Wilhelmina Franzisca Wurz
- Born: 23 Apr 1842, Baiersbronn, Schwarzwald, Wuerttemberg
 General Notes:
!BIRTH: Frey, Gunther. Ortssippenbuch der Pfarrei Baiersbrfonn Kreis
Freudenstadt Wurttemberg 1808-1842. Frankfurt/Main: Zentralstelle fur
Personen- und Familiengeschichte, 1983, AFR 522. Family History Library Book
943 B4do, ser. A, vol 96.
IMMIGRATION: Arrived NYC 24 Oct. 1854 on ship Russell from Havre under
stepfather's name - Gaiser. Source: FHL Film 0175503, Arrivals Port of New
York, Oct 13 - Nov. 15, 1854.
9 Jan 1995 - no record after arriving NY- not in 1855 Erie county state census
nor in 1860 US census for Buffalo wards 4 & 5.
18 Jan 2003: website www.clarksoftomfad.ca/Germansettlers.htm
"...the father of the Wurtz sisters, 14-year-old Eva and 12-year-old Catherine, encouraged them to leave Baiersbronn since their home village offered so little;" page 1"
contact B. Woolsey at"Punslinch1898@aol.com."
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