Genealogical Sketch of the Ignatius Grieser (1835-1879) and Katharina Gute (1837-1920) Family of Germany, Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho

This is a genealogical sketch of the lives of the Ignatius Grieser (1835-1879) and Katharina Gute (1837-1920) family from the German states who migrated to the United States before 1858 and lived in Missouri, Nebraska and Idaho. They are my wife Linda's second great-grandparents. 

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Ignatius Grieser’s Early Life

Ignatius Grieser was born on 30 January 1835 in Bühl, Deutschland.[1-3] He was the son of Franz Xaver Griesser (1794-1867) and Maria Anna Weissenberger (1799-1863), who were married in 1820 in Bühl, Baden, Deutschland. Ignatius was baptized on 31 January 1835 at the Katholisch church in Bühl, Baden, Deutschland.[2-3] Ignatius was the 4th son and 7th child (of nine) of Xaver and Maria Anna. Only Ignatius and his sister Anna Maria migrated to the United States, probably in the mid-1850s through New Orleans to St. Louis, Missouri.

Katharina Gute’s Early Life

Katharina Gute was born on 2 September 1837 in Landstuhl, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland.[4] She was the daughter of Peter Gute (1798-1869) and Barbara Glas (about 1800-????), who married in 1824 in Kindsbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland. Katharina was baptized on 3 September 1837 at St. Andreas Katholisch in Landstuhl, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland.[4] She was the third daughter and and fifth child (of seven) of Peter and Barbara. Only Katharina and her brother Johann migrated to the United States, probably in the mid-1850s, to St. Louis, Missouri.

Married Life

Ignatz Griser of Baden and Catharine Gute of Rheinland were married on 1 May 1858 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.[5]

Ignatius Grieser and Katharina Gute had the following children:

• Anna Grieser, born 17 November 1859, Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri; married John Nicholas Brocke, 24 April 1877, Cedar, Nebraska, eight children; died 19 March 1936, Kendrick, Latah, Idaho.
• Frank Peter Grieser, born 12 September 1861, Louisiana; married Catharina Christina Spielman, 17 Jun 1889, Uniontown, Whitman, Washington, ten children; died 13 Aug 1941, Genesee, Latah, Idaho.
• Adolph O. Grieser, born 20 April 1869, Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri; married Theresa Henrietta Baumgartner, 23 November 1891, Genesee, Latah, Idaho, ten children; died 5 Mar 1941, Moscow, Latah, Idaho.
• Amelia Grieser, born 13 March 1871, Cedar, Nebraska; married Charles Wernecke, 1888, Nebraska, five children; died 1 April 1953, Genesee, Latah, Idaho.
• Katherine Grieser, born 10 May 1872, Cedar, Nebraska; married James W. Peterson, 28 March 1895, Grundy, Iowa, six children; died 28 June 1950, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho.
• Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grieser, born 13 December 1874, Cedar, Nebraska; married Joseph Nicolaus Hasfurther, 18 July 1893, Genesee, Latah, Idaho, five children; died 25 July 1939, Genesee, Latah, Idaho.
• Charles Frank Grieser, born 13 June 1876, Cedar, Nebraska; married Anna Barbara Hasfurther, 22 June 1898, Genesee, Latah, Idaho, ten children; died 1961, Genesee, Latah, Idaho.

In the 1860 United States Census, the Ignaz Briesser family resided in St. Louis Ward 1, St. Louis Missouri.[6] The family included:

• Ignaz Briesser - age 25, male, a carpenter, has $250 in personal property, born Baden
• Catherin Briesser - age 23, female, born Baden
• Anna Briesser - female, age 1/2 year, female, born Missouri

In the 1870 United States Census, the Ignatz Graeser family resided in St. Louis Ward 3, St. Louis, Missouri.[7] The household included:

• Ignatz Graeser - age 35, male, white, a carpenter, $4000 in real property, $400 in personal property, born Baden.
• Cath Graeser - age 32, female, white, keeping house, born Bavaria
• Anna Graeser - age 10, female, white, at school, born Missouri, attending school
• Frank Graeser - age 8, male, white, born Louisiana, attending school
• Adolph Graeser - age 1, male, white, born Missouri

After 1870, the Ignatius Grieser family moved to Cedar County, Nebraska where their last four children were born, and then to Latah County, Idaho before 1879.

Later Years

Ignatius Grieser died before 15 June 1879 at the age of 44 of suicide by strychnine poisoning in Genesee, Latah, Idaho. The San Francisco Bulletin newspaper, dated 15 June 1879, noted on page 3 that:

"Ignatius Grieser, a German, who had met reverses, living near Lewiston, Idaho, committed suicide by taking strychnine.

He was buried about 15 June 1879 at Genesee City Cemetery in Genesee, Latah, Idaho, United States.[1]

In the 1880 US census, this family resided in Township 37, Nez Perce County, Idaho.[8] The household included:

• Catharine Grieser - white, female, age 39, widow, farming, born Bavaria, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria
• Frank Grieser - white, male, age 18, son, single, at home, born Louisiana, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria
• Adolph Grieser - white, male, age 11, son, single, at home, born Missouri, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria
• Amelia Grieser - white, female, age 9, daughter, single, born Missouri, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria
• Katharine Grieser - white, female, age 8, daughter, single, born Missouri, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria
• Lizzie Grieser - white, female, age 6, daughter, single, born Missouri, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria
• Charles Grieser - white, male, age 4, son, single, born Missouri, parents born Bavaria/Bavaria

Catherine Grieser married Xavier Heinrich (or Henry) (1851-1909) in about 1880 in Latah County, Idaho. (1851-1909) who was born in 1851 in Hungary and was about 14 years younger than her. This marriage provided companionship and likely assistance in managing the farm and caring for the younger children still at home. Xavier and Katharina had one child, John Martin Henry (1881-1953). They eventually moved to Chicago, Illinois by 1900, where Xavier died in 1909 at the age of 58.  

After Xavier's death, Katharina returned to Latah County, Idaho, where most of her children had settled and established their own families. 

Katharina (Gute) (Grieser) Heinrich died of pulmonary edema on 16 November 1920 at the age of 83 in Genesee, Latah, Idaho.[9] The death certificate lists her father's name as Peter Gute.  Her son John M. Henry was the informant on her death certificate.

 Katharine Henry was buried on 20 November 1920 at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery in Genesee, Latah, Idaho.[10]

SOURCES

1. Find A Grave, indexed and imaged, (https://www.findagrave.com), Genesee City Cemetery, Genesee, Idaho, Ignatius Grieser (1835-1879) memorial # 25387722.

2. "Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Bühl, Baden-Württemberg, Ignatius Grieser baptism, 31 January 1835.

3. "Bestand L 10: Badische Standesbücher (Geburts-, Ehe- und Sterbeeinträge) Waldshut, Waldshut-Tiengen WT; Amtsgericht," database, Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemburg (https://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/web/46734); L 10 Nr. 5669: Buhl, Klettgau WT; Katholischwe Gemeide: Geburtenbuch 1810-1866, Bild 128, Entry 4.

4. "Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," indexed database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Landstuhl, Catharina Gute baptism, 3 September 1837.

5. "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991", imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D5H-T7Y3), St. Louis, page 516, Entry for Ignatz Griser and Catharine Gute, dated 1 May 1858, recorded 10 May1862.

6. 1860 United States Federal Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Louis Ward 1, Page 248, dwelling #836, family #2078, Ignaz Briesser household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 647.

7. 1870 United States Federal Census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Louis Ward 3, page 108A, dwelling #316, family #752, Ignatz Graeser household, digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 812.

8. 1880 United States Federal Census, Nez Perce County, Idaho, population schedule, Township 37, ED 23, Page 246B, dwelling #177, family #177, Catherine Grieser household, digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll No. 173.

9. State of Idaho, "Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1995," imaged, MyHeritage (http://www.myheritage.com : accessed 8 April 2015), Katherine Heinrich entry, 1920.

10. Find A Grave, indexed and imaged, (https://www.findagrave.com), Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Genesee, Idaho, Katherine Henry (1837-1920) memorial #23915138.

Relationship

Ignatius Grieser (1835-1879) and Katharina Gute (1837-1920) are paternal 2nd- great-grandparents of my wife, Linda (Leland) Seaver (1942-still living), through:

•  her great-grandnother Anna Grieser (1859-1936) who married John Nicholas Brocke (1855-1938) in 1877 in Nebraska.  
• her grandmother Amelia Anna Brocke (1884-1975) who married Severt Oliver Leland 1878-1940) in 1904 in Montana, 
• her father Leo Severt Leland (1911-2002) who married Edna May Schaffner (1913-1979) in 1937 in California.

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