Hello! We are the Nitz's of Chicago, Illinois. Our branch of the Nitz family came to the US August 16, 1892 aboard the Munchen.Carl Nitz, (Nietz) and Mathilda Helmer Nitz came with their young son and daughter Paul and Ida. Within a month, they were living in Chicago, Illinois and their third child, Otto, was born! Other Surnames in our family curently under research include: Young - from Clotton Hoofield, Cheshire, England, via St. Thomas Ontario, Canada, to Chicago, Illinois, USA. Westburg/Westberg - begining with Walter Alfred Westburg, orphaned in Brooklyn New York in 1898. Konieczka - Immigrated to Chicago, Illinois from Posen, Poland circa 1891. Klimeki - Immigrated to Chicago, Illinois from Austria/Poland circa 1898. Wietrzykowski, and Para, about which little in known except th at they came from Poland to Chicago in the late 1800s.
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