Elisabeth Margaretha (Bretthauer) Giesick (1865 - 1914)

Born 7 Dec 1865 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Conrad Giesick — married 9 Nov 1887 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1914 at age 48 in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Elisabeth Margaretha (Bretthauer) Giesick was a Volga German.

Elisabeth Margaretha (Bretthauer) Giesick has German Roots.

Elisabeth Margarethe Bretthauer was born on 7 Dec 1865 in Walter, Saratov, Volga, Russia to Johann Georg Bretthauer and Anna Elisabeth Beck.^[1][2]

Elizabeth married Conrad Giesick in 1887 in Russia^[1] and together they had nine children. Six were living by the 1910 census in Colorado.

Elizabeth Giesick passed away in 1914 most likely in Weld County, Colorado.

Birth

• 8 Nov 1865 - Russia [per Find A Grave]
• Walter census records only go until 1857 and her birth would be after the census.
• Family member Helen Rohn Hickman has church records verifying date of birth.
• Find A Grave profile 65221534 has possibly been updated with family member links. There is no photo available to look at headstone but there is a grave location.^[3]
• Ship manifest records indicate a birth date of 1866, which matches the date on Find A Grave.
• 1910 CO census indicates a birth date of 1874 (a 9 year difference).

Children

1. Elizabeth Margaret Giesick Brethauer - 1888–1943
2. Conrad Henry Giesick - 1890–1955
3. Katherine Giesick Rohn - 1899–1971
4. Mollie Giesick Locker - 1902–1997
5. Jacob Byron "Jake" Giesick - 1904–1985
6. Pauline Giesick Russell - 1906–1999

Immigration

• 28 Mar 1903 • Departure - Liverpool, England via S.S. Lake Ontario^[4]
• 11 Apr 1903 • Arrival - St John, New Brunswick, Canada^[5]

Conrad Gesick, age 37, married farmer, Walter, bound for Lincoln, Nebraska to brother Heinrich Gesick

Lisa, age 37, wife

Elisa, age 11, child

Conrad, age 9, child

Ekaterina, age 3, child

Amalia, 4 months, infant

Arrival Port: St John, New Brunswick, Canada

Vessel: Lake Ontario

1910 Census

• 1910 - La Grange, Weld, Colorado, USA; Lissie age 36, f, married, 9 children, 6 living^[6]

Household

1. Connord Gisick Head M 45 Russia
2. Lissie Gisick Wife F 36 Russia
3. Connord Gisick Son M 19 Russia
4. Katie Gisick Daughter F 11 Russia
5. Moly Gisick Daughter F 8 Russia
6. Jake Gisick Son M 5 Colorado
7. Poeline Gisick Daughter F 3 Colorado

Death

• 14 Nov 1914 - Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA
• Death certificate or full obituary necessary. No obituary available on Family Search of even on Ancestry Tree family sites.
• Headstone photo of 65221578 Find A Grave may be the actual headstone as she went by Lissie or Lizzie. Her middle name cannot be accurately verified without a death certificate or birth record.
• Searching directly on GIS, Blk 7, lot 35, spc 221 from 65221534 shows the Gesick headstone of 65221578. I sent a message to Find A Grave to review both profiles and merge them if indeed same person.

Research Notes

Note by: Koreen Goodman 22 Sep 2018, updated 23 Jan 2020

• Two Find A Grave Memorials on this profile are necessary as I believe the 65221578 is the actual headstone and person and 65221534 could be a profile that someone entered information to but no headstone photo. Most likely the two require research and a merge.
• I went to Linn Grove GIS cemetery records online and looked through all Brethauer and Giesicks/Gesicks. When I type in all Gesicks as the spelling of 578, it does not come up. Locating the actual grave by GIS shows the headstone of the other profile. I sent a message to Find A Grave regarding the two profiles. http://greeleygov.com/services/linn-grove [Search burials]
• Weld County Master Index listings do not list anything under Giesick for her but do list the grave for Lizzie Gesick (no e): Gesick/Giesick Search
• Several DNA matches in Ancestry.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial ID# 65221534: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65221534
• Find A Grave Memorial ID# 65221578: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65221578
• Linn Grove GIS Cemetery Map [Search Burials]: http://greeleygov.com/services/linn-grove

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry doc by family member Helen Rohn Hickman Church Records confirm full birth name and birth date
2. ↑ Bretthauer Chart (Village of Walter), Commissioned by Lauren Brethauer Brantner, Records by Anna Kasterina Pleve, Russia, 2020; email to Koreen Goodman 10 Mar 2020. [Elisabetha Margaretha Bretthauer]
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Q-DN2V : 11 July 2016), Elizabeth Brethauer Geisick, 1914; Burial, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States of America, Linn Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 65221534, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-505; Description Month: 04; Source Information; Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5. ↑ Ship Manifest image Ancestry The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 178 Source Information Title U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960NameLisa GesikGenderFemaleAge37Record TypeManifestsBirth Dateabt 1866Arrival Date11 Apr 1903Port of ArrivalSt John, New Brunswick, CanadaShip NameLake OntarioResidence PlaceWalterLine Number2Household Members Lisa Gesik
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4L-GL4 : accessed 23 September 2018), Lissie Gisick in household of Connord Gisick, La Grange, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 285, sheet 2A, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 126; FHL microfilm 1,374,139.

• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PF-NZH : 10 March 2018), Katherine Gesick in entry for Conrad Gesick, 01 Dec 1927; citing Walla Walla, Walla …