Ursula, There are Wiese families all over the central part of the USA, but my family settled in Dane County, Wisconsin. I have learned that they came from Lehsten, Mecklenburg, but I have not yet looked at any records from that area. I believe that FamilySearch has filmed some of the church records, but I have not had access to those yet. I have the Hamburg and New York ship lists, and the page in the Mecklenburg Census. My 2nd great grandfather, Joachim Wiese, along with his wife, Friedericke, emigrated in 1854 in a barque-rigged sailing ship called the "Elbe". It took over a month to get here. There were five other family members on the list, but I have never traced them thus far in the USA except for my great grandfather. My great grandfather was one of those five, along with his wife Friedericka. There were also his sisters: Wilhelmina, Friederika, and Johanne. (That made three Friederickes in the party. I imagine Joachim's wife was called "Rike" since she appears that way on a census. And I have heard that Johann's wife was sometimes called "Frieda". But I have no idea what Johann's sister was called.) Other Wiese families settled in Iowa. After that they moved all over. I have lived in seven different states at various times in my life. Now that I am half a year away from my 82nd birthday, I believe that I have done with traveling. I do not often say it, but "Ich bin stoltz daß ich Deutsch bin." If you ever run across anything about my family in Germany, let me know. My maternal grandparents were named Berndt, came from Jastrow, and settled in Porter County, Indiana. I have not been able to trace them at all in Germany (Poland). According to a web site the records "waren im zweiten Weltkrieg vernichtet." Gene Eugene M. Wiese 838 Linlawn Drive Wabash, IN 46992-3903 [email protected] (260) 846-0516 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 04 January, 2010 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Lucht Immigration > Gene, > > Thanks for the memories [my own] even though it took all but 8 hours to > get here from Germany, the bureaucracy was awful. > And you know what, we forgot to mention the crying babies and the older > children [when are we going to get there?]. > You are so right, we should hail them as heroes to have even remembered > their name after all that! > > Gene, I'm trying to jog my memory of where I have read about the "Wiese" > immigrants? > Did they by any chance settle in St Clair County, Michigan? > > Ursula

My goodness, there were also Berndt's in Maple Grove, Henn County MN. I know one family run moonshine during prohibition and later on, opened up a liquor store in Osseo. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:48:51 -0500 > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Lucht Immigration > > Ursula, > > There are Wiese families all over the central part of the USA, but my family > settled in Dane County, Wisconsin. I have learned that they came from > Lehsten, Mecklenburg, but I have not yet looked at any records from that > area. I believe that FamilySearch has filmed some of the church records, > but I have not had access to those yet. I have the Hamburg and New York > ship lists, and the page in the Mecklenburg Census. My 2nd great > grandfather, Joachim Wiese, along with his wife, Friedericke, emigrated in > 1854 in a barque-rigged sailing ship called the "Elbe". It took over a > month to get here. There were five other family members on the list, but I > have never traced them thus far in the USA except for my great grandfather. > My great grandfather was one of those five, along with his wife Friedericka. > There were also his sisters: Wilhelmina, Friederika, and Johanne. (That > made three Friederickes in the party. I imagine Joachim's wife was called > "Rike" since she appears that way on a census. And I have heard that > Johann's wife was sometimes called "Frieda". But I have no idea what > Johann's sister was called.) Other Wiese families settled in Iowa. After > that they moved all over. I have lived in seven different states at various > times in my life. Now that I am half a year away from my 82nd birthday, I > believe that I have done with traveling. I do not often say it, but "Ich > bin stoltz daß ich Deutsch bin." > > If you ever run across anything about my family in Germany, let me know. My > maternal grandparents were named Berndt, came from Jastrow, and settled in > Porter County, Indiana. I have not been able to trace them at all in > Germany (Poland). According to a web site the records "waren im zweiten > Weltkrieg vernichtet." > > Gene > > Eugene M. Wiese > 838 Linlawn Drive > Wabash, IN 46992-3903 > [email protected] > (260) 846-0516 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ursula" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 04 January, 2010 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Lucht Immigration > > > > Gene, > > > > Thanks for the memories [my own] even though it took all but 8 hours to > > get here from Germany, the bureaucracy was awful. > > And you know what, we forgot to mention the crying babies and the older > > children [when are we going to get there?]. > > You are so right, we should hail them as heroes to have even remembered > > their name after all that! > > > > Gene, I'm trying to jog my memory of where I have read about the "Wiese" > > immigrants? > > Did they by any chance settle in St Clair County, Michigan? > > > > Ursula > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message