Bearbower, Milks and More-Gissel

©2000 Tom Sierak


WELCOME TO THE DESCENDANTS OF VALENTIN GISSEL

Part of the following information is from a family history written and researched by Esther Schoonover Franksain and Lavonne Bearbower in 1982; and from information from his own personal research into the Gissel surname, my "cousin" Wilferd Gissel, who is a direct descendant of Valentin Gissel. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for the information. Wilferd and I are connected through Barbara Bearbower(his) and Elisabeth Bearbower (mine), who were sisters. All information is for research purposes only. Please verify and do your own documentation as I, personally, have not verified all of it.


Generation 1

Valentin Gissel was born in January 8, 1698/99, place unknown, and died in 1724, place also unknown. He was a soldier in the Dutch Army (dates and where served are unknown). He married Anna Elisabetha Binz the daughter of Johannes Binz, who was born in 1675 in Waldgirmes, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, she died in 1743, place unknown.


Generation 2

Wilhelm Gissel, son of Valentin and Anna Binz, Gissel, was born about 1724 in Halle/Salle East Germany, and died about 1768 in Waldgrirmes, Germany. He married Susanne Stobber January 21, 1748/49 in Waldgirmes, Germany. Susanne was born November 9, 1722 in Waldgirmes, Germany and died, date unknown, in Waldgirmes, Germany.

Children of Wilhelm and Susanne are:
 
    Anna Christina Gissel, 17 May 1749 to 30 Jan. 1820
    Balser Giessel, 17 Sept. 1752 to unknown Heinrich Andreas Gissel, 2 Sept. 1753 to 20 March 1839
    Johann Jakob Gissel, 14 May 1759 too 22 Sept. 1837
    Anna Elizabethe Gissel, 5 Oct. 1762 to unknown
    Johann George Gissel, 25 April 1766 to unknown

Generation 3

Heinrich Andreas Gissel was born September 2, 1753, in Waldgirmes, Germany and died March 20, 1839, Waldgirmes, Germany. He married Catharina Elisabeth Lepper October 12, 1786 in Waldgirmes. She was born November 1, 1760 and died May 1, 1817 in Waldgirmes, Germany. They had four children:
 
    Elisabeith Gissel, 1 Sept. 1787 to 22 July 1813
    Johann Jakob Gissel, 3 Aug. 1792 to 7 June 1828
    Anna Maria Gissel, 12 Feb 1795 to unknown
    Catharina Gissel, 20 Feb. 1799 to 4 Jan 1879

Generation 4

Johann Jakob Gissel was born august 3, 1792, and died June 7, 1828 in Waldgirmes, Germany. He married Catharine Elisabeth Binz July 24, 1819 in Waldgirmes. She was born January 10, 1796 and died January 21, 1849 in Waldgirmes. They had four children:
    Andrew Gissel, born 20 Sept. 1820 in Waldgirmes, to 19 Sept. 1893 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa.
    Katherine Gissel, 7 April 1822 to 3 Dec. 1884
    Johann Ludwig Gissel, 1 Nov 1825 to 20 June 1886 in Waldgirmes.
    Johann Jacob Gissel, born 17 Dec. 1827 in Waldgirmes, died 23 July 1910 in Dorlar, Germany.



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Generation 5
Andrew Gissel was born September 20, 1820 in Waldgirmes, Germany, and died September 19, 1893 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. He married Elisabeth Nee Stamm January 30, 1851 in Waldgirmes. She was born april 25, 1829 in Etzelmill, Oberwaldgerm Germany, and died January 29, 1904 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. They had nine children:    
    William H. Gissel, 1872-1941
    Lewis Gissel
    George Gissel
    Katheryn Gissel
    Lucy Gissel
    Emma Gissel
    born April 1861 in Buchanan County, Iowa,
    Elisabeth Gissel born April 1861 in Buchanan County, Iowa, (twin to Emma)
    Mary Gissel
    Anna Gissel
Katherine Gissel was born April 7, 1802 and died December 3, 1884. She married Johann Jakob Hofmann III June 6, 1850. They had two children:
    Catharina Hofmann, born Nov. 9, 1856; died July 15, 1880. She married Johann Georg Hofmann, Sept. 19, 1878.
    Ludwig Hofmann born Aug 4, 1861; died August 26, 1926.
Johann Ludwig Gissel was born November 1, 1825 in Waldgirmes, German and died June 20, 1886 in Waldgirmes. He married Christine Hofmann January 8, 1857 in Waldgirmes. They had three children:
    Johann Georg Gissel born Feb. 2, 1860, died date unknown in Butte, Montana.
    Christine Gissel born April 21, 1863; died February 16, 1930; she married Johann Georg Konrad Drescher February 14, 1904.
    Johann Lludwig Gissel born Nov. 16, 1865; died March 28, 1947.

Johann Jacob Gissel was born Dec. 17, 1827 in Waldgirmes, and died July 23, 1910 in Dorlar, Germany. He married Catharina Bernhardt July 27, 1856 in Waldgirmes. They had six children:
    Catharina Gissel born May 7, 1857; died Dec. 17, 1923.
    Jacob Gissel born August 20, 1859; died Dec. 16, 1900.
    Elisabeth Gissel born Sept. 5, 1862; she married Ludwig Georg Bill Nov. 21, 1886 in Naunheim, Germany.
    Ludwig Andreas Gissel born Dec. 20, 1864; died June 2, 1887.
    Christine Gissel born Dec. 22, 1870; died May 1, 1935.
    Wilhelm Gissel born Aug. 16, 1876; died Dec. 15, 1948.

Generation 6

William H. Gissel (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), was born 1872 in Iowa and died in 1941 in Iowa. He married Emma Jane Bantz November 2, 1893 in Otterville, Buchanan County, Iowa, daughter of Henry Bantz and Almira Wroten. She was born in 1876 in Otterville, Buchanan County, Iowa, and died in 1936 in Iowa. They had nine children:
    Ava Gissel born Aug. 6, 1894; died Feb. 27, 1992.
    Ula Gissel born May 1, 1898; died Oct. 1978.
    Murray Gissel born Oct. 12, 1900; died Feb. 25, 1976 in Summer, Iowa, married Margie.
    Fay Andrew Gissel born Nov. 13, 1903 in Otterville, Buchanan Co., Iowa; died Sept. 13, 1984 in Buena Park, CA.
    Leslie Gissel born Oct. 20, 1904 in Iowa; died Aug. 1981 in Aurora, IL.
    Living Gissel
    Ruth Gissel birth date unknown, died as an infant.
    Berneice Gissel birth date unknown, died as an infant.
    Esther Gissel born July 28, 1908; died Dec. 1976; married Homer Miller who was born Aug. 5, 1904 and died Feb. 25, 1994.
    Living Gissel
    Living Gissel
Lewis Gissel, (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), we have no information on Lewis other than the names of his three children.
Annie, Fred, and Christine. If you have any information, please let us know.

UPDATE: Delores Martin has contributed the following information on Lewis Gissel, I would like to take this opportunity to thank her.

married Bertha Busse, born Sept. 15, 1874, Germany; came to the United States at age of 16; married November 7, 1895, at Otterville; died August 1939, buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Independence, Iowa
Frederick William Gissel, born August 17, 1899; died August 5, 1963; son of Lewis and Bertha Gissel; married Leona Bright August 1, 1923; had three children
Leona Marie Bright, born February 2, 1906 east of Littleton, Iowa; daughter of T. Dell and Martha Bright.
  Bernadine Gissel born Feb. 14, 1924; married James Dinderman; three children; Edwin, Terry and Nancy; James Dinderman died 1966; Bernadine then married Francis De Chaney;
  Daryl A. "Bud" Gissel, born October 18, 1926; died 2001; married Thomasina Christiansen in 1951; four children: Gary, Duane, Gretchen and Dean.
  Lauren Elwyn "Sam" Gissel, born November 4, 1934; married Charlotte Leaf; five children: Jeffrey, Garfield, Laura Ann, Charlotte Mary, Deborah Jolene;
Anna Gissel, daughter of Lewis and Bertha, married Roy Klinkhammer
Christina Gissel, daughter of Lewis and Bertha, married David Gross
[NOTE: This information was taken from the 1990 History of Buchanan County.]

George Gissel, (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin),like Lewis, we have no information other than the names of three children and the birth and death dates of two of them.
    Henry Gissel born Jan. 6, 1898; died March 1981 in Independence, Iowa.
    Elisabeth Gissel
    Elmer Gissel born Feb. 26, 1902; died Dec. 1980 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
All that is know about Katheryn Gissel (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), is she married Frank and they had two children:
              Lucy Frank, married unknown Best
             Kathryn Frank, married unknown Budzine

Lucy Gissel (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin) married unknown Henderson, they had four children:
    Lee Henderson
    Ward Henderson
    Ira Henderson
    Ima Henderson
Emma Gissel, (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), married Ray ?, Floyd Ray is the only known child.

Elisabeth Gissel (Andrew, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), married Ernest J. Mathias, date unknown. They had three children:
    Edith Martin
    Eva Martin
    Edna Martin


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Ludwig Hofmann (Katherine Gissel, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), was born Aug. 4, 1861 and died Aug. 26, 1926, places are unknown. He married Elisabeth Schmidt April 9, 1885. No information on Elisabeth. They had three children:
    Ludwig Georg Hofmann born April 26, 1886; died Dec. 26, 1956; married Luise Best Jan. 25, 1920.
    Heinrich Hofmann, born Aug. 30, 1888; died Feb. 21, 1969. He married Catharina Jung May 17, 1914.
    Karl Hofmann, born Aug. 14, 1889, death date unknown; married Elisabethe Failing May 17, 1925.
Johann Ludwig Gissel (Johann Ludwig, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), was born Nov. 16, 1865 and died March 28, 1947. He married Christine Hofmann July 20, 1899. Children of Johann and Christine are:
    Ludwig Karl Gissel, born May 2, 1901, married Margarethe Mandler July 3, 1926 in Kinzenbach, Germany.
    Marie Christine Gissel, born April 20, 1902, died Sept. 9, 1965. She married Hermann Stamm Feb. 5, 1928.
Catharina Gissel (Johann Jacob, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin), was born May 7, 1857 and died Dec. 17, 1923. She married Karl Jung June 12, 1879. Children of Catharina and Karl are:
    Catharina Jung born Oct. 4, 1879; died April 12, 1961. She married Karl Lepper April 10, 1904.
    Karl Heinrich Jung born April 3, 1889, death date unknown. He married (1)Elisabethe Hofmann Feb. 18, 1917; (2)Christine Schmitt Nov. 14, 1925.
    Maric Jung born March 22, 1891, death date unknown. She married Heinrich Jung Jan. 4, 1920 in Dorlar, Germany.
    Christina Jung born July 28, 1894, death date unknown. She married August Lepper.
Jacob Gissel(Joohann Jacob, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, wilhelm, Valentin), was born Aug. 20, 1859 and died Dec. 16, 1900. He married (1)Christine April 29, 1886, (2)Margarethe Weil January 13, 1895. Jacob and Christine had five children:
    Karl Jakob Gissel, born April 24, 1887; died in WWI.
    Elisabeth Gissel, born Oct. 7, 1889, death date unknown. She married Heinrich Koch in Atzbach, Germany.
    Katharina Gissel, born Oct. 7, 1889, died May 23, 1935. She married Karl Best II Nov. 13, 1921.
    Marie Gissel, born Aug. 26, 1897, death date unknown. She married Karl Best II Oct. 3, 1936.
    Luise Gissel, born Feb. 9, 1900, death date unknown. She married Gustav Gesell Oct. 31, 1926.
Wilhelm Gissel,(Johann Jacob, Johann Jakob, Heinrich Andreas, Wilhelm, Valentin) was born Aug. 16, 1876 and died Dec. 15, 1948. He married Catharina Weimer July 9, 1905. They had three children, I am not listing as there is no death dates, and the birth dates are after 1907, which means there is a possibility they are still living.

If you have any additional information and would like it listed here please contact me. Also, any corrections that need to be made. There is additional data, but some may still be living and I do not want to post it without their permission.


Gene Martin Uttinger's Search for his Family Roots
Please visit Gene's site, he is a Gissel descendant and has a very informative site. I will be adding information that he has shared with me soon.

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