Item | Date | Place/Description |
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Birth | 14 Oct 1846 | Landau, Beresen District, Odessa, Russia |
Parent | Name |
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Father | Casperus (Kasper) Gress "Kasper /Gress/" ![]() |
Mother | Marianna Huck ![]() |
Note Number | Note Text |
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1 | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vari/html/fam09645.htm, some Except for Kathryn, all birthdates confirmed by Dick manning St. Joseph's Parish, 1881-1956, 75th year commenmoration booklet: "Gottlieb Gress. In 1893 the following families migrated to the Mandan area from Felzenburg, Russia:Gottlieb Gress, Dominic Zander, Anton Gress, Peter Gress, August Ereth and Matt Moser. About 1870 Gottlieb Gress married Madgalena Zander. When they came to the United States they had five childre: Casper, Joseph, Michael, Rosila and Mattilda. Kathryn was born in Mandan in 1894. Mr. Gress took a homestead seven miles north of Mandan in 1895 after living two years in the Girard addition. The family was very poor and had to be content with boxes of various sizes for furniture. For the small four-room house in the Girard addition they paied one dollar a month rent. The church at that time was the white frame church which later became the school and Sisters' Home. Father Collins was Pastor." |
Son: | Kasper Gress ![]() |
Born: 13 Sep 1872 | |
Son: | Matthias Gress ![]() |
Born: 15 Jul 1875 | |
Son: | Markus Gress ![]() |
Born: 12 Feb 1876 | |
Son: | Josef Gress ![]() |
Born: 8 Jun 1880 | |
Son: | Michael Gress ![]() |
Born: 29 Sep 1886 | |
Daughter: | Rosalie Gress ![]() |
Born: 1887 | |
Daughter: | Matilda Gress ![]() |
Born: 1889 | |
Daughter: | Kathryn J. Gress ![]() ![]() |
Born: 1 Dec 1889 |