Finding the Ancestral Home of OUR Weigels Franz and Amalie Weigel with daughter Agnes ca 1880 at their home in Weigelsdorf Weigelsdorf’s location in the “Old Country” is a bit tricky to find. It turns out that there are several villages that were called Weigelsdorf in Western Europe. The names of the villages have also … Continue reading Where’s Weigelsdorf?
August Weigel August Weigel August Weigel was born 20 April 1856 at Weigelsdorf in Schlaeisan, Germany (now Wigancice, Dolnoslaskie, Poland). After his service in the German military, he followed his 3 brothers (Paul, Joseph, Herman) and sister (Marie Weigel Luecke) to the US. August appears to have come directly to Wisconsin after his arrival in … Continue reading Portraits
A Timeline of an Extinct Village Weigelsdorf was a small village that had it's beginnings with the settlement of land north and east of Marshfield, Wisconsin by Paul and Joseph Weigel and a few other German immigrant families. The little community was along the county line between Marathon and Wood counties in Wisconsin. The area … Continue reading Weigelsdorf
Mrs Anna Weigel Succumbs Monday Pioneer of Weigelsdorf Community Dies at Home of Daughter Mrs Anna Weigel, 73, who with her husband, Paul Weigel, helped establish the Weigelsdorf community northeast of the city 51 years ago, succumbed shortly before 10 o'clock Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs Frank Gleisner, Rt 3. She … Continue reading Saturday Mourning
WitzEnd Family History 