Weischedel and Related Families from Feuerbach, Württemberg, Germany, 1550-1997

Book excerpt: The earliest known ancestor, Michael Weischedel (1555-1597), was born in Feuerbach, Stuttgart, Germany. Ancestors of Fannie Belle Weischedel (1883-1963), the daughter of Jacob George Weischedel and Emma McGuire. She was born in Blairsville, Indiana Co., Pa. and died in Onida, Sully Co., S.D. She married 1902 Alexander Henry Brehe (1870-1955) of Franklin Co., Mo. Immigrant ancestor, Johann Jacob Weischedel (1828-1869), the son of Jacob Fried. Weischedel and Margaretha Frauenpreiss, was born in Feuerbach and died in Dubuque Co., Iowa. He was married twice: (1) Magdalena Laich (1825-1901) in 1853 in Feuerbach. They were divorced. (2) Margaretha Bettschnitt (1832-1911) 1856 in Dubuque Co., Iowa. She was born in Oedenreuth, near Nurnberg, Germany and died in Oahe, Hughes Co., S.D. Margaretha and Johann Jacob Weischedel had eight children. Descendants live in Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, California and elsewhere. Several ancestral lines have been traced to the 1500s in Germany.