GRIEP in Wisconsin
Griep's from different parts of Pomerania to several counties of Wisconsin, USA
 
 
  Wisconsin has more residents with German roots
(54%) than anywhere else in the USA. Germans came in three waves. The first arrived 1820-1835 from southwestern Germany and the second, 1840-1860, came mostly from northwestern regions. The third wave started about 1880 and drew immigrants mainly from northeastern Germany to southeastern Wisconsin, where they worked in the burgeoning factories.

Among them were at least two Griep-families from Pomerania:
-- August Griep and his wife Henrietta Fischer, who settled around Manitowoc.
-- Herman Julius Griep and his family, who moved to Dodge county near Watertown.
 
 

DESCENDANTS OF AUGUST GRIEP
From Koseeger, Pomerania (now Kozia Gora in Poland)

  
 
  August Griep was born on August 15, 1824. He married Henrietta Fischer, born in 1814, and lived at Koseeger, Kreis Kolberg in Pomerania. They had a son, Carl August Wilhelm Griep, born on November 23, 1849.
In 1869 they emigrated to America. On April 16, 1869 they arrived with the steamship America in New York. They settled in Wisconsin. Their son:

Carl Griep married Elisabeth F. Louise Krase (Elizabeth Martin) of Mishicot, Wisconsin, on January 19, 1878. They resided at Manitowoc for two years, and after that in Two Rivers.
He worked as a malster with the Mueller Bros. Brewing company. He died on March 3, 1928 from peritonitis. His wife died in 1934. They were both buried at Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

  THE CHILDREN OF CARL AUGUST WILHELM GRIEP AND ELIZABETH MARTIN:
  • August Robert Griep (August) was born in 1878. He married Lena (1882-1959). He died October 1958 and was buried at the Forest View Cemetary at Two Rivers.
  • Henrietta Griep (Hattie) was born on February 9, 1881 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. She married a man named Kahrs.
  • Margareth W. Griep (Gretchen) was born on February 8, 1883 at Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
  • Carl Griep (Carl Jr.) was born on September 10, 1886.
  • William Griep (Will) was born in 1889 at Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
  • Fred Griep was born on December 22 (11?), 1892. He lived 1115 Madison Street, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and died in March 1979.


Standing left to right: Fred Griep, Gretchen Griep, August Griep, Will Griep.
Sitting left to right: Elizabeth Griep, Carl Griep Jr., Carl Griep, Hattie Griep Kahrs.
 

This information was provided by the Manitowoc Genealogy Site: http://www.2manitowoc.com
maintained by Shari Milks and Ellen Rohr.
 
 

DESCENDANTS OF HERMAN JULIUS GRIEP
Born July 2nd, 1845, at Wildenhagen, Pomerania (now: Gadom in Poland)

  
 
  Herman Julius Griep was born July 2, 1845 at Wildenhagen, Pomerania as the son of Carl Griep and Louisa Boetcher. When he was but 11 years old his father died and he had to earn his living as a day laborer. At 22 years of age he enlisted in the German Army and served for three years. In 1870, when he fought the French, a severe illness overtook him but he survived. After the war he married to Amilia Mathilda Bishoff (Emily), with whom he founded a hearth at Melstow near Greifenberg where he took up his old occupation as a day laborer.
In 1881 he came to America with his family and worked for a farmer near Hustiford, Wisconsin and soon was able to rent a farm. After several more years he was enabled to buy a farm of his own but he lost the greater part of his hard earned possessions at the hands of base defrauders. In 1905 he came to the Griep Farm South of Juneau Wisconsin. He died on Sunday morning Dec. 30, 1906 and was buried Jan. 2 at the Lutheran Cemetery. His wife died in 1939.

THE CHILDREN OF HERMAN JULIUS GRIEP AND EMILY BISHOFF WERE:

  Herman W. Griep (1871-1945)

Herman W. Griep was born in 1871 in Germany and came to the USA with his parents at the age of 12. In 1895 he married in Hustford to Augusta Drewlow, who was born on December 6, 1878 in Schwessow, Germany to Albert Drewlow and Bertha Wendt. They settled in Watertown and had five daughters and eight sons. In 1928 they moved to Milwaukee. His wife died on December 4, 1930. Herman Griep died at the age of 78 in a Milwaukee hospital, after a lingering illness, on February 19, 1945. He was buried at the Immanual cemetery.
Herman W. Griep had 12 children and 45 grandchildren:

  • Arthur Griep was born on August 6, 1896. He lived in Johnson Creek and Watertown, Wisconsin, and died in 1968.
  • Alvina Griep was born in 1898. She married to mr. Nienow and lived in Nashotah.
  • Bernard Griep was born on February 20, 1901. He lived 53094 Watertown (Johnson Creek), Wisconsin, and died February 1978.
  • Edwin Griep was born on February 20, 1901. He lived 53094 Watertown (Johnson Creek), Wisconsin, and died July 1984.
  • Ewald Griep was born on February 11, 1904. He married Gertrude Knispel on October 31, 1928 in Appleton, Wisconsin.
    ( see picture at right >>).
    They had one daughter, Joyce Griep. She was born shortly after Ewald died on September 16, 1933.
  • Richard Griep was his twin. In WW-II he was stationed in Luzon. Later he lived 53916 Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin. He died January 1968.
  • Elsie Griep was born in 1905.
  • Arnold Griep was born on April 13, 1909. He lived at Johnson Creek and Watertown, Wisconsin, and died May 1978.
  • Herman Griep was born on March 21, 1913. He lived 54465 Pickerel, Wisconsin, and died August 20, 1988.
  • Evelyn Griep was born in 1916.
  • Walter Griep was born in 1918. In WW-II he was stationed at camp Chafee.
  • Hugo Griep was born in 1921. In WW-II he was stationed at Cuba.

This family is being researched by Dan Rovinski,
who is married to a great-granddaughter of Herman W. Griep
  Gustave Griep (1875-1933)

Gustave Griep was born on December 10, 1875. He married three times. With his first wife, Martha Zietlow, he had a son: Alvin Griep. With his second wife, Catherine Lacy, he had a daughter: Florence Griep. On February 12, 1929, he remarried Martha Bohnenstengel, the widow of his brother Bernard. On April 18, 1931 their daughter LoVilla Griep was born.
Gustave died October 21, 1933 from an operation to relieve gallstones.
Gustave and Martha resided just east of Juneau, Wisconsin. After their daughter's family had been living there, the homestead is now inhabited by their grandchildren.

  Bertha Griep (1877-1953)

Bertha Griep was born November 30, 1877 in Germany. She married Richard Otto and had four children: Evelyn (married Louis Schumacher), Alice (married Arnold Prenzlow), Melvin (married Helen Kienast and lived on the Herman Julius Griep farm south of Juneau) and Amos (married Florence Coyer). Bertha Otto died on May 12. 1953.
  Alvina Griep (1879-1959)

Alvina Griep was born November 6, 1879. She married Carl Zietlow and had three children: Herman, Earl and Adeliene. She died April 13, 1959.
  Emil Griep (1881-1954)

Emil Griep was born May 24, 1881 in Germany. He married four times. His first marriage was to Lilly Kruger. Their children were Margareth Davis from Waukesha Wisconsin, Raymond Griep of Watertown, Gaylord Griep of Indiana, Gilbert Griep and Viola Griep. His second wife was Caroline (Lena) Olderman; with her he had a son: Norman Griep. He was also married to Hattie Feske and to Mae ... Emil Griep died December 29, 1954.
  Emily Griep (1884-1953)

Emily Griep was born June 20, 1884. She married three times. With her first husband, Herman Nietzel, she had four children: Harold, Rolan, Gertrude and Mildred. With her second husband Jacob Bokelman she had another son: Eugene. Her third husband was Paul Guse. Emily died January 29, 1953.
  Ella Griep (1886-1922)

Ella Griep married to Herman Kuehl and had five children: Goldie, Sadie, Marvin, Harvey and Gladys. Emma Kuehl died in 1922.
  Reinhardt Griep (1888-1909)

Reinhardt Griep was born September 15, 1888 in Hustinford, Wisconsin. In 1905 he moved to Juneau with his parents.
In 1907 he went to Minnesota, where he married Lorna Essman (also from Juneau, Wisconsin). They lived near St. Charles, Minnesota, and Reinhardt worked as a farm hand. While he was driving the cattle home one night, he received a wound from a wire fence. The accident resulted in blood poisoning and he died two weeks later on Tuesday July 27, 1909, at a hospital in Winona, Minnesota. His body was sent back to Juneau via train, accompanied by his wife and child, and he was buried south of Juneau in the Lutheran cemetery.
  Bernard Griep (1892-1925)

Bernard Griep was born on July 15, 1892. He married Martha Bohnenstengel. On August 8, 1925 he died from a severe injury sustained in a farming accident. In January 1926 his daughter Darlene Griep was born.
 

This information was provided by a granddaughter of Gustave Griep: Jenny Thiel of Juneau, Wisconsin.
 
 

Do you have more information about these family, or are you one of their descendants?
 Please send an email to jan.griep@planet.nl.

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