SCHWIESOW Genealogy Research
Welcome to the SCHWIESOW Genealogy Research page. We are currently under construction……and will be under constant re-construction, if we are successful. Our purpose is to collect and distribute research data on the Schwiesow genealogy, and our goal is to eventually link all the known………and yet unknown ……lines of this family. Thus far, there are about 10 lines of Schwiesow families, primarily located in the northwest quadrant of the country, from the Great Lakes region, west to Washington state. The bulk of information so far seems to point to an origin from the Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Vorpommern regions of northern Germany, and the period of emigration to the USA being from mid-1850’s to late 1880’s. Spellings on church records, emigration and immigration records, census, etc. varied somewhat, depending on the ear of the writer. Some variations include Schwieso, Schwisow, Sweezo, Schwieson, Sweiso…….and many others.
To begin with, we have listed bare outlines of the limbs of Schwiesow families which we have uncovered so far. Most of these lines also list an active researcher on that line, although we are all becoming familiar with all lines. We will be publishing extra data collected from various records both in this country and Germany, which does not fit our lines at this time, but may someday. These may be the pieces that will eventually prove to be the links. NOTE: m/ = married
We invite you to ask questions, and most certainly to post your information, no matter how insignificant you may think it is. Someday all of these small pieces will come together to form the complete picture puzzle of the Schwiesow Family.
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For more information and to work in research contact the person listed at the end of the family. For any corrections of the data of the families below, contact Karen.
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Family 1 * 1
Johann Michael SCHWIESOW and Maria Dorothea PREISS (or PRIESS), parents of
Joachim Jacob M. SCHWIESOW ca. 1826 (Preussen) - Immigrate: 1867: Pommern > WI > IA
m/ Sophia Dorothea Friederike SCHULTZ 1821 (Pommern) -
* 1 Carl Heinrich Wilhelm SCHWIESOW [aka Charles] 1847 (Pommern) - 1898 (SD)
m/ Charlotte Louise WESSEL 1857 (MO) - 1938 (SD)
Caspar Joachim Hermann SCHWIESOW 1876 (IA) - 1937 m/ Wilhelmina KIEHN 1883 (SD) - 1973
Heinrich Johann Georg SCHWIESOW 1878 (IA) - 1925 (MN) m/ Marie SPRINGER 1885 (PA) - 1968 (SD)
Sophie Marie Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1879 (IA) - before 1938 m/ Carl OXWANG 1877
Johanna Caroline Wilhelmina SCHWIESOW 1881 (IA) - 1972 (SD)
m1/ Rudolph SPRINGER 1873 (G) - 1912 (NE) m2/ John Frank BASFORD 1859 -1939
Frederick Wilhelm Christian SCHWIESOW 1883 (IA) - 1944 (NE)
m/ Martha Luise Henrietta POLENZ 1894 (NE) - 1983 (CO)
Christina Wilhelmina Margaretha SCHWIESOW 1884 (IA) - 1971 m/ Ernest SPRINGER 1877 (G) - 1954
Bertha Auguste SCHWIESOW 1886 (SD) - 1987 (IL) m/ Basil CIMAGLIO
Louise Katharina Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1888 (SD) - 1967 m/ Harry H. SPRING 1894 - 1970 (WA)
Johann Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1891 (SD) - 1950 m/ Eda WEIDEMANN 1899 - 1942
Wilhelmine Katharina SCHWIESOW 1893 (SD) - 1960 m/ Glenn VAN NESS
Caroline Maria Friederike SCHWIESOW 1849 (Pommern) -
Johann Friedrich Martin SCHWIESOW 1852 (Pommern) - 1924 (WA) m/ Anna C. SCHULTZ 1862 - 1927 (WA)
Mary Marguerite Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1882 (IA) - 1983 m/ Mister TIKALSKY
Frederick John SCHWIESOW 1884 (IA) - 1953
Tina SCHWIESOW 1885 (IA) - 1995 m1/ Mister SMITH m2/ Mister CRANK
Laura Augusta SCHWIESOW 1891 (NE) - 1971 m1/ Herbert RUSSELL 1891 - 1972 (CA)
m2/ Mister BAXTER m3/ Mister CHEVALIER
John R. SCHWIESOW 1902 (WA) - 1975 m/ Almyra Bertha KAWELMACHER 1902 - 1993
*2 Friedrich C. SCHWIESOW 1855 (Pommern) - 1917 (WA) m/ Fredricka Margaret SCHULTZ 1856 - 1934 (WA)
Marguerite SCHWIESOW 1884 (IA) - 1948 (WA) m/ Eric F. GEHRI
Ella C. SCHWIESOW 1886 (NE) - m/ Emil GEHRI 1876 - 1949 (WA)
Ida B. SCHWIESOW 1888 (NE) - 1963 (WA) m1/ Fred BACKEBERG m2/ George FRANZ
Annie SCHWIESOW 1889 (NE) - 1895 (WA)
Lee Hannah SCHWIESOW 1892 (WA) - 1936 (WA)
William H. SCHWIESOW 1900 (WA) - 1975 (WA) m/ Zola CARMEN 1904 (OR) - 1985 (WA)
Maria SCHWIESOW 1857 (Pommern)-1896 (SD) m/ August STECKELBERG
William STECKELBERG 1880 (IA) - 1931 m/ Lucy JACOBS 1906
August Heinrich STECKELBERG 1881 - 1962 m/ Mae Cardilia KINGSBURG 1887 - 1960
Emma STECKELBERG 1883 m/ Paul MELCHERT
Dorothea Sophie STECKELBERG 1884 - 1936 m/ George TEMPLIN
Mary Magdalene STECKELBERG 1885 - 1970 m/ William Peter LINGEL
Henry Carl Christian STECKELBERG 1887 - 1982 m/ Jessie SHRAKE
Herman Theodore STECKELBERG 1889 - 1961 m/ Adele Catherine POLENZ 1893 (NE) - 1941 (WA)
Ernest STECKELBERG 1892 - 1895
Wilhelm SCHWIESOW 1864 (Pommern)-
Jacob Friedrich Matthias SCHWIESOW 1831 (Pommern) m/ Catharine Dorothea Friederike AWE 1821 (Pommern)
Contact: *1 Karen Grossart (IL)
or *2 Suzy Mitchell
More detail on this line at SCHWIESOW Genealogy
Family 2
Christian Theodore SCHWIESOW 1820/30 (G)-1872 (G)
m/ Sophia Christine Johane MIERS 1830 (G)-1916 (IL) Immigrate: 1872: DEU > IL
Charles SCHWIESOW (G)- (G)
Johann Friedrich Theodore SCHWIESOW 1853 (G)-19-- (IL) m/ Minnie JACOBS
Heinrich Ludwig Friedrich SCHWIESOW 1858 (G)-1942 (IL) m/ Emma GERTZ
*3 August Christian Johann SCHWIESOW 1861 (G)-1945 (IL) m/ Anna BAEHR
Henrietta Johanna CharlotteFredericka SCHWIESOW 1863 (G)-1922 (IL) m/ Ernest H F FANSELOW
Dorothea Louise Johanna Caroline SCHWIESOW 1867 (G)-1936 (IL) m/ Henry J WAGNER
Sophia Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1872 (G)-1942 (IL) m/ Dietrick Louis FRIELING
*3 August Schwiesow (IL)
Family 3
Karl Wilhelm Joachim SCHWIESOW (G)-1865 (IL) Immigrate: 1864: Mecklenburg > IL
m/ Sophia GRADOP -1860 (G)
Sophia Maria Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1823 (G)-1832 (G)
Carolina Sophia Elizabeth SCHWIESOW 1828 (G)-
Adolph Carl Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1826 (G)-1902 (IL) Immigrate: 1852:DEU > IL
m/ Henrietta Sophia Maria KNUTH
*4 Johann Friedrich Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1831 (G)-1861 (G)
Johanna Louisa Sophia SCHWIESOW 1833 (G)-1899 (IL)
Friedrich Christoph Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1836 (G)-1913 (IL) 1854:DEU > IL m/ Maria SCHLEMANN
*5 Anna Marie Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1836 (G)-1888 (IL) m/ Frederich Johann Christian SASS
*4 Linda Schwiesow Nycum (FL)
*5 Kim Lemberg (IL)
Family 4
Adolf SCHWIESOW
Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1833 (G)-1917 (MI)
m/ Sophia DOPP 1843 (G)-1920 (MI)
Caroline SCHWIESOW 1863 (MI)-1943 (MI) m/ Joachim SCHOOF
Lena SCHWIESOW 1863 ( )-
Marie SCHWIESOW 1865 (MI)-1887 (MI) m/ Carl HARMS
John SCHWIESOW 1867 ( ) - m/ Emilie FALKENHAGEN
Anna Sophia SCHWIESOW 1871 ( ) - m/ Carl HARMS
Wilhelm Carl SCHWIESOW 1876 ( )-
Family 5
Friedrich J. M. SCHWIESOW 1833 (G)-1883 (IA) Immigrate: 1871: Pommern > WI > IA
m/ Maria BECKMAN 1835 (G)- 1914 (IA)
Johann Carl SCHWIESOW 1859 (G) - 1936 (IA) m/ Bertha H. Wenzel 1863 (G) - 1939 (IA)
Louis Heinrich Andreas SCHWIESOW 1883 (IA)
Rosa A. SCHWIESOW 1885 (IA) - 1960
Amanda Friedin SCHWIESOW 1887 (IA)
Herman Wilhelm Fredrich SCHWIESOW 1890 (IA) - 1892
Friedrich Johann Carl SCHWIESOW [aka: Fritz J.] 1892 ((A) - 1896
Walter Charles SCHWIESOW 1895 - 1962 (IA) m/ Lena VINKE
Elsa Christine Marie SCHWIESOW 1897 (IA) - 1912 (IA)
Johann Albert Bernhard SCHWIESOW 1900 (IA) - 1913
Milda Bertha Augusta SCHWIESOW 1903 (IA) - 1918
Marie SCHWIESOW 1906 m/ Harry L. SCHROEDER
Anna J. W. SCHWIESOW 1860 (G)-1932 (IA) m/ Claus Heinrich GRIMM 1856 (G) - 1926 (IA)
Edward Henry GRIMM 1881- 1925 Templeton, IA m/ Dorthea VINKE 1880 - 1956
Johann Friedrich GRIMM 1882 (IA) - 1941 (IA) m/ Caroline Christina PETERSEN 1888 - 1981
Caroline GRIMM 1884 - 1956 m/ William GRAGE 1880
Emma GRIMM 1886-1965 m/ William GOTSCH ( 1885 - 1943)
Bertha GRIMM 1888-1977 m/ Albert GENZEN 1909 (G) - 1947 (IA)
Henry H. GRIMM 1890 (IA) -1961 m/ Florence STAHL 1898 - 1977
Ida GRIMM 1891-1974 m/ William WIESE 1896 (IA) - 1975
Julius GRIMM 1892-1892
Anna GRIMM 1901 (IA) -1922 m/ Henry William EWOLDT 1891 (IA) - 1956 (IA)
Caroline SCHWIESOW 1860 (G)- m1/ Johann GOTTFRIED m2/ Friedrich Johann WENZEL 1854 (G)
Ida Marie Carolina WENZEL 1881 (IA) - 1969 (IA) m/ Christian Behren GRAGE 1874 -1957 (IA)
Hugo Herman Heinrich WENZEL 1882 - 1955 (IA) m/ Hilda TOLGAARD - 1959
Hedwig Anna Wilhelmine [aka: Hattie] WENZEL 1884 (IA) - m/ Karl SCHWARTZ
Lewis WENZEL 1887
Emil WENZEL 1888
Alfred WENZEL 1890
Freida WENZEL 1891
Ernest WENZEL 1892
Maria WENZEL 1893
Edwin Martin WENZEL 1895
Eleanore WENZEL 1897
*6 Maria Caroline Auguste SCHWIESOW 1862 (G)-1934 (MN)
m1/ Ludwig Jurgen WENZEL 1858 (G) -1882 (IA)
Bertha Johanne Marie WENZEL PETERSEN 1882 (IA) -1930 (MN)
m/ Elmer John PIERSON 1888 (IA) - 1969 (MN)
m2/ Jurgen Albert PETERSEN 1861 (G) - 1907 (IA)
William H PETERSEN 1886-1952 m/ Louise Beatta LENZ [aka Lizzie] 1886 (IA) - 1979 (IA)
George Andrew PETERSEN [aka Casey] 1887 (IA) - 1965 (MN) m/ Alma Pauline PETERSEN 1898 (IA) -1999 (MN)
Carl Peter PETERSEN 1889 (IA) - 1956 (SD)
Maria PETERSEN 1890-1891
Fritz August PETERSEN 1892 (IA) - 1961 (MN) m/ Mildren Marie WILLOUGHBY 1890 (MN) - 1976 (MN)
Frank PETERSEN 1894 (IA) - 1895 (IA)
Florence Anna Dora PETERSEN 1895 (IA) - 1983 (MN) m/ Herman HAGEDORN 1892 - 1962 (MN)
Mamie Augusta Pauline PETERSEN 1897 (IA) - 1985 (MN) m/ John HAGEDORN 1891(MN) - 1975 (MN)
Fritz SCHWIESOW 1865 (G) - bef 1880 (IA)
Frederike Johanna Wilhelmine SCHWIESOW [aka Rika] 1867 (G)-1883 (IA)
Wilhelm SCHWIESOW 1871 (G) - m/ Malanie SCHOENING
Alvina SCHWIESOW m/ Robert SIEVERTSON
Hattie SCHWIESOW m/ Henry STECKLEBERG
Sylvester SCHWIESOW m/ Clara ??
Wilbur SCHWIESOW m/ Lena ??
Harold SCHWIESOW
Earl SCHWIESOW m/ Millie ROBERTSON
Bernadine SCHWIESOW m/ Chris CHRISTIANSEN
Amanda SCHWIESOW m/ John VENNICK
Myrtle SCHWIESOW m/ Glen LIGHTFIELD
Edward SCHWIESOW m/ Edith SLEISTER
Carl Ernst Herman SCHWIESOW [aka Charles] 1873 (WI) m/ Alvena SIEVERTSON
Laura SCHWIESOW 1903 (IA) m/ Dewey Youngerman
There were 10 children.
August Friedrich Martin SCHWIESOW 1876 (IA)-1954 m/ Alvina GRAGE
Florence SCHWIESOW m/ William BOGER
Gertrude SCHWIESOW m/ Gerhardt SMIDT
Frank SCHWIESOW m/ Mary CAVANAUGH
Albert SCHWIESOW m/ Donna McMAHON
Leona SCHWIESOW m/ Herman SCHULTZ
Ann SCHWIESOW m/ Howard STEFFEN
Ruby SCHWIESOW m/ Emil WEGNER
Helen SCHWIESOW m/ Harry KRAL
Albert Wilhelm Marcus SCHWIESOW 1882 (IA)- m/ Minnie Lenz PROSCH
Amanda SCHWIESOW
Anna SCHWIESOW m/ Henry ASMUS
Lydia SCHWIESOW m/ Ben NEHLS
Mamie SCHWIESOW m/ Werner LOCKMILLER
*6 Joni Petersen (IL )
Family 6
Friedrich SCHWIESOW 1817 (G)-1866 (W) Immigrate: 1857: DEU > WI
m/ Sophie HARNACK 1822 (G)-
Marie SCHWIESOW 1848 (G)- m/ Ernest HANNEMANN
Sophie SCHWIESOW 1848 (G)-1865
*7-8 Johann Friedrich Joachim SCHWIESOW 1850 (G)-1918 (W) m/ Friedrike BECKER
Friedrich SCHWIESOW 1853 (G)-1857 (W)
Elise SCHWIESOW 1857 (W)-1876 m/ Johann THIEDE
Wilhelmina SCHWIESOW 1860 (W)- m/ Heinrich ZARRS
Anna SCHWIESOW m/ E.S. HUNT
Possible connection to family 7-a
* 7 Charmaine Becker
* 8 Jon Daggy
Family 7
Peter SCHWISOW
m/ Christiana HEIDENS
Peter SCHWISOW 1754 (G)-
Elsabe Dorothea SCHWISOW 1755 (G)-
Juliana Dorothea SCHWISOW 1757 (G)-
Christoph Michael SCHWISOW 1760 (G)- m1/ Maria BRINKERT 1762 (G)-1792 (G)
Johann Christoph SCHWISOW 1787 (G)-1789 (G)
Friederich Jacob Jochim SCHWISOW 1790-1862 (G) m/ Maria Sophia Dorothea PRUTER
Christian Gotfried Wilhelm SCHWISOW 1792 m2/ Catharina Elisabeth Schreiber SCHWISOW 1762-1871 (G)
to 7-a**** Johann Heinrich Carl SCHWISOW 1794-1871 (G)
m/ Maria Sophia Charlotte SCHMIDT 1799-1872 (G)
Dorothea Anna Elizabeth SCHWISOW 1796 m/ Friedrich Wilhelm SCHWIESOW
Heinrich Johann Jochim SCHWISOW 1798
Carolina Anna Sophie Elsabe SCHWISOW
m1/ Heinrich Carl STRUMPELMAN m2/ Carl Heinrich WITTFOOT
Family 7-a
Johann Heinrich Carl SCHWISOW 1794-1871 (G)
m/ Marie Sophia Charlotte SCHMIDT 1799-1872 (G)
Hinnerich Christian Friederich SCHWISOW 1817 (G)-
Anna Christina Sophia SCHWISOW 1819 (G)-
Johann Friedrich Christian SCHWISOW 1821 (G)-1882 (G) m/ Maria Elisabeth Johanna HARNACK 1821-1876 (G)
Johann Karl Friederick SCHWISOW 1843 (G)-1927 (NE) m/ Luise Dorothea Maria ALLWART
Johann Martin Wilhelm SCHWISOW 1845 (G)-1845 (G)
Gottlieb Heinrich Christian Theo SCHWISOW 1847 (G)
*9 Friedrich Heinrich Johann SCHWISOW 1849 (G)-1921 (NE) m/ Mine Christine Elisabeth BRUSEHABER
Dorothea Johanna Karoline SCHWISOW 1853 (G)-1921 ( ) m/ Johann Friedrich Karl WEISHAHN
Anna Johanna Maria SCHWISOW 1855 (G)-1862 (G)
Jochim Christian Johann August SCHWISOW 1857 (G)-1936 (CO)
Wilhelm Christoph Christian SCHWISOW 1859 (G)-1914 (NE)
Heinrich Johann Friedrich Christian SCHWISOW 1861 (G)-1938 (OH)
William Louis SCHWISOW 1890 - 1991 (WA) m/ Elsie Mattie NISSEN 1900 - 1961
Karl Charles Jochim Martin SCHWISOW 1863 (G)-1931 (NE)
Ludwig Christian Johann Heinrich SCHWISOW 1865 (G)-1941 (NE)
Christian Heinrich Friedrick SCHWISOW 1867 (G)-1948 (NE)
Christian Heinrich Joachim SCHWISOW 1823 (G)-
Sophia Maria Friedericka SCHWISOW
Heinrich Joachim Johann SCHWISOW 1825 (G)
August Carl Christian SCHWISOW 1827 (G)-
Maria Sophia Hanna SCHWISOW 1829 (G)-
stillborn 1832-1832 (G)
Anna Louisa Dorothea SCHWISOW 1833 (G)- m/ Joachim Friederich ALTSCHWAGER (AltBukow)
Caroline Dorothea Sophia SCHWISOW 1835 (G)-
Dorothea Maria Christina SCHWISOW 1837 (G)- m/ Ernst Johann ALGENSTADT
Wilhelm Christoph Christian SCHWISOW 1840 (G)-
*9 Lois Seaburg (WA)
Family 8
Henry SCHWIESOW m/ Dorothea …
Helmuth SCHWIESOW 1853 (G)- (IA) Immigrate: 1872: DEU > PA > IA
m/ Katherine HESTER 1856 (G)-1927 (IA)
Carl Johann Daniel SCHWIESOW 1883 (IA)-1958 ( ) m/ Anna SPECHT 1890 (G)-1968
Helmuth SCHWIESOW 1906-1981 m/ Fern FULLERTON
Henry SCHWIESOW 1907 (IA)-1983 m1/ Gladys YATES m2/ Naomi WATERMAN
William SCHWIESOW 1909 (IA)- m/ Nettie WOODS
Marvin SCHWIESOW 1910-1910
Carl Jr SCHWIESOW 1911 (IA)-1980 m/ Perla WHITNEY
Mildred SCHWIESOW 1913 (IA)- m1/ Wayne RICH m2/ David BANGHART
Elmer SCHWIESOW 1915 (IA)- m1/ Arlene SCHWIESOW (?) m2/
Irene SCHWIESOW 1917 (IA)- m/ Leonard PETERSON
John SCHWIESOW WI
Henry SCHWIESOW NE
Lizzie SCHWIESOW CA m/ TRAFFORD
5 add’l siblings
* 10 Ron Johnson (VA)
More detail on this line at Ron's FTM site
Family 9
Adolph SCHWIESOW 1839 (G)-1913 (W) Immigrate: 1857 : DEU > WI
m/ Friederike HANNEMANN
Dina SCHWIESOW m/ Frank W. BERNDT
Ida SCHWIESOW m/ William F. BERG
Martha SCHWIESOW m/ Karl MUELLER [Miller]
daughter SCHWIESOW m/ Charles H. KINKEL
Emma SCHWIESOW m/ Robert WOHLFIEL
William F. SCHWIESOW
Carl F. SCHWIESOW
There were eight children and this is not necessarily the correct order. This information is from the obituary of Adolph SCHWIESOW, Wisconsin civil marriage records and Hillside cemetery records in Columbus, WI.
Family 10
Karl Christian SCHWIESO 1827 (G) - 1909 (WI) Immigrate: prior to 1856 to WI
m/ Louisa LANGE 1831 (G) - 1894 (WI)
Sarah SCHWIESO 1856 (WI)
John SCHWIESO 1857 (WI)
Frank SCHWIESO 1858 (WI)
Mary SCHWIESO 1859 (WI) m/ Archie MOTT Sr
Henry SCHWIESO 1862 (WI) -1930 m/ Henrietta 1873 -1908
Arthur P SCHWIESO 1893 - 1973
Charles Frederick SCHWIESO 1870 (WI) m/ Harriet Ethel MOTT 1873 (WI)
Possible connection to family 7-a
*11 Coleen Home
Last revision: 27 July 2001