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What I remember about my grandmother Ottilia is not much compared to what I learned about her from my genealogy searches. So here goes.
Information about her was much easier to gain than my other grandmother Viktoria.
Her life began in a village near Kandel called Neu Kandel. Her time on earth ended 78 years later in a hospital Quinter Kansas
As you can see from her family listed below Ferdinand her husband died 1914 while she was pregnant with a son born a month later.
Most of her adult life she had a spine that made her walking in a stooped position.
Her father Sebastian Bitz also died when she was 13 years old. Her mother Leokadia then married Georg Waldmann so son Ferdinand and
daughter Ottilia were step children to each other.
Not only did Ottilia migrate to the US but did it twice. After giving birth to two daughters Leokadia (married Peter Ziegler) and Juliana who joined
and beame a Sister spending her life in the New York area. Ferdinand and Ottilia returned to Russia rumor has it that their parents might have encouraged it. So like all young men at that time Ferdinand spent a few years in the Russian Army and they made the 2nd trip to Park Kansas
met by Ferdinand Wildemann who provided a living place for some time.
Parents Georg and Leokadia with families and daughter Juliana came the next summer and homesteaded about 3 miles south of Park.
Family ancestors below Pius D Waldman
WALDMANN Ferdinand BITZ Ottilia
Ferdinand * 14 Aug 1872 Kleinliebental
† 22 Dec 1914 Kansas City, Jackson, MO
Ottilia * 1 Nov 1875 Kandel
† 7 Sep 1953 Quinter, Gove, KS
Marriage Nov 1892 Kleinliebental
Leokadia * 8 Sep 1893 Zeeland, McIntosh, ND
† 22 Mar 1975 Quinter, Gove, KS
[married Peter Ziegler 23 Nov 1915 Park, Gove, KS]
Juliana * 29 Jun 1895 Zeeland, McIntosh, ND
† 29 Dec 1986 New York
Georg * 26 May 1901 Kleinliebental
† 1 Oct 1903 Park, Gove, KS
Teophil * 24 Sep 1903 Park, Gove, KS
† 21 Jan 1906 Park, Gove, KS
Rosina * 5 Mar 1906 Park, Gove, KS
† 1 Mar 1991 Quinter, Gove, KS
[married Michael Phlieger 14 Feb 1928 Park, Gove, KS]
Marianna * 6 May 1908 Park, Gove, KS
† 22 May 2000 WaKeeney, Trego, KS
[married George Ziegler 26 Aug 1930 Collyer, Trego, KS]
Pius * 4 Aug 1910 Park, Gove, KS
† 7 Nov 1972 Park, Gove, KS
[married Anna Marie Lovenstein 16 Jun 1930 Gove Co, KS]
Nickademus * 9 Dec 1912 Park, Gove, KS
† 2 Mar 1977 Hays, Ellis, KS
[married Josephine Herzog 8 Sep 1936 Park, Gove, KS]
Ferdinand * 22 Jan 1915 Park, Gove, KS
† 4 Sep 1916 Park, Gove, KS
REMARKS:
Kleinliebental 1874-1881 Census in file [63-1-19] – house 188
Ellis Island New York Immigration Records: Ferdinand & Ottilia arrived 13 Jul 1893, ship “Spree”, departing from Bremen, Germany
They returned to Kleinliebental after 1895. Ferdinand was forced to be in the Russian Army for at least 4 years.
Ellis Island New York Immigration Records: Ferdinand, Ottilia, Leokadia & Georg arrived 25 Aug 1903, ship “Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse”, from Kleinliebental, departing from Bremen, Germany
Juliana arrived 5 Jul 1904, ship “Prinzess Alice”, from Kleinliebental departing from Bremen, Germany
1910-1930 US Federal Census – Gove Co, KS
Social Security Death Index
Ferdinand – son of Georg Waldmann & Marianna Euphemia Heier
Ottilia – dau of Sebastian A. Bitz & Ottilia Fieger
((( Above is the family of Ottilia and Ferdinand. I do have records for both surnames way back to the Alsace region of France and Black Forest
area of Germany. 3 of their children boys died as young infants. In addition to Sister Stanislaus (Juliana) 5 married and had families.)))
WALDMANN Benedikt PARIS Marianna
Benedikt * 27 Mar 1809 Spessart, Baden, Germany
Marianna * ca 1809 Kleinliebental
Marriage ca ____
Katharina * ca 1833 Kleinliebental
[married Gabriel Leppert 4 Jul 1852 Kleinliebental]
Andreas * 20 May 1836 Kleinliebental
[married Elisabetha Binfet in 1857 Kleinliebental; married Barbara Adler]
Barbara * ca 1839 Kleinliebental
Magdalena * ca 1841 Kleinliebental
Genoveva * 11 Feb 1847 Kleinliebental [married Jakob Kocher]
† bef 1906
Georg * 23 Apr 1850 Kleinliebental
† 15 Feb 1920 Park, Gove, KS
[married Marianna Euphemia Heier ca 1869 Kleinliebental; married Leokadia Fieger from Kandel in Nov 1889]
REMARKS:
Kleinliebental 1816 Census (Stumpp book) – house 67
Marianna arrived in 1805
Kleinliebental 1858 Census – house 104
Benedikt arrived in 1820
Benedikt – son of Ignatz Waldmann & Magdalena Ochs
Marianna – dau of Johann Paris & Genoveva
(( Family of the parents of Georg Waldmann the youngest son. Magdalena Ochs was a sister to Anton Ochs from the Viktoria Kress story.))
WALDMANN Georg HEIER Marianna Euphemia
Georg * 23 Apr 1850 Kleinliebental
† 15 Feb 1920 Park, Gove, KS
Marianna Euphemia * 14 Sep 1848 Kleinliebental
† 13 Sep 1889 Kleinliebental
Marriage ca 1869 Kleinliebental
Margaretha * 25 Oct 1870 Kleinliebental [married Peter Hartmann]
† 1946 Siberia, Russia
Ferdinand * 14 Aug 1872 Kleinliebental
† 22 Dec 1914 Kansas City, Jackson, MO
[married Ottilia Bitz from Kandel in Nov 1892]
Georg G. * 13 Dec 1873 Kleinliebental [married Magdalena Schlick in Nov 1898]
† 24 Nov 1941 Park, Gove, KS
Kaspar * 6 Jan 1876 Kleinliebental
† 22 Jan 1876 Kleinliebental
Mathilda * 28 Dec 1876 Kleinliebental
† 28 Aug 1951 Park, Gove, KS
[married Joseph Schmidt; married Jakob Kuntz 10 May 1899]
Martha * 18 Jun 1879 Kleinliebental
† 20 Jan 1957 Victoria, Ellis, KS
[married Anton N. Sander 23 May 1910 Kansas]
Emilia * 1 Apr 1881 Kleinliebental
† 21 Feb 1963 Park, Gove, KS
[married Michael Stefan 4 Nov 1903 Kandel]
Marcelina * 15 Jul 1883 Kleinliebental
† 21 Apr 1886 Kleinliebental
Titus * 23 Jan 1886 Jeremejewka
† 15 Oct 1945 Park, Gove, KS
[married Elisabetha Zimmermann 6 Oct 1908 Park, Gove, KS]
Marianna * 23 Nov 1888 Kleinliebental
† 3 Jul 1946 Collyer, Trego, KS
[married Christian Uchrich 22 Nov 1910]
FIEGER Leokadia
Leokadia * 8 Dec 1841 Kandel
† 2 Feb 1934 Park, Gove, KS
Marriage Nov 1889
REMARKS:
Saratow Region State Archives in file [1166-1-259] – baptism record of Marianna Euphemia Heier
Kleinliebental 1858 Census – house 98, 104
Kleinliebental 1874-1881 Census in file [63-1-19] – house 188
Ellis Island New York Immigration Records: Georg, Leokadia, Titus and Marianna arrived 5 Jul 1904, ship “Prinzess Alice”, from Kleinliebental departing from Bremen, Germany
1910, 1930 US Federal Census – Gove Co, KS
Georg – son of Benedikt Waldmann & Marianna Paris
Marianna Euphemia – dau of Peter Heier & Anna Maria Maffenbeier
Leokadia – widow of Sebastian A. Bitz, dau of Georg Fieger & Rosina Stroh
((( Father of Ferdinand. Mother Marianna Heier died in Kleinliebental Russia. Ottilia's mother then married Georg Waldmann
which made Ferdinand and Ottilia step children to each other.))
WALDMANN Ignatz OCHS Magdalena
Ignatz * 18 May 1783 Spessart, Baden, Germany
Magdalena * 15 Jul 1784 Spessart, Baden, Germany
† bef 1858
Marriage 30 Jan 1809 Spessart, Baden, Germany
Benedikt * 27 Mar 1809 Spessart, Baden, Germany [married Marianna Paris]
Theresia * 29 Jul 1812 Spessart, Baden, Germany [married Johann Heier]
Meinrad * 20 Dec 1813 Spessart, Baden, Germany [married Theresia Klaus]
Apollonia * 21 Jun 1817 Spessart, Baden, Germany
Franz Peter * 4 Feb 1819 Spessart, Baden, Germany
† bef 1822
Peter * ca 1821 Kleinliebental
† 1856 Kleinliebental
[married Elisabetha Dobler in Sep 1845 Kleinliebental]
Katharina * 25 Mar 1826 Kleinliebental
[married Wendelin Binfet 21 Jan 1847 Kleinliebental]
REMARKS:
Kleinliebental 1858 Census – house 102
Arrived in 1820
Ignatz – son of Joannes Waldmann & Barbara Lorenz
Magdalena – dau of Johannes Georg Ochs & Christina Weber
((( Ignatz was the original Waldmann to Russia. All Waldmann would be his descendants if from Russia))
HEIER Christian ___________ Katharina
Christian * ca 1774
† 1813
Katharina * ca 1781
Marriage ca ____
Joseph * ca 1804 Kleinliebental [married Theresia Leppert]
† 22 Apr 1872 Kleinliebental 68 years (consumption)
Andreas * ca 1810 Kleinliebental
[married Elisabetha – Kleinliebental 1858 Census]
Johann * 24 Jun 1811 Kleinliebental [married Theresia Waldmann]
† 24 Nov 1874 Kleinliebental
Peter * 7 Nov 1812 Kleinliebental
[married Anna Maria Maffenbeier – Saratow Region State Archives]
REMARKS:
Kleinliebental 1816 Census (Stumpp book) – house 53: “aus Röschwog(?)/Bischweiler-El”
Arrived in 1805
Katharina remarried Nikolaus Schuler
(Christian Heier first Heier to Russia died soon after arriving at Kleinliebental All 4 sons orphans
married and had families.))).
HEIER Peter MAFFENBEIER Anna Maria
Peter * 7 Nov 1812 Kleinliebental
Anna Maria * ca 1817 Kleinliebental
Marriage ca ____
Johann * 19 Mar 1845 Kleinliebental
† 1880
Markus * 18 Apr 1846 Kleinliebental
† bef 1915
[married Elisabetha – Kleinliebental 1874-1881 Census]
Marianna Euphemia * 14 Sep 1848 Kleinliebental
† 13 Sep 1889 Kleinliebental
[married Georg Waldmann ca 1869 Kleinliebental]
Theophil * 5 Feb 1850 Kleinliebental [married Christina Schlick]
Katharina * ca 1852 Kleinliebental [married Barnabas Klein]
Theresia * ca 1854 Kleinliebental [married – Kleinliebental 1874-1881 Census]
Juliana * 1857 Kleinliebental
† bef 1881
Sebastian * 7 Jul 1860 Kleinliebental
[married Maria Anna – Kleinliebental 1906 Census]
Elisabetha * 20 Jan 1862 Kleinliebental
REMARKS:
Kleinliebental 1816 Census (Stumpp book) – house 53
Saratow State Archives in file [1166-1-259] – baptism record of Marianna Euphemia Heier
Kleinliebental 1858 Census – house 98: Anna Maria is shown as Katharina
Kleinliebental 1874-1881 Census in file [63-1-19] – house 183
Peter – son of Christian Heier & Katharina
Anna Maria – dau of Johann Maffenbeier & Katharina Adler
(((Peter Heier son of Christian and father of the wife of Georg Waldmann (Marianna)))
((Below the great grandparents of Ottilia Bitz)))
Husband: Lukas Bitz
About 1795 Place: Roppenheim Bas-Rhin France
Death: After 1852 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Father: Johann Evangelista Bitz (1764-1822)
Mother: Katharina Heyer (1763-1828)
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Marriage: 1812 Place: Kandel
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Wife: Maria-Angelique Ostermeyer
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Birth: 1 Apr 1779 Place: Neewiller Bas-Rhin France
Death: Before 1852 Place: Kandel Kutsschurgan Russia
Father: Christophe Ostermeyer (1739-1812)
Mother: Marguerite Thomas (1751-1797)
Other Spouses Jacques Eckstatt
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Children...
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1. F Child: Euphrosina Bitz
Birth: 1812 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: 1813 Place: Kandel South Russia
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2. M Child: Balthasar Bitz
Birth: Dec 1815 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: About 1870
Spouse: Anna Mary Fetsch
Spouse: Mary Schnurr
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3. M Child: Nicholas Bitz
Birth: 1817 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: After 1882 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Spouse: Maria Anna Kraemer
Marriage: About 1842 Place: Kandel Russia
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4. M Child: Paul Bitz
Birth: 1823 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: Before 1885 Place: Blumenfeld South Russia
Spouse: Sophia Heintz
Marriage: About 1846 Place: Kandel South Russia
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5. F Child: Walburga Bitz
Birth: About 1819 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Spouse: Franz Schwengler
((Notes: Birth and Marriage information from the Les Families de Neewiller book by Raymond Schwengler
Number 861 page 157 Lukas married a widow considerably older than him he did gain her household farm.))
((Below the Grandparents of Ottilia Bitz with siblings))
Husband: Nicholas Bitz
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Birth: 1817 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: After 1882 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Father: Lukas Bitz (1795-1852)
Mother: Maria-Angelique Ostermeyer (1779-1852)
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Marriage: About 1842 Place: Kandel Russia
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Wife: Maria Anna Kraemer
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Birth: 1822 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: After 1882 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Father: Franz Jakob Kraemer (1787-1862)
Mother: Margaretha Wagner (1789-1862)
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Children...
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1. M Child: Sebastian A. Bitz
Birth: 1842 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: Dec 1888 Place: Neu Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse: Leokadia Fieger
Marriage: About 1862
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2. M Child: Longinus Bitz
Birth: 15 Mar 1844 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: 25 Feb 1921 Place: Napolean ND
Occupation: Came To America December 13 1898
Spouse: Alissia Biegler
Marriage: 1866 Place: Russia
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3. M Child: Georg Bitz
Birth: About 1846 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: 21 Nov 1883 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
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4. F Child: Margaretha Bitz
Birth: 1849 Place: Kandel South Russia
Spouse: Markus Welk
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5. M Child: Andreas Bitz
Birth: 1851 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: After 1852 Place: Kandel South Russia in infancy
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6. M Child: Balthasar Bitz
Birth: 27 Dec 1854 Place: Kandel Russia
Death: 14 Apr 1931 Place: Allan Sask Canada
Research: Information gained from family book prepared by descendents
Spouse: Katherine Senger
Marriage: 19 Sep 1878
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7. M Child: Rochus Bitz
Birth: Nov 1856 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: 29 Nov 1905 Place: Napolean ND
Spouse: Anna Marie Doll
Marriage: About 1882 Place: Russia
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8. M Child: Jakob Nicholas Bitz
Birth: 19 Feb 1859 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: 2 May 1925 Place: Aberdeen SD
Burial: 5 May 1925 Place: St. Mary's Cemetery Aberdeen SD
Occupation: Arrived New York Dec 7 1900 on Deutschland
Spouse: Elizabetha Hummel
Marriage: About 1882
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9. M Child: Nicholas Jr. Bitz
Birth: 1861 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: About 1910 Place: Forced to Siberia
Occupation: Kulak which means a farm owner refused to collective
Spouse: Mary Magdalena Heidt
Marriage: About 1885
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10. F Child: Helena Bitz
Birth: 14 Feb 1864 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: 19 Jan 1939 Place: Aberdeen SD
Occupation: Arrived In NY 1893
Spouse: Johannes Hagele
Spouse: Emanuel Hagele
Marriage: 15 Nov 1884 Place: Kandel South Russia
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11. F Child: Elisabetha Bitz
Birth: 1865 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: About 1937 Place: Mariental South Russia
Spouse: Felix Zeiler
Marriage: 1887 Place: Mariental Russia
Husband’s Notes...Nicholas Bitz
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Listed in census of 1852 and 1882 Kandel Kutschurgan records. Also from family records of his children.
Wife’s Notes... Marianna Kraemer
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Notes:
Records of Maria Anna Kraemer found by Raymond Schwengler in the Strasburg France archives.
((Below the parents of Ottilia Bitz)))
Husband: Sebastian A. Bitz
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Birth: 1842 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: Dec 1888 Place: Neu Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Nicholas Bitz (1817-1882)
Mother: Maria Anna Kraemer (1822-1882)
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Marriage: About 1862
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Wife: Leokadia Fieger
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Birth: 8 Dec 1841 Place: Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: 2 Feb 1934 Place: Park Gove Co KS
Burial: Place: Park KS
Other Spouses Georg Waldmann
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Children...
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1. F Child: Lucia Bitz
Birth: 1862 Place: Kutschurgan Russia
Death: Before 1904 Place: Kutschurgan Russia
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2. F Child: Madeline Bitz
Birth: 12 Aug 1863 Place: Kutschurgan Russia
Death: 27 May 1946 Place: Great Falls Mt
Spouse: 1st Husband (Bitz)
Spouse: Joseph Thomas Moteri
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3. M Child: Nicholas Bitz
Birth: 1868 Place: Kandel South Russia
Death: About 1932 Place: Great Falls Mt
Burial: Place: Great Falls Mt
Spouse: Philippina (Bitz)
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4. F Child: Walburga Bitz
Birth: 1872 Place: Kutschurgan Russia
Death: About 1938 Place: Great Falls Mt
Spouse: Michael Schlosser
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5. F Child: Ottilia Bitz
Birth: 1 Nov 1875 Place: Neu Kandel Kutschurgan Russia)
Death: 7 Sep 1953 Place: Quinter, Ks Hospital
Burial: 9 Sep 1953 Place: Sacred Heart Park, KS
Occupation: home maker
Spouse: Ferdinand Waldmann .
Marriage: Nov 1892 Place: Kleinlibental, Russia
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6. F Child: Barbara Bitz
Birth: 14 Sep 1885 Place: Neu Kandel Russia
Death: 20 Jul 1972 Place: Oakley Ks
Burial: Place: Sacred Heart Cemetery Park Ks
Spouse: Michael D Zimmerman
Marriage: 6 Nov 1903 Place: Park KS
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7. M Child: Sebastian Bitz
Birth: 23 Feb 1889 Place: Neu Kandel Kutschurgan Russia
Death: 2 Jun 1972 Place: Great Falls Montana
Burial: Place: Great Falls Mt Cascade Co Sunset Memorial
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse: Sophia Zimbelman
Marriage: 14 May 1914 Place: Montana
Spouse: Lillian Bishop
Marriage: Oct 1958 Place: Conrad Mt
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