John & Anna Willitzer

Frt row L to R: Mary, John, Joe, Anna, Frances, Dorothy, Agnes. Back row: Matthias, Tony, Elizabeth, Anna,

6. John Wesley² WILLITZER (Anthony "Anton"¹, Stephen^A, Joannes^B) (#469) was born in Privozec, Bohemia 25 OCT 1846.⁽⁴⁰⁹⁾ John died 19 OCT 1919 in Richland Twp., Defiance Co., OH., at age 72. His body was interred 22 OCT 1919 in Riverside Cem., Defiance Co., OH.

He married Anna Amelia STREIT 13 JAN 1880 in Defiance Co., OH.. (Anna Amelia STREIT is #468.) Anna was born 10 APR 1856 in Poppenlauer, Bavaria, Germany. Anna was the daughter of Matthias Crescenz STREIT and Maria Anna SCHLEMBACH. Anna died 7 APR 1929 in Richland Twp., Defiance Co., OH., at age 72. Her body was interred APR 1929 in Riverside Cem., Defiance Co., OH. Anna immigrated to destination unknown 1878.

John immigrated to destination unknown 17 OCT 1868. John was born in "Pshiwastan" which is phonetically correct, but the actual spelling is "Pschiwosten" or Priwosten" which are old German forms of the Czech village of "Privozec". If you have a map of Central Europe "Privozec" is approximately 20 miles south west of Pilsen (Pilzen) and about 11 miles north of the German border. To futher pinpoint the location, Privozec is 3 miles south east of "Horsovsky Tyn" or 4 miles north east of "Domazlice and is located on or adjacent to the Rubring river. John was a farmer

acute inflammatory rheumatism

cause of death was listed as apoplexy of brain

cause of death was listed as Appoplexy

John Wesley WILLITZER and Anna Amelia STREIT had the following children:

+ 12 i. Matthias John "Matt"³ WILLITZER was born 17 OCT 1880.

13 ii. Anna B. WILLITZER (#474) was born in Richland Twp., Defiance Co.,, OH. 8 OCT 1881. Anna died 14 JUN 1900 in Richland Twp., Defiance Co., OH., at age 18. Her body was interred 16 JUN 1900 in Riverside Cem., Defiance Co., OH..

+ 14 iii. Anthony John "Tony" WILLITZER was born 24 MAY 1883.

15 iv. Elizabeth "Lizzie" WILLITZER (#477) was born in Richland Twp., Defiance Co.,, OH. 7 FEB 1885. Elizabeth died 15 JUN 1940 in Defiance Co., OH., at age 55. Her body was interred 18 JUN 1940 in Defiance Co., OH..

16 v. John WILLITZER (#473) was born in Richland Twp., Defiance Co.,, OH. 6 JUN 1887.⁽⁴¹⁰⁾ John died 1 NOV 1890 in Richland Twp., Defiance Co., OH., at age 3. His body was interred 2 NOV 1890 in Defiance Co., OH..

17 vi. Dorothy Margaret WILLITZER (#475) was born in Richland Twp., Defiance Co.,, OH. 2 NOV 1889. Dorothy died 30 MAR 1980 in Fulton Co., OH, at age 90. Her body was interred APR 1980 in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. She married Frank George STEFFEL 16 NOV 1909 in Defiance Co., OH.. (Frank George STEFFEL is #1179.) Frank was born 4 AUG 1884 in Defiance Co., OH.. Frank was the son of Wesley STEFFEL and Elizabeth CLEMENS. Frank died 29 NOV 1964 in Defiance Co., OH., at age 80. (See Frank George STEFFEL for the continuation of this line.) Mrs. Dorothy M. Steffel, 90, Rt. 3 Defiance, died at 12:15 p.m. Sunday in Fairlawn Have Nursing Home, Archbold, where she had been a resident for 7 yrs. She was born Nov. 2, 1889 in Defiance, a dau. of John and Anna (Streit) Willitzer, and married Frank G. Steffel, who died in 1964. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and Altar & Rosary Societ, and had formerly been cafeteria manager at North-Richland-Adams School. Surviving are a son Rupert, Rt. 3 Defiance: a dau. Mrs. Paul Bruns, 300 Maywin Rd. a sister Mrs. Albert (Agnes) Steffel Rt. 3 Defiance, 2 grandchildren and one grt-grandchild. Proceed her in death were 3 brothers, Matthew, Anthony, and Joseph, and 3 sisters Elizabeth Willitzer, Mary Wagner, and Frances Cleary.

John & Mary (Willitzer) Wagner

front row L to R: Mary, Martha, Marcella, Joann, Mary, John, Raymond, Walter, Jim. Back row L to R: Val, Rosemary, Irene, Grace, Carl, Paul, Bernard, Justin, Johnny.

18 vii. Mary Cecilia WILLITZER (#207) was born in S. Richland Twp., Defiance Co., OH. 24 NOV 1891. Mary died 25 SEP 1970 in Defiance Co., OH., at age 78. Her body was interred 28 SEP 1970 in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. She married John Wenceslaus WAGNER 13 OCT 1914 in St. John's Cath., Defiance Co., OH. (John Wenceslaus WAGNER is #206.) John was born 17 OCT 1884 in Adams Twp., Defiance Co., OH.. John was the son of John Sr. WAGNER and Mary SHINDLER. John died 13 SEP 1960 in Defiance Co., OH., at age 75. His body was interred 16 SEP 1960 in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. He was baptized date unknown in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. (See John Wenceslaus WAGNER for the continuation of this line.)

She was baptized 1891 in St. Johns Cath., Defiance Co., OH.

Mary had drk brn hair.

She had cancer of the bowel, colon etc and listed as general carcinoma

She had two sets of twins; Raymond and Rosemary, and Martha and Mary

19 viii. Agnes V. WILLITZER (#476) was born in Richland Twp., Defiance Co.,, OH. 23 OCT 1893. Agnes died 20 FEB 1985 in Defiance Co., OH., at age 91. Her body was interred 23 FEB 1985 in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. She married Albert J. STEFFEL 19 JAN 1915 in Defiance Co., OH.. (Albert J. STEFFEL is #2217.) Albert was born 26 SEP 1885 in Defiance Co., OH.. Albert was the son of Joseph STEFFEL and Mary MOSER. Albert died 3 FEB 1970 in Defiance Co., OH., at age 84. His body was interred 6 FEB 1970 in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. (See Albert J. STEFFEL for the continuation of this line.)

+ 20 ix. Joseph Francis WILLITZER was born 23 FEB 1896.

21 x. Frances B. WILLITZER (#478) was born in Defiance Co.,, OH. 22 JUN 1898.⁽⁴¹¹⁾ Frances died 6 MAR 1943 at age 44. Her body was interred MAR 1943 in St. Michael's, Defiance Co., OH. She married Lawrence L. CLEARY 14 NOV 1922. (Lawrence L. CLEARY is #2088.) Lawrence was born 11 JUN 1897 in Ashland, WI.. Lawrence died 1 JAN 1992 in Tacoma, WA., at age 94.⁽⁴¹²⁾ His body was interred JAN 1992 in Tacoma, WA..

Cause of death was Coronary thrombosis.

22 xi. Mildred WILLITZER (#3554) was born in Richland Twp., Defiance Co.,, OH. 1 SEP 1899. Mildred died 2 APR 1924 in Richland Twp., Defiance Co., OH., at age 24.

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