I'm looking for any information on the following three people and their ancestors:

Husband's Given name and surname: Gerhard CONRAD
Date of birth: 28 February 1911
Place of birth: Deutmannsdorf Kreis Lowenbert, Schlesien (now called Zbyltow, Poland)
Date of marriage: 8 April 1934
Place of marriage: Koischkau Kreis Leignitz, Niederschlesien (now called Kojszkow, Legnickie, Poland)
Date of divorce: 17 July 1936 (Bl.3 d.A.)
Date of death: 17 June 1940
Place of death: Rancourt, France
Burial: Kriegsbraeberstaette in Andilly, France (Endgrablage: Block 32, Reihe 9, Gram 616)
Dienstgrad: Oberschuetze
Lesster Truppenteil: Feldpost-Nr. 15 371
Beruf (occupation): Arbeiter

Wife’s given name and maiden surname: Wally Meta Frieda Gläser (GLAESER)
Date of birth: 3 April 1915
Place of birth: Koischkau Kreis Leignitz, Niederschlesien (now called Kojszkow, Legnickie, Poland)
Date of marriage: 8 April 1934
Place of marriage: Koischkau Kreis Leignitz, Niederschlesien (now called Kojszkow, Legnickie, Poland)
Date of divorce: 17 July 1936 (Bl.3 d.A.)

Their daughter: Else Wally CONRAD
Date of birth: 20 May 1934
Place of birth: Koischkau Kreis Leignitz, Niederschlesien (now called Kojszkow, Legnickie, Poland)

Thank you in advance!

Regards, Monika

Monika, the former Prussian province you refer to is Silesia.

There was no such place as a "Lowenbert". Deutmannsdorf was located in the District (in German: Kreis) of Löwenberg, or if written without the "Umlaut" (two dots) over the "o", Loewenberg. (Löwenberg is now known by the new Polish name Lwówek Śląski.)

Deutmannsdorf is now known by the new Polish name Zbylutów.

There was no such city as a "Leignitz". The city was called Liegnitz, and is now known by the new Polish name Legnica.

All the places you mention were in Lower Silesia.

This couple could not have married in Koischkau, because Koischkau was a hamlet of only about 95 people and thus did not have a Registry Office (in German: Standesamt). They would have had to have gotten married in nearby Hochkirch.

Are you sure the family was from this tiny hamlet of Koischkau and not from the larger village of Koiskau, just a short distance away? Koiskau did have a Registry Office (Standesamt), so it would have been possible for a couple to have gotten married in Koiskau, but not in Koischkau. (Koiskau is now known by the new Polish name Kosiska.)

Robert

Thanks so much for the great information, Robert! I'll have to recheck the Koischkau/Koiskau part, but I'm almost 99.9% sure it's Koischkau. So I'll have to ask my Mom about Hochkirch. Regards, Monika

Koischkau is definately the correct place. We now believe that the marriage of Gerhard Conrad and Wally Glaeser may have taken place in Gerhard's home town of Deutmannsdorf.

If anyone has any information on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Monika

Monika, Koischkau and Deutmannsdorf were located in two different but neighboring Districts (in German: Kreise): Koischkau was located in the District (Kreis) of Liegnitz, and Deutmannsdorf was located about 30 miles or 50 km west, in the District (Kreis) of Löwenberg.

To my knowledge at least, none of Deutmannsdorf's records survived the expulsion. I would suggest that you contact Doris Baumert of the Heimatbund Kreis Löwenberg in Hanover, Germany. She should be able to advise you further as far as Deutmannsdorf is concerned. Here is her e-mail address:

info@doris-baumert.de


As mentioned, Koischkau was a tiny hamlet of not even 100 people and thus had no Registry Office (Standesamt). The "Standesamt" in nearby Hochkirch (now known by the Polish name Koscielec) was responsible for Koischkau. You didn't mention the Gläser family's religious denomination, but there were of course no churches in Koischkau either. Koischkau belonged to the Lutheran parish of Hochkirch and to the Catholic parish of Malitsch (now known by the Polish name Maluszow) in the neighboring District (Kreis) of Jauer (now known by the Polish name Jawor).

For information about Hochkirch and its records, you would have to contact a member of the Bundesgruppe Liegnitz in Wuppertal, Germany. Unfortunately, I don't have a contact name for them. However, if you contact Doris Baumert re Deutmannsdorf in Kreis Löwenberg, she will certainly be able to refer you to somebody at the Bundesgruppe Liegnitz in Wuppertal.

Robert

Thank you again, Robert, for this information! I just received a response from Doris. While nothing concrete, she did give me another avenue to research.

If you should ever come up with more information or a name of someone that has information, please keep me in mind. I am really desperate to find Conrad family members. I'm also looking for pictures of the area in the early 1900's.

Regards and THANK YOU!
Monika

My maiden name was Glaeser and I believe that my German ancestors came from Silesia as well. They immigrated around 1890 to Saint Louis, Missouri

I don't believe that any of my Glaeser's went to American before my mother, but I could be wrong. Do you have any family names that I can check?

The immigrant was Ernst Glaeser (born 1852-died 1928) and his wife Paulina (Dondera/Donders/Dondaro) spelled differently on 3 different death certificates for herself and children so not sure.
Father of Ernst on death certificate says Fred Glaeser, and no mother listed.
Paulina his wife- father was Christ Donders??? unsure of correct last name. Mother was Matilda Donke.

The children's names were Elfrieda (Frieda), Marguerite, Arthur, Gertrude, Otto, George, & Martha.
Ernst Glaeser immigrated in 1889. His wife and children came over in 1891 and came through Castle Garden not Ellis Island.

One census record has Breslau listed next to Germany, it's the only document that I have found with anything other than just Germany or Prussia listed. Breslau is in Lower Silesia and is now Wroclaw, Poland.

My dad claims that there were Glaeser relatives that stayed behind and that one owned a toy factory?