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See here for the pdf version (scanned images) of this issue.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nafzger Heritage News Vol XI No 4 Raw OCR - 7/7/04 Please see pdf version for original image http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nafzger/NHN/NHNvXIn4.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Noftsger, formerly of Washington, D.C., a valuable researcher for the Nafz— . ger Heritage News is now living in Chieti, Italy. He will be living there for a year. At Grafton, we will miss his frequent telephone calls and letters usually to announce some important find on our herit age,. Prior to his departure he was quick to point out that he expects to continue his search in Europe. He plans to study and search for records in Switzerland and Germany. Ray is an excellent researcher so we are fortunate to have such a fine representative of the Nafzger clan look ing for information on our heritage in Europe We are in receipt of a nice, long letter from Margaret Nofsiger Dotzler of Suniner town, Tennessee She is a descendant of Valentine Nafzi who emigrated to the U.S. in 1831 and settled in Wayne County, Ohio. She writes that Lyn Franklin Nofziger, President Reagan long time close aide is her father’s younger brother. The name of her father is James. His parents ere Bennett and Rosalyn Curran Nofziger. n had brothers, Jay and Ed. Ed is a car toonist from New York and living in Laguna Beach, California number of our readers have sent cartoons created by Ed to the Heritage News over the past decade) It has been a busy sunifler for Nafzgers working on the improvement of information of the Nafzger heritage. We know of at least four family reunions that were held in different sections of the United States. We attended two of them — The Hopedale Nafziger family reunion held at Morton, Illinois and the Christian Nafziger clan meeting at Archbold, Ohio At the Hopedale reunion, general agree ment was reached on the idea of trying to get a more formal publication of the fam ily line printed during the next year. Many members of the family line indicated a willingness to update the material by adding the latest births, marriages and deaths to the records Carroll Nafziger of 507 S. Main Street, Minier, Illinois, 61759 is leading the drive to bring all aspects of the record of this family line to present day. .Persons interested in assisting Carroll with the work should contact him. In addition, we are working on obtaining more records of Christian Nafziger,head of the clan and the one who came to the U.S. from the Castle Weilbach in Germany We hope some of our German friends will uncover more detail on this family when they lived in Germany. At the reunion in Archbold, we dis cussed with officers of the group the idea of updating all three lines that settled in Fulton County, Ohio, completing wall charts on each line and putting them on display at a local bank in the center of town a week prior to the reunion next year. In this manner, people could view the charts and study their heritage prior to actual reunion. We are especially inter ested in adding all of the latest informa tion to the Christian Nafziger family line who settled in the area in 1837. In add tion, Johannes Nofziger settled there in 1847 and children of Valentine Nafziqer, who came to the US, in 1831, settled in the county when the c • ZE!Ije J Jt J VOL XI r’ L( FALL ISSUE 1982 mmer for NAFZCER HERiTAGE Continued on Page Two Continued From Page One Also, reunions were held in Kansas for descendants of Rudolph Noffsinger who came THE NAFZGER HERITAGE NEWS to America in 1749 and the Noskers who are 120 Edgewood Drive descendants of Ulrich Nafzger who was the Grakon, Ohio 44044 first to arrived in America 1742. Adding to our heritage activites this EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS sumer is the fact that Ray Noftsger, formerly of Washington, D. C, is now In CLAIR NAFTZGER Italy fora year. He promises. to spend KATHLEEN NAFTZGER much of hisspare time trying to track BETTY NAFTZGER down additional information on the Swit ___________________________ zerland Nafzgers who came to America in SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Also, Matthlas Otte, who visited the U.S 800 DOLLARS YEARLY this sumer indicated that he will try to spend some time in an attempt to uncover PUBLISHED QUARTERLY some German records on the Nafzigers to add to our heritage information. It would appear that we have the services of some rather talened individual such as Carroll, Ray and Matthtas plus a number of persons from several Nafzger family lines that will be devoting a great deal of time and energy to finding out more about our heritage. It makes for a great genealogical team. Yes, we think it Is going to be a great year for Nafzger heritage. Matthias Otte arrived from Plettenberg, West Germany on schedule on July 7, 1982 for his six week visit in the United States. He returned to the Cleveland airport on August 18th after visiting a family reunion, making side trips to Portland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, North Manchester and a host of other mid western comunitles for visits with friends of his family and other- Nafziger relatives, During some of the visits, he had an opportunity to meet some direct relatives of his Nafziger family line. In addition, he made a rather complete tour of Washington, D. C. In which he had an opportunity to observe our government in action at the Capitol Building. He visited the Lewis Research Center of NASA at Cleveland other points of interest In a number of states in which he traveled. Also, he appeared on a local radio station twice, appeared on a local television channel and was featured in a local newspaper story. Also, he was an active participant In the political campaign of several candadates for public office. All in all, the trip went about as planned We want to thank all the Nafzgers in the U.S. who helped make his trip a success. He was unable to visit all the persons who had extended an Invitation to him due to the limited amount of money that could be spent on airfare in the U But we do appreciate the many unusued invitations and regret that it was not possible to make all of the side trips CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA THE HERITAGE SKETCH MAKES A NiCE CHRISTMAS GiFT AND IS A WAY TO GET YOUR NAFZGER HERITAGE OUT OF THE FILE CABINET AM) ON THE WALL OF A FAMILY ROOM OR LIVING ROOM FOR ALL TO SEE AND READ! THE COST OF TYPING AND PRINTING A SKETCH WITH A CERTIFICATE-LIKE BORVER, SE1TII’JG TYPE FOR THE NAME IN OLD ENGLISH, SEALING IT IN PLASTIC, PRO VI PING A FRAME AM) MAILING IT TO YOU IS FIVE DOLLARS. TO ORDER A HERITAGE SKETCH, SEND US THE PATE OF BIRTH? PLACE OF BIRTH, NAME OF SPOUSE, YEAR OF MARRIAGE, COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, NAMES OF THEIR CHILDREN AWL) IF VECEA.SEV, DATE OF DEATH AND PLACE OF BURIAL FOR EACH GENERATION OF YOUR NAFZGER FAMILY LINE AS YOU MAY HAVE RECORD. PLACE YOUR CHRISTMAS ORDER EARLY FOR PROMPT DELiVERY BEFORE CHRISTMAS! Page Two Our thanks to Candy Brown of Columbus, Ohio for her nice letter. We were sorry to learn of her accidents and hope that she is recovering nicely. Candy tells us that she will be sending us some information on her heritage that connects to the Nafzgers. For a number of years, we have been puzzled by the listing of a Martin Nafzger who married Elizabeth Moyer. Elizabeth was born in 1743. Thus, Martin must have been one of the early Nafzgers coming to the United States,, However, were unable to connect any of the early Nafzger ancestors to his line. We kept looking for some descendants. Ray Noftsger resolved the problem by uncovering a document in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It relates to the settlement of the estate of Henry Meyer of Middletown, Pennsylvania. who died in 1801 The document clearly lists Elizabeth Meyer, intermarried of Martin Nafzger, Henry and George Meyer, all of the Conton of Basel, Switzerland. They were children of Henry, but all lived in Switzerland and not in the United States as some records seem to indicate. Thus, this line represents a Nafzger who remained in Swit zerland although his name appears in some U.S. Genealogical records. Another interest ing note is that Jacob Keim and Henry Nafzger are administrators of the Meyer estate. We can speculate that this Henry Nafzger was a grandson of Jacob Nafzger who emigrated to the U in 1750. If this is true, then one can again connect the Jacob Nafzger line to families in Switzerland although we lack definite documentation Our thanks to Rosemary Nosker Bryan of Basking Ridge, New Jersey for her nice letter. Certificate (or Discharge) The undersigned administration of the estate attests hereby that Christian Nafziger, who wants to emigrate to America, was employed as curator of funds for nine years by the estate named and distinguished himself by faithfulness, diligence, and ethical conduct; there stands no obstacle ininediately in the way of his emigration with his family from this place. Castle Weilbach on4 May 1840, Belonging to the Count of Spretgsche. Administration Weilbach The following certificate (or discharge) was signed by Christian Nafziger prior to his departure for the United States. We know that this Christian Nafziger came to America and settled in Hopedale, Illinois, We are trying to secure more data on this family from the German records, It has been suggested by different individuals who have studied the documents and map, that Count Sprety’s estate and that Castle Weilbach is located near Reinheim, Germany. Reinheim would seem to be in Sprety, a part of the district e Dieburg in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, We hope our German friends will do a little genealogical work in their home country and help us to determine more about the location Df Weilbach and per haps uncover information the Christian Nafziger family who lived and worked at this Castle Weilbach and for the County Sprety’s estate, Please write if you have any information for us. Due to the shortage of space in this issue of the News, we are unable to respond to letters from Ray Dieffenbach, Elizabethtcwn, Pennsylvania; Wilmer Nafzlger of Gridley, Illinois; Jackie Nofsinger, Lombard, Illinois; Roberta Madden, Dallas, Texas; Bob Leitzell of Mokelumne Hill, California; Joan Pengra of Mankato, Minnesota; Debris Brown of Fort Scott, Kansas; Nina Roupp of Hubbard, Oregon; Vals Nafziger of Hopedale, Illinois; Gerhard Nafziger of Stockdorf, West Germany; Donald Nofziger of Bryan, Ohip; Fay ROQt of Carlock. Illinois: Raboh Naffziaer of Visalia. California: Betty Jane S Goold of Northfield, Minnesota, Carroll Nafziger of Minier, Illinois, Ella Gieg of Luetzelbach, West Germany, Lynn Nafziger, Goshen, Indiana, Mrs. Paul Fillmore of Cottonwood, Arizona, Ralph Pool of Eureka, Illinois, Finis Stroud of Owensboro, Kentucky and Elton Gunden of Naples, Florida, Wew111 report on the material you sent to us in the next issue of the News. However, we do appreciate your letters. Page Three FAMILIEN RUNDBRIEF (U h em G&6e e/ P de.’r. begonneit. Va • betöe cUe Lebejvsda2e.n von c.ti. 1000 z..Lge Zn Ewwpa VZe me.Z4teJ1 fl Zhen weicde.n Zn VetMh2and, F nIv and de SchweLtz £eben, a. dwtcit ge LLc.he &gebenheLten fz6en auc.h ctndexe LöevLde au’te.ten. WJjt gea.aben, daB, wenn ‘L cUe Va ge4an hizben, e ni6egLLch .L a.Ue. Wa zge P4anien ve,tbunden wexeden lzönnen So w(ie e du Ih.te. HU möegtLch, cUe. Na, Zn a WeLt za Zde.n and Zn dZe. FanuLL e Oi&t. ha dZe. 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Zwe) Ge.nejcatLon - A’tATHAUS WAFZGER, geboxen 1823 Zn Gem4LZngen/4 He. Kcfiiawia kUex 1326 Zn Gei4t en K GeoJr.ge u.nd vZellcZekt andexe KZndex, dexe.n Na,nen nZc beizanne.-t 4Znd. VizLtte Genexa - GEORGE NAFZGER, gebo’Len 1848 Zn Gei HeAxa Uk4aLa NZ!?J 1859 Zn ktuLma. K.Lndex: M and RudoL VZe.xte. Gene - ARTHUR WAFZGER, gebo.’Len 1882 Zn Nwr.L HeZiutte Emma G 1886 Zn Wux Wohno Stwttgairl. KZndex: Ka’c and Vo Fän GenexatLon - KURT NAFZGER, ge.boten 1921 Zn S Heixate Jatta Lange 1934 Zn Hctnovex. KZndex: KLaU4 and MZdia.e1 Pane Four — a/ut) - o - a 1. Name. _____________________ ________ _____________________________________ (Gebw - ont) o’ut) 2. Name ________________________________ ______ ___________________ (Ge.bwut6jah/L - on. 3. Name __________________________________ __________ (Gebwi26jcJvt - a - a 4tht he.L& G Gehtm2 bez Namen de4 ekepa JaM_________________ He a 0/ut Wohna Wenn ge4.tofl Tode4jaivt___ &exdA -Ln ______ 13 and Sthue,steitn me-Lne4 Na - ELteAivte 1. 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P c’ o ______________________________ Senn.tzen S. b-Ltte e zuAa &Ca..tt, wenn .o we,LteiLe 1n lutben) Page Five - — a/ut) a - a/ut) Tm 5ez Tm SezijtIz In b!att Mthi Name A ___________________Icth b gebo (JaM)__________ & Namen de.4 eh (Jaim..)____________ , PLe. Namen me.Lne fthjdeir. nd u o.eg, Name_______________________________ 4. Name (Gebwtt6jah’i. - a/ut) - (Gebw jaM 2. Name 5. Name t jaM - a tGebwr 3. Name ______________________________ 6, Name (Gebui - a/ut) (Gebwuto jaM Namen me & and Scthwe _____________________ ________ 4. Name (Gebm _____________________________ 5. Name _____ (Gebwut ______________________________ 60 Name _________ (Gebw I o 1w I IN I IC I CHART OF NAFZIGER FAMILIES t I — Io. 0 ot ____ C IN EUROPE U win .c wC Icol . The chart on the left was m .rco Iw -I sent to us by Herman Guth of u.j •.- c U I ° - I 10 W Saarbrucken, West Germany - 0* .ctfli 0 I 0 i I 0) I 0 The chart shows the ane&tor— U.) + I .-‘ .c I I 0 0) 0 o ial descendency of two Nafzi— o ger lines that came to the 0*0)0*0), in .c in United States. One is Adolf IN 0) 4.) 1. ‘ 0) 0 1w ‘ w ‘I- I L. .C .0.0 I z w •01 0 1 0) .C 4 C w Nafziger who emigrated in 1w in —in _____ 1927 and the other line i “ .2 0) in WE • C 0) a, i u — Hertha, Willy, Alfons and ..-Cs14) a.— I 2 ow s Bruno Nafziger who came to .0 _____ I NC ____ I WI the states in 1894. _____ a*cs i — m The chart shows the re— I w I - lationship of the two lines. I N (1 in I C +0) I ‘w.— •C In addition, a number of our C 1C4- CO IC w. ,See here for the pdf version (scanned images) of this issue.I . . . o.C 5. Andreas Nafziger, born in 0 • U ‘ I >, 0)10 . >.- 1 •0 U) I o,r- 10*0) 1852 - Gendersbergerhof. X I 0 çO - C I o 100.01 ‘- 0*0) _____ > + + I “ If any of our readers should U — 0 o I —0) have this information, we o I o ______ i 0)0) _____ would appreciate hearing 1 , I i from them. Perhaps, some of II. I o our German cousins will have -) I..zww • - this information in their Ioo* I I ‘-‘, I S.- 01 .01 . j. Ci records. It would seem to us U .0. 1 * aWl’) + ____ that this information might !.- , c*. help us establish the re LI lationship of other Nafziger U 0* 1 lines that emigrated to th 4) + I I U,S. Also, it can be used Ui 1 • I . I to connect some of the Ger— man Nafziger lines, 2 I — •1• Page Six I- 2 - 2 z Q.,Z 2 w C — - E-’ .. L. ‘- .25 I of restaurant is dead at 55 One of the owners of an Au burn restaurant, Marian S. NI ‘ 55, wife of Edwin L. àYtzinger, of Auburn, Schuylkill County, died Fri day morning at 12:30 of natu ral causes in Reading Hospi tal, where she had been a pa tient six weeks. Born in Jefferson Town ship, a daughter of Hannah (Faust) Bretz of Port Clinton and the late Francis Bretz, she was a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ, Auburn. She and her husband owned and operated the former Ed die’s Restaurant in Auburn for 15 years before retiring in November. In addition to her husband and her mother, she is sur vived by four sons: Nevin A., John E., Douglas F. and Mark W., all of Auburn. Also eight grandchildren and two brothers: Ernest and Calvin Bretz, both of Ham burg. • • • William Naffziger EMDEN—William P. Naffziger, 89, of the Bartmann Nursing Home, rural Atlanta, formerly of the Emden and Delavan areas, died at 11:26 a.m. Tues day at Hopedale Medical Complex. His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Boynton Mennonite Chur•ch in Hopedale, the Rev. Herbert Dalke and the Rev. Don Hochmuth officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Union. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hallmann Funeral Home in Delavan and one hour before the service at the church. He was born Sept. 18, 1888, in Hopedale, a son of Samuel and Anna Egli Naffziger. He married Rosa Thomas Oct. 5, 1909, near Hopedale. She sur • vives. They recently celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs Nina Malinowski of Pekin, and Mrs. Esther Denight of Green Valley; four sons, Wayne and Lyle, both of Emden, Charles, Atlanta, and Dean, Armington; one sister, Mrs. Hilda Ham mond, Breckenndge, Mich.; 16 grand children; 25 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four grandchildren. lie was a retired farmer and mechanic and a member of the Boynton Mennonite Church. . morials may be made to the church Bartmann Nursing Home. E MR.AND MRS. $ JOHN A. MANWILLER Mr. and Mrs. John A. Manwiller, Fleetwood R.D: , celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary at a family din ner held in the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. m Manwiller, Oley. .. . . They were married Nov. 24, 1951, in St. Michael’s Church, j Tilden Township, by the Rev. Milton May. Manwiller, son of Annie 9 Leas, Glenside, and the late Earl Manwiller, is the owner of Minuteman Printing Inc., Stony Creek Mills. His wife, Carolyn J., is a . daughter of William and Mary of Dauber. yule. rT as a seamtress by the Fleetwood Shirt Co. They are parents of four — children: Milton H., Oley R.D. 2; Kenneth W., Oley; Douglas .1., Fleetwood; and Sandra L., wife of Michael Hinkle, Shoemakersvillë. They have four grandc dren. >- O U I a. 0 I— z a. w I I I z w-j 9 I .5 S I C 45 E 45 45 N U . j ( >. i u ca a., • o p — ‘ ‘- c 1 .. a.) ( - c > ‘• 0 a fl) I. a., I.. ,2 . c: ca L..ø. 4d • I Ca ..o Cfl < 0. — ,s c Co•operator CM C C Arthur Naffziger DELAVAN (PNS) — Arthur Naf fziger, 81, Delavan, died at 8:31 am. Friday at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren, Ohio. - His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Woolsey Funeral Home, Delavan, the Rev. George Baldridge officiating. Burial will be at Prairie Rest cemetery, Detavan. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. He was born in Delavan Feb. 6, 1900, a son of August and Anna Forbes Naffziger. He married Golda Hanes on June 23, 1924, in Lacon. She died July 11, 1972. Surviving are two sons, Dale Naf fziger, Delavmn, and Dewein Naf fziger, Warren, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Norma Brenneman, Delavan; a sister, Mrs. Gladys McConkey, Mackinaw; a brother, Ralph Naf fziger, Cheyenne, Wyo.; 13 grand children; and two great-grand children. Two sisters preceded him in death. He was a member of the Delavan United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the church. He was a road commissioner in Boynton Township for many years. /‘- —•. # 0 U, 0 3- a C -D 0 a, a’ E 0 > a) v) ‘a) (a 0 -‘ Homer OswaId— MORTON (PNS) -- Homer Os wald, 71, of 2360 N. Morton Ave., former superintendent of Morton utilities, died at 4 p.m. yesterday at 5t. Francis Hospital Medical Center, Peoria, where he had been a patient since July 7. His funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Morton Community United Church of Christ, the Rev. Dr. David Reese III officiating. Burial will be in Hirstein Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Perry Memorial Home, and an hour before the service at the church. He was born Nov. 8, 19W, at Morton, a son of Carl and Adina Naf Oswald. He married Ethel Mae Ingold March 4, 1936, at Morton. She died March 4, 1970. He married Gladys Kahler Powell June 30, 1971, at Morton. She survives. Also surviving are three sons, John, Hampton, N.H.; Alan, Walnut Creek Calif.; and Robert Michael Powell, Bloomington; two daugh ters, Mary K. Oswald, San Francis co, Calif., and Peggy Sours, Bloom ington three brothers, Clarence, Cuba; Elton, Hunstville, Ala.; and Ralph, McLean, Va.; and three grandchildren. Mr. Oswald was superintendent of all Morton utilities for 18 years, retiring in 1975. He was a member of Kennel Lake Sportsman’s Club, Morton Op timist’s Club and Hirstein Cemetery Association and a former school board member. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice. CENTRAL Aagu 9th. 1982 ILLINOIS John Kauffmann HOPEDALE — John Kaulfmann, 83, of Walnut St. died at 6:45 p.m. yesterday at Hopedale Medical Complex. He had been Ill a month. His funeral will be at 10:30 am. Wednesday at Hopedale Mennonite Church, the Rev. Aden Yoder of ficiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Davis Mortuary. He was born Aug. 23, 1898, at Minier, a son of Christian and Barbara Nafzlger Kauffmann. He married Alma LitwIller Dec. 29, 1920, at Delavan. She survives. Also surviving are five sons, Ivan, Lombard; Warren, Normal; Merle, Hopedale; Floyd, Imperial Beach, Calif.; and Norman, Goshen, md.; a daughter, Miriam Kauffmann, Chi cago; three sisters, Katie Kauf fmann and Bertha Kauffmann, both of Eureka; and Anna Litwiller. Morton; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A son, a daughter, a grandson, three brothers and four sisters pre ceded him in death. Mr. Kauffmann had retired from farming in the Minier area. He was a member of Hopedale Mennonite Church, to which memo rials may be made. No-te: John . a dec o -the. Hopedale.. Na aniL Une.. I CU i4 a 5 ge.n dgAc.e..nd czn Va2e.n MazLge amLtq Une. - &tLeed P te ‘ o,S C’’ cm .$.grom C-i yv*i 0.. M Fee. 1. liSt Harry Nofzi Harry Nofzinger, 68, of walk, died Sunday at Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital, Nor walk, following a long illness. Born in Stryker, Ohio, he lived n Norwalk 42 years. He was employed for 35 years by the former Norwalk Truck Lines as a driver and was assistant man iger at the state liquor store in Norwalk for 13 years. Mr. Nofzinger was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Norwalk and the Knights of Columbus, Norwalk counsel 626. He is survived by his wife of f 1 years, Madeline; two daugh ters, Mrs. Gerald (Barbara) Schloesser of Norwalk and Mrs. James (Lorett.a) Hale of Tampa, Via.; one son, Donald of Huron; ix grandchildren and one great randchild. He was preceded in death by a brother, Lloyd. Friends may call today 2-4 d 7-9 p.m. at the Heaston Gerber Funeral Home, Norwalk. hrlstian wake services will be at 8 p.m. today. A funeral mass will be Tues day at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church with the Rev. Robert Thomas, pastor, officiat ing. Burial will be in St. Aiphon sus Cemtery. Memorial contributions may be made to the window fund of St. Paul schools. U, LU z LU LU I LU 0 N U z LU I . S . . 0 -n 00 o. -u - L$J o 04! ‘-
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