The Witzels of Germany
A useful map has been developed to show the location of the Witzel surname over the centuries. Evidence shows that the surname developed around 1380 in the area of Fulda and Vacha, Germany. In general, there are pockets of Witzel families radiating from this point as time moves on. Seemingly, it can be assumed that the name Witzel evolved from only one original name bearer; for as yet, there is no clear evidence to the contrary. Spelling changes may be possible, but these most be viewed in real documents and not assumed linguisticly. There is little to no evidence that the name changes spelling except for an occassional deviation. However, variations of the name - Witzell, Witzl - could be regional, and other spellings - Wicel, Wissel, Wizzel - possible. There is little to no evidence that Weitzel or Wetzel are obviously connected variations, though they do occur in limited way.
The map locates towns of birth, marriage, death and occupation from 1380 to 1850. The Witzel surname is uncommon enough to show an isolated usage during this period. After 1850, the name begins to broaden its range beyond Germany at an increasing rate. Maps of present day Witzel families are shown on other pages of this website.
Though the town locations do not show a proportionate number a Witzels to the actual data, clusters of towns clearly show Witzel family areas. The date recorded is the earliest known date of a Witzel name bearer. Clearly, the map relies on available data submitted by Witzel family researchers. Sources are indicated at the end of each family tree. It can only be assumed that the information is accurate, based upon the research of a number of contributors.
The map is updated as often as is possible. As new information is collected, it can only be anticipated that new discoveries will become apparent.
It may be thought that all Witzel family lines connect at some point- each family with its own history. The data here should be useful in defining where your family may connect to the larger Witzel history.
The code symbols used in these tables are fairly standard for genealogical research, though some have been modified. Generations are shown by indented columns on the left with the numbers representing the number of known siblings and there spouses (s). |
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Date of Marriage |
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Date of Death |
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Approximate Date |
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Before |
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After |
unkn |
Unknown |
none |
Not Applicable |
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Spouse |
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First Known Child |
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Second Known Child |
b1497 Michael Witzel of Vacha
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b1497 Vacha |
Michael Witzel |
1497 Vacha |
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b1497 H�nfeld |
Agnes Landau |
1497 Vacha |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
b1501 unkn |
Johannes Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1501 Vacha |
Georg Witzel |
1524 Eisenach |
1573 Mainz |
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2s |
unkn Eisenach |
Elizabeth Kraus |
1524 Eisenach |
1564 Vacha |
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1 |
a1524 unkn |
Georg Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
*It is not known how many children Michael had. Agnes is known to be his second wife. There is no further information on Johannes Witzel. Georg Witzel is said to have had eight children. One was named Georg. Some of these unknowns might be discovered in Ditzel, Olaf. 'Georg Witzels Vorfahren in Vacha', Fuldaer Geschichtsbl�tter, Bd. 74. 1998. pp. 77-104, in which Ditzel desputes an earlier article by Richer, Gregor. 'Die Verwandtschaft Georg Witzels', Fuldaer Geschichtsbl�tter Bd. 8, 1909, pp. 113-126, 129-144, 155-160. Ditzel is said to have traced this line to 1380 in Vacha. Richer had earlier indicated these Witzels were from Fulda. |
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Ditzel, Olaf. 'Georg Witzel - erst Weggef�hrte, dann Gegner von Balthasar Raid'. Mein Heimatland. Band 39, Nr. 8. August, 2000. [�] |
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Honikel, Liesel. 'WITZEL'. http://list.genealogy.net/mailman/archiv/franken-l/2003-12/msg00009.html . December 3, 2003. [�]. |
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c1566 Gertraud Witzel of Fulda
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1554 Sankt Goar |
Roland Krug |
1586 unkn |
1617 Nidda |
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c1566 Fulda |
Gertraud Witzel |
1586 unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
1587 unkn |
Hermann Friedrich Krug |
1607 unkn |
1628 Nidda |
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2 |
1589 Fulda |
Eberhard Krug |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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3 |
1592 Fulda |
Gottfried Krug |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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Duchmann, Wilhelm. 'Gertraud Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp;jsessionid=84341AA8FD1223A2FF053ED4954960C4?nr=1002350306. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1575 Johannes Witzel of Heiligenrode
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1575 unkn |
Johannes Witzel |
1593 unkn |
1628 Heiligenrode |
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1 |
1576 unkn |
Rosina |
1593 unkn |
1643 Heiligenrode |
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1 |
1594 Heiligenrode |
Hans Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1638 Heiligenrode |
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1 |
* 1614 Heiligenrode |
Hans Weitzel |
oo 1639 unkn |
+ 1670 Heiligenrode |
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1s |
* 1615 unkn |
Elisabeth Rippe |
oo 1639 unkn |
+ 1679 Heiligenrode |
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1s |
1641 Sandershausen |
Caspar Schubert |
1667 unkn |
1699 Sandershausen |
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1 |
1641 Heiligenrode |
Catharina Witzel |
1667 unkn |
1699 Heiligenrode |
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Kuehlborn, Claus Werner. 'Johannes Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp?nr=1417304 . July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1620 Tobias Witzel of Lauf an der Pegnitz
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1620 Lauf an der Pegnitz |
Tobias Witzel |
1647 unkn |
1656 Lauf an der Pegnitz |
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1610 Lauf an der Pegnitz |
Maria Prechtel |
1647 unkn |
1652 Lauf an der Pegnitz |
At an early time, Tobias Witzel is already living to the southeast of the Fulda region. |
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St��ner, Erich. 'Tobias Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp?nr=48451283 . July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1627 Johann Ludwig Witzel of Frankfurt am Main
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1627 Frankfurt am Main |
Johann Ludwig Witzel |
1654 Frankfurt am Main |
1692 Frankfurt am Main |
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1s |
1635 Frankfurt am Main |
Anna Dorothea Dreudel |
1654 Frankfurt am Main |
1664 Frankfurt am Main |
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1s |
1653 Wetzlar |
Johann Daniel M�ller |
1679 Wetzlar |
1694 Frankfurt am Main |
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1 |
1656 Frankfurt am Main |
Anna Rosina Witzel |
1679 Wetzlar |
1700 Frankfurt am Main |
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1 |
1692 Frankfurt am Main |
Johann Baptist M�ller |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1655 Frankfurt am Main |
Johann Kaspar Witzel |
1678 Frankfurt am Main |
1680 Frankfurt am Main |
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2s |
unkn unkn |
Eva Maria von Hilsen |
1679 Wetzlar |
unkn unkn |
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3s |
1647 Gie�en |
Ludwig Jakob Lebleu |
1681 Frankfurt am Main |
1695 unkn |
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1660 Frankfurt am Main |
Maria Salome Witzel |
1681 Frankfurt am Main |
1695 Gie�en |
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1689 Gie�en |
Maria Polixena Lebleu |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1695 Gie�en |
Philipp Balthasar Lebleu |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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4 |
1658 Frankfurt am Main |
Anna Maria Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1670 Frankfurt am Main |
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5 |
1662 Frankfurt am Main |
Hieronymus Ludwig Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1665 Frankfurt am Main |
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1664 Frankfurt am Main |
Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1664 Frankfurt am Main |
An early record of the Witzel family in Frankfurt am Main. |
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Geisler, Michael. 'Anna Dorothea Dreudel'. Maltes Genealogie. http://www.woydt.be/genealogie/g16/g163/1635dran01.htm. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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c1633 Hans Witzel of Stiege
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c1633 Stiege |
Hans Witzel |
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unkn unkn |
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c1638 Stiege |
Anna Marquardt |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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D�rry, Rainer. 'Hans Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp?nr=1001395869. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1640 Philipp Witzel of Fulda
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1640 Fulda |
Philipp Witzel |
1668 Lavelsloh |
unkn unkn |
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1s |
1645 Hausk�mpen |
Anna Marquardt |
1668 Lavelsloh |
unkn unkn |
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'Philipp Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/famreport.php?ofb=lavelsloh&ID=22729&nachname=WITZEL&modus=stammnamen&lang=de. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1640 Eckard Witzel of Fulda
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1640 Fulda |
Eckard Witzel |
unkn unkn |
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1675 Schwarz |
Elisabetha Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2s |
unkn unkn |
Hans Ploch |
1690 unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1672 Schwarz |
Margaretha Witzel |
1690 unkn |
unkn unkn |
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Reiter, Andrea. 'Eckard Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp?nr=999873821. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1640 Claus Witzel
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1640 unkn |
Claus Witzel |
unkn unkn |
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1s |
1676 unkn |
Henrich Weber |
1709 unkn |
1752 Bruch |
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1 |
1682 unkn |
Grete Witzel |
1709 unkn |
1742 unkn |
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1 |
1710 unkn |
Claus Weber |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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'Claus Witzel'. 'Ortsfamilienbuch Bruch-Aschwarden'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/famreport.php?ofb=aschwarden&ID=487&nachname=WITZEL&modus=&lang=de. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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c1664 Pfarrer Konrad Witzel of Geisa
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<1664 unkn |
Konrad Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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'Sein Herz wurde in der Marienkirche beigesetzt'. Gie�ener Anzeiger. April 13, 2006. http://www.giessener-anzeiger.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=2025212&template_id=2634&_adtag=business&_zeitungstitel=1133842&_dpa=wirtschaft. July 15, 2006. [�]. |
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Gorman, Michael John, and Wilding, Nick. 'Correspondence and Manuscripts of Athanasius Kircher'. August 25 2000. http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:3744sMP0iYIJ:shl.stanford.edu:16080/Eyes/kircher/gorman/checklist.doc+Geisa+Witzel&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9. July 15, 2006. [�]. |
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1675 Jacob Witzel of Netra
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1675 Netra |
Jacob Witzel |
1705 unkn |
1735 Renda |
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1s |
1682 unkn |
Margaretha M�ller |
1705 unkn |
1738 Renda |
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1s |
1706 Renda |
Johann Heinrich Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1708 Renda |
Elisabeth Rosenstock |
unkn unkn |
1783 Renda |
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Rosenstock, Horst. 'Jacob Witzel'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://gedbas.genealogy.net/datenblatt.jsp;jsessionid=84341AA8FD1223A2FF053ED4954960C4?nr=995783061. July 15, 2006. [�]. |
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c1675 Witzel of Marxheim
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unkn unkn |
Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
This reference simply states that the name Witzel is found in the Marxheim Catholic Church Book beginning in 1675. |
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'Marxheim Katholisch Kichenbuch beginn 1675'. Genealogie im Main-Taunus-Gebiet. http://www.genealogie-mainspitze.de/maintaunus/0.htm. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1677 Hermann Witzel of Bruch
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1677 unkn |
Hermann Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1757 Bruch |
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1s |
1677 Brake |
Anna K�ster |
unkn unkn |
1746 unkn |
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1 |
1703 unkn |
Grete Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1703 unkn |
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2 |
1704 unkn |
Ilsabe Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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3 |
1706 unkn |
Claus Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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4 |
1708 unkn |
Johann Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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5s |
1710 Wersabe |
Borcherdt W�rden |
unkn unkn |
1798 unkn |
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5 |
1711 unkn |
Margarethe Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1741 unkn |
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1s |
1740 unkn |
Hermann W�rden |
1762 Bruch |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
1738 unkn |
Anna Mette Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
1763 unkn |
Margareth W�rden |
none none |
1764 unkn |
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2 |
1765 unkn |
Hinrich W�rden |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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3 |
1768 unkn |
Margarethe W�rden |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1772 Aschwarden |
Anna Mette W�rden |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
There is a great deal of information regarding the Witzels of Bruch-Aschwarden. Many generations are recorded in the church books there. The towns of Bruch, Brake, Aschwarden and Wersabe are closely located, served by this single church. Though the generations are not continuous in all cases, it seems resonable that this is the record of the same extendend family. Claus Witzel (1640) is likely the father of both Grete (1680) and Hermann (1677). There seems to be some marriages among closely related families. Borcherdt W�rden (1710) marries Margarethe Witzel (1711); their son, Hermann W�rden (1640) marries Anna Mette Witzel (1638). |
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'Hermann Witzel'. 'Ortsfamilienbuch Bruch-Aschwarden'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/famreport.php?ofb=aschwarden&ID=486&nachname=WITZEL&lang=de. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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c1690 Anna Witzel of M�hlfeld
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1690 M�hlfeld |
Johann Junius |
1747 M�hlfeld |
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1s |
unkn unkn |
Anna Witzel |
1747 M�hlfeld |
unkn unkn |
There is no information on Anna's place of birth, but it seems that she lived for some time in M�hlfeld, Rh�n-Grabfeld.
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'Anna Witzel'. 'Ortsfamilien-Datenbank M�hlfeld'. Gedbas Genealogy. http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/famreport.php?ofb=muehlfeld&ID=1656&nachname=WIZEL&modus=&lang=de. July 8, 2006. [�]. |
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1737 Lorenz Witzel of Lengenfeld
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1737 Lengenfeld |
Lorenz Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1793 Lengenfeld |
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1s |
unkn unkn |
Anna Maria Widelmann |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
1774 Lengenfeld |
Johann Christoph Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1827 Lengenfeld |
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1 |
1798 Lengenfeld |
Franz Wilhelm Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1858 Lengenfeld |
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1 |
1845 Lengenfeld |
Adam Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1884 Lengenfeld |
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1 |
1878 Lengenfeld |
Andreas Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1962 Lengenfeld |
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1 |
1906 Lengenfeld |
Johann Christoph Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1992 Lengenfeld |
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1906 Berlin |
Wolfgang Witzel |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1774 Lengenfeld |
Thomas Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1827 Lengenfeld |
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2s |
unkn unkn |
Magdalena K�nig |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1797 Lengenfeld |
Johann Adam Witzel |
unkn unkn |
1898 unkn |
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1s |
unkn unkn |
Anna Katharina Bode |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1823 Lengenfeld |
Johannes Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1s |
unkn unkn |
Katharine Busse |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1856 Lengenfeld |
Christoph Witzel |
1881 Hannover-M�nden |
1933 Bremen |
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1s |
unkn unkn |
Maria Schwanenberg |
1881 Hannover-M�nden |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
unkn Bremen |
Heinrich Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
unkn Bremen |
Carl Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn Bremen |
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3 |
unkn Bremen |
Carloline Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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4 |
unkn Bremen |
Andreas Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
unkn unkn |
Franz (Fruntz) Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
This information was collected by Hermann Witzel and contributed by Wolfgang Witzel of Munich, Germany. |
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Witzel, Wolfgang, and Witzel, Hermann. 'Laurentius Wicelius'. July 8, 2006. |
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c1800 Valentin Witzel of Mannheim
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c1800 Mannheim |
Valentin Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1832 Mannheim |
Johann Witzell |
1859 Vienna |
unkn unkn |
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1s |
1842 Vienna |
Theresia Fleissner |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1862 Vienna |
Theobald Witzell |
1887 Vienna |
1929 unkn |
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1s |
1864 Vienna |
Aloisia Caroline Tempus |
1887 unkn |
1923 unkn |
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1 |
1892 Vienna |
Hermine Barbara Witzel |
none none |
1987 unkn |
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1 |
1912 Haberg |
Josef Loy |
1937 unkn |
1988 unkn |
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1918 Vienna |
Auguste Johanna Witzell |
1937 unkn |
1989 unkn |
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1947 Vienna |
Johann Loy |
1969 unkn |
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1948 Prague |
Stanislava Hermankova |
1969 unkn |
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2 |
1864 Vienna |
Johann Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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3 |
1865 Vienna |
Franz Xaver Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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4 |
unkn unkn |
Carl Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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5 |
unkn unkn |
Caroline Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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6 |
unkn unkn |
Barbara Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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7 |
unkn unkn |
Josef Witzell |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
This information was contributed by Johann Loy from Vienna, Austria. |
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Loy, Johann. 'Valentin Witzell'. July 13, 2006. |
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Loy, Johann. 'Josef Loy'. http://www.johannloy.bravepages.com/index.htm. viewed: July 15, 2006. [�] |
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Udalrich (Ulrich) Witzell of Mainz
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unkn unkn |
Udalrich (Ulrich) Witzell |
1859 unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1s |
unkn unkn |
Katharina Pfeiffer |
1859 unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1 |
1779 unkn |
Joseph Witzel |
1810 Vienna |
unkn unkn |
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1s |
1788 unkn |
Barbara Aichholzer |
1810 Vienna |
unkn unkn |
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1817 Vienna |
Alexander Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1821 Vienna |
Alois Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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3 |
1824 Vienna |
Elisabeth Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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4 |
1826 Vienna |
Karolina Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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5 |
1827 Vienna |
Ludowika Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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6 |
1828 Vienna |
Andreas Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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1830 Vienna |
Ferdinand Witzel |
unkn unkn |
unkn unkn |
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2 |
1782 unkn |
Christof Witzel |
1823 Vienna |
unkn unkn |
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2s |
1782 unkn |
Barbara Heindl |
1823 Vienna |
unkn unkn |
This information was contributed by Johann Loy from Vienna, Austria. |
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Loy, Johann. 'Udalrich (Ulrich) Witzell'. July 13, 2006. |
7-15-2006
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