Family Group
| Parents | Parents | |||||
| Franz Robert Wiegand | Marie Louise Dillner | Theodore Clauss | Marie Dobrich | |||
| b. 10 Oct 1858 in Greiz | b. 8 Aug 1859, Greiz | b. 8 Aug 1862 in Greiz | b. 15 Feb 1862 in Greiz | |||
| d. 8 Apr 1931 in Greiz | d. 15 Jun 1918, Greiz | d. 24 Dec 1924 in Greiz | d. 1955 in Greiz | |||
| HUSBAND | WIFE | |||||
Gerhard Paul Wiegand  |
Margarethe "Gretel" Johanna Clauss |
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| b. 23 Aug 1889 in Greiz, Thuringen, Germany | b. 30 Mar 1892 in Greiz, Thuringen, Germany | |||||
| d. 25 Nov 1978 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina | d. 12 Dec 1968 in Essex County, New Jersey | |||||
| Relationship Events | ||||||
| Marriage | 13 Jan 1917 | Gerhard Paul Wiegand to Margarethe Johanna Clauss in Passaic County, New Jersey | ||||
| Children | ||||||
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What We Know About This Family
Noteworthy
Gerhard trained as an apprentice in Greiz's renowned textile industry and was recruited for what turned out to be lifetime employment at the Fortstmann Woolen Company.
An Overview of Their Lives
Gerhard Paul Wiegand began public school in Greiz, Germany in 1896 and finished in 1904 at the age of 15. He had wanted to study to be a teacher and had passed the entrance examination, but was not accepted as the seminary was limited to 12 students. He decided instead to become a clerk in one of the woolen mills in Greiz. He had to complete three years of an
About the Children
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Proof of Relationship
What Else We Need to Learn
The goal of this project is to trace every line of ancestry to the arrival of its first immigrant to America. The basic information of each couple is considered complete when we know the dates of birth, marriage, and death for both spouses. their parents' names (or whether they were the immigrant), and the child or children in our ancestry line.
The research on this family is complete.
