Family/Spouse: Harlan Peter Muth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Raymond married Zita Beatrice Dauenhauer on 1 Jun 1943 in North Dakota, USA. Zita (daughter of Florian Raimund Dauenhauer and Rosa Barbara Bernhardt) was born on 18 Jan 1923 in Taylor, Stark County, North Dakota, USA; died on 21 Apr 2008 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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*Zita (Dauenhauer) Gieser, Dickinson, North Dakota
Ancestral Villages: Katharinental, Landau, Speyer [Beresan District]; Franzfeld [Liebental District]

Zita writes, "I was born the second child of Florian Dauenhauer and Rosa Bernhardt Dauenhauer. I had six sisters and two brothers and we lived on a farm near Taylor in southwestern North Dakota.

"My parents were of German-Russian ancestry with my father's family immigrating from Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, in 1809 to Russia. They helped found the colony of Landau in the Beresan Valley. My father immigrated from Landau to New Salem, North Dakota in 1912 at the age of 20. My mother's family also immigrated from Rheinland-Pfalz and helped to found the colony of Katharinental in 1816. My mother then immigrated to Glen Ullin, North Dakota from Katherinental in 1914 at the age of sixteen."

Zita graduated from Taylor High School and married in 1943, farming on her husband's family farm until she retired to Dickinson in 1981. She taught a rural school and raised seven children who blessed them with sixteen grandchildren, four of whom are already college graduates. During all this, Zita found time to participate in many community organizations and activities ranging from local to national duties. She presently serves as secretary for their local chapter of GRHS and is a village coordinator, for Landau and Katharinental as a member of their Stark County Historical Society.

"During our May, 1993, tour [to Russia and ancestral villages, she writes], we felt privileged to see childhood home colonies of our parents, Landau and Katharinental. Our parents often spoke of their old homes and shared many fond memories with us. Rosemarie [Zita's sister; see Rosemarie Hoff below] and I were happy their parents did not see how their beautiful churches had been desecrated. We are most thankful our parents had the opportunity and the courage to leave Russia and immigrate to the United States."

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Sebastian married Caroline Lanz. Caroline was born in 1886; died in 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY:
Zita (Dauenhauer) Gieser, Dickinson, North DakotaAncestral Villages: Katharinental, Landau, Speyer [Beresan District]; Franzfeld [Liebental District]
Zita writes, "I was born the second child of Florian Dauenhauer and Rosa Bernhardt Dauenhauer. I had six sisters and two brothers and we lived on a farm near Taylor in southwestern North Dakota.
"My parents were of German-Russian ancestry with my father's family immigrating from Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, in 1809 to Russia. They helped found the colony of Landau in the Beresan Valley. My father immigrated from Landau to New Salem, North Dakota in 1912 at the age of 20. My mother's family also immigrated from Rheinland-Pfalz and helped to found the colony of Katharinental in 1816. My mother then immigrated to Glen Ullin, North Dakota from Katherinental in 1914 at the age of sixteen."
Zita graduated from Taylor High School and married in 1943, farming on her husband's family farm until she retired to Dickinson in 1981. She taught a rural school and raised seven children who blessed them with sixteen grandchildren, four of whom are already college graduates. During all this, Zita found time to participate in many community organizations and activities ranging from local to national duties. She presently serves as secretary for their local chapter of GRHS and is a village coordinator, for Landau and Katharinental as a member of their Stark County Historical Society.
"During our May, 1993, tour [to Russia and ancestral villages, she writes], we felt privileged to see childhood home colonies of our parents, Landau and Katharinental. Our parents often spoke of their old homes and shared many fond memories with us. Rosemarie [Zita's sister; see Rosemarie Hoff below] and I were happy their parents did not see how their beautiful churches had been desecrated. We are most thankful our parents had the opportunity and the courage to leave Russia and immigrate to the United States."

Florian married Rosa Barbara Bernhardt on 28 Jun 1920 in North Dakota, USA. Rosa (daughter of Joseph Bernhardt and Margaretha Kuhn) was born on 17 Jun 1898 in Katharinenthal, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 10 Jan 1981 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raimund married Amelia Stein about 1890. Amelia (daughter of Joseph Stein and Maria Eva Schmalz) was born in 0Feb 1867 in Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 7 Oct 1924 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CENSUS: 1900:
Name: Amelia Frank Home in 1900: Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota Age: 31 Estimated birth year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Russia Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Immigration year: 1891

Joseph married Margaretha Kuhn on 4 Feb 1897 in Katharinenthal, Odessa, Ukrayina. Margaretha (daughter of Johannes Jakob Kuhn and Margaretha Schnell) was born on 16 Jun 1879 in Speyer, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 19 Jul 1948 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]