A Gold Mine

A few years ago (c.2000), I asked my mother's cousin, Fritz Stäckler, who lives in Germany, to provide us with some information about Grandma Barbara's family, about which we know very little. Fritz sent a family tree that goes back six generations to Peter Stäckler, who was born in 1746.  If you'd like a copy of that family tree, you can download the Excel file here.

Grandma Barbara

My Grandma Barbara Wurth was born a Stäckler. Her parents were Franz Stäckler VI and Margaretha Kilian, who were married on January 14, 1879.  They had nine children. Franz Josef (Fritz' dad) was the eight child born in 1892 and Barbara Apollonie was the ninth child born in 1894.

Margaretha died in childbirth when Grandma was born, and her brother, Franz Josef, was only two years old. Their father, Franz VI died on June 5, 1912 when he was 65 years old.  At that time, Barbara was 18 and Franz Josef was 20. 

For statistics about the children of Franz IV and Margaretha Stäckler go to   Stäckler6.htm 

Here is an interesting and sad story about their son, George.  Fritz found the story, written in German script, in the diary of a school teacher.  He translated the story into modern German.  We have yet to translate it into English. 
Die Erste Klasse.htm

Barbara  lived with her married sister, Anna Gräber  for many years.

Barbara married Gustav Wurth in 1916.  In 1923, Barbara, her husband Gus, and their two children, Anna (age 9) and Loni Freida (age 3), immigrated to America and settled in Schenectady, N.Y.

Here are some pictures of Gus, Barbara, Ann and Loni    GWurth.htm

Barbara was the only one in her family to come to the United States.  Gus Wurth had six other brothers and sisters who came.  It was through the Wurth's that we maintained a strong German heritage.   
Wurth Family Story  is at another site.  You may enjoy visiting that site sometime.

Here are some pictures of Uncle Franz and Rusty.   Rusty and Joe  

Reconnecting with the Stäcklers

In the 1980's, family started traveling between the U.S. and Europe, and we reconnected with the Stäcklers.

See  Family Tree with three generations of Stäcklers
starting with the children of  Franz Stäckler VI and Margaretha Kilian

First Cousins

We know that there are at least seven first cousins (the grandchildren of Franz VI and Margaretha Kilian.)
They are Gertrude, Kätharina, Adam, Lucia, Maria and Helma Rech; Friedrich (Fritz) and Kätharina Stäckler; Anna and Loni Wurth.  Do you know of any more?  Can you help fill in any missing parts of the family trees?

Fritz made several trips to the U.S. and we got to know him well. 

Here is a picture of Fritz and his wife, Ilsa taken in the Eighties.  FritzIlsa.htm

In 2003, we created a webpage to celebrate Fritz' birthday.  See it here.

We'd like to hear from you.

We invite family members to submit information about themselves or their grandparents.  Create your own web page and we'll link to it, or sent us the info and we will create the page.  Do it in German or English.  Let's get together and write our family history, share stories, and get to know each other.   

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