Story of Two Families
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Wilhelm Schlitzkus
1850 - 1931 (81 years)-
Name Wilhelm Schlitzkus [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Birth 1850 Engernigken, Labiau, East Prussia [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12] Gender Male Residence 1866 Susemilken, Ostpreußen [5] Arrival 1886 [2, 3, 12] Arrival 29 Nov 1886 New York, New York, USA [5, 6, 7, 8, 11] Age: 38 Residence Susemilken, Ostpreußen [5, 6, 7] Occupation: Landmann Residence 1900 Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA [5, 7, 8, 11, 12] StreetAddress: Main St; Age: 50; Occupation: Wood Workman; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0105; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; YearsInUS: 12; YearsMarried: 11; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head Residence 1910 McLennan, Texas, USA [2, 5, 7, 11] Residence 1920 McLennan, Texas, USA [3, 5, 11] Residence 1930 Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA [1, 5, 11] Death 28 Mar 1931 Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA [4, 5, 7, 10, 11] Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas [5, 7, 10] Person ID I6329 My Family Last Modified 8 Dec 2023
Father Christoph Schlitzkus, b. Abt 1830, Engernigken, Labiau, East Prussia d. Abt 1884 (Age ~ 54 years) Relationship natural Mother Helenne Julina Kadereit, b. Abt 1834, Krasnaya Dubrava, Kaliningrad, Russia d. 1884, Germany (Age ~ 50 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1855 [4] - Eszerninken, Ostreussen, Preussen
Family ID F54 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Amalia Schwartz, b. 21 Aug 1859, East Prussia d. 8 Aug 1941, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 81 years) Marriage 23 Dec 1889 Burton, Washington, Texas, USA [11] Children 1. Emma Bertha Schlitzkus, b. 9 Sep 1895, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA d. 30 Apr 1980, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] 2. Minnie Louise Schlitzkus, b. Oct 1887, Texas, USA d. 9 Aug 1960, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age ~ 72 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F2043 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Dec 2023
Family 2 Juliane Westphal, b. 1850, East Prussia d. 1887, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA (Age 37 years) Marriage 1876 [5] - Wilkowischen - Kreis Labiau, East Prussia, Germany
Children 1. Fred August Schlitzkus, b. Mar 1877, Germany d. 27 Nov 1934, California, USA (Age ~ 57 years) [Father: natural] 2. Gustav Wilhelm Schlitzkus, b. 6 May 1879, Germany d. 2 Oct 1919, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] 3. Joanna "Annie" Schlitzkus, b. 13 Dec 1884, Germany d. 1 Dec 1963, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] 4. Frieda Schlitzkus, b. 17 Jul 1881, Germany d. 13 Oct 1969, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F8388 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Dec 2023
Children 1. Gustav Wilhelm Schlitzkus, b. 6 May 1879, Germany d. 2 Oct 1919, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] 2. Frieda Schlitzkus, b. 17 Jul 1881, Germany d. 13 Oct 1969, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] 3. Joanna "Annie" Schlitzkus, b. 13 Dec 1884, Germany d. 1 Dec 1963, Lolita, Jackson, Texas, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] 4. Fred August Schlitzkus, b. Mar 1877, Germany d. 27 Nov 1934, California, USA (Age ~ 57 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F8392 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Dec 2023
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Notes - Notes for Wilheim Schlitzkus:
The birthplace of Wilhelm Schlitzkus, according to documents from the Schlitzkus reunion of 1984
was Wilkowischken, Labiau Kreis (county), East Prussia, Germany, (coordinates East 21'40' North
54"47'). lt was part of the Prussian Empire. This village no longer exists today as it was obliterated
by the Soviet forces during \AAM, and was not showing on Soviet General Staff Map after the war.
lf it existed today, it would be about 2 - 3 miles from the town Vysokoe, Russia. ln 1885 it was a
village with a population of about 40 people.. The Lutheran parish, as well as the civil registry, for
the village was Popelken. The birthplace of Wilhelm Schli2kus and several of the children is listed
as Wilkowischen, which was a village about 2 miles from Eszerninken, the birthplace of father,
Christofer.
Wilhelm migrated to America with his wife Julianne, and their 4 children, August (10), Gus (7),
Frieda (5), and Annie (2), in 1886. They were accompanied on the 17 day voyage from Hamburg,
Germany, via Grimsby, England, then Liverpool, England, by Wilhelm's brother Julius, his wife,
Caroline Reich, and their 4 children. They arrived at the port of NY on Nov. 29, 1886. From there,
by some means, Wilhelm and family, and his brother and family, traveled to Washington County,
Texas, where they settled. (lt is thought by some that they possibly came as indentured servants to
work off the cost of their ship passage and to acquire land in Texas). Somet time in the first year or
two after arrival in America, about 1887 or 88, Julianne, became pregnant. According to the story
passed on to me by one of my Aunt's, while Julianne was pregnant, she hit her thumb with a
hammer while up on a ladder and fell off, causing a miscarriage that cost the life of both mother
and unborn child. This left Wilhelm suddenly a widower with 4 small children to raise. Wilhelm
remarried to Amalie Schwartz in 1889, and Amalie was mother to Julianne's children as well as
those that she had by marriage to Wilhelm.
ln the 1900 Census, Wilhelm lists his profession as "wood workman". Wilhelm and Amalia finally
moved to Waco in 1901, where they resided until their death. Wilhelm listed his profession as
"night watchman - dry goods store". in the 1910, 1820, and 1930 Census data.
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Sources - [S294] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.T626, 2,667 rolls. Waco, McLennan, Texas, ED 11, roll 2373, page , image 529.0. - [S434] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas, ED , roll T624_1575, part , page . - [S957] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-07.html">NARA</a>. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas, ED , roll , page , image 1087. - [S419] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
Record for Christofer Schlitzkus
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=30229099257&indiv=try - [S419] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
Record for Wilheim Schlitzkus
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=42063191717&indiv=try - [S996] Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 067; Page: 1786; Microfilm No.: S_13149.
Record for Wilhelm Schlitzkus
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1068&h=3403296&indiv=tryHamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 - Juius Schlitzkus - [S956] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
Record for Amalie Schlitzkus
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=322025296134&indiv=try - [S641] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Brenham Ward 1, Washington, Texas; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0105; FHL microfilm: 1241677.
Record for Anna Schlitzkus
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=44480201&indiv=try1900 United States Federal Census - Joanna Annie Schlitzkus - [S995] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA.
Record for Emma Bertha Lindsey
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2272&h=538009&indiv=tryTexas, US, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 - Emma Schlitzkus - [S956] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
Record for Frederick August Schlitzkus
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=162197697541&indiv=try - [S419] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;).
Record for Amalia "Mollie" Schwartz
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=232270534424&indiv=try - [S454] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Washington, Texas, ED 105, roll T623 1677, page 4A.
- [S294] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).