Martin and Anna Magwitz Move to Nebraska

In today’s story, you will read about a Magwitz who marries a Stelling. However, this is not the first Magwitz/Stelling marriage to appear on this blog. Another post was written titled, Magwitz-Stelling Mates, and it told the story of the older siblings of today’s couple getting married prior to the wedding I will discuss today. … More Martin and Anna Magwitz Move to Nebraska

Kurreville Store

The information shown below from our German Family Tree is the starting point for today’s post. As you can see, there is not much there. It contains only a baptism record and a marriage record from Grace Lutheran Church. As of the time of this writing, the German Family Tree does not contain records for … More Kurreville Store

Magwitz-Stelling Mates

Julius Magwitz was born on March 1, 1863 during the midst of the Civil War. He was the son of Christian and Caroline (Hornemann) Magwitz. According to the document shown below, Julius’s father was active on and off in military duty for the Civil War during the time of Julius’s birth and infancy. In addition … More Magwitz-Stelling Mates

Wirth and ‘Witz

I will eventually get around to a girl who was born on March 29th, but first, I will discuss a boy that was born on our nation’s birthday, July 4, 1850. His name was Peter Wirth, Jr. As you can conclude, his father was also named Peter. His mother was Anna (Adler) Wirth. We have … More Wirth and ‘Witz