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The Freitag Family of Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia)

Compiled by Paul Zebe


Contents

Introduction
An Interesting Coincidence
Family Tree
Sources of Information
Contact

Introduction


Franz Freitag and his wife Johanna Neugebauer are the founders of the Freitag family of Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia), a family from which I descend.  Rogau was a small village located in the Catholic parish of Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau.  Franz and Johanna are first mentioned in the churchbooks of Kühschmalz in 1810, when Johanna appeared as a godparent.  At that time, Franz was identified as a free agricultural laborer [Einlieger].  By 1814, he had become a licensed district hunter [Revierjäger] at Rogau, a position he held for the rest of his life.

Franz and Johanna are believed to have had at least three children:  Caroline who married Franz Galle, Carl (my ancestor), and Franz Peter.  In addition, Elisabeth Freitag, wife of Thomas Prescher, master tailor in Hönigsdorf, may have been another child of Franz and Johanna.  Beginning prior to her marriage, Caroline was the godparent of many of the children of Elisabeth and Thomas.  Her husband, Franz, and her brother, Carl, were godparents of additional children of Elisabeth and Thomas.  Elisabeth is known to have been the godparent of at least one of the children of Caroline and Franz.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone else who is also descended from this family.


An Interesting Coincidence

On 9 February 1862, my ancestors, Ida Freitag and Franz Joseph Zebe were married at the Catholic Church at Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau.  This was not the first Freitag-Zebe marriage in Schlesien (Silesia).  On 20 June 1815, Dr. Freitag of Creuzburg married Henriette Zebe of Wüstebriese.  A product of this union was the Silesian writer, Gustav Freytag (the "y" is said to have been considered "classier" than the "i" in mid-19th Century "Germany," which is the likely explanation of the spelling change).  It is unknown if Dr. Freitag was related to the Freitag family of Rogau, although, given the religious differences (Dr. Freitag was a Protestant), it is highly unlikely.  Henriette Zebe is a descendant of the Zebe family of Pitschen, Kreis Creutzburg, Schlesien.  Despite sharing an uncommon surname and a Silesian origin, the Pitschen Zebes and the Grottkau Zebes are not related.


Family Tree

  Key:

  oo=married
  *=born
  +=died

  Religion:

  All individuals with the exception of the wives of Paul Carl Kretschmer and Franz Georg Zebe are believed to be Catholic

  Localities:

  Breslau, StadtKreis Breslau, Niederschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Deutsch Wette, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Elberfeld, Germany
  Gläsendorf, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Grottkau, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Hamburg, Germany
  Kalkau, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Klodebach, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Lodz, Russian Poland
  Lübeck, Germany
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  Münsterberg, StadtKreis Münsterberg, Germany (now in Poland)
  Reinsehlen, Germany
  Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
  Striegendorf, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Ziegenhals, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
  Zülzhoff, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)

1 Franz FREITAG, Licensed District Hunter [Revierjäger] in Rogau 
oo Johanna NEUGEBAUER
.     2 Caroline FREITAG (c.1795-1870), +Ziegenhals
      oo Franz GALLE (c.1790-1873), +Ziegenhals, Forester [Förster] in Ziegenhals
.     .     3 Franz Joseph Carl GALLE (1820-1903), *Klodebach, +Ziegenhals, City Forester [Stadtförster] in Ziegenhals
            oo 1) Thecla AUER (1831-) in 1853 in Ziegenhals, +Before 1868
.     .     .     4 Maria Anna Juliana GALLE (1853-1857), *+Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Franz Friedrich August GALLE (1857-1857) , *+Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Paul August GALLE (1858-1870), *+Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Anna Maria Matilde GALLE (1860-), *Ziegenhals
                  oo Josef JACOB
            oo 2) Maria LANGER (1837-)
.     .     .     4 Maria Louise Hedwig GALLE (1868-1868), *+Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Carl August GALLE (1869-), *Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Hedwig Amalia GALLE (1871-1872), *+Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Max August GALLE (1874-), *Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Clara Amalie GALLE (1876-1878), *+Ziegenhals
.     .     3 Anna Maria Elisabeth GALLE (1827-), *Ziegenhals
.     .     3 Theresia Carolina GALLE (1830-), *Ziegenhals
            oo August MUTH (c.1823-) in 1851 in Ziegenhals, Master Strapmaker [Riemermeister] in Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 August Franz Johann MUTH (1852-), *Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Franz August MUTH (1853-1853), *+Ziegenhals
.     .     .     4 Anna Maria Theresia MUTH (1854-1854), *+Ziegenhals
.     2 Carl FREITAG (c.1804-1890), +Kühschmalz, Forester [Förster] in Rogau
      oo 1) Amalia WEINITSCHKE (1805-1865) in 1830 in Gläsendorf, *Gläsendorf, +Rogau
.     .     3 Carl FREITAG (1830-)
.     .     3 Amalie Philippine FREITAG (1833-1905), *+Rogau
            oo Eduard ROTHER (1826-1903), *Gläsendorf, +Rogau, Free gardener [Freigärtner] in Rogau
.     .     .     4 Johann Franz ROTHER (1852-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Carl ROTHER (1854-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Emilie ROTHER (1856-1867), *+Rogau
.     .     .     4 Ida ROTHER (1856-1913), *Rogau, +Grottkau, Serving Maid [Dienstmädchen]
.     .     .     4 Paul ROTHER (1858-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Bertha Amalie ROTHER (1860-), *Rogau
                  oo Heinrich Frider. SCHOLZ in 1910 in Kühschmalz
.     .     .     4 Anna ROTHER (1863-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Johann Georg ("Georg") ROTHER (1867-1941), *+Rogau, Property owner [Stellenbesitzer] in Rogau
                  oo Martha SEIDEL
.     .     .     .      5 Martha Maria (I) ROTHER (1900-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Martha Maria (II) ROTHER (1901-), *Rogau
                        oo Arthur Felix HENKEL in 1935 in Kühschmalz, Farmer [Landwirt] in Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Ida Magdalena ROTHER (1903-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Herrmann ROTHER (1871-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Otto Bruno ROTHER (1873-), *Rogau
.     .     3 Anna Bertha FREITAG (1836-1897), *+Rogau
            oo Carl KRETSCHMER (-1898), *+Rogau, Free gardener [Freigärtner] in Rogau
.     .     .     4 Anna Bertha KRETSCHMER (1854-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Karl KRETSCHMER (1857-1876), *+Rogau
.     .     .     4 Eduard KRETSCHMER (1859-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Anna Maria KRETSCHMER (1862-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Josef KRETSCHMER (c.1864-1918), +Rogau, Farm owner [Wirtschaftsbesitzer] in Rogau
                  oo Louise GEWOHN (c.1860-1932), +Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Anna KRETSCHMER (1888-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Martha KRETSCHMER (1888-), *Rogau
                        oo Wilhelm Julius Ernst HERRMANN in 1910 in Breslau, *1887, Saddlemaker [Sattler]
.     .     .     .      5 Paul Carl KRETSCHMER (1892-), *Rogau
                        oo [unnamed Protestant] in 1919
.     .     .     .      5 Hermann KRETSCHMER (1894-), *Rogau, Farm owner [Wirtschaftsbesitzer] in Rogau
                        oo Ida SCHWOPE in 1920
.     .     .     .      .     6 Alfred KRETSCHMER (1921-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      .     6 Paul Herrmann KRETSCHMER (1922-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      .     6 Erich Gerhard KRETSCHMER (1923-1928), *+Rogau
.     .     .     .      .     6 Erich Herrmann KRETSCHMER (1925-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Max KRETSCHMER (1897-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 August KRETSCHMER (1898-1899), *+Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Ida KRETSCHMER (1901-), *Rogau
                        oo Karl SCHNEIDER in 1925 in Kühschmalz
.     .     .     .      .     6 Hildegard Ida SCHNEIDER (1924-)
.     .     .     .      5 Carl KRETSCHMER (1893-)
                        oo Pauline GRUHN in 1914 in Breslau
.     .     .     4 Maria KRETSCHMER (c.1867-1925), +Rogau
                  oo Paul GEWOHN (1867-1930), +Rogau, Property owner [Stellenbesitzer] in Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Paul Hermann GEWOHN (1892-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Hermann GEWOHN (1894-), *Rogau, Butcher [Fleischer] in Rogau
                        oo Luise GÖRLICH
.     .     .     .      .     6 Margaretha Maria GEWOHN (1920-1921), *+Rogau
.     .     .     .      .     6 Hildegard Elisabeth GEWOHN (1922-), *Rogau
                              oo Paul Josef SCHEFNHEK[?] in 1944 in Grottkau
.     .     .     .      .     6 Johannes Paul GEWOHN (1923-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      .     6 Rudolf Max GEWOHN (1924-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Emma Anna GEWOHN (1895-), *Rogau
                        oo Paul DÖRNER in 1921 in Kühschmalz, Property owner [Stellenbesitzer] in Striegendorf
.     .     .     .      .     6 Lucia Emma DÖRNER (1922-1922), *+Striegendorf
.     .     .     .      .     6 Paul Bernhard DÖRNER (1923-), *Striegendorf
                              oo Elisabeth TEICHMANN in 1950 in Reinsehlen, Germany
.     .     .     .      .     6 Margaretha Emma DÖRNER (1923-1924), *+Striegendorf
.     .     .     .      .     6 Elfrieda Martha DÖRNER (1927-1928), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Martha GEWOHN (1897-1924), *+Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Max GEWOHN (1898-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Josef GEWOHN (1900-), *Rogau
                        oo Clara SEIDEL in 1928 in Münsterberg
.     .     .     .      5 Elfrieda GEWOHN (1902-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Georg GEWOHN (1909-), *Rogau
                        oo Martha KNORN in 1930 in Kühschmalz
.     .     .     4 Ida Theresia KRETSCHMER (1868-1869), *+Rogau
.     .     .     4 Ida KRETSCHMER (1872-1899), *+Rogau
                  & (not married) Josef Paul RITTER
.     .     .     .      5 Josef Paul KRETSCHMER (1899-), *Rogau
.     .     .     4 Paul KRETSCHMER (1872-), *Rogau, Carpenter [Zimmermann] in Gläsendorf
                  oo Clara OPITZ
.     .     .     .      5 Martha KRETSCHMER (1897-1898), *+Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Hermann August KRETSCHMER (1898-), *Rogau
.     .     .     .      5 Paul Max KRETSCHMER (1900-1943), *Rogau, +Ukraine
.     .     .     .      5 Ida Anna KRETSCHMER (1904-), *Gläsendorf
.     .     .     4 Augustin Hermann KRETSCHMER (1875-), *Rogau
.     .     3 Pauline Aurelia Bertha (Aurelia) FREITAG (1838-), *Rogau
            oo Josef GOTTWALD in 1861 in Kühschmalz, Railway worker [Eisenbahnarbeiter] in Breslau  
.     .     3 Loise Bertha Ida (Bertha) FREITAG (1841-), *Rogau
.     .     3 Ida FREITAG (1845-1895), *Rogau, +Kalkau
            oo Franz Joseph ZEBE (1836-1897) in 1862 in Kühschmalz, *Zülzhoff, +Kalkau, Post Office Manager [Postverwalter] in Kalkau
.     .     .     4 Martha (I) ZEBE (1865-1865), +Rogau
.     .     .     4 Georg ZEBE (1866-1866), +Kühschmalz
.     .     .     4 Martha (II) ZEBE, (after 1866-)
                  oo ? SCHUBERT(?), government clerk
.     .     .     4 Magdalena (Magda) ZEBE, (28 May 1871-) *Würben
                  oo Paul Wilhelm Reinhold BAIER, (18 Oct 1864-) *Frankfurt/Oder, district sergeant major in Oppeln
.     .     .     4 Elfriede ZEBE (c.1876-after mid-1920s)
                  oo August HUSEMANN (c.1862-before mid 1920s) in 1893 in Kalkau, Site Engineer [Baustechniker]
.     .     .     4 Franz Georg (Frank George) ZEBE (1877-1943), *Deutsch Wette, +Milwaukee, Laborer
                  oo 1) Johanna Emilie SCHÄFER (1880-) in 1902 in Elberfeld, *Lodz
                  oo 2) Mathilde Maria Elisabeth EGGERS (1886-1929) in 1907 in Hamburg, *Lübeck, +St. Paul
.     .     .     4 Margaretha ZEBE (1878-1883), *+Kalkau
.     .     .     4 Waldemar Otto ZEBE (1880-1883), *+Kalkau
.     .     .     4 Waldemar Heinrich ZEBE (1884-), *Kalkau
.     .     3 Pauline Louise Sibilla FREITAG (1847-), *Rogau
      oo 2) Theresie MONDWURF (1809-1880) in 1866 in Kühschmalz, *Kühschmalz
.     2 Franz Peter FREITAG (1814-), ~Kühschmalz, Parish Coachman [Pfarr-Kutscher] in Kühschmalz
      oo 1) Caroline BLASCHKE
.     .     3 Loise FREITAG (1834-), *Kühschmalz
.     .     3 Caroline Anna Rosalia FREITAG (1836-), *Kühschmalz
      oo 2) Helene BLASCHKE
.     .     3 August FREITAG (1838-), *Kühschmalz
.     .     3 Anna FREITAG (1840-), *Kühschmalz
.     .     3 Mathilde FREITAG (1841-), *Kühschmalz

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