Deiss - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

DEISS from Schwetzingen, Germany to Brooklyn, New York

ndescottes54 — 2008-12-09 15:16:11Z

I'm helping a lady in California searching for her great grandparents' roots. So far, the great grandfather is French born & I have found his ancestral lineage. He married a lady named Elisabeth DEISS (born about Dec 1861 at Schwetzingen, Baden, Germany d/o Adam DEISS & Annie SNERLING) in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York in a Catholic church. She came alone to the States. That's all I have as clues about her for now.

Nicole Descottes

Re: Deiss ancestry

spare175 — 2008-11-23 22:27:09Z

Some of my family members have been researching our ancestry over the last 10 years and they have determiend that our family name was shortened (upon arrival at Ellis Island) from Deiss to Dise. We show a lot of our family settled in Dorchester, MA and the MA vacinity. Some of the family members moved to upstate New York. Have you run across the name Dise at all? I do not have any specific names at the moment, but I was curious to Google "Deiss".

Anna Wilhelmina Deiss?

SuperK328 — 2008-08-17 19:39:16Z

Hello All!

My great-great-grandmother was Anna Wilhelmina Deiss, who lived from about 1850 until about 1925. We think she was born in Kempfenbrunn, Hesse, Germany, and we know she died in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, USA, after having married Henry Steinberger. We have no idea who her parents were, but we do know that her sister was Katherine/Katarina Deiss. Is there anybody here who could tell me any more about her or her parents?

Thanks!
-Karen Paul

Deiß in Unterweisenborn

WGFGER — 2008-08-04 08:27:35Z

1 Deiss, Johannes, * 2. Dez. 1893, + 5. Aug. 1970, oo Margarethe Wassermann, * 21. Febr. 1892, + 25. Sept. 1965

2 Deiss, Georg, oo Katharina Pfeffer, * 16. Juli 1925, + 15. Apr. 2008

3a Helmut, * um 1946, + vor 2008

3b Christa, oo I. Reinhold Fiedler, oo II. ..... Gloeckner

3c Wilfried, + vor 2008

3d Reiner

3e Frank

3f Ursula, * um 1958, oo ..... Le Grand

Deiß in Mecklar

WGFGER — 2008-07-14 08:31:52Z

http://hersfelder-zeitung.trauer.de/print/07/0000129707:

Wir haben am 12. April Abschied genommen von meiner lieben Mutter, Schwiegermutter, unserer Oma, Uroma und Patin

Erna Deiss
geb. Daube

* 1. Aug. 1914
+ 10. Apr. 2008

Es trauern

Gerhard und Luise Deiss
Volker und Petra Schuch mit Theresa, Daniela und Andreas
Frank und Heike Blum mit Alexander und Johanna
Wolfgang und Ute Denecke mit André

Ludwigsau-Mecklar, im Apr. 2008

WGF

Deiß in Bebra (Hessen)

WGFGER — 2008-06-02 08:09:38Z

"Kreisanzeiger am Sonntag" vom 13. Apr. 2008:

Ueber die Geburt unserer Tochter Mia

* 18. Febr. 2008, 2.820 g, 50 cm

freuen wir uns sehr.

Thorsten und Kerstin Deiss geb. Jakob mit Lea

Bebra, im Apr. 2008

Deiß

WGFGER — 2008-04-22 08:05:20Z

http://hersfelder-zeitung.trauer.de/print/88/0000129988:

In Liebe und Dankbarkeit nehmen wir Abschied von unserer lieben Mutter, Schwiegermutter, Oma, Uroma und Patin

Katharina Deiss
geb. Pfeffer

* 16. Juli 1925
+ 15. Apr. 2008

In stiller Trauer

Reinhold Fiedler
Tanja Fiedler und Gerald Paetzold
Christa Gloeckner geb. Deiss
Guenter Deiss und Christa Kromschroeder mit Max
Karin Bulle und Rainer Benner mit Christian, Tina und Michael
Reiner Deiss mit Steffen, Alexander und Marcel
Frank und Brigitte Deiss geb. Schmidt
Ursula Le Grand mit Britt und Sven
sowie alle Angehoerigen

36277 Unterweisenborn, den 17. Apr. 2008

Die Trauerfeier findet am 18. Apr. 2008 um 14.00 Uhr auf dem Friedhof Unterweisenborn statt.

Die Urnenbeisetzung erfolgt zu einem spaeteren Zeitpunkt im engsten Familienkreis.

WGF

Deiss Family in Texas

mostlyharmless22 — 2007-11-21 14:25:34Z

I believe our Deiss families may be connected, geographically at least. My husband's great grandmother was Elizabeth Deiss (she may have gone by Ada), born in England around 1855. Her parents were Louis and Johanna Deiss; Louis born in Hannon and Johanna (unknown maiden name) born in Hesse Castle. I could estimate their birth years to be somewhere in the 1820's. On 3 December 1877 Elizabeth Deiss married Benedict Ehmann, born 11 July 1833 (quite a bit older than her) in Boston, MA, and by 1880 they had settled in Brownwood, TX. If any of these names are familiar to you, please contact me.

Paul Michael Deiss in Joliet Junior College 1938 Baseball Team Photo

Not_A_Relative — 2007-01-20 00:43:56Z

Paul Michael Deiss in Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois 1938 Baseball Team

http://www.familyoldphotos.com/6c/2j/joliet_junior_college_b...

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Re: Barras

Michael_Heafner — 2006-12-12 04:18:55Z

Hello my name is Regina Heafner and my GGrandmother was Philousa Barras she was married to Homer Barras and they had 2 son's and 6 daughter's
Stanley,Frank,Yola,Ota,Philomene,Lena,Helen,Ruby. Ruby Barras married William Baucom and moved to NC where they had 2 son's and 4 daughter's. James Baxter,William Bently jr,Mary-Ann,Helen Grace,Sallie-Ann,Evelyn Marie.

Re: John F Deiss Wurtemburg Germany

SHowell5794 — 2006-04-03 22:52:51Z

I know where he lived in Sullivan Co., IN, and where he is buried, but nothing of where he came from. Glad to know someone else is hunting this family.

John and W. Elizabeth had 8 thildren. Emmanual and Hanna had 11 children. My g-g-grandmother was Lillie Ellen Deiss Risinger Scanling.

Please contact me directly. sshowell@indy.net

Re: Deiss in Germany

2006-03-15 17:52:17Z

Hi Michelle,
I haven't had a lot of time to do research lately. The wife and I recently bought a house and moved, and the weather hasn't exactly been cooperative for travelling around. I found that my Martin (b. 1823) came to America on the steamship City Of Brussels. I'm still working to get a copy of the manifest to see if other family members came with him. At least for now, with all the other related people in such close vacinity in the cemetery, I will consider your Martin quite possibly a son of my Martin. Now I need to find documentation. I should be able to make some progress over this spring and summer, as I live not far from Mount Peace Cem, and it's much easier to dig things up when you are local. I grew up only about 1 mile from Mount Peace, and never knew it was there, until last year...
Mike
you can contact me directly if it's easier:
mikgen@mail.com

Re: Deiss in Germany

PIPEL1961 — 2006-03-15 04:10:37Z

Mike,
I have just begun looking into the Deisz family (also spelled DICE in 1880 census). I, too, am looking for the family of Martin Deisz, but born about 1853. I am trying to determine if his wife, Mary S., was Mary SCHECK. The Frederick and Herman you noted in your post (b. 1879 and 1887 respectively) were their children. In 1900, they are living in Akron, Ohio. Martin and Mary have been married 22 years, 11 children born, 8 living. Do you have any additional info on this Deisz family? Many of the Schecks are also buried at Mount Peace Cemetery.
Thanks!
Michelle

Re: Deiss ancestry

hanksfamroots — 2006-03-02 14:22:15Z

Lois,
Information I have show Kaspar and Eckhardt as sons of Johannes Deiss b Sept 22, 1800 d. May 7, 1890 and married to Anna Margaretha Ruchelshaussen b Nov 14, 1804 d Jul 9, 1864. They were married 5 Apr 1825. I show Johanness being the son of Johann Peter Deiss b Jul 13, 1759 d Feb 14, 1831 married to Anna Maria Koch b Dec 14, 1770 d Jan 25, 1844. Johann Peter is the son of Adam Theiss b abt 1718 d Feb 16, 1783 married A. Cath. Winckelhausen d aft 1786.
I show a brother Andreas Deiss to Kaspar and Eckhardt - b Mar 2, 1826 d Dec 5, 1898 married May 30 1855 to Maria Dorothea Ruchelshaussen b Feb 8, 1826 d Dec 17, 1875 -- is this possibly the grave you saw? Andreas had a son Kaspar b Mar 2, 1857 and a daughter Dorothea b Nov 10, 1862. I'm not aware of any other childern.

Re: new deiss genealogy website

2005-06-21 15:45:31Z

I was searching around the web for information on DEISS and found your post. My branch of the Deiss family is in NY state, my father is John Richard Deiss, his father was George Deiss.

Re: Deiss in Germany

2005-05-13 04:56:44Z

Just another heads-up, possibly a related line...
my Deiss/Deisz line (I just started recently working on this part of my family) is in Akron, Ohio.
Martin Deisz, born July 18, 1823 in Feuerbach, Baden, Germany; died May 4, 1890, probably in Akron, Ohio where he is buried. There are a number of Deisz/Deiss burials in Mount Peace Cemetery where Martin is. Included is my great-great-grandmother Amalia Deisz and her husband Wilhelm Frederick Haeferle. (spelled Hoeferle on gravemarker). She was born Nov 6, 1850 in Baden, Germany, died Jan 9, 1926. Wilhelm Haeferle was born Nov 10, 1850 in Leil, Germany, died Apr 10, 1930.
Some others in the same cemetery are:
Mildred Louise Deisz 1914 - 1930
Paul F Deisz Dec 8, 1934 - Sep 3, 1940
Louis Deisz (I believe a brother of my Amalia, but not proven) 1862 - 1903
his wife Louise Deisz 1866 - 1923
Fred Deisz 1879 - 1951
Herman Deisz Oct 7, 1887 - Dec 31, 1947
Herman is buried right beside my Martin Deisz, so likely a direct relation.
This of course does not include women that are buried under married names I don't know about...
I know my Amalia and husband Wilhelm came to America in 1879-1880, and Wilhelm's naturalization document was signed as a witness by Martin Deisz (in 1886). Don't know if Martin came with them or was already here - I haven't been able to find a ship passenger list with either family yet. Martin's gravemarker (what I can read of it - it's rather worn down) does not mention a wife, so I might be inclined to guess that she may have died in Germany, and he moved here later in his life, maybe with Amalia and Wilhelm.
Any insight?

Re: John F Deiss Wurtemburg Germany

janice06kaye — 2005-04-16 05:14:54Z

Many families named children after ones who died young. So it is not unusual, especially in the 1800s to find families where a child is named after a dead sibling. Thus your Elmer could have been born after his brother Elmer died.

John F Deiss Wurtemburg Germany

2005-03-21 03:05:35Z

I am looking for any information for John F Deiss. All I know is that he was born in Germany. He had 4 children:
Emanuel F Deiss b Jan. 18 1848 Wurtemburg, Germany d. July 07, 1930, m. Hannah J. McCormick Feb. 2, 1869, Hannah is the daughter of Samuel McCormick and Sarah.
William Deiss
Christina Deiss, m Lentz
Mary Deiss, m. William Seager

Children of Emanuel Deiss and Hannah McCormick:
Lillie Ellen Deiss
Nora V. Deiss
Cora I Deiss
Wilhemina S. Deiss
William A. Deiss
Elmer Sylvester Deiss
Charlie A. Deiss
Freddie E Deiss
Samuel R Deiss
Iven L Deiss
Raymond Deiss

I am the Great Granddaughter of Emanuel F. Deiss and the granddaughter of Elmer Sylvester Deiss.
I have found information stating that Elmer Sylvester Deiss died as a baby, that information is incorrrect considering he is my grandfather.

Re: new deiss genealogy website

2004-05-24 20:47:07Z

Hello Jon: I will be doing further research on the name DEISS at our local LDS FHC soon. I am in contact with a genealogist in England with the name DICE who says that a DEISS could have come over to England from Germany a thousand years ago. The DICE name is dying out as our DEISS name here in California. She also told me about a Castle DY'SE in Germany so I will be searching for what I can find on that. I have found connections etymologically with DEISNER, DEISTER, DEIST. I am on various rootsweb lists so will sharing what I find from time to time. Thanks again for your work. Donna DEISS, tenantsrights@sbcglobal.net

Christine Deiss, 1921 - 2003

2004-01-27 07:33:17Z

"Hersfelder Zeitung" vom 29. Dez. 2003, S. 23:

Christine Deiß
geb. Weppler

* 27. Febr. 1921
+ 24. Dez. 2003

In stillem Gedenken:

Dieter Deiß
Sophie Schäfer geb. Weppler

Bad Hersfeld, den 29. Dez. 2003

Die Urnenbeisetzung findet in aller Stille statt.

Re: Deiss info.

2003-03-14 04:38:25Z

Hi, Sharon -

My grandfather, Arch, was John's son. My family written history says that he came from Germany when he was only 13 years old. There is also a mention that he came from Baden Baden, but I have been unable to find any mention of the surname Deiss in German records.

Do you have any information on Arch's siblings and their decendents? I have their names and names of their spouses but nothing more.

Deiss in Germany

2003-01-19 17:58:58Z

In this message board I can find a lot about the Deiss family in USA. Does somebody have a few information about the parents of the families who emigrated from Germany? I looked at my ancestry back to 1680 but unfortunately only in direct line, never found somebody who went to America. The very first Deiss I found out was Hans Heinrich Deust born in 1680 (names changes from Deust to Deihs and then to Deiß, special writing of Deiss). The family lives in that time (and one part of the Deiss family still do) in Neuenhof near Eisenach. If anybody could help me with information one generation before they came to America, maybe I could find any a connection. See as well http://www.deiss.info and have a special look at "Ahnentafel". Greetings to all Deiss families in the States and around the world. Martin Deiss

Ada Deiss / Benedict Ehmann

2002-11-12 23:24:59Z

In researching my husband's grandmother, Rosa Lee Ehmann, daughter of Benedict Ehmann - I finally found a tidbit of information - a record at familysearch.com shows her parents as Benedict Ehmann and Ada Deiss and her birth place as Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England. This is the first we've known of her mother and I am hoping someone here has some information on her. Rosa Lee Ehmann was born in 1882, so I'm going to estimate Ada was born between 1840 and 1865. Anyone out there recognize the name(s)?

Re: Deiss info.

2002-06-12 03:37:02Z

Sorry not to get to this. Not sure there is a connection, but this is some of what I have.
Johannes Deiss born Sept 22 1800 in Maulbach area of Germany married Anna Margaretha on April 5, 1825. They were the parents of ten children. Andreas Deiss born March 3, 1826, died December 5, 1898. Johanes Deiss b. Jan 13, 1826; d Augusst 15 1828 (twins). Casper Deiss born Jan 13, 1826 De. Feb 2 1828. Eckhardt (Eckerd) Deiss b. May 26, 1830; d March 8, 1891. Came to US in 1864. Katharme Deiss bornn Jan 6, 1833; d. April 4, 1895 Johannes Christoph Deiss b Oct 11, 1835; d. May 19, 1836. Anna Margaretha Deiss b. March 27, 1837 ; d. Jan 20, 18887. Elizabeth Deiss born Feb 17, 1840; d Nov 17, 1908. Tootgebormer Sojn Deiss b May 10, 1843; d. May 11, 1943; Kasper Deiss b. April 18, 1846; d. Feb 22, 1917. Came to US in 1867. Both Eckerd and Kasper married in McHenry County Illinois. Deis was spelled Deis or Deis. They were all farmers in Germany.

Willi Deiss in Schenklengsfeld, 1944 - 2005

2005-01-29 01:53:08Z

"Hersfelder Zeitung" vom 27. Jan. 2005:

In Liebe und Dankbarkeit nehmen wir Abschied von unserem lieben

Willi Deiß

* 13. Dez. 1944
+ 25. Jan. 2005

In stiller Trauer:

Erika Gerhard (Lebensgefährtin)
sowie alle Verwandten

Schenklengsfeld, den 27. Jan. 2005

Die Trauerfeier zur Einäscherung findet am 28. Jan. 2005 um 14.30 Uhr in der Friedhofskapelle in Schenklengsfeld statt.

Assistance needed!

Assumption — 2001-09-25 15:35:48Z

I live in Richardton, ND for nearly a year now at a Benedictine Abbey and since my arrival I have been searching for my roots due to the large number of German-Russian people who are apart of this community.
I am originally from White River, SD which is located in the south-central region of the state. There are only a few Deiss's in that area since my father has only 2 older sibilings, but family is still very abundant because his mother is a Deutsch which she has 10 sibilings-some living and some not.
I have some information that only goes back to maybe the late 1800s and only one generation. My father is Robert Leo Deiss who was born in 1939. My grandfather is Jacob Deiss who was born in 1898, he married Mathilda Deutsch who was born in 1908. Both have ancestry that goes back to the Bessarabia area in the Black Sea region during the many years that the Germans were immigrating to Russia.
I would be grateful for any information given in hopes to understand this genealogy background and also to meet the relatives who I would come to know through this research for not only the meeting of distant relations, but for the passing it onto our future generations.

Unified by time,
+Darren J.

Re: Deiss ancestry

VTimm6262 — 2002-07-03 14:38:40Z

Lois, can you please let me hear from you. I do think there might be a possible link between your g/grandfather Deiss and our Deiss boys.

Anton Deiss