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| WELCOME TO THE TREUTLE HOME PAGE! ANCESTORAL NAMES IN OUR FAMILY TREE INCLUDE, SCHMITT, FREISINGER, FESSENBECK, BRAND, AND WASHALSKI. THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT UPDATES WILL CONTINUE AND COMMENTS ARE WELCOME FOR ADDITIONS. THE TREUTLE FAMILY, AT THE TURN OF THE 19-20TH CENTURY, RESIDED IN NEW YORK, IN THE NYC-BROOKLYN-QUEENS AREAS.THE TREUTLE NAMES KNOWN TO DATE GO BACK TO GERMANY (POSSIBLY BADEN) FROM FREDERICH, WILHELM AND SOPHIA TREUTLE. CHARLES JACOB TREUTLE, MY GRANDFATHER, HAD A FAMILY IN RIDGEWOOD THAT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED 12 SIBLINGS.6-7 OF THE SIBLINGS LOST THEIR LIVES TO INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN.THE TREUTLE FAMILY'S EARLIER YEARS WERE POSSIBLY SPENT IN BROOKLYN OR NYC.MANY OF THE TREUTLE SIBLINGS LATER GREW UP IN RIDGEWOOD/QUEENS, NEW YORK.THEY INCLUDED GEORGE, ANNA, THOMAS, RICHARD, FRANK, AND POSSIBLY CHRISTIN. THEIR PARENTS NAMES WERE CARL TREUTLE AND FREDA FREISINGER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE WASHALSKI FAMILY CAME FROM POLAND.THE PARENTS NAMES WERE ANTHONY AND MICHELINA.SIBLINGS (?) SOPHIE, LEO, MAE AND STANLEY WASHALSKI RESIDED IN THE STATEN ISLAND AREA IN THE EARLY 1900'S.SEVERAL OF THE WASHALSKI FAMILY MEMBERS RELOCATED TO LONG ISLAND, NY TO NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES.SOME LIVED IN FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK DURING THE 1940'S-50'S. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE SCHMITT FAMILY ALSO CAME FROM GERMANY, POSSIBLY THE ALSACE-LORRAINE AREA.THEOBALD JOHN SCHMITT WAS A NYC MOUNTED POLICEMAN FROM 1918-1944, AFTER HAVING SERVED WITH THE U.S. MILITARY 77TH IN FRANCE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.HIS WIFE, SOPHIE HELEN WASHALSKI-SCHMITT WAS A NYC VISITING NURSE.THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, DOROTHY ANNA AND JOHN SCHMITT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE BRAND FAMILY CAME FROM SCOTLAND BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO GERMANY, THEN TO THE U.S.CHARLES AND BRIDGET BRAND OWNED A BARBER SHOP IN 1900 ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NYC AROUND 31ST-32ND STREETS BETWEEN 1ST-3RD AVENUES. DECENDANTS, TO DATE, INCLUDE THE NAMES OF BAUMANN, TYNAN, SEYDEL DODGE, AND EDWARDS. | THE TREUTLE HOME PAGE Updated September 27, 2000 |
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