The Kazmaier family today is very widespread over many states of the USA. It appears they first arrived in the USA in the middle of the 19th century. There are at least half a dozen independent lines to be found in the US. Several Kazmaiers left Germany over the past 200 years to find their luck abroad. It was the American Dream and poor political conditions in the rural parts of Germany that drew people away from their hometowns. However they had to save large amounts of money for the ship and some of them had to leave their families back until they could afford to buy them tickets.
ALL Kazmaiers in the USA are related to the original Kazmaier family in Germany. In Germany research shows that the common forefather of all Kazmaiers in Wuerttemberg was Balthasar II Katzmayr (1611-1685). His death is recorded in the little village of Honau below Castle Lichtenstein. From Honau, and from this Balthasar Katzmayr all known Kazmaiers descend from.
Until his death Balthasar II Katzmayr was "Schultheiss" of Honau. As official it was his duty to order his assigned village, Honau, to pay the taxes and perform the services due to the ruler. The name originates from this function: “Schuld” = 'debt' + “heißen” = ‘to order'. In this function he as well was the highest judge of the village. Later, the title was also used for the head of a town, the mayor. In Wuerttembergian villages still today the people refer to their mayor as the "Schultes".
Burial Notes from his death record: “Den 26. April nachts umb 11 uhren ist in Gott seelig entschlafen Balthas Katzmayr, Schultheiss und Heylgenpfleger (Verwalter von Klostereigentum) allhier seines allters 74 jahr und den 28. ehrlich zur erden bestattet worden welchen Gott mit frewden zum ewigen leben aufferweckhen wolle, Offertorium erat 22x.”
It can be assumed that Balthasar was not born in Honau. Birth records for Honau are not available anymore as all the old documents were destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. Basically wide areas of the Swabian Jura were depopulated, men were drafted for war, troups of all participating forces were marching through the area, murdering, plundering and pillaging. The Black Death did the rest.
Most probably Balthasar came to the area during war time. We assume he is of Bavarian origin and his family for long centuries served the catholic rulers of Bavaria. Most probably he descends from from Balthasar I Katzmair (1562-1642) who most probably belongs to the Dettendorfer Katzmair line. He was was nobilitated from Rudolf II of Hapsburg. Probably it was the war that brought our Balthasar to Wuerttemberg as the Katzmairs in Bavaria were a noble family with long catholic and imperial background serving the Hapsburg family since the 13th century. In 1634, at the time of one the most important catholic victories over the Protestants Balthasar was 21 years of age and for an unmarried catholic, Bavarian son of a noble family it would have been likely that Balthasar fought in Noerdlingen for the imperial army.
The Battle of Noerdlingen, was fought out on September 6th 1634 only about 60 miles away from Honau. The Roman Catholic Imperial army under Ferdinand II of Hapsburg, about 18,000 Spanish and Italian soldiers, won a crushing victory over the combined Protestant armies of Sweden and their German-Protestant allies (Heilbronn Alliance). Unfortunately that victory brought France into that war and started the bloodiest chapter of this European butchery.
Georg Ferchl refers to the "wife of the reigning sovereign", Elisabeth Renata of Lorraine, the wife of Maximilian I., Duke of Bavaria, as godmother of Balthasar I Katzmair's 4 children. From 1591-1593 Balthasar was the Valet of Duke Albrecht VI. of Bayern-Leuchtenberg. 1594-1597 he was assigned as "Hofkammerkanzlist" at the court of Duke William V. of Bayern in Munich/Bavaria. Finally he was made Country Judge ("Landrichter") in Dorfen on September 26th 1598 until June 2nd 1602 … “woselbst er bis bis Ende des Jahres 1602 noch zu verbleiben hatte, um in diesem Vierteljahre beide Gerichte zu versehen” – he had to serve both courts, Dorfen and Marktl, until the end of the year. On the 1st of July 1602 he became 29.09.1608 Judge, Bursary Officer and Tax Collector ("Richter, Kastner und Mautner") in Marktl am Inn where he remained until September 29th 1608. On December 10th Balthasar was nobilitated in Vienna by Rudolf II of Hapsburg, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the king of Bohemia and Hungary. According to Ferchl Balthasar I Katzmayr died 1642 "in der Fasten" (fasting period between Easter and Pentecost) after 50 years of service at the age of 80.
Ohio
It appears that the first Kazmaiers arrived in the USA in 1846. It was Andreas Kazmaier who in winter 1845/46, together with his wife Anna Maria and their seven children, the youngest only a few months old, left his hometown Grabenstetten, a tiny little village in the Swabian Jura in the German kingdom of Württemberg.
They arrived in New York early in 1846, trekked on to Liverpool, Medina County in Ohio and settled there. The next year, in summer 1847 it was their eight child that was the first Kazmaier born on American soil, the first American citizen to carry the ancient German name Kazmaier. They named him Andrew to honour his father’s name and their ancestor's name as it was Andreas Kazmaier (*1646, +1702), the mayor of Honau/Lichtenstein whose son in 1704 brought the name Kazmaier from Honau to Grabenstetten when he married the mayors daughter.
In 1866 the family, they had fourteen kids now, came to Perrysburg, Wood County, and located on eighty acres of land in Middleton township.
1. Andreas Kazmaier was born on April 29th 1815 in Grabenstetten, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany and he died August 19th 1891 in Perrysburg, Wood County, OH, USA. He was the son Johannes Kazmaier and Sophia Schempp Vater. On May 5th 1840 he married Anna Maria Renz in Erkenbrechtsweiler, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. Anna Maria was born October 24th 1819 in Erkenbrechtsweiler and she died December 22nd 1910 in Perrysburg. She was the daughter of Conrad Renz and Anna Maria Schwenkel.
Andreas and Maria had 14 children:
2. I Elisabeth Kazmaier, born 19 Nov 1833 in Erkenbrechtsweiler, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany.
3. II Johann Jakob Kazmaier, born 28 Dec 1835 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 18 Oct 1910.
4. III Sophia Margarethe Kazmaier, born 19 Sep 1837 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 10 Aug 1922.
5. IV Johannes Conrad Kazmaier, born 9 Feb 1841 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 23 May 1934 in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. He married Mary Agnes Harthneck.
6. V Theresa Juditha Kazmaier, born 2 Sep 1842 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 29 Aug 1875. She married on 27 Dec 1863 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio Gottlieb Mutschler.
7. VI August Carl Friedrich Kazmaier, born 17 Feb 1844 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 21 Sep 1873 in Perrysburg. He married Mary Schlecht.
8. VII Anna Kazmaier, born 16 Nov 1845 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 15 Feb 1866.
9. VIII Andrew Kazmaier, born 7 Aug 1847 in Perrysburg; died 16 Jan 1935 in Perrysburg. He married Anna Mary Renz.
10. IX Ann Mary Kazmaier, born 13 Oct 1848; died 28 Jun 1885.
11. X Anna Katherine Kazmaier, born 3 Aug 1850.
12. XI Christian Emanuel Kazmaier, born 25 Dec 1851 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, died 3 Feb 1909.
13. XII George Martin Kazmaier, born 14 Jul 1853 in East-Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio died 27 Oct 1940 in Perrysburg. He married Christine Katharine Kopp.
14. XIII Eva Helen Kazmaier, born 17 Aug 1855, died 16 Jun 1911.
15. XIV William Kazmaier, born 18 Jun 1857 in Perrysburg; died 19 Apr 1936 in Perrysburg, buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married in 1881 in Perrysburg Anna Sarah Renz, born 1 Jan 1858 in Liverpool, Medina, OH, died Jan 1945 in Perrysburg, buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary.
3. Andreas’ oldest son was Johann Jakob Kazmaier (1835-1910) and although he grew old we know nothing about him not even if he was married and had children.
5. Andreas second oldest son Johannes Conrad (1841-1934), who was still born in the imperial Germany should be the one who contributed most to Ohio’s modern Kazmaier population. He and his wife Mary Agnes Harthneck are to have eleven children. From this Kazmaier line the founder of today’s Kazmaier markets in Perrysburg and Maumee, Henry A. Kazmaier, descends. It is as well Richard ‘Dick’ Kazmaier, the famous American football player, who descends from John C. as he was known in Perrysburg. When the family moved to Wood County in 1866 John C. was already married to his wife Mary Agnes Harthneck. He bought some timber land in Middleton Township which he cleared and cultivated. He was a self-made man, and, by perseverance and industry has accumulated a comfortable fortune. He owned 174 acres of excellent farm land in Wood County and was a Democrat in politics, and an active member of the Lutheran Church.
Johannes Conrad Kazmaier was born February 9th 1841 in Erkenbrechtsweiler, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany and he died on May 23rd 1934 in Perrysburg. In 1864 he married Mary Agnes Harthneck, born on September 18th 1844 in Liverpool, Ohio. She died on May 23rd 1934 in Liverpool. Mary was the daughter of Johann Georg Harthneck and Rosina Sophia Catharina Renz, both from Echterdingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany.
Children of Johannes Conrad Kazmaier and Mary Agnes Harthneck were as follows:
16. I Charles Frederick Kazmaier, born 25 Feb 1865 in Perrysburg; died 4 Mar 1958 in Perrysburg. He married Alice Goodman.
17. II George John Kazmaier, born 3 Nov 1866 in Perrysburg; died 6 Oct 1957; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Emma M Shider.
18. III Albert A. Kazmaier, born 28 Jul 1869 in Perrysburg; died 16 Jun 1947 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Frances Jane Frusher.
19. IV John William Kazmaier, born 11 Jun 1871 in Perrysburg; died 25 Jan 1950 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Mazie E. Walter.
20. V Henry A. Kazmaier, born 11 Mar 1874 in Perrysburg; died 3 Feb 1938 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He married on 11 May 1899 Katherine E Betz, born 1878.
Henry A. is the founder of Kazmaier's Groceries in Perrysburg in 1898. He expanded the original store on Louisiana Avenue in Perrysburg buying the meat market next door. With Henry’s diligence and care for quality and value the business quickly grew before he sold it in 1915 to his brother Robert who unfortunately died four years after and so the market was sold to their other brother Harvey in 1919 who operated the market until 1938 when his nephews, Robert’s sons Robert and Allen bought the business back from their uncle. Finally Kazmair’s markets are truly a family run business for almost 120 years.
21. VI Frank Herman Kazmaier, born 4 Jan 1876 in Perrysburg; died 16 Nov 1946 in Perrysburg. He married Anna R Moser.
22. VII Andrew C. Kazmaier, born 18 Nov 1877 in Perrysburg; died 18 Aug 1962. He married Leona Estella Carter.
23. VIII Harrison (Harry) R Kazmaier, born 1 Sep 1879 in Perrysburg; died May 1958 in Perrysburg. He married Mayme (Mary) Neiderhouse.
Harry is the grandfather of the famous football player for Princeton University from 1941 through 1951, Dick Kazmaier. He was named an All American as well as winning the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy in 1951.
24. IX Harvey Julius Kazmaier, born 6 Oct 1881 in Perrysburg; died 27 Sep 1968 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Minnie Cathryn Kaeding.
25. X Rosa Kazmaier, born 10 Oct 1884 in Perrysburg; died 31 Jan 1979 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She married Lester B Carter.
26. XI Robert F. Kazmaier, born 5 Jun 1887 in Perrysburg; died 19 Jan 1919 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Lulu E Schneider.
7. Andreas’ third son was August Carl Friedrich Kazmaier (1844-1873). Not much is known about him, he not even reached the age of 30. As his brother John C. he was born as well in the old world on February 17th 1844 in Erkenbrechtsweiler and he died on September 21st 1873 in Perrysburg. On 31 Jan 1867 he married Mary Schlecht, born 1848 in Germany, died 5 Mar 1889 in Perrysburg.
August Carl Friedrich and Mary had two children:
27. I Frederick Charles Kazmaier, born 15 Mar 1873 in Perrysburg, died 30 Mar 1940 in Perrysburg, buried 4 Apr 1940. He married Emma Burchee.
28. II Sophia Marguerite Katherine Kazmaier, born 1867 in Perrysburg.
9. Andreas’ fourth son is the first Kazmaier born on American soil. Andrew Kazmaier (1847-1935) was born on August 7th 1847 in Perrysburg and he died on January 16th 1935 in Perrysburg. Unfortunately about him, although he reached an old age of 88, not much is known too. On December 1st 1872 he married Anna Mary Renz, the daughter of Johann Andreas Renz and Eva Bauer, in Liverpool. She was born on February 8th 1855 in Liverpool and she died in November 1937 in Perrysburg.
Children of Andrew Kazmaier and Anna Mary Renz were as follows:
29. I Edward Charles Kazmaier, born 27 Sep 1873 in Perrysburg, died 8 Aug 1934 in Perrysburg.
30. II Ida Helen Kazmaier. She married Leonard Darius Carter.
12. About Andreas’ fifth son Christian Emanuel Kazmaier (1851-1909) not much is known either.
13. George Martin was Andreas’ sixth son. George Martin Kazmaier was born July 14th 1853 in East-Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio and he died on October 27th 1940 in Perrysburg. He married Christine Katharine Kopp, the daughter of John Kopp and Margaretha Wecht. She was born on May 14th 1854 in New York and died on September 9th 1923 in Perrysburg.
George Martin Kazmaier and Christine Katharine Kopp had five children:
31. I Arthur Kazmaier, born between 1880 and 1885.
32. II August John Kazmaier, born 1 Sep 1890 in Perrysburg, died 5 Sep 1970 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
33. III Kate Kazmaier, born 1878.
34. IV Russell F. Kazmaier, born 1886 in Perrysburg, died 1956 in Perrysburg. His wife’s name was Julia, born 1882, died 1921, but her maiden name is unknown.
35. V William J. Kazmaier, born 6 May 1877 in Perrysburg, died 23 Apr 1919 in Perrysburg. He married on 17 Oct 1908 in Perrysburg Minnie Stephens.
14. And finally William was Andreas’ seventh son and his 14th child. We find him and his wife Anna Sarah Renz buried on Fort Meigs Cemetary but that is all that is known about William, it occurs he did not have children. William Kazmaier, born 18 Jun 1857 in Perrysburg, died 19 Apr 1936 in Perrysburg. 1881 he married Anna Sarah Renz in Perrysburg, born 1 Jan 1858 in Liverpool, died Jan 1945 in Perrysburg.
Pennsylvania
Two years after the first Andreas Kazmaier another Kazmaier arrived. Andreas was a very common name in Germany at that time and obviously it was very common in the Kazmaier family. The second Andreas Kazmaier (1823-1900) came from Grabenstetten as well. They were 3rd cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Clemens Kazmaier and Anna Blankenhorn. He arrived in Castle Garden, New York City in 1848 and finally settled in Erie County Pennsylvania.
1. Andreas Kazmaier, was born on the 27th of September 1823 in Grabenstetten and he died in 1900 in Millcreek Twp., Erie County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Johann Georg Kazmaier and Rosina Staiger. On February 12th 1850 he married Anna Barbara Renz in Gomaringen, born 13 Dec 1824 in Gomaringen, died 1894 in USA, the daughter of Johann Georg Renz and Anna Margaretha Ulmer.
They had 8 children together:
2. I Andreas Kazmaier, born 30 May 1850 in Gomaringen; died 11 Jul 1928 in College Park, Clayton, Georgia. He married (1) Katherine Baldwin; (2) Hanna E N.N.
3. II Laeza Kazmaier, born 1851 in Pennsylvania.
4. III Pauline Kazmaier, born 1854 in Pennsylvania.
5. IV Mary Kazmaier, born 1855 in Pennsylvania.
6. V Rosa Kazmaier, born 1858 in Pennsylvania.
7. VI John Kazmaier Sr., born 25 Apr 1861 in Erie, PA, USA; died 3 May 1931 in Blair, Altoona, PA, USA; buried in Oak Ridge Cemetary, Altoona, PA. He married (1) Barbara Louisa Buck; (2) Nellie Kemp.
8. VII Gottlob Kazmaier, born 23 Jul 1865 in Erie, PA, USA; died 11 Dec 1937 in Erie, PA, USA. He married Anna Meyer.
9. VIII William Bartholomew I Kazmaier, born 27 May 1871 in Erie, PA, USA; died 26 May 1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He married Mary Elisabeth Weisser.
2. People may say Germans are crazy but Andreas (1823-1900) named his first son Andreas (1850-1928). He was married twice. About 1872 he married Hanna E, her maiden name remains unknown, but we know she was born 1854 in Maryland and she probably died young in the late 80s of that century. Andreas then in 1890 married Katherine Baldwin in Maryland, born Aug 1859 in Maryland, she died 19 Sep 1944 in College Park, Clayton, Georgia.
With Hanna Andreas had one son and three daughters:
10. I William A Kazmaier, born 1873 in Maryland.
11. II Katherine Kazmaier, born 1875 in Maryland.
12. III Mary B Kazmaier, born 1877 in Maryland.
13. IV Josephine Kazmaier, born 1879 in Maryland.
Together with Katherine Baldwin Andreas had another son and two more girls.
14. I Latha Luise Kazmaier, born Sep 1891 in Maryland. She married Humphrey Charles Wilson.
15. II Georgia Kazmaier, born Apr 1893 in Georgia.
16. III William Andrew Kazmaier, born 5 Oct 1894 in North Atlanta, Georgia; died 1920 in College Park, Clayton, Georgia.
7. Andreas’ second son was named John. John Kazmaier Sr. was born on the 25th of April 1861 in Erie, Pennsylvania and he died on May 3rd 1931 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. John was married twice. 1880 in Maryland he married Barbara Louisa Buck, born 18 Mar 1860 in Wuerttemberg, died 16 Nov 1904 in Altoona, in Maryland. After her death he took a second wife, Nellie Kemp, born 1872 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, died 30 Oct 1957 in Altoona. She was the daughter John Charles Kemp and Mary Jeffry. We find all of them buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona.
Upon receiving his education in the public schools of Erie County, Mr. Kazmaier was sent to Germany by his father to learn the brewery business from the old German brew masters. He remained in Germany for three years and upon his return to America, in 1879, worked in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Johnstown for some years, later establishing a brewery in Columbia. He came to Altoona, in 1896, and bought the Germania Brewery, which had been established in 1852. It was reorganized and equipped with modern machinery and was operated by John Kazmaier until the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment. Since that time he has devoted his time to his duties as director of the Mountain City and Central Trust Companies and to a number of building and loan associations with which he was connected. He was a man of generous disposition, giving largely to all benevolences. His last large benefaction was the gift of the Franklin Hotel to the Altoona Rescue Mission. He was deeply interested in the welfare of his community and a backer of many movements for the betterment of Altoona. He was a member of the various Masonic bodies, and has been honored by the Jaffa Shrine Temple. He was also a member of the Royal Order of Jesters, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the various German societies. He was an active member of the Grace Lutheran Church. In social affiliations, he belonged to the Medina Athletic Club, Chicago, the Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club, the Blairmont Country Club, the Altoona Cricket Club, and the Juniata Valley Colony Club.
John and Barbara Louisa had two daughters:
17. I Amelia Louise Kazmaier, born 8 Sep 1881 in Baltimore, Maryland, died 14 Aug 1949 in Los Angeles, CA. She married Emil Herman Hoerl.
18. II Elizabeth Kazmaier, born 16 Nov 1904 in Blair, Altoona, PA, USA, died 17 Nov 1904 in Blair, Altoona, PA, USA.
Together with Nellie Kemp John had one son, John Kazmaier, Jr., who died when seven years of age, in 1918, during the Flu epidemic. John Kazmaier, Jr. was born 11 Jun 1911 in Altoona and died 21 Dec 1918 in Altoona at the family home in Allegheny township of influenza and pneumonia.
Nellie Kemp had another son before she was married to John Sr., Jacob Kemp Kazmaier, born before 1906 in New York City. He died 26 Sep 1971 in Altoona. He is buried in Alto Reste Burial Park, Altoona and he was married to Jane E. Patterson.
8. Andreas’ third son was Gottlob Kazmaier, born 23 Jul 1865 in Erie, died 11 Dec 1937 in Erie. He married Anna Meyer, born Nov 1866, died 7 Apr 1934 in Erie, daughter of Andrew Meyer and Elizabeth N.N..
Gottlob and Anna were born three sons:
21. I Arthur Kazmaier, born Sep 1889.
22. II Otto Kazmaier, born 12 Apr 1893 in Erie, died 1 Oct 1971 in Erie.
23. III Howard Kazmaier, born May 1896 in Erie, died 22 Apr 1962 in Niagara Falls. He married Florence Johnson.
9. And finally Andreas’ fourth son was William Bartholomew I. Kazmaier, born 27 May 1871 in Erie, died 26 May 1913 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He married on 18 Nov 1894 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Mary Elisabeth Weisser, born Oct 1868 in Marietta, Lancaster County, died 12 Jun 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
William Bartholomew I. Kazmaier and Mary Elisabeth Weisser had two sons and one daughter:
24. I William Bartholomew II. Sr. Kazmaier, born 25 Feb 1895 in Lancaster, died 24 May 1971 in Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin. He married (1) Martha Bertha Piepenburg; (2) Florence L Steinhoff.
William Batholomew II is the grandfather of the "the strongest man who ever lived", William Kazmaier (born 1953). Today he is a former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler. During the 1970s and 1980s, he set numerous powerlifting and strongman world records, and won two International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Championships and three World's Strongest Man titles. In the 1980s Kazmaier became famous for his claim to be "the strongest man who ever lived" by equalling and surpassing spectacular and versatile feats of strength of famous strongmen of the 20th century. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time greatest competitors in strength competitions.
25. II Marion Josephine Kazmaier, born 7 Jul 1896 in Lancaster, died 9 Mar 1998 in West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
26. III Emil Victor Kazmaier, born 11 Aug 1904 in Altoona, died 9 Sep 1981 in Greenbay, Brown, Wisconsin.
Kansas & Missouri
Roughly about 20 years later another Kazmaier, named as well Andreas – this was a quite
From stories told we can assume that he deserted from the army and fled to the north of Germany where he set of to America. He departed from Hamburg on the “Harmonia” and arrived in New York on the 19th of November 1868.
Presumably he didn’t spend long time in New York but left heading west. He may have heard of a little community in Zoar founded by German religious dissenters called the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1817. That’s where we find him again settling in the early 70s. In Zoar he probably met Wilhelmina, his first wife and they married on March 14th 1875 in Zoar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
1. Andreas Kazmaier was born July 27th 1845 in Honau, Kingdom of Wuerttemberg, Germany and he died April 7th 1896 in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas. He was the son of Andreas Kazmaier (1808-1856) and Magdalena Rehm (1810-1868). On March 14th 1875 he married Wilhelmina Damm in Zoar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Wilhelmina was born March 21st 1854 in Prussia and she died February 14th 1886 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas.
Andreas and Wilhelmina had two children:
2. i Clara Kazmaier, born 23 Jan 1876 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; died 13 Jun 1951 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas. She married John Welch.
3. ii Albert Andrew Kazmaier, born 16 Jun 1877 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; died 29 May 1962 in Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma; buried in Wellsville, Franklin, Kansas. He married Maud Gertrude Harrison.
After Wilhelmina died in 1886, it appears the poor girl died from a rusty nail in her foot, Andrew, as he changed his name by then, married again. His second wife was Sophia
Together with Sophia Andrew had another 4 children:
4. i William Kazmaier, born 16 Mar 1887 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas; died 4 Feb 1979 in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas. He married Mary Velmer May Spencer.
5. ii Minnie Kazmaier, born 1889 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas; died 24 Jan 1963 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas. She married on 17 Oct 1928 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, Alfred Adam Spaniol, born 8 Jan 1897 in Flanagan, Livingston, Illinois; died 6 Dec 1928 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas; and in 1935 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas Bert A. Luse, born May 1885 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, USA; died 24 Mar 1958 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas.
6. iii Louis Kazmaier, born 18 Jan 1891 in Barton County, Kansas; died 21 Mar 1918 in Barton County, Kansas.
7. iv Lena Kazmaier, born 1 Oct 1892 in Barton County, Kansas; died 30 Mar 1981 in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas. She married on 17 Sep 1913 in Barton County, Kansas, USA John Edward Jurgensen, born 3 Aug 1888 in Kansas; died 17 Nov 1956 in Barton County, Kansas.
It shall be Andrews’s and Albert Andrew’s descendants who today maintain the name Kazmaier in the state of Kansas.
2. Clara Kazmaier, born 23 Jan 1876 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, died 13 Jun 1951 in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas. She married on 18 Jan 1894 in Great Bend John Welch, born 28 Apr 1857 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, died 17 Sep 1933 in Great Bend.
Clara and John had seven children: Clara Pauline Welch, born 7 Mar 1912, Clarence Edward Welch, born 2 Jun 1905, Ethel Minnie Welch, born 21 Sep 1896, John Albert Welch, born 19 Aug 1899, John William Welch, born 27 Aug 1909, Mary Irene Welch, born 29 May 1914, and Michael Andrew Welch, born 17 Oct 1894.
3. Albert Andrew Kazmaier was born on June 16th 1877 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio and he died May 29th 1962 in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma. He is buried in Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas. On January 18th 1899 he married Maud Gertrude Harrison, born 13 Apr 1880 in Wellsville, Franklin, Kansas, died July 1st 1947 in Wellsville. She was the daughter of John R Harrison and Anna Eliza Watkins.
They had three children together:
8. I Anita P Kazmaier, born 30 Jan 1900 in Wellsville, died 15 Oct 1954 in San Mateo, California, USA. She married Chester Eugene Graves.
9. Ii Clara Laurene Kazmaier, born 17 May 1902 in Wellsville, died 19 Jun 1992 in Grove, Delware, Oklahoma. She married John Tilford Barnard.
10. Iii John Andrew Kazmaier, born 28 Nov 1911 in Wellsville, died 9 Aug 1999 in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas. He married (1) Martha Ruth Cordell; (2) Dorothy Weixeldorfer.
4. William Kazmaier, born 16 Mar 1887 in Great Bend, died 4 Feb 1979 in Larned, Pawnee 
William and Mary were born five children:
11. I Catherine Irene Kazmaier, born 12 May 1934 in Kansas. She married on 3 Jun 1951 David Eldon Hammond, born 18 Mar 1932 in Kansas, died 1 Mar 2009 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.
12. II Mary Darlene Kazmaier, born 10 Jun 1927. She married (1) Clovis Charles Gossett; (2) Milton Scott English.
13. III Robert Lee Kazmaier, born 31 Jan 1923 in Garfield, Pawnee County, Kansas, died 26 Sep 2012 in Stow, Summit County, Ohio. He married Jean Marie Williams.
14. IV Vineta Marcile Kazmaier, born 24 Dec 1928 in Belpre, Pawnee County, Kansas. She married Donald Keith King.
15. V William Andrew Kazmaier, born 27 Jun 1921 in Garfield, died 24 Jan 2010 in Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas. He married Wilma Ruth Grove.
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