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A Large Family Love

March 12, 2019 by Daisha Leave a Comment

Following this week’s prompt from 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks by Amy Johnson Crow, we explore large families.

Stitz
Stitz

My great-great grandparents Joseph Emil Stitz and Elisabeth Knöpfel were born in Germany where they married 08 Jan 1902.

Hesse, Germany, Marriages, 1849-1930

In 1903 they traveled from Belgium on a ship named Zeeland and headed for New York in hopes of starting a new life in America.

zeeland ship

Once they arrived they settled in North Bergen, New Jersey where Joseph worked as a butcher for over 50 years.

Ten years after arriving in the united states, Joseph became a citizen.

New Jersey, Naturalization Records, 1878-1945

Joseph and Elisabeth had six children and 14 grandchildren.

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Filed Under: Genealogy Tagged With: 52 ancestors, Germany, Immigration, Large Family, New Jersey, North Bergen, Stitz

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