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Melchior WURZER

Male 1819 - 1884  (65 years)


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  • Name Melchior WURZER  [1, 2] 
    Birth 13 Feb 1819  Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Gerresdorf was a small village near Vienna where the parents of Michael.
    Gender Male 
    Name Melcher  [1] 
    Death 14 Apr 1884  Fingal, Barnes, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • Buried in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Finga, Barnes County, North Dakota. Find a Grave Memorial# 75293156. Melchior and Rosalie were among the first to be buried "there" along with the rest of the Wurzer family, except John.
    Person ID I552  morisonwurzer
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Mennyhan WURZER,   b. 29 Jul 1783, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Maria SCHLOEGEL,   b. 1802, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1899, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 96 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1819  Austria Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F307  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosalie SCHERMANN,   b. 12 Jun 1821, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1890, Fingal, Barnes, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1840  Austria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John WURZER,   b. 1 Jul 1845, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1923, Foxholm, Ward, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     2. Joseph WURZER,   b. 3 Jan 1848, Tirol, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1925, Duvall, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     3. Elizabeth WURZER,   b. Feb 1849, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)  [natural]
     4. Michael WURZER,   b. 6 Aug 1851, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1922, Fingal, Barnes, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     5. Maria WURZER,   b. 1854, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1947, Fingal, Barnes, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)  [natural]
     6. Rosalie WURZER,   b. 28 Mar 1856, Porgoleny, Vas, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1924, Fingal, Barnes, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     7. Frank WURZER,   b. 22 Aug 1860, Geresdorf, Austria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1906, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  [natural]
     8. Theresia WURZER,   b. 20 Jan 1864, Porgoleny, Vas, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. Joseph WURZER,   b. 10 Nov 1865, Porgoleny, Vas, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1889, San Francisco, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Apr 1884 - Fingal, Barnes, North Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • HISTORY 1882: on familysearch.org. Melchior Wurgel [sic], 2, Nationality: Austria, Immigration June 16, 1882 from Hungary on vessel: America at Baltimore, MD,

      Melchior Wurgel [stat] immigrated through Baltimore, MD on June 16, 1882 on the vessel "America". He was 62 years old, a grocer by occupation, nationality "Austria", but last permanent residence was in Hungary. His son Michael is also on this ship. Src: Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1820-1897, FHL microfilm 417,378, Digital Folder Number 007535227. NARA M327, Roll 167, No. W563-W651.

      Data from David Wurzer: SpringvaleTownship 129, Range 56, Barnes Co. (Vo. 56), Melchior Wurzer Section 34 NW 1/2. Date: June 24, 1882, Patent: August 6, 1887.
    • HISTORY 1882: on familysearch.org. Melchior Wurgel[sic], 62, occupation: grocer, Nationality: Austria, from Hungary, Immigration June 16, 1882, on vessel: America at Baltimore, MD.

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Find a Grave, Found on familysearch.org and/or on ancestry.com. All are on findagrave.com.

    2. [S63] Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895, Baptism; citing Pörgölény, Vas, Hungary, Tolna Megyei Leveltar, Budapest (National Archives, Budapest); FHL microfilm 700,715. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S79] Wurzer Family History, typed pages of research, given to Elizabeth Morison McMahon by Patricia Lynn Johnson, circa 1990.

    4. [S37] Ancestry Public Tree.


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