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     Andreas Kneissl was born circa 1700 at Gundelsdorf.¹ He married Ursula Balais.¹ Andreas Kneissl died on 15 August 1738 at Gundelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Note from churchbook:
     '15 Aug 1738 record of death of married man Andreas Kneissl, who patiently suffered pain during an illness of 9 months duration, died after the administration of the Holy Sacraments.¹'

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.²

     Anna Kneissl was born on 7 December 1854 at Lauterbach, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She married Andreas Schafer, son of Georg Schafer and Elisabeth Weissmuller, on 25 September 1875 at Palling bei Traun, Bavaria, Germany.¹ Anna Kneissl died on 14 December 1924 at Furstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Anna was the only surviving child of Anton (Goldene Antony) Kneissl. He disapproved of her marriage to Andreas, a poor ropemaker. Anton was quite prosperous and known for holding mortgages on his relative's homes. As Anna was pregnant, she and Andreas married in Palling some distance from Schrobenhausen, but Anton and Philip Dollinger, Andreas' step-father witnessed the wedding. (Wedding record from microfilm in the Salt Lake City Library.) Either she miscarried or the infant died very early, because her daughter Ottilie was the first recorded child of the marriage.
Widowed at 53 in 1901, Anna set up her oldest son Andreas in a Sileri (ropemaking business) in Aichach, and purchased the building in which her daughter and son in law Johann (who was her first cousin) set up business in Fuerstenfeldbruck.
Her son Raimund also became a Seilermeister and ran the business for his mother until he married.
She then moved in to her father's house (he lived until 1906)in the Stadtmauer (city wall) around the corner from the convent of the Englische Fraulein - an order of nuns expelled from England by Henry VIII, where her granddaughter Anna Kneissl (Hofstetter) lived with her and attended the school from 1914-1917.
In her later years she lived with her daughter, Ottilie Schafer Kneissl, in Fuerstenfeldbruck.
Written on back of a picture taken in 1921 of Anna with her six children:
Anla'sslich des Besuches unseres Bruders Max aus Brooklyn, N.Y. der vor elf Jahren nach dort hin auswanderte, liessen wir uns bei seiner zweiten Abreise fotographieren in Aichach.
Unsere liebe Mutter: Anna Schaefer, geborne Kneissl, Seilermeisterswittwe aus Schrobenhausen 67Jahre alt.
Ottilie Kneissl, geb. Schaefer, Metzgermeistersgattin aus Furstenfeldbruck 45 Jahre alt.
Andreas Schaefer, Seilermeister, Aichach 43 Jahre alt.
von rechts nach links:
Anton Schaefer, Conditoreibesitzer , FFBruck 41 Jahre alt.
Max Schaefer, Kaufmann Brooklyn, NY 33 Jahre alt.
Raimund Schaefer, Seilermeister Schrobenhausen 38 Jahre alt.
Clement Schaefer, Amtsgericht Expeditor Schrobenhausen 30 Jahre alt.
Es war zugleich eine Wiedersehensfeier nach dem grossen Weltkriege, aus dem die 4 Bruder glucklich zuruckkehrten.
Andreas war in Flandern u. Frankreich, Anton in Mazedonien, Raimund in Galezian,
Russland u. Frankreich, Clement in Flandern u. Elsass.
Geschreiben am 18. Dezember 1921.
Ottilie Kneissl FFBruck.¹ Married name: Schafer.

     Anna Ottilie Kneissl was born on 10 June 1901 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She married George Hofstetter, son of Otmar Georg Hofstetter and Anna Huber, on 22 October 1927 (Brooklyn, NY.)¹ Anna Ottilie Kneissl died on 2 July 2002 at Baltimore, MD.¹ She was buried on 5 July 2002 in Calvary Cemetery in Cherry Hill.¹

     Sr. Irmina was sponsored in her Confirmation by Anna Kneissl Hofstetter and always remembered by her. Part of a very large family, she entered the convent in Aug. 1938 and was the convent gardener. A very pleasant lady, she was delighted when in 1981 and 89 we visited her in the convent.¹
     BIOGRAPHY of Anna Ottilie Kneissl Hofstetter, b. June 10, 1901.
     Born in Munich, the only daughter of Johann Baptist and Ottilie Schafer Kneissl, she had one older brother, Hans, and three younger-Tony, Raimund and Otto- all 3 years apart.
     1904 - The family bought the home and business at 16 Hauptstrasse, Furstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, where she grew up and and was taught by nuns to do beautiful needlework. As a child she had diptheria twice. The second time, she remembers walking up a hill to the Dr.'s house feeling awful and wondering why her mother made her do that instead of having the dr. come to the house. He didn't see how she could have gotten it again - there were no other cases in FFB. But she had been at her grandmothers in SOB where there were cases.
     1922 - She came to the U.S., sponsored by her Uncle Max. Also travelling to the boat at Bremen from Augsburg, was George Hofstetter, a friend of her cousin, whom her uncle also sponsored. As they boarded the train, her mother said to George, 'Take good care of her,' little suspecting what would result. Arriving at Ellis Island, she went on to work in New York as a chambermaid and Atlantic City as a waitress.
     1925 -As she'd promised her parents, she returned home - but wearing George's engagement ring. Her parents arranged for cooking lessons at a hotel, and one day before her permit expired, she returned to the U.S.
     1927-October 22-she was married at the All Saint's Church in Brooklyn, and honeymooned briefly on a boat trip to Boston.
     1928- September 10. While George was out hunting for a taxi at 5 A.M., Louisa was born on Linden St. in Brooklyn.
     May 23, 1930 -All three went to Germany, stopping to sightsee in Paris. (Her passport indicates arrival in France June, 1930. George soon returned to his job, but Anni was not well, and her parents sent her to Meran in Italy for a rest cure (TB was suspected, but it may have been the beginning of her problem with gluten absorbtion.) She returned with Louisa (who had stayed in Fuerstenfeldbruck with her grandparents) to New York on March 12, 1931.
     1931 - The Depression- RCA told George to keep his job, he'd have to work in Camden. The house at 2 Browning Road in Merchantville was rented for $25 a month, until by saving every penny, they bought it for $3,000.
     1933 - Her parents made their only trip to the U.S, and saw a good part of the Northeast, visiting the Chicago World's Fair, Washington, DC and the Shenandoah valley, and of course New York.
     1937 -She took Louisa to Germany for the summer for a family visit.
     1939 -May 16-Ellie was born in Cooper Hospital in Camden and we got a telephone (just a party line.)
     -1945 World War II - George was not drafted as he was a father doing defense work, and cousin Andrew was in the U.S.Navy - her brothers and nephews were drafted into the German army.
     1944 -March 24- she became a U.S. citizen. Although she lamented the lack of a formal education, her skill as cook and seamstress was well used over the years. She took courses in dressmaking and slipcovering, and became a serious gardener, lecturing to her Begonians on plant propagation.
     1949- She took Ellie for her first of many trips to Germany.
     1954-After many pleasant vacations on Long Beach Island - and a few hurricanes - they bought the cinderblock Cape Cod at 8 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in Beach Haven Terrace, where the whole family enjoyed the island.
     1969 -Dad's retirement brought many nice trips - Scandinavia, England, Greece, the West, and visits to Germany where they bought the Mercedes, which still serves well in CT.
     1980 - After 52 years of marriage, she lost her husband following a long illness.
     1951-1990- She acquired seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren over the years.
     1985-A misstep in Beach Haven caused a broken hip, which was replaced and a good recovery made.
     1986-Moved to Old Trail, bringing all her furniture, Speedy, and many plants to her new garden, where she still beautifies her part of the world with her green thumb.
Nov. 1993 she fell for no apparent reason in her living room and had hip surgery just before Thanksgiving. The artificial hip which had served her well for 8 years had to be replaced with a longer pin, as this fracture was worse. Ten days after surgery, she went to a nursing home 3 miles from her house, where they have a very active physical therapy regime, and gradually she has progressed to the point where she could now get in and out of bed by herself, dress herself and go over 50 feet with a walker. Unfortunately, the exercises and weight lifting on the leg aggravated an old hernia problem, and after an trip to the Emergency Room when the hernia became strangulated (bouncing in the ambulance put it back in place), but surgery was required in January 1994. Some time before she was told she had the beginnings of cataracts, and while she blamed medication she was taking, she couldn't see well enough to read, and her mail had to be read to her, as well as writing replies. She does still enjoyed TV, having the newspapers read to her, getting regular reports about her beloved Speedy ( who missed her while she was in rehab) and keeping up with all the family news. My son Peter and his wife had their fourth, a boy John, on Dec. 21 and there's a new great-grandchild due in California by the end of January. That will make 10!¹
Married name: Hofstetter.

     Anthony Kneissl was born in 1904 at Furstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Gertrude Ruffert in 1929 (New York, NY.)¹ Anthony Kneissl died in July 1973 at Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ.¹

     He had a second marriage in Arizona.¹

     Anton Kneissl was born on 13 June 1827 at Sandizell, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He (1) married Veronika Tafelmeier, daughter of Maria Anna Meitiger, circa 1854 (in Lauterbach?)¹ Anton Kneissl died on 8 July 1906 at Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Franz Xaver Kneissl was born on 6 February 1873 (and died He was a
Hausbesitzer, or landlord. His wife's name was Magdalena and
she was born in 1881 and died 26Jul1963, aged 82.)¹ He married Magdalena Schmid in 1900.¹ Franz Xaver Kneissl died on 28 April 1960 aged 87.¹

     He was an innkeeper in Gunzelhofen, a Hausbesitzer or landlord.¹
     Magdelana was very religious, and planned to have all her children enter the religious life. None of them did, but because they received good educations the sons were able to get good jobs. Magdalena, when her nieces and nephews came to visit, expected them to kiss her hand, according to Anna.
They had 11 children. The oldest, Xavier, studied for the priesthood in Rome, but did not complete his studies. He became a tax official in Berchetesgarden. The second, Hans (another Johann Kneissl!) became an army officer, and always had an orderly attached to him. He retired to Utting am Ammersee with his wife Maria in 1980. They had three children. Lene (Magdalena) married Karl Sitzman. He was a builder and built the house at #4 Teresianumweg, Furstenfeldbruck that was sold in 1983 by Louisa Lavelle and Ellie Hofstetter. Then Raymond who died young; the next Raymond became a forester; then Georg, Tillie (Ottilie) lived in Rosenheim, Albert died during WWII, Maria lived in Kolbermoor, in the family home where she remained to care for her parents after her father retired. Anton taught Latin in the Gymnasium at Kellheim, and married Johanna Klebel, the stepdaughter of his cousin Wally (daughter of Maria
Kneissl) and has three children. The last one was Regina who married Bader.¹

     Georg Kneissl was born on 25 December 1908.¹

     Hans Kneissl was born on 15 October 1902.¹ He married Maria Hipper, daughter of Kreszentia Schaeffler, on 23 March 1931.¹ Hans Kneissl died on 31 March 1995 at Utting, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Hans Kneissl, a first cousin of Anna Kneissl Hofstetter, had been a (Oberamtsrat) chief county official in Utting and when visited in 1981, was the first to show his Ahnentafel Book. It was required of all in the military, universities, etc. by the Nazi regime that one's ancestry be confirmed in official records. When approved (showing there was no Jewish ancestry) it was stamped with the official Nazi swastika symbol. Hans provided an enormous amount of Kneissl data for this genealogy with the information it contained on the Kneissl ancestry, but said that because of the swastika, many people threw these booklets away when Bavaria was occupied by the U.S. Army after WWII.
He was the eldest Kneissl present at the Kneissl family reunion (Treffung) in 1989, and of all the Kneissls in his generation was outlived only by his cousin Anna (14)in Baltimore.¹

     Johann Baptist Kneissl was born on 26 July 1871 at Sattelberg, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Ottilie Schafer, daughter of Andreas Schafer and Anna Kneissl, on 26 July 1896 (Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, G.)¹ Johann Baptist Kneissl died on 3 August 1957 at Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.¹

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     Johann Baptist II Kneissl was born on 4 May 1898 at Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Maria Meixner in 1931.¹ Johann Baptist II Kneissl died on 18 October 1945 at Bavaria, Germany.¹ He was buried in Furstenfeldbruck.¹

     Xaver Stegmeier worked for Johann Baptist II Kneissl, Metzgermeister (a master butcher) for awhile.¹ He was a master butcher (Metzgermeister.)¹ He was in the U.S. by Christmas of 1923 (he shared an apt. with George Hofstetter and ....... He worked as a butcher in the U.S. 1n Brooklyn, before returning in 1927-9? to take over the family business.
His son Hans has documents from Adolf Gobel Company, Morgan and Flushing Ave. in Brooklyn attesting that he worked there from July 23 to May 1927. His son says he returned to Furstenfeldbruck for a year, then spent time in US again in 1929 - there are pictures of him with niece Louisa in NY at this time.
He succeded his father as Metzgermeister of Furstenfeldbruck and married Maria.
Shortly after WWII ended, he was going out to farmers in search of animals to slaughter for meat, when he was struck by a U.S. Army vehicle. Lack of proper care in a civilian hospital resulted in his untimely death.¹

     Josef Kneissl was born on 31 March 1738 at Gundelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Johanna (Kunnerin) Kail on 23 May 1781.¹ Josef Kneissl died in 1804.¹

     His wife Johanna was born in Gundelsdorf.¹
     He was Innkeeper and postmaster (The inn in Gundelsdorf at which the mail was delivered.) He was nnown as 'Der Grantige'- The Grouchy one; he said 'will nichts, braucht nichts'- don't want anything, don't need anything.
(from Ottilie Schafer Kneissl). His godfather was Michael Strobl de Alsmoos.¹

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.²

     Josef Kneissl married Regina (?)¹ Josef Kneissl died on 15 May 1730 at Gundelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany, (a widower and quite old man.)¹

     General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.²

     Lene Kneissl was born in 1904.¹ She married Karl Sitzmann.¹ Lene Kneissl died in 1985.¹

     Lene lived in Fuerstenfeldbruck. Her husband was a builder and built the house on Teresianumweg which was owned by George and Anna Hofstetter and passed on to their daughters.¹ Married name: Sitzmann.

     Maria Kneissl was born on 29 March 1869 at Sattelberg, Bavaria, Germany.¹ She died on 13 March 1939 at Grimoldshausen, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Married name: Stegmeier.

     Maria Kneissl was born on 3 December 1914 at Kolbermoor (maybe.)¹ She married Albert Moser.¹

     Married name: Moser.

     Ottilie Kneissl was born circa 1892.¹ She married Anton Schafer, son of Andreas Schafer and Anna Kneissl.¹

     Married name: Schafer.

     Ottilie Kneissl was born in 1910.¹ She married Hans Riehl.¹ Ottilie Kneissl died in 1985.¹

     Married name: Riehl.

     Otto Kneissl was born on 28 October 1910 at Furstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Maria Huber on 30 November 1941 (Ingolstadt.)¹ Otto Kneissl died on 31 January 1960 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Otto Kneissl was a master butcher (Metzgermeister.)¹

     Raimund Kneissl was born in 1878.¹ He married Therese Schaeffler.¹ Raimund Kneissl died on 19 April 1939.¹

     He was a sergeant in WWI, then worked in an office in Munich.¹

     Raimund Kneissl was born on 13 April 1907 at Furstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.² He died on 2 August 1991.²

     Raimund Kneissl was born on 17 November 1906.¹ He married Berta Steinig.¹ Raimund Kneissl died in 1981.¹

     Raimund Kneissl was born on 4 May 1792 at Gundelsdorf, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He married Regina Zobinger, daughter of Josef Paul Zobinger and Majorn Kaltenstadler, on 4 April 1815 (Handzell, Bavaria, G.)¹ Raimund Kneissl died on 6 May 1855 at Sandizell, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Born in 1792, the same year in which Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and their children were imprisoned during the French Revolution. (A.K.B) He was a postmaster and innkeeper (Posthalter von Sandizell) from AB Pfarramt Sandizell, Oct 1989.¹

     Xaver Kneissl was born in 1901.¹ He married Leni Knoll.¹ Xaver Kneissl died in 1943.¹

     Xavier Kneissl was born on 3 December 1834 at Sandizell, Bavaria, Germany.¹ He (1) married Anna Maria Schrem(s), daughter of Andreas Schrems and Anna Maria Riedl, on 26 May 1868.¹ Xavier Kneissl (2) married Maria Siegel.¹ Xavier Kneissl died on 24 June 1902 at Tandern, Bavaria, Germany.¹

     Xavier Kneissl lived a Gastwirt (innkeeper) in Sattelberg, Weilach, and Grimoldshausen.¹
     Transcribed from the grave of X. Kneissl during Kneissl Family reunion July 1989 in Tandern
Hier punkets der ehrend (Here lies the honored)
Xaver Kneissl
Gastwirt zul. Privatier (Innkeeper, retired)
geb. 3 Dez 1834 zum Sandizell
gest. am 21 Juni 1902
Andenken an dessen Ehefrau (In memory of his wife)
Maria Kneissl Dessen Ehefrau (His wife)
gest. Sept 1879 in 35 Lebenzeit zu Schrobenhausen (died 1879 aged 35 in Schrobenhausen)
Theresia Kneissl
gest. 18 Apr. 1896 in 39 Lebensjahe zu Schrobenhausen (died 1896 aged 35 in Schrobenhausen.)
     Xavier was an innkeeper in Sattelberg. He sold this, and bought another in Grimoldshausen, from which his oldest daughter married Kaspar Stegmeier. Then he sold this inn and moved to Schrobenhausen, where his son Johann met and married Ottilie Scha'fer, and where he retired. He is buried in Tandern, where his son Xavier had an inn at the time.
Xavier's first wife, mother of Johann died at 44 after the birth of her sixth child, who also died.
Xavier's second wife, Maria Siegel bore him two children, Ottilie and Teresa.
Her first daughter,Ottilie Kneissl married Anton Schafer, brother of Ottilie, so Johann, her half brother was a brother in law to Anton Schafer in two ways- as his wife's brother, and his half-sister's husband! Untangling the Kneissl-Schafer relationships was quite a task. No wonder Anna as a child just addressed all her relations as Herr Fetter and Frau Bas (Mr. Cousin and Mrs. Cousin)!
Teresa, second child of the second marriage never married. She lived in the U.S. for many years. Resi, as she was known, gave a cuckoo clock to Anna Kneissl and George Hofstetter as a wedding present when they married in Brooklyn in 1927. It entertained their children and grandchildren, and now hangs in the home of their greatgrandchildren, Elizabeth and Julia Goedeke in Harmonyville, Pa.

     Alfred Allen Knight was born circa 1843 at Maryland.² He married Sarah P Tuers, daughter of Abraham A Tuers and Sarah Prior Vanderbilt, in 1855 at Rockaway, Morris County, NJ.³ Alfred Allen Knight died in 1895 at Morristown, Morris County, NJ.

     Alfred Allen Knight was in 1870 a laborer. He lived in the Monroe section of Morristown, NJ. He lived in the Monroe section of Morristown, NJ.⁴

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes, and a family genealogist researching the Knight family (childrens names)..⁵

     Alice Knight was born in 1598 at Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ She married William Purrier, son of John Purryer and Jane Rutland, circa 1623 at Olney. Alice Knight died before 1671 at Southold, Long Island, NY.¹

     Married name: Purrier.

     Alice Knight was born in 1598 at Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ She married William Purrier, son of John Purryer and Jane Rutland, on 21 February 1622 at Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, (St. Peter and St. Paul's Church.)² Alice Knight died before 1671 at Southold, Long Island, NY.¹

     Married name: Purrier.

     Flora Cornelia Knight was born on 18 September 1877.¹ She married Dr. Fred M Hayes.¹ Flora Cornelia Knight died on 5 January 1940.¹

     Married name: Hayes.

     Temperance Knight was born in October 1768.¹ She married James Edgerly, son of Samuel Edgerly and Olive Dame, on 20 April 1788.¹ Temperance Knight died on 18 December 1851 at Middlesex, NH.¹

     Her father George lived in Durham, NH.¹ Married name: Edgerly.

     Elizabeth Knopp?? was born circa 1593 at England.¹ She married Thomas Philbrick before 1624.¹ Elizabeth Knopp?? died on 19 December 1663 at Hampton, NH.¹

     Married name: Philbrick.