of Jacob and Elizabeth Bletsch:
A. Wilhelmine BLETSCH
B. Clara BLETSCH
      + Frederich HOFMANN
          1.  Frederick A. HOFMANN
          2. Augustin Lincoln BLETSCH
              + Rose FUNK
              + Lydia Matilda RINDER
                  a Waldo F BLETSCH

C.  William George BLETSCH
       + First married Caroline B. WEGNER
          1.  Howard William BLETSCH
                + Edna ZEDAKER
                   a.  Marian Jeanette
                        + William MILLER
                   b. Howard F. BLETSCH
                        + Edna Jane WILSON
                   c. John Walter BLETSCH
                        + Iris ZAIGER
                        + Patsey A. HAMMER
                   d. Kenneth W,  BLETSCH
                        + Betty Marie WILKE

                   e. Wilbur (Wink) BLETSCH
                        + Sally STEVENS
          2. Dorothy BLETSCH
          3. Margaret Elizabeth BLETSCH
                + Paul TILLMAN
                    a. Joan TILLMAN
                    b. Wendy TILLMAN
       + Second married Ida C. KAHLER
           1.  William George BLETSCH
Elizabeth Jost
Born: 15 Dec 1831 Bavaria
Died:  19 Aug 1898 Chicago, IL
 6.  Johann Georg Bletsch
Born: 7 Oct 1832 Walldorf, Baden



 7.  Peter Bletsch *
Born: 5 Nov. 1834
Died: 19 Dec 1897
Buried: Perry Methodist Cemetery, Falls Co, TX
married 24 Sep 1857
Descendants of Peter and Caroline Bletsch:

A.  Mary Ann BLETSCH
      + John B. KRAFT
         1. Edna KRAFT
             + Frank Wade KELLNER
                 a. Marinelle (Mary Nell) KELLNER
                     + John Bachman Lee GREER

                 b. F. W. KELLNER
         2. Peter KRAFT ( – d. inf.)
         3. Josephine Louise KRAFT “Josie”
            + Charles Louis CLAY
                 a.  Henry B. CLAY
                       + Marjorie P.

         4. Ella KRAFT
         5. Tillie KRAFT
              + (Name Unknown)
         6.  Olga KRAFT
               + Ed PFEFFER
                        4 George Ben KRAFT
B.  Amelia/Emilie Bletsch
      + Edward William SCHNEIDER
C
George August BLETSCH
       + Minna Emielia LEUSCHNER “Minnie”

          1.  Louis A. BLETSCH
               + Martha DRYER
                    a. Lorraine BLETSCH
          2. Max Albert BLETSCH “Albert”
               + Ollie Vivian MIRES
                    a. Eula Mae BLETSCH
                        + Robert Clinton ALLEN

                    b. DOROTHY
                    c.  Albert BLETSCH
           3 George Benjamin BLETSCH “Bennie”
              + LYDIA SOPHIA POTTHOFF
                    a.  George Henry BLETSCH
                         + Dorothy Mae Smith
                    b. Alta Mae BLETSCH
                          + Robert C. CARR
                          + Roger Newton HOLMES
            4.  Herman Peter BLETSCH
                   + Stella Louise FORKE
                     a.  James William BLETSCH

                         + Mary Florence COLLINS
            5.  Mathilde M. BLETSCH “Tillie”
                   + Ben DRYER
                        a. Ruth DRYER

            6.  Bertha Marie BLETSCH
                    + Isham Jefferson Parker PRINGLE
                        a. Jefferson Parker PRINGLE
                        b. Brantley PRINGLE
            7.  Laura Lydia BLETSCH

D. Anna (Annie) Katherine BLETSCH
E.  John Jacob BLETSCH
     + Ella Lee STEPHENSON
        1.  John Lee BLETSCH
             + Nettie NONA
        2. Willie Louise BLETSCH
             + George N. JAMISON
                 a. George N JAMISON
                     + Bonnie Louise CLARK

                 b. William Lee JAMISON
                      + Gloria Dell FISHER
         3. Ella Carrie BLETSCH
             + Ray Sam ALLEN
                 a.  John Kirby ALLEN
                 b. Dorothy Ray ALLEN
         4. James E. BLETSCH

         5. Aubrey Ione BLETSCH
         6. George Baker BLETSCH
             + Virgie Doss OELERICH
                  a.  Bethany Ione BLETSCH
                  b.  Glenda Ella BLETSCH
                  c.  Virgie Doss BLETSCH
          7. Robert Eugene BLETSCH
              + Hazel Allyne Ferguson NELSON
                   a. Patricia Ann NELSON

          8.  Dorothy Faye BLETSCH
               + Luby Thomas HARRISON
                   a. Susan Dianne HARRISON
                   b.  Patricia Kay HARRISON
                   c.  Anthony Wayne BLETSCH
                        + Helen Marie MASON

F.  Henry Emil BLETSCH
      + Marie FRITZ
         1. Rudolf Henry BLETSCH
             + Olga Julia WALTMAN
                  a.  Grady Ray BLETSCH
                  b.  Doris Rudell BLETSCH
                        + Rex Patrick Stallings

         2. Alvin Emil BLETSCH
             + Amanda SCHIMSCHAT
                 a.  Marvin Henry BLETSCH
                 b. Allene Marie BLETSCH
                      + Joe MCHARGUE
         3. Otillie Marie BLETSCH
G.  Emma BLETSCH
H.  Otto BLETSCH
Caroline Meier
Born: 17 Mar 1841
Died: 23 Apr 1901
Buried: Perry Methodist Cemetery, Falls Co, TX
 8.  Johann Adam Bletsch
Born: 17 Jun 1836  ** Walldorf, Baden, Germany


 9.  Franziska Bletsch
Born: 3 Aug 1837


10  Pius August Bletsch
Born: 8 Jul. 1839


11  August Bletsch *
Born: 16 Jun 1840
Descendants of August and Johanna Bletsch
A.  William Edwin BLETSCH
       + Caroline M
B.  Etta BLETSCH
Johanna Auguste Fauthauer
Born: Dec 1834 Germany
*  These are the three brothers on whom Aunt Laura Bletsch Kendrick had information. 
Peter Bletsch is the brother who came to Texas and from whom my line is descended.

Information received from:  Matt Burns, letter dated: June 22, 1991
Source: Catholic Parish, Waldorf, Baden, Germany
** Source - SBE

 


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