Wittbrodt Name Study

Profile managers: One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message] and Deborah Nystrom [send private message]

About the Project

The Wittbrodt Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Wittbrodt name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Wittbrodt name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Wittbrodt's), by time period (18th Century Wittbrodt's), or by topic (Wittbrodt DNA, Wittbrodt Occupations, Wittbrodt Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Wittbrodt Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Deborah (Wittbrodt) Nystrom for assistance.

... ... ... is a member of the Wittbrodt Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

• Finding out more about the Prussian, German, Pomeranian Wittbrodts: Michael Wittbrodt (abt. 1794 - abt. 1866)
• Where the Wittbrodts settled, including Auburn, Michigan: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Auburn_Michigan_History and Wisconsin: Anton (Weisbrot) Waisbrot (1833 - 1894)
• Detroit Wittbrodts: Jacob Joseph Wittbrodt (1860 - 1935)
• Additional Wittbrodt History: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Wittbrodt_Roots_Project

Membership

• Great uncles John Bernard Witbrodt (1870 - 1928) and his twin
• August Joseph (Wittbrodt) Whittbrodt (1870 - 1962)
• Joseph Friedrich Wittbrodt (1838 - 1900) Great grandfather and immigrant to the USA from Prussia
• Marianna Magdalena (Okon) Wittbrodt (1848 - 1923) Great grandmother and immigrant to the USA from Prussia
• Michael Wittbrodt (abt. 1794 - abt. 1866) 2nd great grandfather

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Witbrodt
• Weisbrot
• Whitbrodt Anton Albert (Wittbrodt) Whitbrodt (1871 - 1949)

The goal of this project is to capture and connect the mighty family tree of the Wittbrodt (and various spellings) family. The spellings include:

• Wittbrodt (see Auburn, Williams County, Bay, Michigan)
• Witbrodt
• Whitbrodt
• Waisbrot (see Stephens Point, Wisconsin)
• Weisbrod (see Stephens Point, Wisconsin)
• Weisbrot
• Vedbrodt
and more

Michael Wittbrodt & Florentina Becker, est. 1820, Danzig, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany

This project has two members, me and Amy, (see comments below.) I am Deborah Nystrom. I am the great granddaughter of Joseph Friedrich Wittbrodt (1838 - 1900) born in Zarnowitz, West Prussia, Germany; today: Zarnowiec (Puck), Gdansk, Poland. There are more living Wittbrodts, including many great grandchildren and grandchildren who may have other names who may be interested in joining here. Please do!

Here are some of the research pages and family that are resources to help.

• Wittbrodt Roots Project
• Prussia online records, Lost Shoe Box
• Family Search emigration record, Hamburg Passenger Lists, many Wittbrodts
• Michigan Polonia Two professional Genealogists teamed up over twenty years ago to create this website. With the help of dedicated volunteers, it offers a host of ‘genealogical tools’ to assist researchers discover records pertinent to state and European ancestral history.
• Here a nugget page I created on Michigan History & the Coal Industry

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Michigan_1800s_History_including_Coal_Mining

• Link to a news article about the St. Anthony historic church & congregation history
• Link to the historic cemetery: St. Anthony's of Padua Cemetery, just outside of Auburn, Michigan

It lists Mary (Marianna) neé Okon Wittbrodt's name as being buried at St. Anthony's cemetery, though there is no marker: Wittbrodt, Mary 10/10/1923

These names also are listed as buried at St. Anthony's:

• Witbrodt, Joseph died 3/25/1911
• Wittbrodt, Arthur 8/12/1909 – 8/21/1909
• Wittbrodt, Leo died 7/30/1916

And here are some Wittbrodt photos, info and profiles:

Ben and Martha Wittbrodt and children, 1945

Info from the Prussian army, via Germany resources. View via Google translate, it's in German, look for Prussian army links

Bertha and August Wittbrodt & young family

NOTES: A One Name Study (ONS) is defined as a project which researches all occurrences of a surname, rather than a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendancy (descendants of one person or couple).

Images_used_in_G2G-50.pngFrom here, individual team studies and research pages can then be used to branch out into specific methods or areas of interest; such as geographically (SURNAME's of England), by time period (SURNAME's of the 18th Century), or by topic (e.g., SURNAME DNA, SURNAME Occupations, or SURNAME Statistics/Facts).

Michael Wittbrodt & Florentine Becker, Children, Zarnowiec Pomeranian Baptism Indexes, PTG

Wittbrodt Germany immigration, Anglia ship log, from Glasgow to New York 2 May 1872

Bertha and August Wittbrodt, older family

Please comment below on any connections you have to the family and last name variations.

The comment box is below. Also feel free to comment in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!