Is anyone familiar with any of these surnames, my g grandfather was
CHARLES (C)KARL)FREDERICK KERWATH, arrived in the United States in 1901
through Ellis Island, from Hamburg Port. Listed East Prussia as birth
place. Worked in the manufacturing business in NE Indiana.
Mother's name listed on his death certificate as EMMA RUHNAU, birthplace
Germany. No father listed, this man is my huge brick wall, I know there
are not many Kerwaths out there, surely he belongs to someone. Help!
Married MARIE (MARY) MARGARET WISNEWSKI, (or similar spelling) in
Chicago, IL or NE Indiana, her death certificates names her mother as
LOUISA HENOPKA, birthplace Germany, and father as RUDOLPH WISNEWSKI,
birthplace Germany. She also had a sister, IDA WISNEWSKI, married
WILHELM SZONN, had a daughter HERTA SZONN. Herta Szonn had a daughter
RENATE in TILSIT, EAST PRUSSIA, GERMANY in 1926, Herta and Renate came
to United States after Marie's death in 1930.
Does this fit in anyone's family tree?
Linda Kerwath Cecil Cox, Southern Illinois, USA