Contributed by Helen Kautzer
Generation No. 1 1. CRISPIN1 NEZER was born Unknown in Montiforti, Austria (Northern Italy today). Child of CRISPIN NEZER is: 2. i. JOSEF2 NETZER, b. Unknown, Montiforti/Austria; d. February 17, 1763, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.Generation No. 2 2. JOSEF2 NETZER (CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born Unknown in Montiforti/Austria, and died February 17, 1763 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. He married KATHARINA KIEFFER January 08, 1736/37 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, daughter of NIKOLAUS KIEFFER and ANNA WEINACHT. She was born October 17, 1716 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died January 05, 1767 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. Notes for JOSEF NETZER: Josef Netzer was born in Montiforti, Austria. On today's maps, there is no Montiforti Austria, but there are three of them in Italy. The Librarian told me that the Montiforti closet to Austria is the most likely one. Children of JOSEF NETZER and KATHARINA KIEFFER are: i. ANGELA3 NETZER, b. May 12, 1738. ii. ANNA NETZER, b. June 27, 1740. iii. BARBARA NETZER, b. December 04, 1742. iv. SEBASTIAN NETZER, b. February 02, 1744/45. v. JOSEF NETZER, b. January 27, 1747/48. 3. vi. NIKOLAUS NETZER, b. October 04, 1750, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. February 03, 1808, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. vii. JOSEF NETZER, b. January 19, 1753; m. ELISABETH THIERY; b. Kastel, Kries Saarburg, Prussia. viii. ELISABETH NETZER, b. August 26, 1755. ix. MARGARET NETZER, b. July 22, 1758.Generation No. 3 3. NIKOLAUS3 NETZER (JOSEF2, CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born October 04, 1750 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died February 03, 1808 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. He married KATHARINA WEBER January 13, 1778 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, daughter of JAKOB WEBER and M. BAUR. She was born Unknown in Gandern, Prussia, and died Unknown. Children of NIKOLAUS NETZER and KATHARINA WEBER are: i. NIKOLAUS4 NETZER, b. June 18, 1778, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. January 15, 1829, St. Gervasius & Protasius, Perl, Kreis Saarburg, Prussia. Notes for NIKOLAUS NETZER: All of the dates and information was taken from the Freudenburg Book of Church records written by Klaus Sieren. The Perl records were from the Church book of St. Gervasius & Protasis of Perl (Nr. 5, S. 178.) ii. JOHANN NETZER, b. September 05, 1780, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. April 02, 1792, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. 4. iii. MATHIAS NETZER, b. August 14, 1783, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. January 15, 1829, St. Gervasius & Protasius, in Perl, Kreis Saarburg, Prussia. iv. ANNA NETZER, b. March 26, 1786. v. BARBARA NETZER, b. August 29, 1787, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. January 21, 1861, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; m. JOHN OBERLEUKEN. vi. MARIA NETZER, b. November 14, 1790, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. April 06, 1792, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. vii. MAGDALENA NETZER, b. October 18, 1792, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. June 24, 1799, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. viii. MARIA NETZER, b. December 11, 1799, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. Unknown, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; m. ?. ix. ANNA NETZER, b. July 18, 1802, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. March 05, 1853, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; m. HUBERT SCHULZ. x. JOHANN NETZER, b. Unknown, Freudenburg, Kries Saarburg, Prussia; d. June 25, 1799, Freudenburg, Kries Saarburg, Prussia.Generation No. 4 4. MATHIAS4 NETZER (NIKOLAUS3, JOSEF2, CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born August 14, 1783 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died January 15, 1829 in St. Gervasius & Protasius, in Perl, Kreis Saarburg, Prussia. He married KATHARINA QUARI March 01, 1808 in Perl, Kreis Saarburg, Prussia, daughter of JOHANN QUARING and ANNA GRUNN. She was born September 05, 1779 in Perl, Kreis Saarburg, Prussia, and died April 26, 1873 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. Children of MATHIAS NETZER and KATHARINA QUARI are: i. BARBARA NETZER, b. December 17, 1808. ii. MATHIAS NETZER5, b. November 28, 1817, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. February 01, 1892, Sanglois Hotel, Milwaukee, WI; m. ELISABETH GRANDIL, November 25, 1841, St. Trinitatis Catholic Church, Freudenburg, Prussia; b. July 18, 1814, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. May 21, 1886, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI. iii. FRANZ NETZER, b. November 16, 1819.Generation no. 5 1. MATHIAS5 NETZER (MATHIAS4, NIKOLAUS3, JOSEF2, CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born November 28, 1817 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died February 01, 1892 in Sanglois Hotel, Milwaukee, WI. He married ELISABETH GRANDIL November 25, 1841 in St. Trinitatis Catholic Church, Freudenburg, Prussia, daughter of NIKOLAUS GRANDIL and MARIA MAAS. She was born July 18, 1814 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died May 21, 1886 in Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI. Notes for MATHIAS NETZER: Mathias Netzer was born in Freudenburg, Prussia 28 Nov. 1817, the son of Mathias Netzer and Katharina Quari. He married Elizabeth Grandil, daughter of Nikolaus Grandill and Maria Maas on the 25th of November 1841 at St. Trinitatis Catholic Church in Freudenburg. They had seven children, three of them dying in Freudenburg before they left for America. The Mathias Netzer family left Freudenburg on the 14 of March 1857 with $400.00. They went to the port of Havre, France to board the ship 'Tornado' to go to the United States of America. This ship had 689 passengers, plus the crew, so it was a really large ship for those days. They landed at New York on the 15 April 1857. There were six of them in their family when they landed. I was never able to find the youngest one, Mathias, who was eight months old. He must have died sometime after they left the ship. It is not known where they lived until they bought their farm of 80 acres in the town of Meeme Northeast of School Hill on 1 May 1860, for $160.00 from Edward H Janssen and wife Friederike. Then on 17 September 1867, Mathias Netzer bought the farm across the road from his farm for $800.00 from DeLorma & Lila Brooks, who were land prospectors. Mathias became a naturalized citizen on the 28 Mar. 1868 in the city of Manitowoc, WI. In the fall of 1891, Mathias Netzer, who was a widower by then, went down to Misssouri to visit his son Peter and family. He stayed there for several months. He was expected to stay there all winter, but then in January of 1892 he decided to come back to Wisconsin. On his way home, he stopped at the Wisconsin Sanglois Hotel in the 4th ward of Milwaukee to spend the night. This was close to the train station. He was 75 years of age at the time and hard of hearing. He was told to turn off the gas lights and not to blow them out like a kersene lamp. Mathias could not have understood the hotel personal, as he blew out the lights and was gassed to death. The next day, a messenger came to the farm home on horse-back to inform John Netzer of his father's death. Only the younger girls of the family were home as the rest of the family were at the wedding of William Binversie and Regina Schuler which was on February 1, 1892. William was the youngest brother of Margaret Netzer. The next day, John went to Milwaukee by train to identify his father and come back with his body. It cost $95.00 to prepare the body for burial which included the coffin, and $1.84 to ship the body by train from Milwaukee to Centerville - which is now called Cleveland. At the time of Mathias' wife's death, they were both living with their daughter Magdalena Birsch and her husband who owned a saloon and hotel on the 42 near Edwards on the south end of the town of Meeme. Lots of travelers would stop over night at the Birsch's, on their way through. The Netzer's had been retired for many years by that time. Mathias was carrying a lot of money with him at the time of his death. The money he had came from either John or Peter, when they paid back their father as they were paying off their debt to their father. The "Netzer" name had a few different spellings; "Netzler" was on Mathias' death certificate, "Natzer" is on Mathias's wife's gravestone. Children of MATHIAS NETZER and ELISABETH GRANDIL are: 2. i. JOHANN6 NETZER, b. February 18, 1843, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. March 09, 1932, Algoma, WI. 3. ii. PETER J. NETZER, b. September 21, 1845, Freudenburg, Kries Saarburg, Prussia; d. February 07, 1919, Springfield, Mo. iii. DAUGHTER NETZER, b. June 21, 1848. iv. ELISABETH NETZER, b. September 24, 1849. 4. v. MAGDALENA NETZER, b. March 25, 1852, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. December 12, 1924, Sheboygan, WI. vi. SON NETZER, b. November 03, 1854. vii. MATHIAS NETZER, b. July 23, 1856, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. Unknown, America.Generation No. 6 2. JOHANN6 NETZER (MATHIAS5, MATHIAS4, NIKOLAUS3, JOSEF2, CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born February 18, 1843 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died March 09, 1932 in Algoma, WI. He married MARGARET BINVERSIE January 21, 1869 in St. Gregory Catholic Church, St. Nazians, WI, daughter of PETER BINVERSIE and ANGELA MAAS. She was born February 25, 1847 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died November 08, 1917 in Town Meeme, WI. Notes for JOHANN NETZER: Johann Netzer was 14 years of age when he came to Wisconsin with his parents and three siblings. from Freudenburg, Prussia. They left Prussia on the 14 March 1857 and went to Havre, France where they boarded the ship 'Toronado' to sail for the United States. They landed in New York on the 15 April 1857. It is believed that they took the Great Lakes route to Manitowoc. John became a citizen of the United States on Nov. 2, 1868. John Netzer and Margaret Binversie were married 21 January 1869 at St. Gregory Catholic Church in St. Nazianz, by the Rev. Ambrose Ochswald, the founder of St. Nazianz. They had seven girls and two boys. The two boys both died. After they retired from farming, the Nic Redings took over the farm and John and Margaret moved to School Hill to retire. After Margaret died in 1917, John moved in with the Nic Redings on the farm for a good many years. The last few years of his life, John lived with the Charles Schmitt's in Algoma, WI., another one of his daughters. They are both buried on Holy Trinity Cemetery in School Hill, Wi. Notes for MARGARET BINVERSIE: Margaret Binversie was born in Freudenburg, Germany, and came to the USA with her parents Peter Binversie and her mother Angela Maas, and two sisters. Children of JOHANN NETZER and MARGARET BINVERSIE are: i. PETER7 NETZER, b. November 20, 1869, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. November 07, 1896, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI. Notes for PETER NETZER: Peter died at the age of 26, just two weeks before his 27th birthday. He had tubercolosis of the bone. He is buried on St. Isadore Cemetery, Osman, WI. 5. ii. MARY NETZER, b. April 25, 1871, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. November 03, 1955, Sheboygan, WI16 July 1896. 6. iii. HELENA NETZER, b. January 01, 1873, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. November 03, 1969, Sheboygan, WI. 7. iv. KATHARINE NETZER, b. November 21, 1874, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. January 15, 1924, Sheboygan, WI. v. JOHN NETZER, b. September 20, 1876. 8. vi. MARGARET NETZER, b. January 31, 1880, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. April 23, 1928, Sheboygan, WI. 9. vii. ANGELINE NETZER, b. June 10, 1881, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. February 01, 1965, Sheboygan, WI. 10. viii. ELIZABETH NETZER, b. August 23, 1883, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. May 24, 1982, Town Centerville, Manitowoc Co.,WI. 11. ix. ANNA NETZER, b. September 18, 1886, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. September 17, 1983, Algoma, WI. 3. PETER J.6 NETZER (MATHIAS5, MATHIAS4, NIKOLAUS3, JOSEF2, CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born September 21, 1845 in Freudenburg, Kries Saarburg, Prussia, and died February 07, 1919 in Springfield, Mo.. He married THERESA SCHWARTZ October 25, 1870 in St. Fidelis, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI, daughter of JOSEPH SCHWARTZ and SUSANNA LUDWIGEN. She was born August 10, 1848 in Silesia, Prussia, and died June 11, 1942 in Springfield, Mo. Notes for PETER J. NETZER: Peter Netzer was born in Freudenburg, Prussia on September 21, 1845 and came to America with his parents, and brother & sister, leaving Freudenburg on the 14 March 1857. They sailed to America on the ship 'Toronado' leaving Havre, France, and arriving in New York on the 15 April 1857. Peter married Theresa Schwartz at St. Fidelis Catholic Church on 25th October 1870 and settled on a farm in the town of Meeme, where the first seven children were born. Peter Netzer left for Missouri with his wife and seven children sometime before August 1887, as their eighth child was born in Missouri on August 17, 1887. They settled in the Springfield area, and they stayed in Missouri for the rest of their lives. Children of PETER NETZER and THERESA SCHWARTZ are: 12. i. JOSEPH7 NETZER, b. August 28, 1871, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. September 12, 1962, Billings, Mo.. ii. FRANK G. NETZER, b. April 24, 1873, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. December 13, 1940, Springfield, WI.; m. BETTY U. COLLIER, 1899. 13. iii. ANNA NETZER, b. 1875, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. 1929. 14. iv. ROSE NETZER, b. February 05, 1877, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. July 28, 1973, Springfield, MO. v. ELIZABETH NETZER, b. December 18, 1878, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. July 31, 1976, Soringfield, Mo.; m. HENRY KRUG. 15. vi. PETER W. NETZER, b. October 19, 1882, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. January 03, 1961, Billings, Christian Co., MO. 16. vii. JOHN FRANCISCUS NETZER, b. April 17, 1885, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. July 30, 1965. 17. viii. MARY NETZER, b. August 17, 1887, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. 1964, Springfield, Green Co., Mo. 18. ix. WILLIAM NETZER, b. July 24, 1892, In Missouri; d. April 19, 1979, Springfield, Green Co., Mo. 4. MAGDALENA6 NETZER (MATHIAS5, MATHIAS4, NIKOLAUS3, JOSEF2, CRISPIN1 NEZER) was born March 25, 1852 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died December 12, 1924 in Sheboygan, WI. She married PETER BERSCH May 24, 1870 in St. Wendel (Cleveland, WI), son of JACOB BERSCH and ANNA LIESENFELD. He was born February 10, 1843 in Halsenbach (Boppardia) near Rhine River, and died October 15, 1904. Notes for MAGDALENA NETZER: Maagdalena Netzer was born 25 Mar. 1852 in Freudenburg, Germany. She came to America with her three brothers on the ship 'Toronado' and landed in New York on the 15 April 1857. Magdalena married Peter Birsch at St. Wendel, Cleveland, Wisconsin on the 24 May 1870. They had 12 children of which four of them died very young. Magdalena and her husband owned an Inn on the old Green Bay Road, now the 42. Magdalena's parents lived with them after their retirement. This Tavern was in existence until about 1985 when the building was torn down because it was too close to the road. The last name it had was "Kraemer's Corners'. Children of MAGDALENA NETZER and PETER BERSCH are: 19. i. ANNA GERTRUDE7 BERSCH, b. February 17, 1871, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. July 18, 1958, Wauwautosa, Milwaukee Co., Wi.. 20. ii. JACOB BERSCH, b. September 24, 1872, Town Meeme, Manitowoc County, WI; d. 1960, Sheboygan, WI. iii. JOHANNES BERSCH, b. February 08, 1874, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. February 14, 1874, Town Moeme, Manitowoc Co., Wi. 21. iv. MARIE BERSCH, b. May 24, 1875, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. 1980, Milwaukee, Wi. v. JOSEPH BERSCH, b. July 28, 1877, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. November 25, 1877, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI. vi. MARGARETHA BERSCH, b. October 15, 1876, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co.; d. December 07, 1878, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co.,. 22. vii. HELENA BERSCH, b. February 01, 1880, Town Moeeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. May 09, 1954, Sheboygan, WI. viii. PETER BERSCH, b. April 16, 1883, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. September 28, 1939, Sheboygan county, Wi.. Notes for PETER BERSCH: Peter who never married, lived with his mom until her death. Then he lived a short time with Jacob, and then with his sister Anna where he died. Peter and John were twins, who died at the age of one year. ix. JOHN BERSCH, b. April 16, 1883, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. March 18, 1884, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI. 23. x. IDA CAROLINE BERSCH, b. May 25, 1886, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. April 23, 1919. 24. xi. WILHELM BERSCH, b. October 09, 1888, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co.,; d. October 21, 1955, Sheboygan, WI. 25. xii. ALBERT BERSCH, b. July 03, 1892, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. 1983, Sheboygan, WI.Generation No. 7 Due to the currently living persons in subsequent generations, I will have to end at this point what I can put online. For more information on this family, contact Helen Kautzer at: kautzer@bytehead.com Shari Milks