not sure where they were, maybe Wisconsin.
George Bitzer married Katie E. Searles. she was born abt 1874 in Rutland Wisconsin.
can someone find them for me, please?

1900 FEDERAL CENSUS
ROCK CO., WISCONSIN
BELOIT
851 Oak
205-229

BITZER, George...head...Feb 1861...age 39...m. for 9 yrs...OH...GER...GER...foreman/foundry

...Katie...wife...Dec 1873...age 26...mother of 5...WI...OH...OH

...Hazel...dau...Oct 1892...age 7...WI...OH...WI

...Inez...dau...Oct 1894...age 5...WI...OH...WI

...Zena...dau...Apr 1896...age 4...IL...OH...WI

...Zula...dau...Apr 1898...age 2...IL...OH...WI

...George...son...Mar 1900...age 2/12 (2 months)...WI...OH...WI


Kathy
Look-up Volunteer

hi, Kathy,
thank you for the look-up. I really appreciate it.
I'm glad to see they apparently weren't too hard to find. I wasn't sure. some of these people are so elusive. I'm still trying to find Katie's parents and siblings in the 1880 census I'm sure they're there, just mispelled.

I believe in the 1920 Census they are in Winnebago CO, IL. Katie and the girls are not listed but the son George and two other boys are. George Albert Bitzer born 8 May 1900 also has a WWI draft registration but I can't read it online because it is not clear enough. Winnebago CO is just below Beloit WI.

many thanks for this, mcb, it's a great help. I looked all over the US for them in the 1910 after looking them up in the 1920 census, they continue to elude me.
unfortunately Ancestry now chokes on me, so I can't get a look at the military records.

I found these marriage listings:
Vol 9 page 405 Rock Co on Sept 22,1899 in Evansville,WI
George John Bitzer of Brooklyn, father Jake, mother Mary Stragal to Emma Searles, born in Dane Co,WI to Alfred and Lucinda Harpending.

Vol 5 page 127 on June 27, 1891 in Evansville,WI
George Bitzer of Brooklyn, born CAN,ON, Ottawa Co, father Jacob, mother unk Hofacker, to Katie Searls, born Rutland,WI to Alfrend and Lucinda.

many, many thanks for the marriage transcripts, mcb. they help add quite a bit to the family history.
interestingly, a later tie into this branch of the tree (Searles, actually) came from Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada and was from Kansas, where Alfred Searles eventually died. so this family is very interconnected, at least, historically.