Sharon, Catharina Biel was born in Graf (Krutoyaroka), Russia to Peter and Elisabetha (Storm) Biel. On July 15, 1875 she married Peter Witman in Liebenthal (Lubonirovka), Russia. He was the son of Heinrich Johannes and Elisabeth (Stressler) Wittman. They came to America on the SS Mosel in 1876 and settled in Herzog (Victoria). They also lived in Colorado for a time. Between 1900 and 1910 they moved to Marienthal, Wichita Co., KS where Catharina's brother Jacob Biel and his wife Anna Maria Kreutzer were living. I have two pictures of Catharina, one when she was a young woman with her parents and the other of her and Pete in Marienthal sitting in chairs beside their adobe home probably shortly before her death.. I have a little more information if you are interested. Peter and Elisabetha (Storm) Biel were my GG Grandparents. I'm descended from their son, Jacob Biel. They had other children that also came to America. Best wishes, Paula Nevin Holcomb, KS At 12:54 AM 8/11/2007 -0500, smcginness1@cox.net wrote: >I am trying to find info re: Peter and Catherine (nee Biel) Wittman. I >don't know what village they came from in Russia. This is what I do know >about them: > >Peter was born in Russia abt. 1853 & died in Leoti, KS on 3 Apr 1936. He >is buried in an unmarked grave in the Marienthal cemetery. > >Catherine was born in Russia 4 Jul 1855. She died 25 Jul 1924 in Leoti, >KS & is also buried in an unmarked grave in the Marienthal cemetery. Her >parents were Jakob Biel and Maria Storm. > >Peter & Catherine came to Victoria, KS on 3 Aug 1876, along with their >daughter, Anna (my great-grandmother). Anna was born 19 Apr 1879 in >Russia. She married John Schupman (alt. sp. Schuckman) on 24 Sep >1904. She died 25 Nov 1947 in LaCrosse, KS. > >Peter & Catherine's other children, from what I have gleaned from U.S. >Federal Census records, were: > >Peter, b. abt. 1886 >Heinrich, b. 23 Oct 1888 >John, b. abt. 1890 >Joseph, b. 28 Jul 1892 >Maria, b. abt. 1893 >Conrad, b. abt. 1895 >Katherine, b. abt. 1898 >Abraham, b. abt 1899 > > >-- >Have a great day :-) > >Sharon McGinness >smcginness1@cox.net > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message