General Notes

T2 Haplogroup

Arrived on the ship, the Bark, Columbia, August 9, !869 in New York from Bremmen. Franz is listed as being a weaver. They were married by 1869. May have been traveling with Gottleib Georger, wife, Paulina and child, Adolph.

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m. 1866 -1869 Gabersdorf, near Neider Wustegiersdorf(Wüstegiersdorf)now Gluszyca on daughter's and son's birth certificate, near Waldenburg, now in Poland, Walbrzych about 1 1/2 miles to the Czech border. Mentioned on one of the children's birth record.

1900 census lived at 42 Canal street in same house as daughter Amelia, different floor.

1910 census, living with son Henry at 491 Totowa Ave, Paterson, NJ by 1910

Henry W Grossbeck 33
Ametia Grossbeck     64
Rudolph Christ     30
Elizebeth A Christ     31
Franklin Christ     11/12

Germany/now Poland, Gluszyca, now located in Southwest Poland, near Waldenburg (Walbrzych) near the Czech border in the province of Silesia (Schlesien)

1900 census records indicate she immigrated in 1869

By 1900 census Amelia was listed as living with her daughter Amelia and son-in-law at 42 Canal Street  with two of her children

Baptism Certificate of daughter:
Mr. Franz Grosspietsch
Born from: Wuglersdorf in Schlesien Prussia
And his wife: Emilie Wiesner
From: Wuglersdorf in Schlesien Prussia
At: 8th June 1874 in Paterson NJ
a: daughter was born: who at 27th October 1874
was baptised with the name
Pauline Anna
Wittness at Baptisim was
Anna Pauline Kramer

This signed with his name and signature
Paterson, NJ Pastor: J. Wahsenburger (spelling?)
on 4th November 1874

Wiesner, habitational name for someone from a place called Wiesen, or topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, a derivative of Middle High German wise ‘meadow’.


Paterson, New Jersey Directories, 1890-93
Name:     Amelia Grossbeck, Widow Frank
Location 2: 38 Canal
Year:     1891, 1892
City:     Paterson
State:     NJ

1910 Paterson, NJ census:
Grossbeck     Henry W     Head     Male     White     33     1877     Single     New Jersey     Germany     Germany     1869
Grossbeck     Ametia     Mother     Female     White     64     1846     Widowed     Germany     Germany     Germany     1869
Christ     Rudolph     Brother-in-Law     Male     White     30     1880     Married     Switzerland     Switzerland     Switzerland     1889
Christ     Elizebeth A     Sister     Female     White     31     1879     Married     New Jersey     Germany     Germany     add
Christ     Franklin     Nephew     Male     White     11/12     abt 1910     Single     New Jersey     Switzerland     New Jersey

Told by a relative, she was told, both Wiesner's and Grosspietsch's were Jewish and converted to being Prostestant when they came to this country.