The Zebe Family of Kreis Grottkau,
Schlesien (Silesia)
Compiled by Paul Zebe
Contents
Introduction
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The Zebe family of Kreis Grottkau was founded by Franz Zebe
and his wife Francisca (nee Klose). While it is known that Franz
was born in Würben, Kreis Grottkau, and that Francisca was
born in Niklasdorf, Kreis Grottkau, the parents of neither are
known. Franz was born in 1805. By the mid-1830s he was a
shephard living in Zülzhof, Kreis Grottkau, perhaps on the
estate located there. By the 1840s, he was a property owner in
Olbendorf, Kreis Strehlen (for more about this village, see
"Memories of Olbendorf"). At the
time of his death he was the owner of a full sized farm [a
Bauerngutsbesitzer] in the village. Franz and Francisca
had three sons and a daughter. All three sons left Schlesien to
work elsewhere in Germany, one returning after retirement and the
end of World War I, but not to Kreis Grottkau nor to Kreis
Strehlen. The daughter and her descendants operated the family
farm until the Germans were expelled from Schlesien at the end of
World War II. Today, the descendants of Franz and Francisca live
in Germany and the USA.
While the ancestors of Franz Zebe are unknown, it is known
that from the 1680s to the 1760s Zebes were living first in the
village of Hönigsdorf (from c1683 and perhaps earlier to
c1740) and then in the village of Striegendorf (from c1740 into
the 1760s, and perhaps later), both in Kreis Grottkau and both
within a mile or two of Würben, Franz's birthplace (in
places, fields of Würben border fields of Striegendorf).
Circumstantial evidence suggests that prior to 1683, the Zebe
family may have used the surname Zewige (and its shortened form,
Zewe). If so, they were resident in Hönigsdorf from at least
the late 1650s. It might be noted that the American Zebe family
has a tradition that the family underwent a surname change at
some point in its history, but their German cousins do not.
I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who is
descended from this family.
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Other Zebe
Families
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There appear to be a number of different Zebe families located
throughout the world, including Germany and the USA. In the USA,
there are at least two different Zebe families, and likely three
or more. The relationship, if any, between the Zebe family of
Kreis Grottkau and any other Zebe family is currently unknown.
The Zebe families include the following:
Pitschen, Kreis Kreuzburg, Schlesien--A Zebe family
originating in Pitschen, Kreis Kreuzburg, lived in Schlesien from
at least the late 1600s up to the end of World War II.
Descendants of this family can be found throughout Germany today,
as well as in the USA. The family was Protestant and a number of
descendants were Protestant clergy. The noted Schlesien writer,
Gustav Freytag, is a descendant of this family. The surname of
this family may have originally been Ceba (or variant).
Ost-Brandenburg--A Zebe family currently living in
Germany originated in Ost-Brandenburg. Ost-Brandenburg is that
portion of Brandenburg that was absorbed by Poland after the end
of World War II.
Southwestern Germany--A Zebe family has lived in
Baden-Württemburg evidently for centuries. The origins of
this family are unknown. Some members of the family apparently
moved to East/West Prussia during the 1700s. The family surname
is said to be a variant of the surname Zehe.
Slovenia--A Zebe family currently living in Germany
originated in what is now Slovenia. The family home was
originally Marburg/Drau (now Maribor/Drava). The surname of this
family was originally Cebe and was reportedly changed because
Germans habitually mispronounced it.
Huguenots--A Zebe family currently living in Germany is
descended from Huguenots who came to Germany from France. It is
reported that the famly surname was written as Zebé by
some members of the family until World War II.
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Family
Tree
Key:
*=born
oo=married
+=died
Localities:
Altona, Prussia, Germany (now part of the city of Hamburg,
Germany)
Bad Charlottenbrunn, Kreis Waldenburg, Niederschlesien, Germany
(now in Poland)
Demmin, Germany
Elberfeld, Germany (now part of the city of Wuppertal,
Germany)
Ellerdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Görlitz, Niederschlesien, Germany (now part of Saxony,
Germany)
Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Herrnhut, Germany
Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany
Kalkau, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Königsstein, Hessen, Germany
Kosolup (location unknown)
Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Lehmwasser, Kreis Waldenburg, Niederschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Little Falls, Minnesota, USA
Lodz, Russian Poland (now in Poland)
Lübeck, Germany
Luverne, Minnesota, USA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Niklasdorf, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Oberscheide bei Dillenburg i. Westerwald, Hessen, Germany
Olbendorf, Kreis Strehlen, Niederschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Oppeln, Kreis Oppeln, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Schlossborn, Hessen, Germany
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Transylvania, Hungary (now part of Romania)
Worthington, Minnesota, USA
Würben, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
Yakima, Washington, USA
Zülzhoff, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in
Poland)
1 Franz ZEBE, *23 Sep 1805 in Würben, +21 Nov 1888 in
Olbendorf, owner of full sized farm in Olbendorf
oo Francisca KLOSE, *23 Mar 1815 in Niklasdorf, +19
Dec 1890 in Olbendorf
. 2 Franz Joseph ZEBE, *23 Dec 1836 in
Zülzhoff, +24 Sep 1897 in Kalkau, post office manager in
Kalkau
oo Ida FREITAG, *25 Jun 1845 in Rogau, +10 Jun
1894 in Kalkau
. . 3 Martha (I) ZEBE, *cMar 1865,
+18 May 1865 in Rogau
. . 3 Georg ZEBE, *cMar 1866, +24
Nov 1866 in Kühschmalz
. . 3 Martha (II) ZEBE, *after
1866
oo ? SCHUBERT(?), government clerk
. . 3 Magdalena (Magda) ZEBE, *28
May 1871 in Würben
oo Paul Wilhelm Reinhold BAIER, *18 Oct
1864 in Frankfurt/Oder, district sergeant major in Oppeln
. . . 4 Eugen Franz Johann
Sÿlvester BAIER, *31 Dec 1894 in Neisse
. . . 4 Elsa Ida Maria
BAIER, *7 Nov 1896 in Oppeln
. . . 4 Kurt Waldemar
BAIER, *26 Jan 1898 in Oppeln
. . . 4 Eugen Paul BAIER,
*5 Oct 1899 in Oppeln, +20 Jun 1900(?) in Oppeln
. . . 4 Magda Elfriede
BAIER, *21 Oct 1901 in Oppeln
. . 3 Elfriede ZEBE, *c1876, +possibly in Hannover
oo August HUSEMANN, *c1862, site
engineer
. . . 4 Else HUSEMANN,
*c1892
. . 3 Franz Georg (Frank George)
ZEBE, *12 Jan 1877 in Kalkau, +6 Mar 1943 in Milwaukee,
policeman in Elberfeld
oo 1) Johanna Emilie SCHÄFER, *19 Jun
1880 in Lodz
. . . 4 Margarethe Ida
Karoline (Grete) ZEBE, *8 Aug 1903 in Elberfeld, +17 May 1978
in Neumünster
oo ? MÖLLER
. . . 4 Adolf Johannes
ZEBE, 4 Jun 1905 in Elberfeld, +15 Aug 1983 in Kiel
oo Maria Catharina FRIEDRICHSEN, *30
Mar 1905 in Ellerdorf, +3 Feb 2000
. . 3 Franz Georg (Frank George)
ZEBE, *12 Jan 1877 in Kalkau, +6 Mar 1943 in Milwaukee,
laborer
oo 2) Mathilde Maria Elisabeth EGGERS, *1
Jun 1886 in Lübeck, +17 Feb 1929 in St. Paul
. . . 4 Alfred Herbert Kurt
ZEBE, *15 Jul 1909 in Altona, +12 Oct 1977 in St. Paul,
master baker in St. Paul
oo Ann BOROS, *19 Nov 1908 in
Transylvania, +22 Nov 1991 in St. Paul
. . . 4 Alfreda ZEBE, *11
Dec 1913 in Regina, +7 Feb 1998 in Yakima
oo Frank WALSH, +Mar 1950 in Little
Falls
. . . 4 Frank ZEBE, *28
Nov 1915 in Regina, +5 May 1977 in St. Paul, security guard
. . . 4 Helene ZEBE, *10
Aug 1917 in Regina, +11 Aug 1963
oo Harold L. PETERSON, home and garden
nursery employee
. . . 4 Rudolph Max ZEBE,
*14 Apr 1919 in Regina, +12 Dec 1985 in Worthington, highway
maintenance worker
oo Marie HELLWINCKEL, *c1923,
+c1952
. . . 4 Mary Magdalena
ZEBE, *25 May 1921 in Regina, +5 May 1987 in Luverne
. . . 4 George Kurt Bruno
ZEBE, *12 Nov 1922 in Regina, +27 Aug 2002, construction
worker
. . 3 Margaretha ZEBE, *1878 in
Kalkau, +1883 in Kalkau
. . 3 Waldemar Otto ZEBE, *1880 in
Kalkau, +1883 in Kalkau
. . 3 Waldemar Heinrich ZEBE, *1884
in Kalkau, last seen in the records receiving his first communion
in Oppeln in 1898
. 2 August ZEBE, *2 Nov 1846 in Olbendorf, +1
Jul 1910 in Königstein, Royal forest master
oo Louise Wilhelmine Henriette KELLER, *22 Sep
1854 in Oberscheld bei Dillenburg i. Westerwald, +1 May 1890 in
Schlossborn
. . 3 Karl August ZEBE, *31 Jan 1879
in Schlossborn, +1963 in Frankfurt/Main
oo Wilhelmine NEEB, +1928 in
Frankfurt/Main
. . . 4 Karl Albert Julius
ZEBE, *26 Feb 1904 in Frankfurt/Main, +16 Aug 1984 in
Frankfurt/Main
oo ? STROBEL
. . . 4 Auguste Emilie Anna
Ottilie ZEBE, *6 Feb 1911, +4 Oct 1996
oo Richard RAAB
. . 3 Fritz Heinrich ZEBE, *20 Nov
1880, +Frankfurt/Main
oo Elisabeth MOMBERGER, *6 Jan 1874 in Ober
Ohmen, +21 Jan 1953 in Frankfurt/Main
. . . 4 Ottilie ZEBE, *13
May 1914 in Frankfurt/Main
oo George STEIGERWALD
. . 3 Anna Adolphine ZEBE, *9 Aug
1882, +Frankfurt/Main
oo Johann Michael SACHS
. . . 4 Wilhelmine Louise
SACHS, *10 Dec 1902 in Frankfurt/Main
. . . 4 Kunigunde SACHS,
*21 Aug 1904 in Frankfurt/Main
. . 3 Julius ZEBE, *18 Jun 1884, +16
Aug 1959 in Munich, furrier
oo Irene CHASAPI, *25 May 1892 in
Greece(?), +8 Mar 1967
. . . 4 Wilhelm August
Friedrich ZEBE, *12 May 1923 in Munich, +15 Apr 2004 in
Munich, banker
oo Anneliese HORMESS, *15 Nov 1940 in
Munich, +23 Jan 2001 in Munich
. . 3 Ottmar ZEBE, *24 Mar 1886,
+About 1903
. . 3 August ZEBE, *14 May 1888,
+Frankfurt/Main
oo Elisabeth HOMBERGER
. 2 Julius ZEBE, +Bad Charlottenbrunn, customs
official in Danzig(?)
oo ???, +Bad Charlottenbrunn
. . 3 Liesel ZEBE
oo Erich KRINKE, schoolteacher at
Lehmwasser near Bad Charlottenbrunn
. 2 Anna ZEBE, *8 Aug 1855 in Olbendorf, +3 Feb
1939 in Olbendorf
oo Franz WINKLER, *30 Nov 1850 in Olbendorf, +20
Jun 1928 in Olbendorf, farmer in Olbendorf
. . 3 Franz WINKLER,*13 May 1878 in
Olbendorf, +1969 in Herrnhut
oo ???
. . . 4 Luzia
WINKLER
. . . 4 Lena
WINKLER
. . . 4 Cäcilia
WINKLER
. . . 4 Erika
WINKLER
. . 3 Karl Paul WINKLER, *6 Apr 1880
in Olbendorf, +11 Nov 1963 in Leipzig, farmer
oo Hedwig WINKLER, *14 Jun 1885 in
Olbendorf, +13 May 1949 in Leipzig
. . . 4 Georg WINKLER, *2
Jan 1916 in Olbendorf, +30 Aug 1991 in Hilpoltstein
oo Maria HAMMERL, *16 Nov 1918 in
Kosolup, + 28 Nov 1996 in Hilpoltstein
. . . 4 Karl Paul
WINKLER, *3 Mar 1921 in Olbendorf, +1 Mar 1999 in
Mülheim an der Ruhr
. . 3 Julius WINKLER, *20 Jun 1888,
+1948 in Demmin
. . 3 Martha WINKLER, *7 Feb 1890 in
Olbendorf, +23 Oct 1972 in Görlitz
oo Hermann KNORN
Sources of
Information
Churchbooks (LDS Microfilm copies):
- Catholic Church at Deutsch Wette, Kreis Neisse
- Catholic Church at Kalkau, Kreis Neisse
- Catholic Church at Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau
- Catholic Church at Oppeln, Kreis Oppeln
- Military Church Records, Oppeln, Kreis Oppeln
- Military Church Records, Neisse, Kreis Neisse
Other:
- City directories, Hannover (LDS Microfilm and Ancestry online copies)
- Civil birth records, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Family information and records
- Information from helpful subscribers to Internet lists
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