Joseph Witt

Descendants of Joseph Witt

Generation 1

1. JOSEPH¹ WITT^{1, 2} was born in February 1854 in Berlin, Germany. He married Anna Stephany in 1882 in probably Missouri. She was born in 1850 in Bremen, Germany². She died in 1909 in St. Louis, St. Louis City County, Missouri (Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery (Old)).

Joseph Witt and Anna Stephany had the following children:

i. ANNA LOUISE² WITT^{2, 3, 4, 5, 6} was born on September 17, 1883 in St. Louis, St. Louis City/County, Missouri³. She died on June 14, 1964 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois^{7, 8}). She married (1) ARTHUR J. EGGERSON on August 29, 1902 in Clayton, St Louis, Missouri⁹. He was born about Abt. 1873 in probably-Chicago, Cook County, Illinois or maybe Mississippi. He died on April 03, 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri (Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri¹⁰). She married (2) MICHAEL J. BREW on December 17, 1913 in Lake County, Indiana. He was born about Abt. 1877 in Pennsylvania^{3, 11}. He died between 1930-1940 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

ii. JOSEPHINE WITT^{2, 12} was born about Abt. 1886 in Missouri¹². She married EDWARD A. GOSS. He was born about Abt. 1883 in Missouri¹². He died before Bef. 1940 in Missouri.

iii. CHARLES WILLIAM WITT^{1, 2, 13, 14} was born on May 12, 1888 in Lincoln County, Missouri¹. He died on December 30, 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri (Lake Charles Park Cemetery, Bel-Nor, St. Louis County, Missouri^{15, 16}). He married IRENE ZUMSTEG. She was born about Abt. 1895 in Missouri¹³. She died in 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri (Lake Charles Park Cemetery, Bel-Nor, St. Louis County, Missouri¹⁶).

v. EDWARD C. WITT^{1, 2, 17, 18} was born in March 1891 in Missouri¹. He died possibly after 1955 in probably Cicero, Cook County, Illinois. He married FLORENCE ASHLEY. She was born in Lewistown Township, Fulton County, Illinois.  [Death Certificate]

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Sources

1. Witt, Joseph, 1900 – Missouri, St Louis, Central, (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census, 1900.), Roll: 888; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1240888.
2. Doloris J. (Phillips) Fiorino, “Brew Family History,” (handwritten scanned image), received by E-mail: September 15, 2013, from Kathy (Fiorino) Kordyak-Gallagher.
3. Brew, Michael J., 1920 – Illinois, Cook County, Chicago (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census, 1920.), Ancestry.com, (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census, 1920), NA Film Number: T625_339, Page: 5B, ED: 1625.
4. Brew, Frank; Phillips, 1940 – Illinois, Cook, Chicago (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1000; Page: 1B; ED:103-2460.
5. Eggerson, Arthur J., 1910 – Missouri, Saint Louis, Central (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_810; Page: 24B; ED: 0116; FHL Film: 1374823. Works of horse farm; Birthplace: Mississippi.
6. Brew, Michael, 1930 – Illinois, Cook County, Chicago (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 478; Page: 16A; ED: 1447; FHL Film: 2340213.
7. Death date for Anna Louise Witt, SSDI – Number: 324-03-6632; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.
8. Brew, Anna Louise Witt, FindAGrave.com, Image By: Stacey (#47914361).
9. Eggerson, Arthur; Witt, Anna – Application for Marriage Lincense, 1902, Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
10. Eggerson, Arthur (Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1963), Missouri Digital History, Certificate of Death, File No.: 10638; Registration No.:3109. Birthplace: Missouri.
11. Brew, Michael, 1930 – Illinois, Cook, Chicago, (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census, 1930), Roll: 478; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 1447; Image: 328.0; FHL microfilm: 2340213.
12. Goss, Edward A., 1920 – Missouri, St Louis, Saint Ferdinand (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_947; Page: 11B; ED: 145; Image: 155.
13. Witt, Charles, 1940 – Missouri, St Louis, St Louis City, (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth census, 1940), Roll: T627_2207; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 96-651.
14. Witt, Charles, W., 1920 – Missouri, St Louis (Independent City), St Louis Ward 25 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_960; Page: 8B; ED: 493.
15. Witt, Charles William, Missouri Digital History, Certificate of Death, File No.: 42789; Registration No.: 11571, Image.
16. Susan Ing, #47043987, FindAGrave.com.
17. Witt, Edward, 1910 – Missouri, Saint Louis City, St Louis Ward 25 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.),  Roll: T624_822; Page: 12B; ED: 0405; FHL Film: 1374835.
18. Witt, Edward, 1920 – Illinois, Cook County, Cicero (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_359; Page: 11A; ED: 42.