SCHWIESOW Genealogy Research

Welcome to the SCHWIESOW Genealogy Research page.   We are currently under construction……and will be under constant re-construction, if we are successful.   Our purpose is to collect and distribute research data on the Schwiesow genealogy, and our goal is to eventually link all the known………and yet unknown ……lines of this family.    Thus far, there are about 10 lines of Schwiesow families, primarily located in the northwest quadrant of the country, from the Great Lakes region, west to Washington state.   The bulk of information so far seems to point to an origin from the Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Vorpommern regions of northern Germany, and the period of emigration to the USA being from mid-1850’s to late 1880’s.    Spellings on church records, emigration and immigration records, census, etc. varied somewhat, depending on the ear of the writer.   Some variations include Schwieso, Schwisow, Sweezo, Schwieson, Sweiso…….and many others.

To begin with, we have listed bare outlines of the limbs of Schwiesow families which we have uncovered so far.   Most of these lines also list an active researcher on that line, although we are all becoming familiar with all lines.   We will be publishing extra data collected from various records both in this country and Germany, which does not fit our lines at this time, but may someday.   These may be the pieces that will eventually prove to be the links.                                        NOTE:       m/ = married

We invite you to ask questions, and most certainly to post your information, no matter how insignificant you may think it is.    Someday all of these small pieces will come together to form the complete picture puzzle of the Schwiesow Family.

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For more information and to work in research contact the person listed at the end of the family.   For any corrections of the data of the families below, contact Karen.

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Family 1                  * 1

Johann Michael SCHWIESOW and Maria Dorothea PREISS (or PRIESS), parents of

Joachim Jacob M. SCHWIESOW ca. 1826 (Preussen) -                    Immigrate: 1867: Pommern > WI  >  IA

         m/ Sophia Dorothea Friederike SCHULTZ 1821 (Pommern) -

Carl Heinrich Wilhelm SCHWIESOW  [aka Charles] 1847 (Pommern) - 1898 (SD)

         m/ Charlotte Louise WESSEL 1857 (MO) - 1938 (SD)

Caspar Joachim Hermann SCHWIESOW 1876 (IA) - 1937

         m/ Wilhelmina KIEHN 1883 (SD) - 1973

Heinrich Johann Georg SCHWIESOW 1878 (IA) - 1925 (MN)

         m/ Marie SPRINGER 1885 (PA) - 1968 (SD)

Sophie Marie Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1879 (IA) - before 1938

         m/ Carl OXWANG 1877

Johanna Caroline Wilhelmina SCHWIESOW 1881 (IA) - 1972 (SD)

         m1/ Rudolph SPRINGER 1873 (G) - 1912 (NE)

         m2/ John Frank BASFORD 1859 -1939

Frederick Wilhelm Christian SCHWIESOW 1883 (IA) - 1944 (NE)

         m/ Martha Luise Henrietta POLENZ 1894 (NE) - 1983 (CO)

Christina Wilhelmina Margaretha SCHWIESOW 1884 (IA) - 1971

         m/ Ernest SPRINGER 1877 (G) - 1954

Bertha Auguste SCHWIESOW 1886 (SD) - 1987 (IL)

         m/ Basil CIMAGLIO

Louise Katharina Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1888 (SD) - 1967

         m/ Harry H. SPRING 1894 - 1970 (WA)

Johann Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1891 (SD) - 1950

         m/ Eda WEIDEMANN 1899 - 1942

 Wilhelmine Katharina SCHWIESOW 1893 (SD) - 1960

         m/ Glenn VAN NESS

Caroline Maria Friederike SCHWIESOW 1849 (Pommern) -

Johann Friedrich Martin SCHWIESOW 1852 (Pommern) - 1924 (WA)

         m/ Anna C. SCHULTZ 1862 - 1927 (WA)

Mary Marguerite Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1882 (IA) - 1983

         m/ Mister TIKALSKY

Frederick John SCHWIESOW 1884 (IA) - 1953

Tina SCHWIESOW 1885 (IA) - 1995

         m1/ Mister SMITH       m2/ Mister CRANK

Laura Augusta SCHWIESOW 1891 (NE) - 1971     m1/ Herbert RUSSELL 1891 - 1972 (CA)

         m2/ Mister BAXTER      m3/ Mister CHEVALIER                                                        

John R. SCHWIESOW 1902 (WA) - 1975

         m/ Almyra Bertha KAWELMACHER 1902 - 1993

 Friedrich C. SCHWIESOW 1855 (Pommern) - 1917 (WA)

         m/ Fredricka Margaret SCHULTZ 1856 - 1934 (WA)

Marguerite SCHWIESOW 1884 (IA) - 1948 (WA)       m/ Eric F. GEHRI

Ella C. SCHWIESOW 1886 (NE) -      m/ Emil GEHRI 1876 - 1949 (WA)

Ida B. SCHWIESOW 1888 (NE) - 1963 (WA)

         m1/ Fred BACKEBERG     m2/ George FRANZ

Annie SCHWIESOW 1889 (NE) - 1895 (WA)

Lee Hannah SCHWIESOW 1892 (WA) - 1936 (WA)

William H. SCHWIESOW 1900 (WA) - 1975 (WA)

         m/ Zola CARMEN 1904 (OR) - 1985 (WA)

Maria SCHWIESOW 1857 (Pommern)-1896 (SD)    m/ August STECKELBERG

William STECKELBERG 1880 (IA) - 1931     m/ Lucy JACOBS 1906

August Heinrich STECKELBERG 1881 - 1962

         m/ Mae Cardilia KINGSBURG 1887 - 1960

Emma STECKELBERG 1883     m/ Paul MELCHERT

 Dorothea Sophie STECKELBERG 1884 - 1936      m/ George TEMPLIN

Mary Magdalene STECKELBERG 1885 - 1970      m/ William Peter LINGEL

Henry Carl Christian STECKELBERG 1887 - 1982     m/ Jessie SHRAKE

Herman Theodore STECKELBERG 1889 - 1961

         m/ Adele Catherine POLENZ 1893 (NE) - 1941 (WA)

Ernest STECKELBERG 1892 - 1895

Wilhelm SCHWIESOW 1864 (Pommern)-

Jacob Friedrich Matthias SCHWIESOW 1831 (Pommern)

         m/ Catharine Dorothea Friederike AWE 1821 (Pommern)

                                                             Contact: *1    Karen Grossart (IL) 

                                                             More detail on this line at SCHWIESOW Genealogy

 

Family 2

          Christian Theodore SCHWIESOW 1820/30 (G)-1872 (G)

                    m/ Sophia Christine Johane MIERS 1830 (G)-1916 (IL)     Immigrate: 1872: DEU > IL

                              Charles SCHWIESOW (G)- (G)

                              Johann Friedrich Theodore SCHWIESOW 1853 (G)-19-- (IL)      m/ Minnie JACOBS

                              Heinrich Ludwig Friedrich SCHWIESOW 1858 (G)-1942 (IL)       m/ Emma GERTZ

          *3                August Christian Johann SCHWIESOW 1861 (G)-1945 (IL)       m/ Anna BAEHR 

                              Henrietta Johanna CharlotteFredericka SCHWIESOW 1863 (G)-1922 (IL)     m/ Ernest H F FANSELOW

                              Dorothea Louise Johanna Caroline SCHWIESOW 1867 (G)-1936 (IL)    m/ Henry J WAGNER

                              Sophia Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1872 (G)-1942 (IL)       m/ Dietrick Louis FRIELING

                                                            *3          August Schwiesow (IL)

 

Family 3

          Karl Wilhelm Joachim SCHWIESOW (G)-1865 (IL)                      Immigrate: 1864:  Mecklenburg  >  IL

                    m/ Sophia GRADOP -1860 (G)

                              Sophia Maria Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1823 (G)-1832 (G)

                              Carolina Sophia Elizabeth SCHWIESOW 1828 (G)-

                              Adolph Carl Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1826 (G)-1902 (IL) Immigrate: 1852:DEU > IL

                                        m/ Henrietta Sophia Maria KNUTH

          *4                Johann Friedrich Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1831 (G)-1861 (G)

                              Johanna Louisa Sophia SCHWIESOW 1833 (G)-1899 (IL)

                              Friedrich Christoph Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1836 (G)-1913 (IL) 1854:DEU > IL      m/ Maria SCHLEMANN

          *5                Anna Marie Dorothea SCHWIESOW 1836 (G)-1888 (IL)     m/ Frederich Johann Christian SASS

                                                            *4          Linda Schwiesow Nycum (FL)

                                                            *5          Kim Lemberg (IL)

 

Family 4

          Adolf  SCHWIESOW

                    Heinrich SCHWIESOW 1833 (G)-1917 (MI)

                              m/ Sophia DOPP 1843 (G)-1920 (MI)

                                                 Caroline SCHWIESOW 1863 (MI)-1943 (MI)      m/ Joachim SCHOOF

                                                 Lena SCHWIESOW 1863 ( )-

                                                 Marie SCHWIESOW 1865 (MI)-1887 (MI)    m/ Carl HARMS

                                                 John  SCHWIESOW 1867 ( ) -     m/ Emilie FALKENHAGEN

                                                 Anna Sophia SCHWIESOW 1871 ( ) -      m/ Carl HARMS

                                                 Wilhelm Carl SCHWIESOW 1876 ( )-

 

Family 5

Friedrich J. M. SCHWIESOW 1833 (G)-1883 (IA)                                Immigrate: 1871:  Pommern  > WI > IA

         m/ Maria BECKMAN 1835 (G)- 1914 (IA)

Johann Carl SCHWIESOW 1859 (G) - 1936 (IA)     m/ Bertha H. Wenzel 1863 (G) - 1939 (IA)

Louis Heinrich Andreas SCHWIESOW 1883 (IA)

Rosa A. SCHWIESOW 1885 (IA) - 1960

Amanda Friedin SCHWIESOW  1887 (IA)

Herman Wilhelm Fredrich SCHWIESOW  1890 (IA) - 1892

Friedrich Johann Carl SCHWIESOW [aka: Fritz J.] 1892 ((A) - 1896

Walter Charles SCHWIESOW 1895 - 1962 (IA) m/ Lena VINKE

Elsa Christine Marie SCHWIESOW 1897 (IA) - 1912 (IA)

Johann Albert Bernhard SCHWIESOW  1900 (IA) -  1913

Milda Bertha Augusta SCHWIESOW  1903 (IA) - 1918

Marie SCHWIESOW  1906 m/ Harry L. SCHROEDER  

Anna J. W. SCHWIESOW 1860 (G)-1932 (IA)        m/ Claus Heinrich GRIMM 1856 (G) - 1926 (IA)

Edward Henry GRIMM 1881- 1925 Templeton, IA m/ Dorthea VINKE 1880 - 1956

Johann Friedrich GRIMM 1882 (IA) - 1941 (IA) m/ Caroline Christina PETERSEN  1888 - 1981

Caroline GRIMM 1884 - 1956 m/ William GRAGE 1880

Emma GRIMM 1886-1965 m/ William GOTSCH ( 1885 - 1943)

Bertha GRIMM 1888-1977 m/ Albert GENZEN 1909 (G) - 1947 (IA)

Henry H. GRIMM 1890 (IA) -1961 m/ Florence STAHL 1898 - 1977

Ida GRIMM 1891-1974 m/ William WIESE 1896 (IA) - 1975

Julius GRIMM 1892-1892

Anna GRIMM 1901 (IA) -1922 m/ Henry William EWOLDT 1891 (IA) - 1956 (IA)

Caroline SCHWIESOW 1860 (G)-     m1/ Johann GOTTFRIED

         m2/ Friedrich Johann WENZEL 1854 (G)

Ida Marie Carolina WENZEL 1881 (IA) - 1969 (IA) m/ Christian Behren GRAGE  1874 -1957 (IA)

Hugo Herman Heinrich WENZEL 1882 - 1955 (IA) m/ Hilda TOLGAARD   - 1959

Hedwig Anna Wilhelmine [aka: Hattie] WENZEL 1884 (IA) - m/ Karl SCHWARTZ

Lewis WENZEL  1887

Emil WENZEL  1888

Alfred WENZEL 1890

Freida WENZEL 1891

Ernest WENZEL 1892

Maria WENZEL 1893

Edwin Martin WENZEL 1895

Eleanore WENZEL 1897

Maria Caroline Auguste SCHWIESOW 1862 (G)-1934 (MN)          *6     

         m1/ Ludwig Jurgen WENZEL 1858 (G) -1882 (IA)

Bertha Johanne Marie WENZEL PETERSEN 1882 (IA) -1930 (MN)

m/ Elmer John PIERSON 1888 (IA) - 1969 (MN)

         m2/ Jurgen Albert PETERSEN 1861 (G) - 1907 (IA)

William H PETERSEN 1886-1952 m/ Louise Beatta LENZ [aka Lizzie] 1886 (IA) - 1979 (IA)

George Andrew PETERSEN [aka Casey] 1887 (IA) - 1965 (MN)

         m/ Alma Pauline PETERSEN 1898 (IA) -1999 (MN)

Carl Peter PETERSEN 1889 (IA) - 1956 (SD)

Maria PETERSEN 1890-1891

Fritz August PETERSEN 1892 (IA) - 1961 (MN)

         m/ Mildren Marie WILLOUGHBY 1890 (MN) - 1976 (MN)

Frank PETERSEN 1894 (IA) - 1895 (IA)

Florence Anna Dora PETERSEN 1895 (IA) - 1983 (MN)

         m/ Herman HAGEDORN 1892 - 1962 (MN)

Mamie Augusta Pauline PETERSEN 1897 (IA) - 1985 (MN)

         m/ John HAGEDORN 1891(MN) - 1975 (MN)

Fritz SCHWIESOW 1865 (G) - bef 1880 (IA)

Frederike Johanna Wilhelmine SCHWIESOW [aka Rika] 1867 (G)-1883 (IA)

Wilhelm SCHWIESOW 1871 (G) -       m/ Malanie SCHOENING

Alvina SCHWIESOW m/ Robert SIEVERTSON

Hattie SCHWIESOW m/ Henry STECKLEBERG

Sylvester SCHWIESOW m/ Clara ??

Wilbur SCHWIESOW m/ Lena ??

Harold SCHWIESOW

Earl SCHWIESOW m/ Millie ROBERTSON

Bernadine SCHWIESOW m/ Chris CHRISTIANSEN

Amanda SCHWIESOW m/ John VENNICK

Myrtle SCHWIESOW m/ Glen LIGHTFIELD

Edward SCHWIESOW m/ Edith SLEISTER

Carl Ernst Herman SCHWIESOW [aka Charles] 1873 (WI)     m/ Alvena SIEVERTSON

Laura SCHWIESOW 1903 (IA)     m/ Dewey Youngerman

                                                 There were 10 children.

August Friedrich Martin SCHWIESOW 1876 (IA)-1954      m/ Alvina GRAGE

Florence SCHWIESOW m/ William BOGER

Gertrude SCHWIESOW m/ Gerhardt SMIDT

Frank SCHWIESOW m/ Mary CAVANAUGH

Albert SCHWIESOW m/ Donna McMAHON

Leona SCHWIESOW m/ Herman SCHULTZ

Ann SCHWIESOW m/ Howard STEFFEN

 Ruby SCHWIESOW m/ Emil WEGNER

Helen SCHWIESOW m/ Harry KRAL 

Albert Wilhelm Marcus SCHWIESOW 1882 (IA)-      m/ Minnie Lenz PROSCH

Amanda SCHWIESOW

Anna SCHWIESOW m/ Henry ASMUS

Lydia SCHWIESOW m/ Ben NEHLS

Mamie SCHWIESOW m/ Werner LOCKMILLER

                                                            *6         Joni Petersen (IL )

 

Family 6

          Friedrich SCHWIESOW 1817 (G)-1866 (W)                              Immigrate: 1857: DEU  > WI

                    m/ Sophie HARNACK 1822 (G)-

                              Marie SCHWIESOW 1848 (G)-      m/ Ernest HANNEMANN

                              Sophie SCHWIESOW 1848 (G)-1865

           *7-8            Johann Friedrich Joachim SCHWIESOW 1850 (G)-1918 (W)     m/ Friedrike BECKER

                              Friedrich SCHWIESOW 1853 (G)-1857 (W)

                              Elise SCHWIESOW 1857 (W)-1876      m/ Johann THIEDE

                              Wilhelmina SCHWIESOW 1860 (W)-     m/ Heinrich ZARRS

                              Anna SCHWIESOW      m/ E.S. HUNT

 

          Possible connection to family 7-a

                                                          * 7        Charmaine Becker

                                                          * 8        Jon Daggy

 

Family 7

          Peter SCHWISOW

                    m/ Christiana HEIDENS

                              Peter SCHWISOW 1754 (G)-

                              Elsabe Dorothea SCHWISOW 1755 (G)-

                              Juliana Dorothea SCHWISOW 1757 (G)-

                              Christoph Michael SCHWISOW 1760 (G)-         m1/ Maria BRINKERT 1762 (G)-1792 (G)

                                                  Johann Christoph SCHWISOW 1787 (G)-1789 (G)

                                                  Friederich Jacob Jochim SCHWISOW 1790-1862 (G)     m/ Maria Sophia Dorothea PRUTER

                                                  Christian Gotfried Wilhelm SCHWISOW 1792       m2/ Catharina Elisabeth Schreiber SCHWISOW 1762-1871 (G)

          to 7-a****                      Johann Heinrich Carl SCHWISOW 1794-1871 (G)

                                                            m/ Maria Sophia Charlotte SCHMIDT 1799-1872 (G)

                                                  Dorothea Anna Elizabeth SCHWISOW 1796      m/ Friedrich Wilhelm SCHWIESOW

                                                  Heinrich Johann Jochim SCHWISOW 1798

                                                  Carolina Anna Sophie Elsabe SCHWISOW

                                                            m1/ Heinrich Carl STRUMPELMAN           m2/ Carl Heinrich WITTFOOT

 

Family 7-a

          Johann Heinrich Carl SCHWISOW 1794-1871 (G)

                    m/ Marie Sophia Charlotte SCHMIDT 1799-1872 (G)

                              Hinnerich Christian Friederich SCHWISOW 1817 (G)-

                              Anna Christina Sophia SCHWISOW 1819 (G)-

                              Johann Friedrich Christian SCHWISOW 1821 (G)-1882 (G)       m/ Maria Elisabeth Johanna HARNACK 1821-1876 (G)

                                                 Johann Karl Friederick SCHWISOW 1843 (G)-1927 (NE)     m/ Luise Dorothea Maria ALLWART

                                                  Johann Martin Wilhelm SCHWISOW 1845 (G)-1845 (G)

                                                  Gottlieb Heinrich Christian Theo SCHWISOW 1847 (G)

                                        *9      Friedrich Heinrich Johann SCHWISOW 1849 (G)-1921 (NE)     m/ Mine Christine Elisabeth BRUSEHABER

                                                  Dorothea Johanna Karoline SCHWISOW 1853 (G)-1921 ( )     m/ Johann Friedrich Karl WEISHAHN

                                                  Anna Johanna Maria SCHWISOW 1855 (G)-1862 (G)

                                                  Jochim Christian Johann August SCHWISOW 1857 (G)-1936 (CO)

                                                  Wilhelm Christoph Christian SCHWISOW 1859 (G)-1914 (NE)

                                                  Heinrich Johann Friedrich Christian SCHWISOW 1861 (G)-1938 (OH)

                                                             William Louis SCHWISOW 1890 - 1991 (WA) m/ Elsie Mattie NISSEN 1900 - 1961

                                                  Karl Charles Jochim Martin SCHWISOW 1863 (G)-1931 (NE)

                                                  Ludwig Christian Johann Heinrich SCHWISOW 1865 (G)-1941 (NE)

                                                  Christian Heinrich Friedrick SCHWISOW 1867 (G)-1948 (NE)

                              Christian Heinrich Joachim SCHWISOW 1823 (G)-

                              Sophia Maria Friedericka SCHWISOW

                              Heinrich Joachim Johann SCHWISOW 1825 (G)

                              August Carl Christian SCHWISOW 1827 (G)-

                              Maria Sophia Hanna SCHWISOW 1829 (G)-

                              stillborn 1832-1832 (G)

                              Anna Louisa Dorothea SCHWISOW 1833 (G)-       m/ Joachim Friederich ALTSCHWAGER (AltBukow)

                              Caroline Dorothea Sophia SCHWISOW 1835 (G)-

                              Dorothea Maria Christina SCHWISOW 1837 (G)-     m/ Ernst Johann ALGENSTADT

                              Wilhelm Christoph Christian SCHWISOW 1840 (G)-

                                                            *9         Lois Seaburg (WA) 

 

Family 8

          Henry SCHWIESOW m/           Dorothea …

                    Helmuth SCHWIESOW 1853 (G)- (IA)                              Immigrate: 1872: DEU > PA > IA

                            m/ Katherine HESTER 1856 (G)-1927 (IA)

                                     Carl Johann Daniel SCHWIESOW 1883 (IA)-1958 ( )    m/ Anna SPECHT 1890 (G)-1968

                                                  Helmuth SCHWIESOW 1906-1981      m/ Fern FULLERTON

                                                  Henry SCHWIESOW 1907 (IA)-1983     m1/ Gladys YATES           m2/ Naomi WATERMAN

                                                  William SCHWIESOW 1909 (IA)-      m/ Nettie WOODS

                                                  Marvin SCHWIESOW 1910-1910

                                                  Carl Jr SCHWIESOW 1911 (IA)-1980     m/ Perla WHITNEY

                                                  Mildred SCHWIESOW 1913 (IA)-     m1/ Wayne RICH          m2/ David BANGHART

                                                  Elmer SCHWIESOW 1915 (IA)-     m1/ Arlene SCHWIESOW (?)       m2/

                                                  Irene SCHWIESOW 1917 (IA)-       m/ Leonard PETERSON

                                     John SCHWIESOW        WI

                                     Henry SCHWIESOW     NE

                                     Lizzie SCHWIESOW       CA      m/ TRAFFORD

                                      5 add’l siblings

                                                           * 10       Ron Johnson (VA) 

                                                             More detail on this line at Ron's FTM site

 

Family 9

          Adolph SCHWIESOW 1839 (G)-1913 (W)                                    Immigrate: 1857 : DEU  > WI

                    m/ Friederike HANNEMANN

                                Dina SCHWIESOW    m/ Frank W. BERNDT

                                Ida SCHWIESOW   m/ William F. BERG

                                Martha SCHWIESOW   m/ Karl MUELLER  [Miller]

                                daughter SCHWIESOW   m/ Charles H. KINKEL

                                Emma SCHWIESOW   m/ Robert WOHLFIEL

                                William F. SCHWIESOW

                                Carl F. SCHWIESOW

 

                                There were eight children and this is not necessarily the correct order.  This information is from the obituary of Adolph SCHWIESOW, Wisconsin civil marriage records and Hillside cemetery records in Columbus, WI.

 

Family 10

          Karl Christian SCHWIESO 1827 (G) - 1909 (WI)                    Immigrate: prior to 1856 to WI

                    m/ Louisa LANGE 1831 (G) - 1894 (WI)

                              Sarah SCHWIESO 1856 (WI)

                              John SCHWIESO 1857 (WI)

                              Frank SCHWIESO 1858 (WI)

                              Mary SCHWIESO 1859 (WI)                    m/ Archie MOTT Sr

                              Henry SCHWIESO 1862 (WI) -1930        m/ Henrietta 1873 -1908

                                                  Arthur P SCHWIESO 1893 - 1973

                              Charles Frederick SCHWIESO 1870 (WI)    m/ Harriet Ethel MOTT 1873 (WI)

Possible connection to family 7-a

                                                          *11         Coleen Home

 
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Last revision:  13 August 2004