Karl Fritzler (1880 - 1963)

Born 28 Feb 1880 in Grimm, Kamyshin, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Kraft (Schott) Fritzler — married 30 May 1907 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1963 at age 83 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Carl Fritzler was a Volga German.

Carl Fritzler has German Roots.

Carl Fritzler migrated from Russia (German) to Wisconsin, USA.

Family #170 in the 1897 Grimm census.

Birth Date and Place

• 28 February 1880
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Parents

• Johann Jakob Fritzler
• Katharina Elisabeth (Schäfer) Fritzler

Marriage

• Eva Kraft (Schott) Fritzler
• by 1905
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Occupation

• Leather factory worker, Reuping Leather, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Children

• Mollie (Fritzler) Kaiser, born 1907
• Amelia (Fritzler) Wischnewski, born 1909
• Anna (Fritzler) Repp, born 1912
• Carl Fritzler, born 1914
• Edward F. Fritzler, born 1918

Death

• 12 April 1963
• Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Carl Fritzler was a fourth generation Volga German, born in Grimm, Russia, on February 28, 1880 to Johann Jakob Fritzler and Katharina Elisabeth Schaefer. The Fritzlers were descendants of Hanß Jakob Bauer Fritzler, born in 1688 in Kleingartach, Neckarkreis, Württemberg, Germany. His son Hanß Jakob Fritzler and his wife Franziska Catherina Eurich and their children were among the original settlers of Grimm in 1767. Both families were considered Evangelical, as opposed to Catholic, although the Colony of Grimm was considered a Reformed Protestant settlement.

Note: Hanß is a shortened form of Johann, although some boys were given the formal name of Johann and others the formal name of Hanß. Germans typically followed a tradition of giving their child the first name of a saint, and then a second name that was the child's every day name. Sometimes a child had three names plus their surname. Toward the latter half of the 19th century, parents started to drop the formal, unused first name and gave their children one simple name. Carl was among the first in his family to have only two names, a Christian name and a surname.

Carl's wife was Eva Kraft Schott, born September 18, 1886, also in Grimm, to Johann Friedrich Schott and Eva Katharina Kraft. She was descended from Jakob Schott and Anna Margaretha Becker, and Adam and Susannah Kraft, four of the first settlers of Grimm. The Krafts were also Evangelical Lutherans from Mittelbrunn, Pflaz, Bayern,Germany, while the origin of the Schotts was Holzgerlingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg.

Volga Germans lived a difficult life which did not resemble the original descriptions and promises of Catherine the Great. By the late 1800s, Volga German families began to immigrate to the United States and Canada, looking for a better life. Encouraged by the safe travels and good fortune of friends and relatives who immigrated, Carl began to plan a move for his own family. His plans were delayed when he was drafted into the Tsar's Army, which, in turn, only made his urge to leave Russia stronger. Volga Germans were pacifists and had been promised no conscription by Catherine the Great. A century later, the ruling Russians backed out of that promise and regularly called up Volga Germans into their Army. Somehow Carl managed to get a plum job as a guard for the Tsar, avoiding the dangerous battle fronts. At the conclusion of his service, he began to finalize his plans to leave Russia.

According to other Volga Germans who immigrated to the United States, the villagers first sent out scouts to check out the country and see if it was indeed a place where Grimmers could live and flourish. These scouts then returned to Russia and passed the information they'd collected on to the rest of their villagers. Although the big cities were nice, people were interested in moving to an area where they could immediately be successful, which meant a place where they could farm. They discovered that the Midwest and Plains States held the most promise because the terrain resembled that of the Russian Steppes, where Grimm was situated. Families began to immigrate to the United States in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

Carl, along with his sister Mollie Fritzler Schneider and her family, left Russia at the end of 1912. First they traveled by train from Saratov to Libau, Latvia, which at the time was territory of Russia. ^[1] The trip to Libau took about two weeks. From there, a small ship took them on the first part of their ocean voyage from the European mainland to England. About two weeks later, they traveled from Liverpool, England, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the S.S. Canada. The Fritzlers and the Schneiders spent 17-19 days in England prior to boarding the S.S. Canada. Some of that time may have been spent traveling. The families likely boarded a train that took them to Liverpool after several stops along the way. According to Norway Heritage:

"Most of the emigrants entering Hull travelled via the Paragon Railway Station and from there travelled to Liverpool via Leeds, Huddersfield and Stalybridge (just outside Manchester). The train tickets were part of a package that included the steamship ticket to Hull, a train ticket to Liverpool and then the steamship ticket to their final destination - mainly America. Sometimes so many emigrants arrived at one time that there would be up to 17 carriages being pulled by one steam engine. All the baggage was stored in the rear 4 carriages, with the passengers filling the carriages nearer the front of the train. The trains took precedence over all other train services because of their length and usually left Hull on a Monday morning around 11.00 a.m., arriving in Liverpool between 2.00 and 3.00 pm."^[2]

The passenger manifest for their ship confirms the families travel along with other relatives and friends. (See a copy of the passenger manifest attached to this profile.)

Years later, Carl's brother-in-law Phillip Schneider recalled their journey to America for his granddaughter Janelle Zimmermann, who documented the conversation. ^[3] A DNA match between the two of us introduced us and led to her generously sharing the information she had from her mother, Freda Schneider Grotegut, and her grandparents, Philipp and Mollie Fritzler Schneider.

One note from her conversation with Philipp read, "He came to America leaving Grimm, Russia on November 27, 1912 and reached America January 13, 1913. They left by railroad to Libau, Finland." ^[3] Carl's daughter Mollie, the oldest of the children, was just five years old at the time they embarked on their journey, and she had two younger sisters, Amelia and Anna. According to the passenger manifest, Anna was an infant.

The reference to Libau, Finland was puzzling, since Libau is a Latvian city. I double checked to make sure there wasn't another Libau in Finland; there was not. If they traveled to Libau, they traveled to Western Latvia directly west from the Volga villages. It was curious that Phillip mentioned Finland at all, since Finland is northwest.

When families left the Volga region for a port that would lead to America, they usually traveled northwest by train from Saratov to Moscow, and then due west or southwest to the port city. It they were traveling to Libau, now called Liepaja, in Latvia, as the Fritzlers and the Schneiders did, they would probably continue due west from Moscow to Riga and finally Libau. Some trains traveled north to Minsk first, and then down to Libau. The distance from Saratov to Libau is a little over 1,200 miles, and it was probably even longer if there was no direct train route. Without any documentation today, it's difficult to determine which way the Fritzlers and the Schneiders traveled from the Volga River to the Baltic Sea.

Focusing on the voyage from Libau to the United Kingdom, records show they took a small ship from Libau to Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire, England. The town was more commonly known as Hull. This was the first time I had heard the town mentioned in connection with my family's history. I wondered which ships used that port, so I researched a little deeper. There were two shipping lines that provided passenger service to Hull:

• The Wilson Line of Hull, England: It mainly transported passengers between Norway and England.

• F.Å.A.: This was an acronym for the Finnish Steamship Company which transported passengers from Helsinki and Libau to Hull.

Because Phillip Schneider clearly mentioned Finland in his story about his journey to America, he probably meant they boarded a Finnish ship, not that they actually traveled to Finland before heading south and west.

Wikipedia confirms the Finnish Steamship Company Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag was also known as F.Å.A. ^[4] Their ship was the S.S. Titania, primarily used to transport emigres from Finland to Hull. It made stops along the way in Libau and Copenhagen, picking up and transporting Russians and Jewish Latvians in addition to Volga Germans. ^[5]

Note: I am separating Volga Germans from Russians, even though they were technically Russians in terms of their citizenship and passport documentation. The Volga Germans considered themselves a separate group of people for more than 150 years, never intermarrying with Russians or any other ethnic minority in Russia.

According to the Genealogical Society of Finland, while some ships traveled from Helsinki to Hull, some ships carried Russians directly from Libau to Hull.

"Apart from Finns, the volumes record thousands of Russians, a number of Estonians, Latvians and Livonians. Many of the Russians have Jewish names, but even German names are common...It is unclear whether all Russian emigrants traveled by way of Hanko, since F.Å.A. boats carried Russian emigrants from Libau to Hull without calling at a Finnish port." ^[5] (emphasis added)

In searching for a copy of the F.Å.A. passenger lists from 1912, it was discovered that copies of the passenger lists up to 1910 and after 1918 exist; the lists for passengers traveling between those years are either not available or were destroyed. ^[6]

According to Phillip Schneider, the journey on the S.S. Titania from Libau to Hull took four days, which means the two families arrived in England on December 15-18, 1912. ^[3] The ship docked at the Riverside Quay, a dock built specifically to handle quick turnaround ocean vessel traffic at the port. A rail station adjoined the quay, allowing European travelers to conveniently board a train that took them to Liverpool where they would board larger ocean liners that headed to America.

The Fritzlers and the Schneiders spent 17-19 days in England prior to boarding the S.S. Canada. Some of that time may have been spent traveling. The families likely boarded a train that took them to Liverpool after several stops along the way. According to Norway Heritage:

"Most of the emigrants entering Hull travelled via the Paragon Railway Station and from there travelled to Liverpool via Leeds, Huddersfield and Stalybridge (just outside Manchester). The train tickets were part of a package that included the steamship ticket to Hull, a train ticket to Liverpool and then the steamship ticket to their final destination - mainly America. Sometimes so many emigrants arrived at one time that there would be up to 17 carriages being pulled by one steam engine. All the baggage was stored in the rear 4 carriages, with the passengers filling the carriages nearer the front of the train. The trains took precedence over all other train services because of their length and usually left Hull on a Monday morning around 11.00 a.m., arriving in Liverpool between 2.00 and 3.00 pm."^[2]

According to historical records, once the passengers arrived in Liverpool, they were not allowed to board outbound ships until the day before or the day of departure.^[2] If they arrived earlier than that, they were forced to stay in a lodging house. Historically, the lodging houses had a reputation for being crowded and unsanitary.^[2] By the turn of the 20th century, often the steamship companies looked after the emigrants during their stay, putting them up in company-owned lodges. Although conditions in the early 1900s were better than those 30-50 years earlier, there were still complaints. It's difficult to imagine which was worse: lodging accommodations in the Liverpool or steerage class on board a ship. Knowing this makes it clear how horrible the conditions in their homeland must have been. Uprooting families and enduring the long, uncomfortable journey to America was a small price to pay for the chance at a better life.

After the Fritzlers and Schneiders spent more a couple of weeks in a lodging house, they boarded their ship and departed for America on January 4, 1913. The voyage across the Atlantic normally took 10-11 days. Some ships traveling across the Atlantic made a stop in Ireland to pick up additional passengers. Since the S.S. Canada made the voyage in only 9 days, they probably bypassed Ireland and headed straight to America, reaching Nova Scotia, Canada on January 13, 1913. ^[7]

Carl's brother-in-law remembered what the families paid for tickets on the steamers: $150 per adult, $75 per child, and $8 for an infant son under two years of age.^[3] Most likely they traveled 2nd class or steerage, and they brought plenty of black bread and sausage from home for the journey. Phillip recalled that the ship meals included bear meat and fish, among other things, and that, frankly, the food wasn't very tasty.^[3] Even though they dipped in to their personal food supply, the families still managed to make their bread and sausage last more than a month, until shortly before they arrived in Chicago.^[3]

The ship landed in Nova Scotia, Canada. Passengers going to the United States were transported over the border where they were processed in Portland, Maine. ^[8]

From there the families took a train to Chicago where they stayed with two different families. Carl and his family stayed with the Albrandts, extended family members of the Fritzlers, while the Schneiders stayed with Herman Schuette, Phillip's cousin.

Carl Fritzler chose to take his family to Windsor, Colorado where there was already a large population of Volga German immigrants. ^[9] He may have homesteaded land there, although I haven't yet found any record of it. During those first years, the family worked for the sugar beet companies in the Windsor area.^[9] Working in the fields was back-breaking work, and not even the children were spared from working the fields during the harvest season.

Carl eventually saved enough money to purchase a home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.^[9] Fond du Lac was another city with a large population of Germans from Russia, including Carl's two sisters, Elisabeth Trott and Eva Felde and their families. He and his family finally settled in a house at 180 Doty Street, just one block away from Rueping Leather Company, where Carl was employed.^[9] He was a faithful worker there until he retired in 1947. ^[9]

He was very religious, not only as a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Fond du Lac, but also as a member of the German Brotherhood. ^[9] The Brotherhood was based on the Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia; its members practiced a stricter version of their Protestant faith which required them to renounce military service and adhere to a simple way of life, among other things. ^[10] In the late 1800s, Mennonite missionaries from the southern German colonies traveled north and taught their worship style and beliefs to the Reformed Lutherans who were living in Grimm. This was the beginning of a religious awakening, at least for Grimm residents who began to adhere to the Mennonite Brethren doctrine in addition to their own doctrines. When Grimm residents immigrated to the United States, they brought the brotherhood with them. Here it was called the German Brotherhood, and it offered former Volga German residents a way to meet regularly, worship and honor the traditions that they had in Russia.^[10] The group was comprised of Biblically-learned laymen who took turns leading their small group in old-style worship.^[10] Services were held in German, not English.^[10]

Carl was an honorable family man, quiet and kind, and very close to his five children and their families. They had occasional, large get-togethers both in the Fond du Lac area and at a lake cottage owned by his grandson. He and his wife often traveled around Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, visiting other Grimm residents who had also immigrated to different areas in the United States. Many of those people were extended family members with whom they remained close for the rest of their lives. Carl was known far and wide for his frequent humming, usually of his favorite hymns, often while sitting on his front porch. Case in point: My discussion with his still-living family members revealed that his 94-year-old niece, Frieda Schneider Grotegut, recalled that he was a hummer, always humming. ^[11]

Four years after losing his wife Eva to the aftereffects of a stroke in 1959, Carl died in 1963. The couple is buried at Estabrooks Cemetery in Fond du Lac.

Quotes and Links

..."The export of butter to the UK required regular sailings and vessels equipped with refrigerated cargo space, and the company placed it's best ships on this service between Hanko and Hull, and later between Turku and Hull. They were also heavily involved in the transport of Finnish emigrants to Hull on their way to America and by 1932 had carried nearly half a million passengers on this route. (See Transmigration via British Ports)." http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/finland.shtml

..."Finland Steamship Company (Swedish: Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag, abbreviated FÅA, Finnish: Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö, abbreviated SHO) was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius. In Finnish and Swedish, the company was usually referred to simply as FÅA. In 1976, the company changed its name to Effoa, a phonetic spelling of the abbreviation FÅA." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Steamship_Company

..."Unlike many other immigrants to the Americas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Germans from Russia wanted to continue farming and settled in agricultural areas rather than industrial cities. Primary areas were the Plains states of Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, North and South Dakota, with some movement to specific areas of Washington and California (Fresno and Lodi for instance) in the United States; Saskatchewan and Manitoba of Canada; and Brazil and Argentina. These areas tended to resemble the flat plains of the Russian steppes. In addition, the upper Great Plains still had arable land available for free settlement under the Homestead Act." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans_from_Russia

..."The Vorname (in English forename) is usually given to a child by the parents shortly after birth. It is common to give a child several Vornamen (forenames), one of them intended for everyday use and known as the Rufname ("appellation name"). This Rufname is often underlined on official documents, as it is sometimes the second or third name in the sequence of given names on official record, even though it is the given name in daily use from childhood." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_name

..."Finland Steamship Company's Emigrant Ships: S/S TITANIA. Passenger steamer, one deck & spar deck, Passengers: Deck I: 86, Deck II: 68,Deck III: 585. Ice class: 1. Tonnages: 3,495 GRT, 1,997 NRT, 1,940 tdw. Length over all: 100.60 m. Breadth: 13.65 m. Draught: ?. Engine: Triple steam engine 3 cy. by the shipbuilders. Horse powers: 4,500 IHP. Speed: 14.5 knots. 31.8.1908. Completed by Gourlay Bros. & Co., Dundee, as S/S Titania for Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki. Sailed on Helsinki/Hanko - Copenhagen - Hull line. 14.3.1916: Requisitioned by the British Admiralty. Converted to an armed accomodation vessel and renamed HMS Tithonus. 1918: When escorting as an aux. cruiser a convoy for Norway torpedoed by the German UB 72 and sank on March 28 about 50 miles east of Aberdeen. Four British men lost their lives. Source: The Ships of Our First Century : The Effoa Fleet 1883-1983. Ed. by Matti Pietikäinen & Bengt Sjöström. Keuruu 1983, 231 p. ISBN 951-99438-5-4." Genealogia Finland

..."Apart from Finns, the volumes record thousands of Russians, a number of Estonians, Latvians and Livonians. Many of the Russians have Jewish names, but even German names are common. To some extent there are separate books, but even books mainly recording Finnish emigrants contain such names. It is unclear wheher all Russian emigrants travelled by way of Hanko, since F.Å.A. boats carried Russian emigrants from Libau to Hull without calling at a Finnish port. Three or four times the F.Å.A. carried several hundred Russsian marines to Philadelphia, U.S. There was at least one voyage by an F.Å.A. boat directly to Philadelphia without a call at England." Genealogia Finland

..."In 1906 the Wilson Line formed a separate company with the North Eastern Railway Company to integrate some of their rail and steamship services. This new company, the Wilson and North Eastern Railway and Shipping Company, made even greater profits by shipping and then transporting by rail the thousands of emigrants they brought to the UK each year. The new joint company limited the numbers who travelled via any other shipping or railway company and ensured a degree of continuity in the journey from steamship to quayside not seen at any other UK port of entry. Although it was the Allan, Cunard, Dominion or White Star Lines who sold tickets throughout rural and urban Scandinavia to would-be migrants for travel to America, it was Wilson ships which brought almost all the migrants to the UK - thus generating huge profits for their owners. The Wilson Line was at the time the largest privately owned shipping line in the world and its size accounts for the dominant role it held over the migration of thousands of Scandinavian emigrants between 1843 and 1914." http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/voyages.asp?articleid=28&zoneid=6

..."For much of this period Liverpool was, by far, the most important port of departure for emigrants from Europe because, as well as its established transatlantic links, Liverpool was well placed to receive the many emigrants from the countries of north western Europe, such as Scandinavians, Russians and Poles who crossed the North Sea to Hull by steamer and then travelled to Liverpool by train." http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/sheet/64

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 ^[12]

Name: Karl Fritzler

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Birth Date: abt 1881

Departure Date: 4 Jan 1913

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Destination Port: Portland

Ship Name: Canada

Search Ship Database: Search for the Canada in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Shipping line: White Star Dominion Line

Official Number: 106866

Master: B O Jones

Canada Passenger Lists ^[7]

Name Karl Fritzler

Event Type Immigration

Event Date Jan 1913

Event Place Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender Male

Age 32

Birth Year (Estimated) 1831

Birthplace Russia

Ship Name Canada

Canadian Passenger List ^[8]

Name: Karl Fritzler

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Birth Year: abt 1881

Birth Country: Russia

Date of Arrival: 14 Jan 1913

Vessel: Canada

Search Ship Database: Search for the Canada in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine, USA

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

World War I Draft Registration ^[13]

Name: Carl Fretzlar [sic]

Event Type: Draft Registration

Event Date: 1917-1918

Event Place: Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States

Event Place (Original): United States, Wisconsin, Kenosha County

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1880

Citizenship Place: Russia

1920 United States Federal Census ^[14]

Name: Carl Fretzler [Carl Fritzler]

Age: 40

Birth Year: abt 1880

Birthplace: Russia

Home in 1920: Fond du Lac Ward 14, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Street: W Aindt St

House Number: 111

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1913

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Eva Fretzler

Father's Birthplace: Russia

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Native Tongue: German

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Laborer

Industry: Lea Co

Employment Field: Wage or Salary

Naturalization Status: Alien

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Carl Fretzler 40

Eva Fretzler 34

Mollie Fretzler 12

Amelia Fretzler 10

Anna Fretzler 8

Carl Fretzler 5

Edward Fretzler 1

1930 United States Federal Census ^[15]

Name: Carl Fritzler

Birth Year: abt 1880

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Russia

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1930: Fond du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Map of Home: View Map

Street address: Doty

Ward of City: 13

House Number in Cities or Towns: 180

Dwelling Number: 226

Family Number: 368

Home Owned or Rented: Owned

Home Value: 3, 000

Radio Set: Yes

Lives on Farm: No

Age at First Marriage: 27

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Russia

Mother's Birthplace: Russia

Language Spoken: German

Immigration Year: 1913

Naturalization: Naturalized

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Laborer

Industry: Tannery

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker

Employment: Yes

Household Members: Name Age

Carl Fritzler 50

Eva Fritzler 43

Amelia Fritzler 20

Anna Fritzler 18

Carl Fritzler 15

Edward Fritzler 11

1940 United States Federal Census ^[16]

Name: Carl Fritzler

Age: 60

Estimated birth year: abt 1880

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace:Russia

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1940: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Map of Home in 1940: View Map

Street: Doty Street

House Number: 180

Farm: No

Inferred Residence in 1935: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Residence in 1935: Same House

Citizenship: Naturalized

Sheet Number: 11A

Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 168

Occupation: Coloring Whaler

House Owned or Rented: Owned

Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 2000

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 35

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work

Weeks Worked in 1939: 52

Income: 1328

Income Other Sources: No

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Carl Fritzler 60

Eva Fritzler 53

Adolph Fritzler 21

Naturalization Record ^[17]

Name: Karl Fritzler

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1880

Birth Place: Russia

Age at event: 48

Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa

Year of Arrival: 1913

Date of Action: 25 Feb 1929

World War II Draft Card ^[18]

Name: Carl Fritzler

Gender: Male

Race: White

Residence Age: 62

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1880

Birth Place: Russia

Residence Date: 1942

Residence Place: Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

Wisconsin Death Index ^[19]

Name: Carl Fritzler

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 11 Apr 1963

Event Place: Fodu, , Wisconsin

Residence Place: , Wisconsin

Gender: Male

Age: 83

Certificate Number: 011420

United States Social Security Death Index ^[20]

Age: 83

Given Name: Carl

Surname: Fritzler

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1880

State: Wisconsin

Event Date: Apr 1963

Sources

1. ↑ Janelle Zimmermann, granddaughter, untitled notes from Philip Schneider. Originally tape-recorded circa 1972, but transcribed and emailed to Julie Miller Mangano, 07/09/2016; files of Julie Miller Mangano, Round Rock, Texas, USA.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Norway Heritage.com, Hands across the Sea, Articles, Templates, Voyages, see: http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/voyages.asp?articleid=28&zoneid=6.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Janelle Zimmermann, granddaughter, untitled notes from Philip Schneider. Originally tape-recorded circa 1972, but transcribed and emailed to Julie Miller Mangano, 07/09/2016; files of Julie Miller Mangano, Round Rock, Texas, USA.
4. ↑ Wikipedia, online encyclopedia, Finland, Steampship Company, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Steamship_Company.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Genealogical Society of Finland, Research, The F.Å.A. Line's Passenger Lists.
6. ↑ Liverpool Museums, liverpoolmuseums.org, Maritime, Archives, see: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/sheet/64.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 2010. Name: Karl Fritzler; Gender: Male; Age: 32; Birth Year: abt 1881; Birth Country; Russia; Date of Arrival: 14 Jan 1913; Vessel: Canada; Search Ship Database: Canada; Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine, USA; Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 2010. Name: Karl Fritzler; Age: 32; Estimated birth year: abt 1881; Birthplace: Grim, Russia; Gender: Male; Ethnic Background: German; Arrival Date: 15 Jan 1913; Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine; Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Ship Name: Canada; Friend's Name: J Albrandt; Last Residence: Russia; Place of Origin: Russia; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5} Ruth Virginia Kaiser Miller, daughter of Alex and Mollie Fritzler Kaiser, personal records, photos, and photocopies of documents regarding her parents and grandparents, 04/21/2015; files of Julie Miller Mangano, Round Rock, Texas, United States.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Global Anabaptist Mennonite Online, Mennonite Brethren Church. The Doctrinal Position and Organization of the Mennonite Brethren Church, see: http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Mennonite_Brethren_Church#The_Doctrinal_Position_and_Organization_of_the_Mennonite_Brethren_Church.
11. ↑ Frieda Schneider Grotegut, daughter of Philip Schneider, transcriptions of conversations with daughter Janelle Zimmermann, 07/09/2016; stories from her childhood and young adult years, 1920-1945; in the files of Julie Miller Mangano, Round Rock, Texas, USA.
12. ↑ UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 2012. Name: Karl Fritzler; Gender: Male; Age 32; Birth Date: abt 1881; Departure Date: 4 Jan 1913; Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Destination Port: Portland; Ship Name: Canada; Search Ship Database: Canada; Shipping Line: White Star Dominion Line; Official Number 106866; Master: B O Jones; ; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
13. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8QR-PHQ : 24 August 2019), Carl Fretzlar, 1917-1918.
14. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fond du Lac Ward 14, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1986; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 961, Carl Fretzler [sic], age 40, born in Russia; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
15. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Fond du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: 2572; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 973.0; FHL microfilm: 2342306, Carl Fritzler, born about 1880 in Russia; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
16. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4479; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 20-18, Carl Fritzler, age 60 born in Russia; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
17. ↑ U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-19, Karl Fritzler, born 28 February 1880 in Russia; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
18. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; State Headquarters: Wisconsin; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-; Record Group Number: 147Carl Fritzler, age 62, born in Russia; Ancestry.com online database, accessed 05 July 2023.
19. ↑ "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8SP-5R7 : 12 December 2014), Carl Fritzler, 11 Apr 1963; from "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing certificate number 011420, Fodu, , Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health, Madison.
20. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9ZG-TTT : 20 May 2014), Carl Fritzler, Apr 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• 1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia Census List, Translated by Richard Rye, Compiled and Edited by John Groh, Contributor Henry Schmick; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published 2017; page 86, family #170, line 5, Karl, son of Johann Jacob Fritzler, age 16.

• "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS3-LS2L : 31 July 2014), Carl Fritzler Jr in entry for Carl Fritzler Sr, 12 Apr 1963; citing Obituary, in The Commonwealth Reporter; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska. Carl Fritzler.

• Ruth Virginia Kaiser Miller, daughter of Alex and Mollie Fritzler Kaiser, personal records, photos, and photocopies of documents regarding her parents and grandparents, 04/21/2015; files of Julie Miller Mangano, Round Rock, Texas, USA.

• Alexander Kaiser, cassette tape recording for his family, description of how his family immigrated to Russia and later to the United States, circa 1972; files of Julie Miller Mangano, Round Rock, Texas, USA.

• Della Trucking, della.lv, distance between Liepaja (LV) and Saratov (RU), 1953 km, approximate travel time of 23 hours 9 minutes, see: http://www.della.lv/distance/?cities=5703,346.

• German Russian, germanrussia.info, Volga Facts, Volga Region Village Facts, see: http://www.germanrussian.info/Volga_facts/Volga_Region_Village_Facts.pdf.