NameMary Elizabeth Witthandt , GGG Grandmother
Birth1793, Brandenburg, Prussia
MemoSee Person Sheet
Death1880, Buffalo County, Wisconsin Age: 87
Immigration1859, New York City, New York Age: 66
MemoBriesenhorst/Landsberg (Gorzów Wielkopolski)
Spouses
Birthca 1805, Brandenburg, Prussia
Death31 Aug 1865, Buffalo County, Wisconsin Age: 60
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Witthandt
From: Brandenberg, Prussia Emigration Records
Name: Marie Elisabeth Witthandt, verh. Kurzweg
Age: 66
Standing: Frau von Martin (Wife of Martin)
Place of Origin: Briesenhorst/Landsberg (Gorzów Wielkopolski)
Destination: Nord-Amerika (USA)
Note Place of Origin is probably where she left from, not where she was born.
Notes for Martin A (Spouse 1)
August Kurzweg
in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: August Kurzweg (SON)
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)
Son’s name: Martin August Kurtzweg used in will, August Kurzweg used in Arrival Year 1860.