Correspondence - Dr. Mavis Molto

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1) Children of Johann Gottlieb Holzwarth and Luise Of (Hz II,1 in
Leibbrandt)
My primary source of information for the children of Johann Gottlieb
Holzwarth and Luise Of is the correspondence I had with two of my
grandmother's cousins in Germany before they died. Dorothea Klein (1894-
1990), a daughter of Christine Holzwarth (born 1848), sent me a list of the
siblings (and the siblings' spouses) for her mother Christine. Her
information matches Leibbrandt, except for Elisabeth (born 1839) and
Magdalena (born 1854). Dorothea does not include Magdalena in her list and,
with regard to Elisabeth, she states that Elisabeth was born after her
mother Christine, thus after 1848. She states further that Elisabeth was
married to a Matthaeus Wolf in Neuglueckstal, where she also died.
Dorothea Klein would have known these people since they were her aunts and
uncles and since Dorothea lived in Hoffnungstal from her birth, in 1894,
until the village was abandoned, as far as I know.
I also corresponded with another cousin of my grandmother, Gustav Holzwarth
(1901-1987?), who was a son of Johannes Holzwarth (born 1860). Gustav
lived in Hoffnungstal after his parents returned there from Glueckstal,
about 1902/1903, and later came to Germany. His information is similar to
what Dorothea gave me and he adds that the daughter Elisabeth was born in
1854 (possibly he got the date from Stumpp).
2) Elisabeth Holzwarth (born 1839 and/or 1854)
I've concluded that Johann Gottlieb Holzwarth and Luise Of had two
daughters named Elizabeth, each presumably with a different first and
middle name combination, one born in 1839 and one in 1854. Elisabeth (born
1839) would have been born two years before her parents married, in 1841,
and she was not mentioned by either Dorothea Klein or Gustav Holzwarth.
However, she probably died before they were born (see below) and I don't
see another Holzwarth family in Leibbrandt that she could have been part
of. Andreas Holzwarth, the father of Johann Gottlieb Holzwarth, died in
1831 so could not have been her father. Elisabeth was, further, too old to
be the daughter of Johann Gottlieb's younger brothers. The next oldest
brother, Johann Jakob, was born in 1820 and his wife in 1826, making the
wife too young to be Elisabeth's mother. The other Holzwarth family in
Leibbrandt (Hk, p. 299-300) doesn't offer a possible match either. Thus,
the most logical parents for Elisabeth (born 1839) are Johann Gottlieb
Holzwarth and Luise Of.

It seems unlikely, however, that Elisabeth (born 1839) married Matthaeus
Wolf, since there is good evidence that the younger Elisabeth (born 1854)
married him. If the older Elisabeth married Matthaeus Wolf, she would have
been 43 when she had the child Johannes who is listed in the St. Petersburg
records as born in 1882, in Neu Glueckstal. Also, unless she divorced,
Elisabeth (born 1839) must have died after her marriage to Johann Christian
Steinbach, since he remarried and began having children by his second wife
in 1861. If Elisabeth died, in the period 1857-1860, it would explain why
Dorothea Klein and Gustav Holzwarth did not mention her, since Dorothea
(born 1894) and Gustav (born 1901) lived more than thirty years after the
period in which Elisabeth would have been alive.

3) Magdalena Holzwarth (born 1854)
It seems unlikely that a Magdalena, who married an August Knecht, was the
daughter of Johann Gottlieb Holzwarth and Luise Of, since neither Dorothea
Klein nor Gustav Holzwarth mentioned her. Dorothea would have been 17 when
Magdalena and August died, in 1911. Gustav would have been 10. The
Magdalena shown in Leibbrandt as a daughter of Johann Gottlieb could have
been the daughter of one of his brothers. One brother, Johann David, is
shown with a daughter Magdalena born in 1854, possibly the same as the
Magdalena under Johann Gottlieb, but with a different day and month of
birth. Another brother, Johann Michael, is shown having children born in
1852 and 1856, leaving a space between for the possible birth of Magdalena
in 1854.

Mavis Molto
3659 Overland Ave., #4, Los Angeles, CA 90034
310-559-0554
mmolto@internetmci.com