Edward & Wilomina Gessner

Edward's great grandfather, Jakob Gessner, was born about 1785. His paternal grandparents, Johann Gessner and Amalia Liedt, were born in 1804 and 1823 respectively. They were married about 1844 in Polish Russia. His father Julius was born in Modlin, Poland on February 26, 1849 and died in Samara, Siberia on November 30, 1916. He had an older brother named Karl and another brother named Adolph. Edward's maternal grandparents, Ludwig Mueller and Josefine Herzog, were born in 1813 and 1814 respectively. His mother Albertina was born in Modlin, Poland on October 29, 1849 and died in Smolensk on August 15, 1918. Edward was born in Modlin, Poland. He was a carpenter. Wilomina was born in Reshevo, Poland. Her parents Paul Peters, who lived from 1843 to 1910, and Wilhelmina Litke, who lived from 1851 to 1923, were born in Warsaw. After Edward married Wilomina, they emigrated from Germany to America in 1911 with their children and settled in Lakewood, OH near Cleveland. In 1920, they lived at 2198 W. 105th Street in a home they had mortgaged. Edward's brother, Karl, was his only other sibling to come to America. Edward and Wilomina are buried in Lutheran Cemetary in Cleveland.

Edward, Natalie, Alexander, & Wilomina Gessner