Ancestors of Johanna Hedwig Emma Fiedler

The Fiedler Family

Anton or Emil FIEDLER, b. 1854, m. Emma GEORGE, d. 1909. A tailor in Berlin, Germany. Later, after 1899, moved to the country in northern Germany. Listed in the 1897 Berlin city directory as A. FIEDLER, tailor, address "W Krankenstr. 6. 7 H. IV". [ref. 2,3,5,6]
  1. Johanna Hedwig Emma "Hanna" FIEDLER, b. 12 Dec 1891 at Königsberg in der Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany (now Chojna, Poland), m. 16 Jul 1925 at St. Francis of Assissi catholic church, Spokane, Washington, Johann Anton RAESS, d. 25 May 1983. Immigrated to United States at New York, Oct 1924, aboard S.S. Minnekahda from Hamburg: occupation servant; age 32; able to read and write in German; last permanent residence Munich, Germany; next of kin (aunt) Therese FIEDLER, Katemberg b/Essen/R; destination Carnegie, Pennsylvania, to join cousin Christian HARTMANN of Wagnerstrasse, Carnegie; in possession of $25; height 5'7", fair hair and complexion, brown eyes; born Königsberg, Germany; immigration visa 32675 issued 5 Sep 1924 at Munich. In 1930, living with her husband and daughter in Green Bluff township, Spokane County, Washington. [ref. 1,2,3,4,6,7o]
  2. A son who became a Redemptorist priest. [ref. 2]

The George Family

Emma GEORGE, b. 1854, m. Anton FIEDLER, d. 1899. [ref. 3,6]

Sources

  1. Social Security Death Index, accessed at Ancestry.com.
  2. Notes written by Betty (Raess) Como.
  3. Personal communication from Paulette (Como) Morgan and her notes based on information from Betty (Raess) Como.
  4. Passenger list of S.S. Minnekahda sailed 27 Sep 1924 from Hamburg to New York (NARA microfilm).
  5. Addreßbuch für Berlin und seine Vororte 1897 (LDS microfilm 491620).
  6. Application for a Social Security number by Johanna (Fiedler) Raess, 13 Jun 1972.
  7. U.S. census, from images at Ancestry.com
    1. 1930

content last revised 27 Aug 2004