| Name | Julius KUSS  |
| Birth Place | klein Vesick (WISSEK), Posen,Germany |
| Death Date | 187520 |
| Death Place | klein Vesick (WISSEK), Posen,Germany |
| Death Memo | Died when Fredrick was 10 years old. Apparently Fred's Dad was trampled by the family team of horses. His mother then eventually married into the Timm Family |
| 1 | Auguste HOFFMANN |
| Birth Date | 1840 |
| Birth Place | Wissek, Posen, Preussen |
| Marriage Date | 186414 |
| Marriage Place | Wissek, Posen, Preussen |
| Children | Fredrick (Friedrich) William (Wilhelm) (1865-) |
| Alvina (? not found in Mormon Germany Index) | |
| Albert Otto (1875-) | |
| Johann Julius (1873-) | |
| Auguste Mathilde (1870-) | |
| Ferdinand Stephan (1871-) | |
| Johann Julius (1868-) |
WYRZYSK: US Comm. no. POCE000424
Cemetery is located on in the northwestern part of the town,
by the road to the village of Klaski. Location: The town, called
Wirsitz in German, is located in the Pila Region, 17 16', 53 08',
30 km from Pila. The present town population is 1,000-5,000;
currently no Jews.
The local contact is: Urzad Miasta i Gminy z Wyrzysk.
Local authority responsible for the site is Mgr. Roman
Chwaliszewski, Wojewodski Koserwator Zabytkow 64-920 Pila ul.
Tczewska 1, tel. 223-88. The regional authority responsible for
the site is Poristwowo Slurba Odnony Zabytkow, Odoniar w Pila, Mgr.
Barbara Luczynskie; address above. Mgr Marek Fijalkowski, Museum
Okregowe, 64-920 Pila ul. Chopino 1 tel. 271-87 may have
information.
The earliest known Jewish community is town was in the 18th
century. Population as of last census before WWII was 18 Jews.
Cemetery was established in the beginning of the 19th century.
Last known burial was before 1940. Progressive/Reform Jews used
the cemetery. It is not protected as a landmark.
The cemetery location: urban, on flat land and isolated. It
has no sign or marker. It is reached by turning directly off a
public road. Access is open to all. There is no wall, fence or
gate.
The approximate size of the cemetery before World War II was
0.20 ha and it was liquidated in 1940. No stones are visible in
the cemetery. There are no known mass graves.
The present owner of the property is the municipality. The
cemetery property is now used for recreation. Properties adjacent
are residential. The cemetery is visited rarely by local residents.
The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Since then
there has been no maintenance and there is currently no care.
No threats to cemetery.
This survey was completed by Mz. Henryk Grecki, 70-534
Szerecin ul Soltysie 3/13, tel. 377-47. Questionnaire was
completed Aug. 30, 1991. Documentation used to complete the survey
was from souces worked out by Mr. Fijarkowski.
Von Braun, Wernher (1912-77), German-American engineer, known for his development of the liquid-fuel rocket. Von Braun was born
in Wirsitz (now Wyrzysk, Poland). He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Berlin in 1934. Von Braun began experimenting with
rockets in his youth. From 1937 to 1945 he was director of the German Rocket Research Center at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea, in charge
of developing the V-2 long-range liquid-fuel rocket, used to bombard England during World War II (see Rocket). In 1945 he came to the
U.S. as technical adviser to the U.S. rocket program at the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico. In 1950 he was transferred to
Huntsville, Alabama, where for ten years he headed the Redstone missile program. Von Braun was naturalized a U.S. citizen in 1955. In
1960 he became director of development operations at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) in Huntsville. He was
responsible for development of the Saturn V launch vehicle that was used, with the Apollo spacecraft, in the manned lunar landing program.
Preussia was a nation of grandeur,royalty, nobility, and central German governmental rule. A country of mixed nations both richestof the rich and poorest of the poor. A vast territory of deep political struggle, that allowed surrounding countries to usurp their share of the land as the Preussen Empire became no more. Physically yes it no longer exists but in the people of Preussia, the nation lives on in deep rooted culture, memories, written script, pictures, and many more traditions that we as genealogists and proud decendants try to unearth and retain.
"Lest we forget our heritage, we no longer are".
Frederick Raymond Ramont
Kuss , Jacob Moizewize Amt Karthaus 18011007 6034 231 295
Kuss, Andres Gr. Myradow Stargard 18011055 6036 720 2402
Kuss, Andres Miradow Amt Stargard 18011055 6038 134 25
Kuss, David Lunau ?? Kulm 18113038 6040 809 16
Kuss, David Poln. Lunau Amt Graudenz Kulm 18113038 6038 389 ?
Kuss, Jacob Rambkau Oliva Kreis Dzg. Hoehe 18011043 6037 654 457
Kuss, Jacob Ramkau Oliva 18011043 6036 289 457
Kuss, Matth. Zarnowitz Putzig Putzig 18011049 6037 63 50
Kuss, Michael Schlochau 18113096 6041 745 40
Kuss, Michael Mossin Schlochau 18113097 6041 749 51
Kuss, Michel (S)Pagorsa Oliva Kreis Neustadt 18011043 6037 653 456
Kuss, Michel Pagorss Oliva 18011043 6036 288 456
Kuss, Paul Schlochau 18113096 6041 745 40
Kuss, Peter Zarnowitz Putzig Kreis Neustadt 180,11049, 50 6037 801 19
Kuss, Peter Zarnowitz Putzig Putzig 18011049 6037 63 50
Kuss, Simon Borchau Karthaus Kreis Karthaus up to 1919 18011006 6037 254 1592 County in 1939: Danzig-Land
Kuss, Simon Borckau Amt Karthaus 18011006 6034 203 1592
Kuss, Simon Gremlin Mewe ?? 18113077 6040 438 2098
West Prussian Land Register 1772/73 - Komra-Kz (R. Drefs). .
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Published with the kind permission of Dr. Peter Woerster of the
Herder-Institut, Marburg, and edited by Marty McMahon, June 1999,
revised 3 Aug, 1999.
This is one of 18 files of surnames. Due to the size of the
orginal data file, 15+ megabytes, we have created 16 smaller files
covering the alphabet. All files are named "kk-x.txt" with the
"x" being replaced with the letter of the 1st surname listed. - MM
Content and Access:
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On page 188 of Walther Maas' book, "Zur Siedlungskunde Westpreussens 1466-1772,"
Georg Dabinnus was mentioned as one of the first researchers who had viewed and
published general reports of the 1772 land registry of Frederick the Great.
Maas suggested actual names were preserved from this West Prussian land
registry. Through discussions with many genealogical experts in Germany the
filmed documents of the 1772 land registry, called Kontributionskataster (KK),
were discovered at the Marburg State Archive, Marburg, Germany. I have copies
of these eleven KK films and will give these to one of the Germans from Russia
institutions at a later date.
The KK was filmed off typed sheets already extracted from the German script in
the 1920's. Additional statistical information is on the film but was not
extracted onto this database. Generally, in addition to the full name of the
head of household there are 7 columns of data:
Number of adult males in household
Wife, listed as a statistic (1 or left blank)
Number of boys over/under 12
Number of girls over/under 12
Number of male hired workers
Number of female hired workers
Total number of persons in household.
If you find a surname in a particular town which interests you which could be
your ancestor, then you may e-mail me a request to check this name for more
details from the film.
Unfortunately, the Netze River District, an area that is especially important to
Germans of Bessarabian descent, is not included in these transcriptions because
we could not obtain written permission to post the Netze counties on the
Internet from the Bromberg State Archive which currently holds these documents.
However, I have the extracted information in my possession from three microfilms
of the Netze River District Counties.
In summary I would advise that the importance of this land registry lies in
finding the surname and the town/village of the surname. My hope is that this
document might give some early clue regarding the town in which your ancestor
lived in the year 1772 that will lead you to verify the information through
church records or other sources. Following below is a more formal description
of the history of the KK. - RRD
Introduction:
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After the occupation of West Prussia and the District of the Netze River by
Prussia during the first partition of Poland in the year 1772, the Geheime
Finanzrat Rembert Roden was ordered by Frederick the Great to prepare a land
survey of these territories. The land survey should produce the necessary
foundation for the introduction of the Prussian taxation system in the new
territory. In the years 1772/73 three commissions with about 60 officials and 40
surveyors were occupied with this work. For each town a land register was
established which could contain up to 91 items.
This was largely a head of household registration and not a poll tax or one that
counted every person. Thus the listing of names is restricted to the head of
household at the time of the registration. Most head of households were male
although there are a few women listed. The most frequent enumeration of women
comes as widow and thus lists the surname of the deceased husband.
Unfortunately, many women are listed without a surname, this is also the case
with male Jews, and to some extent people with Polish heritage. An important
aspect of this land tax register is the listing of children. The number of
children living in 1772 are numerically indicated, most of the time designated
as over and under 12 years of age.
Additional information about this data in a separate introduction in English,
German, and Polish. The reader is encouraged to read this introductory material
to gain a much greater understanding of this data.
KUSS
To: Albert Lammers, marynarz@zeelandnet.nl, who wrote:
...Please can you help? My wife is a Kuss from Lodz. Where might her family have
originated from?
The short answer is, there's no way to know. Kuss, in that form, appears to be a German
name, perhaps from the root Kuss, meaning "kiss." But it may be a variation of a
nickname for a first name such as "Kosmo," or it might be a Germanized spelling of a
Polish name beginning with the root kus-, which can mean "small chunk of bread,"
"tempt," "short, scanty," "a young boy," etc. There just isn't enough info to say anything
more definite.
As of 1990 there were 70 Polish citizens named Kuss, living in the following provinces:
Warsaw 2, Bialystok 3, Bydgoszcz 17, Ciechanow 2, Czestochowa 1, Elblag 1, Gdansk 5,
Katowice 5, Legnica 14, Lodz 4, Lublin 5, Poznan 2, Szczecin 2, Torun 4, Wroclaw 3. If you
are determined, you might be able to get hold of a Lodz province phone directory and see
if any of the Kuss'es in Lodz are listed (they may not be, phones in private homes are by
no means universal in Poland), and that might provide an address for someone to write
to. Other than that, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. The source from which I got the above data
does not contain any more details such as first names and addresses, and I have no
access to any such data. A telephone directory search is by no means certain to succeed,
but it's the only way I know of you might be able to learn more.
Date: Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:56:52 PM US/Central
To: "Duane Kuss" <insight@uslink.net>
Subject: Re: Kuss Family
Hi Duane,
Forgive me for taking so long to reply . . . been busy!
I found some births of Kuss' in the Lobsens Evangelical parish books,
1821-1832 in the towns of Tlukum and Kiaskowo. Johan Jacob Kuss (Tlukum)
had son Carl Gottlieb 1826; son Gustav Ferdinand 1829; son Johann Jacob
1832. Christoph Kuss (Kiaskowo) had a son Friedrich August 1828; Johanna
Kuss of Kiaskowo had an illegitimate son, Eduard in 1827. There was another
Johann Kuss, of Kiaskowo had a son Carl Edward Julius in 1821. Any of these
sound familiar??
I checked the book Der Kreis Wirsitz -- I think the town you are looking for
is Klein Wissek, which is just southwest of Wissek. Those other two towns,
above, are very close!
There is mentioned an Otto Kuss in the book in a list of "Grundbesitzers" or
landholders . . . not sure what the time frame is. The book is all in
German.
The FHL has films of both Catholic and Evangelical churchbooks for Wissek.
Also, Lobsens and Wirsitz are both worth a try.
If you want copies of the information about these towns from Der Kreis
Wirsitz, just send me your address and I'll get them in the mail to you.
Robin Deems
Cemetery is located on in the northwestern part of the town,
by the road to the village of Klaski. Location: The town, called
Wirsitz in German, is located in the Pila Region, 17 16', 53 08',
30 km from Pila. The present town population is 1,000-5,000;
currently no Jews.
The local contact is: Urzad Miasta i Gminy z Wyrzysk.
Local authority responsible for the site is Mgr. Roman
Chwaliszewski, Wojewodski Koserwator Zabytkow 64-920 Pila ul.
Tczewska 1, tel. 223-88. The regional authority responsible for
the site is Poristwowo Slurba Odnony Zabytkow, Odoniar w Pila, Mgr.
Barbara Luczynskie; address above. Mgr Marek Fijalkowski, Museum
Okregowe, 64-920 Pila ul. Chopino 1 tel. 271-87 may have
information.
The earliest known Jewish community is town was in the 18th
century. Population as of last census before WWII was 18 Jews.
Cemetery was established in the beginning of the 19th century.
Last known burial was before 1940. Progressive/Reform Jews used
the cemetery. It is not protected as a landmark.
The cemetery location: urban, on flat land and isolated. It
has no sign or marker. It is reached by turning directly off a
public road. Access is open to all. There is no wall, fence or
gate.
The approximate size of the cemetery before World War II was
0.20 ha and it was liquidated in 1940. No stones are visible in
the cemetery. There are no known mass graves.
The present owner of the property is the municipality. The
cemetery property is now used for recreation. Properties adjacent
are residential. The cemetery is visited rarely by local residents.
The cemetery was vandalized during World War II. Since then
there has been no maintenance and there is currently no care.
No threats to cemetery.
This survey was completed by Mz. Henryk Grecki, 70-534
Szerecin ul Soltysie 3/13, tel. 377-47. Questionnaire was
completed Aug. 30, 1991. Documentation used to complete the survey
was from souces worked out by Mr. Fijarkowski.