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The OSSWALD Families
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Our OSSWALD family goes back only to about 1789. In Germany, the families lived
in Baden-Württemberg in the following: Neckargröningen, Ludwigsburg,
Pforzheim. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwest of Germany,
and the capital is Stuttgart. Andreas OßWALD was a Royal Württemberg stableman at the Royal stables.
His son, Philip Jacob, Sr., was a Shoemaker. He immigrated to
the United States in 1884 and became a US Citizen.
His son, Philip Jacob, Jr., was a Harness
Maker and Upholster in Philadelphia, PA. Philip married Elise
Ernestine
Luise WEISS and they had 9 children. Only 2 of their children
lived to maturity. One was a Machinist and the other went to
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), held 3 US Patents,
and became a Manufacturing Engineer.
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The different spellings of the surname is attributed to misunderstandings at the point of immigration. In Germany it was spelled OßWALD. (ß = SS). In the
United States, their surviving children dropped the double S.
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The OSSWALD Lineage is as follows: |
Andreas OSSWALD (~1789- )
Philipp Jakob OSSWALD (1809-1867)
Philip Jacob OSZWALD, Sr. (1861-1932)
Adolph Weiss OSWALD (1891-1969)
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Philip Jacob, Jr. and his wife, Elise Ernestine Luise had the following children:
Frederica OSZWALD (1888-1941)
Adolph Weiss OSWALD (1891-1969)
Hedwick OSZWALD (1893-1993)
Philip Jacob OSWALD,
Jr. (1894-1977)
Elise L. OSZWALD (1896-1897)
John OSZWALD (1897-1897)
Baby Girl OSZWALD (1898-1898)
Elsie OSZWALD (1900-1901)
Walter Samuel OSWALD (1904-1925)
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