Joanna Kosbab

ohanna Kosbab
My father's father, John Herman Bartz, and Mary's father's father,Paul Bernhard Bartz, were two of the sons of Wilhelm Bartz and JohannaKosbab. The family immigrated to northern Wisconsin in about 1872 viaHamburg from a place called Bandsekow (don't know how that is/wasspelled in German/Polish), Kreis Stolp in Pomern. Stolp is one of thesmall cities around Stettin.
Johanna was born in about 1846 and died 3/25/1931 in Hayes, Wisconsin.
Johanna's family had already settled in the Shawano area, and one ofher brothers, Theodor (b. 11/1835), sent them the tickets for theship.
Johanna's sister, Henrietta (b. 3/1858), married Edward Suring. The1920 Census of the U.S. - Wisconsin, Ocotno County, says that sheimmigrated in 1872.
Both of Johanna's parents also immigrated and were living in theShawano area in 1880 - the family is listed in the 1880 census and oneof Wilhelm and Johanna's other children (Wilhem - "Uncle Willy") wasliving with one of the Kosbab families at the time of that census.
I can't remember what her father's name was - her mother's name wasSarah, and I was always told that her maiden name was "Kuschel".
Linda Alexander
Also See Bartz Family Tree