Garrison Origins - Stafford County, Virginia - Person Sheet
Garrison Origins - Stafford County, Virginia - Person Sheet
NameMary Wilk , GG Grandmother
Birth25 Dec 1839, Germany
Death22 May 1916, Buffalo County, Wisconsin Age: 76
Immigration1859 Age: 19
FatherChristopher Wilk (1811-1880)
MotherWilhelmenia (Wilk) (ca1808-)
Spouses
1Martin August Kurtzweg , GG Grandfather
Birth1836, Brandenburg, Prussia
MemoSee Person Sheet
Death25 Jun 1880, Buffalo County, Wisconsin Age: 44
FatherMartin A Kurtzweg (ca1805-1865)
MotherMary Elizabeth Witthandt (1793-1880)
ChildrenHulda “Helda” C (1864-1904)
 Augusta Emilia (1865-1896)
 Otto E (1869-1941)
 Albert Louis (1871-1951)
Notes for Martin August (Spouse 1)
Name: August Kurzweg
Birth Year: abt 1837
Arrival Year: 1860
Arrival Place: New York, New York
Age: 23
Family Members: Relative Marie Elisb 58; Relative August 23; Relative Wilhelmine 19
Source Publication Code: 9983.11
Primary Immigrant: Kurzweg, Martin

Source Bibliography: ZIMMERMAN, GARY J., and MARION WOLFERT. German Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York, 1855-1862, with Places of Origin. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. 167p.


In Probate Court, 13 Dec 1861: Martin August 1805 Kurtzweg “signed and sealed” his last will and testament in front of witnesses Anton Fink and F. Binder.

Martin died 31 Aug 1865.

On 5 Mar 1866, the County Court for Buffalo County, State of Wisconsin, affixed its seal, validating the will and issued a “Certificate of Proof of Will”. Probate Files, No 48-75

Martin August 1805 Kurtzweg will:

“I give grant and bequeath to my son Martin August Kurtzweg and his heirs and assigns forever all the following real estate lying and being in the County of Buffalo and State of Wisconsin known as being the (property description)

Name Martin August (c1837) Kurtzweg used in father’s will; name August Kurzweg used in Immigration document, Arrival Year 1860.
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