Minnesota Family Groupsheet for Georg SCHWEISS Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Dick Schweiss Email address: dlk@harbornet.com Husband: Georg SCHWEISS Birthdate: 21 Jun 1805 Birthplace: Thierberg, Germany Death date: About 1860 Place of death: Thierberg, Germany Father: Michael SCHWEISS Mother: Barbara HEHR Marriage date: 2 Oct 1838 Marriage place: Kornhöfstadt, Kreis Schienfeld, Bavaria, Germany Wife: Anna Maria HUTZLER Birthdate: 13 Aug 1805 Birthplace: Kornhöfstadt, Kreis Schienfeld, Bavaria, Germany Death date: About 1860 Place of death: Thierberg, Germany Father: Leonard HUTZLER Mother: Barbara HESS CHILDREN Child No. 1: Adam SCHWEISS Sex: M Birthdate: 16 Mar 1842 Birthplace: Kornhöfstadt, Kreis Schienfeld, Bavaria, Germany Death date: 3 Sep 1906 Place of death: St. George, Minnesota Marriage date: 24 Aug 1868 Marriage place: Scheinfeld Spouse's name: Margaretha MEHLTRATER Documentation: Adam was a "Maurergeselle" ( MASONER) Adams Godfather was Adam BRUEMER, a "Bauer" (farmer) near Kornhoefstadt Baptismal Record: KB Scheifeld .. Taufen 1842, page 24, number 17 Marriage Record: KB Scheifeld .. Trauungen 1868, page 436, number 20 Marriage witnesses were Georg GRAU, a "Schuhmachermeister" (Master Shoemaker) and Georg Kilian, a "Wagnermeister" (Cart/Wagon maker master) .. both from Kornhoefstsdt *** Birth-record of Adam Schweis: KB Scheinfeld: Taufen 1842, page 24, number 17: Adam Schweis; geb. 16. Maerz 1842, frueh 8 Uhr, getauft 16. Maerz in der Kirche Vater: Georg Schweis, Maurergesell, Kornhoeffstadt Nr. 39 Mutter: Anna Maria Hutzler, Tagloehnerstochter Pate: Adam Bruemer, Bauer zu Kornhoeffstadt *** Marriage-record of Adam Schweis and Margaretha Meltreter: KB Scheinfeld: Trauungen 1868, page 436, number 20: 24. August, Pfarrkirche Bräutigam: Adam Schweis, Maurergeselle in Kornhoeffstadt, katholisch, geb. 16. Maerz 1842, ledig Eltern: Georg Schweis, Maurergeselle in Kornhoeffstadt; Anna Maria Hutzler, kath. Braut: Margaretha Meltreter, Bauerstochter, kath., geb. 18. Feb. 1843, ledig Eltern: Josef Meltreter, Bauer in Kornhoeffstadt; Elisabeth Ranft, kath. Zeugen: Georg Grau, Schuhmachermeister in Graggertshofen; Georg Kilian, Wagnermeister in Kornhoeffstad ****** Birth Record: KB Scheifeld .. Taufen 1843, page 29, number 9 2. Margaretha Meltreter was born 18 february 1843, in the village of Birkach ( she was born with the surname RANFT, the name of her mother, because her parents were not married at this time) *** Birth-record of Margaretha (Meltreter): KB Scheinfeld: Taufen 1843, page 29, number 9: Margaretha Ranft, unehelich, Birkach Nr. 7, geb. 18. Feb. 1843 frueh 8 Uhr, getauft 19. Feb. in Kornhoeffstadt Vater: keine Angabe Mutter: Elisabetha Ranft, Bauerstochter in Birkach Patin: Margaretha Ranft, Bauerstochter in Birkach