Johannes Gies (abt. 1855 - bef. 1930)

Born about 1855 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Maria (Willman) Gies — married 1880 in Neu-Walter, Frank, Volga, Russia

Died before 1930 before about age 75 in Ritzville, Adams, Washington, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John Gies was a Volga German.

John Gies has German Roots.

Johannes Gies was born about 1855 in Walter, Volga, Russia.

He married Anna Maria Willman.^[1][2][3]

His ship manifest states he is half-brother to Adam Weber, Jr..

He is listed with his wife and daughters in the 1910 U.S. Census in Ritzville, Washington.^[4]

Immigration

• 29 Mar 1902 - Departure: Bremen via S.S. Friedrich der Grosse
• 9 Apr 1902 - Arrival: Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA^[5]

Johannes Gies (w/ Adam Weber) - Ship Manifest via S.S. Friedrich der Grosse

Passengers:

Adam Weber, age 67 [transcription error shows 57] Walter, Farmer, to son Adam Weber in Ritzville, Senility

Katha, age 65, wife

Heinrich, age 23, [brother to Adam]

Katha, age 21, [wife to Heinrich]

Magda, age 2, [child of Heinrich and Katha]

Heinrich, 5 months [child of Heinrich and Katha]

Johannes Gies, age 47 [half brother to Adam, Jr. in WA]

Anna, age 42, wife to Johannes

Charlotte, age 11, child

Heinrich, age 3

Christian Weber, age 44 [brother to Adam and Jacob]

Anna, age 43

Johannes, age 16

Georg, age 7

Heinrich, age 4

Elisabeth, age 2

Konrad, age 22

Amalie, age 20 [wife]

Charlotte, age 5 months

Research Notes

Printz-168 03:08, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

• His father has to be a Gies from Walter and mother, the wife of Adam Weber Sr. whose maiden name is Schoessler.

• Only Johannes Gies in Walter 1857 Census at age 2 is from Peter and Dorothea Gies (line 2952) from Household #189 Johannes Giess.

• Wife Anna Marie listed in Quincy, WA cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughter Henrietta's marriage record to Henry Weber lists father John Gies and mother: Anna Maria Willman: "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPM8-24Z3 : 28 November 2018), John Gies in entry for Henry C Weber and Henrietta Gies, 27 Jan 1927, Quincy, Grant, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 005818800.
2. ↑ Daughter Amalia Weber death lists Anna Maria Willman: "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N316-MYK : 10 March 2018), John Gies in entry for Amalia Weber, 24 May 1958; citing Quincy, Grant, Washington, reference 8706, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,777.
3. ↑ Wife Anna Marie:"United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7W5T-3C2M : 4 May 2021), Anna Maria Willmann Gies, .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGVC-NQL : accessed 29 October 2019), John Gies, Ritzville Ward 2, Adams, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 18A, family 271, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1653; FHL microfilm 1,375,666:

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   John Gies Head Male 55 Russia (Immig 1902 to half-brother Adam Weber Jr.)

   Marie Gies Wife Female 50 Russia

   Charlotte Gies Daughter Female 20 Russia

   Henrietta Gies Daughter Female 11 Russia

5. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFGK-RWB : 20 August 2019), Johannes Kies, 1902.