| Name | Auguste HOFFMANN  |
| Birth Date | 1840 |
| Birth Place | Wissek, Posen, Preussen |
| 1 | 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 |
| 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-) |
| 2 | Friedrich Wilhelm TIMM |
| Children | Robert (1881-1978) |
| ? Robert's Sister ? |
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.
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