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Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Olp and Friederike Dorothea Charlotte Strege
City of Wollin/Wolin and Chinnow/Chynowo in Kreis Usedom-Wollin
1849 via Hamburg, Quebec & Buffalo, NY
Gottlieb Zeise and Elizabeth Bartch (did not emigrate), children.....
Johann Gottlieb Zeise and Johanna Dorothea Wurm (1875)
Ernest W. Zeise and Anna Rosina Tischer (1867 & 1869)
Karl Zeise, believed to have returned to Silesia.
Two Zeise daughters, did not emigrate.
Auguste Louise Tischer Dosdall (Anna's sister in 1875 with Zeise-Wurm family)
Image, Ferdinand Olp Wisconsin land record certificate
Image Index text, Ferdinand Olp Wisconsin land record certificate
Married on 10-26-1833 in the Evangelische Kirche, Kolzow (now Kolczewo/Nowe, Poland), Kreis Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany to Friederike Dorothea Charlotte Strege, b: 9-17-1808 in Chinnow, Kreis Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany; d: 1-26-1882 in Cooperstown Twp, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin. Cause of death: Lingering illness and frailness. Enjoyed generally good health in life. Homemaker.
Friederike's parents: Martin Friedrich Strege, Regina Maria Kohlat. Baptized 9-25-1808 in the church at Kolzow (short distance from Chinnow). She had 3 sponsors (names to be added). She was also confirmed there. An older brother, Johann Friedrich, b. 1805 is known from a Kolzow church baptism record, more research being done from four Mormon films (baptisms, marriages, deaths 1800-1874, film numbers 1273039 Item 3, 1273040, 1273041, 1273042 Item 1.
Genealogy (1 generation) Report detail (work in progress, contact me):
Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Olp and Friederike Dorothea Charlotte Strege
Ferdinand and Friederike 9 children:
William "Bill" Olp, b: 1833 in Stettin, Prussia, Germany; d: Unknown in Oregon
Married Vienna Mexico Wikle, b: 7-25-1851 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
d: 4-25-1946 in Prairie City, Grant County, Oregon
m: 11-11-1888 in Prairie City, Oregon
NEED HELP FINDING HER! Augustine "Augusta" Wilhelmine Olp, b: 1-25-1835 in Leussin, Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany; d: Unknown in Unknown. She emigrated in 1849 with her parents. She is 15 yrs. old on the 1850 census in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her parents. Her twin sister......
Friederike Wilhelmine Olp, b: 1-25-1835 in Leussin, Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany. She is not listed in the 1850 U.S. Census with the family. It is possible she died before or during the 1849 emigration journey. Nothing more is known.
"Julius" Heinrich Wilhelm Olp, b: 6-17-1836 in Chinnow, Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany; d: 6-11-1894 in Cooperstown, Manitowoc Cty, Wisconsin
Married Johanna C. W. Nass, b: 3-14-1841 in Pommern, Germany, Prussia; d: 10-22-1904 in Manitowoc, WI
m: 8-20-1859 in Cooperstown Twp., Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Julius and Johanna had 6 children, oldest to youngest:
Rosalie (Roselia) W. B. Olp, Anton Karl J. Olp (12 children), Robert G. H. Olp (5 children), August William Olp (9-22-1877 to 7-26-1895), Wilhelm J. Olp (6-10-1881 to 6-15-1881), George August Wilhelm Olp.
"Carl" Theodore Friedrich Olp, b: 8-11-1838 in Chinnow, Usedom-Wollin, Germany; d: Abt. 1899 in Cooperstown Twp, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin. Nothing more is known.
Friedrich "Ludwig" Edward Olp, b: 11-23-1840 in Chinnow, Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany; d: Aft. 1892 in Wisconsin
Married Augusta Buth, b: Abt. 1843 in Pommern, Prussia, Germany; d: Unknown in Unknown m: Unknown in Wisconsin. Marriage date unknown
Ludwig and Augusta had 9 children, believed oldest to youngest:
Emma E. L. Olp, Wilhelm Julius Ferdinand Olp, Elizabeth (Bessie) Olp, Gustav William A. Olp, Alma A. R. W. Olp, triplets Albert Olp, Karl Olp, Wilhelm John K. Olp (only Karl lived).
"Robert" George Friedrich Olp, b: 3-20-1843 in Chinnow, Kreis Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany; d: 3-23-1924 in Maple Grove township, Manitowoc county, WI
Married Mathilda Nass, b: 5-2-1850 in Germany, d: 6-28-1927 in Maple Grove Township, Manitowoc county, WI
m: 1868 in Wisconsin
Robert and Mathilda had 8 children (see below).
Robert is my great-grandfather.
"Hermann" Gottlieb Christian Olp, b: 10-9-1845 in Chinnow, Kreis Usedom-Wollin, Pommern, Germany; d: 6-25-1913 in Prairie City, Grant County, Oregon.
Married Sarah Jane Johnson, b: 7-16-1857 in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa; d: 11-15-1942 in Prairie City, Grant County, Oregon.
m: 6-15-1874 in Prairie City, Grant County, Oregon
Hermann and Sarah had 11 children, oldest to youngest:
Twins Jennine Augusta Olp and Charlotte Fredericka Olp, Amelia Matilda Olp, Sarah Lorena Olp, Herman Frederick Olp, William Montgomery Olp, Robert Bracket Olp, Charles Samuel Olp, Ruth Rosealpha Olp, Harriette Eleanor Olp, Julius Ludwig Olp
Charles Samuel, son of Herman & Sarah, Olp - Grace Viles family report begins here:
Olp-Viles
"Mathilda" S. A. Olp, b: 3-6-1850 in (unconfirmed) Milwaukee, Wisconsin; d: 6-20-1924 in Town of Morrison, Brown County, Wisconson. She is on the 1850 census, 4 mo. old living in Milwaukee with her parents. She married August A. Haese (b. 1-10-1843 Germany, d: 9-12-1915 in Morrison, Brown County, Wisconsin) on 1-15-1869 in Manitowoc County (probably St. John's Lutheran in Maribel, Wisconsin). They are buried Zion Evangelical Cemetery, Morrison, Brown County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the church. August ran the Haese Saw Mill until his death, son Arthur sold it in 1919, it burned shortly after. They had 11 children (this is still being researched); oldest to youngest: Robert (b. 8-1873), Emma, Bertha, Julie, Arthur, Eleanor, August, Caroline, Helen, Ida, Louise.
More on Robert and Mahtilda Olp family:
Robert and Mahtilda Nass had 8 children, oldest to youngest:
Julia (Otto Knuth, 4 children)
Otto Julius (Emma Minna - Minnie - Zeise, 6 children, see below)
Wilhelm Karl (Adeline, one child)
Helena W. B. (Herman K.E. Jaeger, 7 children)
Gustav (wife unknown, 1 known child)
Bertha Rosa J. (William E. Wegner)
Rosalie Wilhelmena Augusta (August "Charlie" Gauger, 2 children)
Robert August William, Jr. (Alvina Schley, 3 children)
Otto Julius is my grandfather.
Otto and Emma Minna (Minnie) Zeise had 6 daughters, oldest to youngest:
Ella & Walter Kelm (1 child)
Emma & Fred Williams - (tributes & story) (5 children)
Dorothy & Art Firch (no children)
Frieda & Emil Krupp (tribute) (1 child)
Edna & Herman Ballenthin (tributes & story) (1 child)
Alvera & Ted Lustig (tributes & Lustig genealogy) (5 children)
Edna Olp Ballenthin is my mother.
cir. 1972 picture of Olp sisters
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Children of Ernest W. & Anna Rosina Zeise, oldest to youngest:
Rudolph (Ida Dorothea Blume, 9 children)
Emma Minna "Minnie" (Otto Olp, 6 children) (see Olp-Strege section for more)
Bertha (August Schley, 11 children)
August (Christine Whilmenia Kuhnke, 4 children)
Anna (William H. Wegner, 11 children)
Minnie is my grandmother.
Report: Augusta Louise Tischer Dostall
Sister to (Louisa) Anna Rosina Tischer Zeise
Children of Johann Gottlieb & Johanna Zeise, oldest to youngest:
Johanna (Ludwig Frank, 2 children; Wm. Ogrosky, 8 children)
Ernest
Carl
Henriette (Leonard Bion, 2 children)
Ernst Carl "Robert" (Anna Weinknecht, 4 children; Rilda Stewart, 7 children)
Johanna Christine "Pauline" (Peter Ochs, 5 children)
Louise (Philip Wegner, 3 children)
Emma (Otto Pieper, 4 children)
Fredrick (Olive Vick, 9 children)
HELP NEEDED - to find Rilda's step-sister Rachael Stewart Verzani and husband Sabino. Lived for a time Owatonna, MN and Faribault, MN. Buried Calvary Cemetery, Faribault.
G L I E N K E - K R Ö G G E L - L I E D E R
Johann Ballenthin (b.1-3-1869 in Wocknin, Rummelsburg, Germany; d. 11-1948 in Burkersdorf, Thüringia, Germany) married Emma Glienke (b: Abt. 1876; d: 5-1914 in Groß Schwirsen, Rummelsburg, Pommern, Germany) and had 6 children, oldest to youngest:
Frieda (Karl Kuchenbäcker, 1 child)
Herman (emigrated Dec, 1924 via Bremen & Ellis Island) (Edna Olp, 1 child)
Erich (Edith, 1 child)
Martha (Albert Bauschke, 2 children)
Otto (Anne Tresemer, 1 known child)
Willi (emigrated Jan., 1930 via Hamburg & Ellis Island) (Adeline Heyer, 4 children)
Herman is my father.
Johann remarried Martha Glienke (Emma's sister) in 1915; she was born 9-3-1891, Groß Schwirsen, Rummelsburg, Pommern, Germany, died 5-1-1965 in Burkersdorf, Thüringia, Germany. They had 8 children:
Elli (died young)
Hans (Freda Kruse)
Walter (unmarried, died Oct., 1943)
Else (b. 1921, died in Burksdorf, Germany)
Meta (died aft. 1945 in Siberia)
Gertrude (married, 1 known child) died in Burkersdorf, Thüringia, Germany
Gerhard (Margarete, 1 child)
Erna (Johannes Friedrich Kratsch, 2 children)
Ballenthin Family Group Sheet reports (work in progress, contact me):
Ferdinand & Friedericke (Peters)
Johann & Emma (Glienke)
Johann & Martha (Glienke)
Ottilie (Ballenthin) & Carl Sorgatz
Hermann & Auguste (Kroggel) Glienke
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