USA

The Zedlitz living in the U.S. today are descendants of three different immigrants.

Carl Richard Theodore ZEDLITZ

Carl Richard Theodore was born in 1832 in Striegau, Schweidnitz county, Silesia. On 7th November 1849 he left Bremen on board the “Hershel” and arrived at Galveston, TX on 20th January 1850.

In 1859 he married Louise Adelgunde Maria HILDEBRAND (1841-1906) and together they had ten children:

• Mary Louise Agnes (1860-1931)
• August Fredrick Julius (1862-)
• Fredricka Clara (1863-)
• Anna Matilda Ida (1866-1868)
• Christopher Carl (1868-1900) *
• Richard Edward (1870-1956) *
• Conrad Jacob Theodor (1872-)
• Maria Jacobine Louise (1872-1937) *
• George Arthur Ernst (1874-1941) *
• Herman Otto Rudolph (1883-1953) *

Carl Richard Theodore died in Paige, TX in 1898 at the age of 65.

Today his descendants (marked with a * in the list of his children above) live in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and neighbouring states.

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Friedrich Rudolph Wilhelm ZEDLITZ

Friedrich Rudolph Wilhelm (1851-1926) immigrated to Connecticut in 1878. His descendants live in Connecticut and North Carolina.

Ernst August ZEDLITZ

Ernst August was born in Kanth, Breslau county, Silesia in 1880. He lived in Berlin before he left Hamburg on board the “S.S. Saxonia” on 24th April 1923. He arrived at New York on 7th May 1923. He owned a butcher’s store in Toledo, OH. At least three children originate from his marriage with Maria Hilda Therese PIOCH:

• Hubert August Wilhelm
• Herbert Ernst (1907-1990)
• third son

Other emmigrants

Besides these three emmigrants who’s descendants are known there were a couple of other Zedlitz-immigrants in the U.S. A connection between these and living Zedlitz is still unknown.

• Carl Richard Theodore ZEDLITZ

  • departure: 7th November 1849 Bremen
  • ship: Hershel
  • arrival: 20th January 1850 Galveston, Texas

• Friedrich Rudolph Wilhelm ZEDLITZ

  • arrival: 1878 Connecticut

• Rudolf ZEDLITZ (* ca 1849)

  • occupation: smith
  • departure: Rotterdam
  • ship: Rotterdam
  • arrival: 26th November 1879 New York

• Onfro ZEDLITZ (* ca 1853)

  • origin: Poland
  • departure: 1. Mai 1882 Hamburg
  • ship: Roland
  • arrival: New York
  • travels with his wife Helene (* ca 1862)
  • source: state archive Hamburg,  373-7 I, VIII B 1 volume 050, page 721

• Maria ZEDLITZ (* ca 1865)

  • origin: Obergener
  • ship: Prave
  • arrival: 1892 New York

• Hugo ZEDLITZ (* ca 1862)

  • occupation: countryman
  • origin: Güstrow, Mecklenburg
  • supposed to live in Altona, Schleswig-Holstein in 1923
  • ship: Russia
  • arrival: 1893 New York
  • source: state archive Hamburg,  373-7 I, VIII A 1 volume 086, page 1077

• ? ZEDLITZ (* ca 1859)

  • occupation: officer
  • departure: Bremen
  • ship: Spree
  • arrival: 15th Juni 1893 New York
  • traveled together with his wife (* ca. 1868) and his sone Georg ZEDLITZ (* ca. 1891)

• Robert ZEDLITZ (* ca 1863)

  • ship: Britannia
  • arrival: 24th August 1894 New York

• Emma ZEDLITZ (* ca 1843)

  • occupation: farmer
  • ship: Trave
  • arrival: 13th August 1896 New York

• Adolf ZEDLITZ (* ca 1873)

  • with his wife Bertha (* ca 1876)
  • and his son Adolf ZEDLITZ (* ca 1899)
  • immigrated to the U.S. in 1905
  • source: census 1910 in Mead, Spokane, Washington

• Aagot ZEDLITZ (* ca 1886)

  • ship: United States
  • arrival: 1919 New York