The Pretzer Families from Pomerania

The Pretzer Families from Pomerania
Author: Dwayne Lewis Pretzer
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Total Pages: 422
Release: 1993
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The first Pretzer family to immigrate to America was that of Karl Pretzer of Löcknitz (1810-1899) and his wife Esther (d. 1899). They left Hamburg on the ship "Auguste and Anges" on April 1, 1854 for New York. They first lived on farms in Macomb Co., Michigan until ca. 1880, when most of the family left Clinton Twp. and moved to Richland Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan. The earliest known ancestor, Johann Heinrich Pretzer (ca. 1695-1776), died in Blumenthal, Pommern. His first wife was Anna Catherina Lofer (or Leter) (1705-1755). He married (2) 1756 Maria Barbara Junge (widow Hennen) (1705-1761). Family members live in Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Dakotas and elsewhere.

The David Hopkins Family of New Jersey, 1696-2006

The David Hopkins Family of New Jersey, 1696-2006
Author: Mildred Hopkins Pretzer
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Total Pages: 210
Release: 2006
Genre: New Jersey
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David Hopkins was born in about 1696 in England. He emigrated and settled in New Jersey. He married Bethiah and they had seven children. He died in 1773. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.

Some 'Manuel Dorscheimer (Dorshimer, Dershimer, Dorsheimer and Dersheimer) Descendants

Some 'Manuel Dorscheimer (Dorshimer, Dershimer, Dorsheimer and Dersheimer) Descendants
Author: Mildred Hopkins Pretzer
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Total Pages: 326
Release: 2000
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Martin and Catherine Dorschheimer emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1754. They settled in Chestnuthill Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Their son, Emanuel (Manuel), was born in Pennsylvania ca. 1755. He married Christina Shupp, born in Chestnuthill Township in 1759, daughter of John Heinrich Schupp and Maria Elizabetha Schuch, in 1775. He later died in 1798 in Effort, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Ohio, and elsewhere.

Our People

Our People
Author: Carroll A. Rieck
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Total Pages: 288
Release: 1994
Genre: Germany
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History of the Rieck, Oletzke, Neumann and related families originally of Prussia. Wilhelm Rieck (1842-1915), son of Johann Rieck and Marie Hamm, was born in Meiersberg, Prussia, and died in Albion, Minnesota. He was married to Elvine Oletzke (1843-1923), daughter of Friedrick Oletzke and Karoline Lorenz, in 1867. She was also born in Meiersberg. Wilhelm came to America in 1870. He and his wife had eight surviving children, who were born in Chicago, Illinois and Albion, Minnesota. Includes the family of Johann Rieck, brother of Wilhelm. He came to America in 1880 with his wife, Karoline Koeppen and their three children. These three children were already in their late teens and 20's. Descendants and family members live in Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois and elsewhere.