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Wilhelm Krammlich (b. 1809, d. 1885)
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From: Rocky Kramlich
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William:
I don't show your great-grand-father as Andrew John in my records but I
have a Andreas Kramlich who married a Salomae Geissler in Southern
Russia.He may have changed his name to Andrew John when he arrived in
South Dakota. I'm attaching a little article on his father from Russia.
Do you by any chance havethe family geneology program Family Tree
Maker if you do I'll send you the a file that you can open on it if
not.I'll break it down and send it like I have below.I have some
ancesters for Salomae Geissler that I'll pick out and get to you when I
have a little more time I have to head to work now.I'll check the mail
when I get home in the morning.
If you will give me your fathers and mothers name birth days and when
they were married I'll check in Billings and see if I can find an
article in the paper for you this weekend.
I don't know if you know or not but Jacob and Barbara are buried in the
Mountain Veiw Cemetery in Billings. I hope this will help you.
Andreas was a brother to Friedrich who was my great-grand-father who
immigrated in 1894 about 10 years after Andreas.So we would be
cousins.
Wilhelm Krammlichimmigrated from Germany into Poland and then again
into Teplitz, Bessarabia, Russia.It was a time of mass exodus of
German people to destinations around the world.Many settled in Russia,
United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina as well as many more lesser
destinations around the world.The main migration into Russia was in
the years of 1763 to 1862 as referenced by, Karl StumppÆs book"The
Emigration from Germany to Russia in the years 1763 to 1862" (published
by The American Historical Society of Germans From Russia, 1978).
Wilhelm Krammlich and Thressa Zimmer are referenced on page 556 of this
publication.Thus placing them in Teplitz, Russia.It is speculated
that WilhelmKrammlich immigrated from the corner of the Wurttemberg
and the Baden provinces of Germany into Poland and then Russia.
Wilhelm and Thressa are buried in Teplitz, Russia.
(The grandparents of Jacob Kramlich)
Wilhelm and Theresia Zimmer Krammlich
born 1809-died 1885~born 1816 - died 1868
The stories of our ancestors, Wilhelm and Theresia, will be told by
piecing together their family records for immigration, births,
marriages, and deaths.
We know that Wilhelm Krammlich was from a family of German farmers from
the peasant class, who in the late18th Century emigrated from Germany
most likely Wurttemberg into Hungary and Poland. Wilhelm was born in
Poland but his family may well have gone from one country to another on
several
occasions. That was common at that time, even with the difficulties of
travel and government restrictions. We know that Wilhelm married
Philippina Becker and at some point, either before or after that,
Immigrated to Freudenthal, in the Cherson (later renamed Odessa)
District, in the Black Sea area of South Russia. They had at least two
children together in 1832 and 1834, but only one Philipp survived.
Philippina died and on March 8, 1836, Wilhelm, a widower with a small
child, married a young widow, Theresia Zimmer, the mother of our
ancestor.
Theresia's family had originally emigrated from Steten, Wurttemberg,
Germany, where her father, David Zimmer, had been born in 1782. David
was a farmer in Franzfeld, Hungary, where Theresia was most likely born.
The Zimmer family then immigrated to Freudenthal. Originally families
from Hungary had settled Freudenthal, and later more families were
"directed" to go there, which soon created a burden on the land.
Four children were born to Wilhelm and Theresia in Freudenthal and in
the spring of 1843, they moved to Teplitz Colony in Bessarabia, possibly
because of the availability of land to farm. Their first two years in
Teplitz would have been among the most difficult for all Teplitz
colonists as first "field mice were a plague and then the cattle pest
inflicted great damage in 1844 where only about half of the livestock
remained," according to the village mayor's report in 1848.Within
their first three years in Teplitz, from 1843 to 1846, two of Wilhelm
and Theresia's young children died, and four others were born. Andreas,
Christina, and Friedrich (the1st, our ancestor), were all three born
within an 18-month period.Andreas and Fred would eventually immigrate
to America.
When Wilhelm and Theresia immigrated into, or within, Russia they
settled in colonies that had been established for only 25 years. Russia
was still a feudal nation and the colonies were set within the lands of
Russian peasants and serfs. "Before the arrival of the settlers the
steppes were with thistles, and weeds and a multitude of insects. Here
and there were mounds of ashes and large burial grounds, dating back to
the time of the Tartars, of which a few are still around." (Again,
according to the village mayor's report of 1848.) It was a rough
environment, but we can assume that each move brought an improvement and
hope for Wilhelm and Theresia.Wilhelm remained in Teplitz for 42
years.
The daily routine for Wilhelm and Theresia would have consisted of hard
work. They would have lived in the village of Teplitz, which would have
provided more day to day interaction and participation in community life
than what we think of as typical for a framer. Wilhelm would have gone
out to his land each day to work his farm ù an individual parcel of
land, as that was the practice in all of the colonies. He probably
tended his fields and vineyards, as making wine to sell was part of the
livelihood of the German colonists. They planted summer and winter
wheat, and had communal orchards with a variety of fruits and forest
trees. Theresia would have spent her days doing the things that farmers'
wives have done through the centuries ù cared for the increasing number
of children, cooked, cleaned, made clothing for the family, preserved
foods for the long cold winters, and cared for the sick.We believe
they surely would have been devout Christians, as the German colonists
were ù many having escaped Germany seeking religious freedom. In 1867
there were 295 heads of family in Teplitz, of which, only 7 could not
write their name. Wilhelm Krammlich was one of them, yet his son,
Williamas an adult, taught school in Neu Freudenthal.
In 1860 the 16th, and final, child was born to Wilhelm and Theresia.It
was Wilhelm's 18th child.In January of 1864, death claimed their 18
year-old daughter and the next day their 16 year-old daughter died.
(Our Friedrich 1st would have been their 17 year-old brother.) Only
seven of Wilhelm's 18 children would live to adulthood; Philipp,
Elisabetha Maria, Andreas, Friedrich, Wilhelm (William), Theresia, and
Michael. It was not an easy time and most illnesses were treated with
folk remedies and superstitions. On January 11, 1869 Theresia Zimmer
Krammlich died. She was 66 years old. She had emigrated from one country
to another at least twice, had had two husbands, and had borne 16
children in 23 years. Theresia's 84-year old father, David Zimmer, died
in Teplitz in1866 a victim of one of the colonies' worst cholera
epidemics.
Wilhelm married Elizabeth (nee Doffingen) Ludwig on February 27, 1869
and after her death in 1883, Wilhelm married Christina Hermann, (born in
Hungary), according to the Teplitz Church records.Wilhelm died in
1885.We know he'd lived in Poland and Russia, and it's very possible
that he'd also lived in Hungary. At least two of his four wives had
emigrated from Hungary and the colonists tended to choose locations
populated with the people they'd known before.
I'll send on the little information I have on Andreas 'Andrew'when I
have time.
Rocky
More About Wilhelm Krammlich and Theresia Zimmer:
Marriage: March 8, 1836, Freudenthal, Cherson(Odessa) District, Russia.
Marriage Notes for Wilhelm Krammlich and Theresia Zimmer:
16 childen were born to Thressa and Wilhelm
More About Wilhelm Krammlich and Elizabeth Doffingen:
Marriage: February 27, 1869
Children of Wilhelm Krammlich and Philippina Becker are:
- Philippina Krammlich, d. date unknown.
- Philipp Krammlich, d. date unknown.
Children of Wilhelm Krammlich and Theresia Zimmer are:
- +Andreas Kramlich, b. March 6, 1845, Teplitz, Russia, d. date unknown, ?.