Kies Family Line

1530-c. 1700 in Wurttemberg (at least 270 yrs). Then c. 1700-1857 in Luxembourg (about 150 yrs). Then 1857-present in Iowa/Wisconsin (over 150 yrs).

Iowa

Grandparents:

• Carol "Casey" Kies - Jesup, IA
• Mary Cecelia Schaeffer - Oelwein, IA

Great-grandparents:

• Valentine Kies
• Amanda Bertha Schmidt

Immigrated to Dubuque, Iowa in 1857

• Nicholas Kies of Kehlen, Luxemburg (b. 1807) and his wife....
• son, Peter (b. 1842),
• via Sheboygan, WI (where other Kies relatives settled)

Great-great-grandfather - Peter Kies (b. 1842)

3rd-Great-grandfather - Nicholas Kies (b. 1807)

Luxembourg

4th-great-grandparents:

• Petrus Kies - Kehlen, LUX - b. 1768
• Maria Nilles

5th-great-grandparents:

• Wiricus -
• Wirici KIES
  • Born 2 October 1735 - Kehlen, Luxembourg
  • Deceased 28 January 1793 - Kehlen, Luxembourg, aged 57 years old
  • Parents
    • Pierre KIES
    • Margaretha ?
  • Married to Josepha ETHAN (1736-1797) 2 February 1761, Bissen, Luxembourg. Children
    • F Elisabeth KIES 1761-1763
    • M Martinus KIES 1764-1767
    • F Catharina KIES 1766-1767
    • M Pierre KIES 1768-1813
    • M Joannes KIES 1770-
    • F Maria Catherine KIES 1772-
    • M Nicolas KIES 1774-1829
    • M Henri KIES 1777-
  • https://gw.geneanet.org/jbrown?n=kies&oc=&p=wirici (jbrown tree)
• Wiriens KIES
  • Married to Josepha ETIEN with
    • • M Petrus KIES

6th-great-grandparents:

• Peter Kies - Luxemburg - b. c. 1710
• Margaretha ? in my notes but...
  • Peter KIES
    • Born 25 March 1711 - Schengen,,,,LUXEMBOURG
    • Deceased about 1757, aged about 46 years old
    • Parents
      • Johann KIES ca 1680-
      • Catharina N42 ca 1680-
    • Spouses and children
      • Married to Anna Maria Josepha SAUR (1722-1767) about 1739 [would be a later wife, since our Viricus b. 1735] with
      • M Hubert KIES 1750-1823
    • https://gw.geneanet.org/clhurtut?n=kies&oc=&p=peter (clhurtut tree)
  • Peter KIES (KEES)
    • Born 25 March 1711 - Schengen,,,,LUXEMBOURG,
    • Deceased about 1757, aged about 46 years old
    • Spouses and children
      • Married to Anne Marie Josepha SAUR 1722-1767 about 1739 [would be a later wife, since our Viricus b. 1735] with
      • M Hubert KIES 1750-1823
    • https://gw.geneanet.org/geneabaud?n=kies+kees&oc=&p=peter (geneabaud tree)
  • Pierre KIES
    • Born 25 March 1711 - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg
    • Parents
      • Jean KIES, born about 1680, deceased - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg Married to
      • Catherine X, born about 1680, deceased - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg
    • Spouses, children and grandchildren
      • Married to Anne Marie SAUR about 1739, born 17 October 1722 - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg [would be a later wife, since our Viricus b. 1735] with
      • M Jean KIES 1744 , etc.
    • https://gw.geneanet.org/jcboulay?n=kies&oc=&p=pierre (jcboulay tree)

Wuerttemberg

7th-great-grandparents:

• Johann Jacob Kiess - Pleiningen to Schengen, Remich, LUX by 1700, d. 1762 -
• Anna Breuning
  • alt. Jean KIES
    • Born about 1680
    • Deceased - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg
    • Spouses, children , grandchildren and great-grandchildren
    • Married to Catherine , born about 1680, deceased - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg with
    • F Anne KIES ca 1700 - SCHENGEN, Remich, GD Luxembourg
    • M Urbain KIES 1706 Married to Madeleine THYNES THINES with
    • M Nicolas KIES 1707
    • M Pierre KIES 1711 Married about 1739 to Anne Marie SAUR...
  • https://gw.geneanet.org/jcboulay?lang=en&pz=jean+claude+andre+louis&nz=boulay&p=jean&n=kies&oc=6 (jcboulay tree)

Schengen is the far SE corner of LUX where France, Germany, and LUX meet) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen,_Luxembourg

Remich is a few miles north of Schengen, both on the west bank of the Moselle River - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remich

In 1687 the Remich' town fortifications were demolished by the army of Louis XIV.

8th-great-grandparents:

• Hans Jerg Kiess (1664-1727)
• Sara Elsaesser

9th-great-grandparents:

• Georg Kiess - Moehringen, Neckerkreis/Biberach, Wurttemberg, b. 1633
• Catharina Hebens
• There is a Moehringen in Unlingen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlingen which is along the Danube River in the northwest part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biberach_(district) just a few miles from Riedlingen

10th-great-grandparents:

• Conrad Kiess - Moehringen, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, b. 1601
• Margaretha Wehr
• One of the parts of Stuttgart is also called Moehringen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart-M%C3%B6hringen (district just to the west of Pleiningen)

11th-great-grandparents:

• Johannes Kies - Pleiningen, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg - m. 1600, d. 1628 -
• Anna Fischer
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plieningen

12th-great-grandparents:

• Konrad Kiess - Moehringen, Neckerkreis, Wurttemberg, b. 1556 - ? https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Neckarkreis vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
• Eva Ulmer

13th-great-grandfather:

• Hans Kiess B: c. 1530 Moehringen (?), Riedlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, D: 1592 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riedlingen village on the Danube River
  • alt. Johann "Hans" Kiess
    • Born in 1519 - Moehringen, Neckarkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
    • Deceased 16 June 1592 - Moehringen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, aged 73 years old
    • Married in 1555, Möhringen, Neckarkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to Margaretha NEUFFER 1532-1589 with
      • M Veit Kiess 1560-1611
      • M Georgig Keiss
      • M Hans der Jungere Kiess 1535-1590
      • M Konrad Kiess 1556-1606
  • https://gw.geneanet.org/trebor1352?lang=en&pz=michael+neil&nz=mcnulty&p=johann+hans&n=kiess

In 1525, 2,000 farmers gathered in Unlingen as it became one of the starting points of the German Peasants' War.

Geography

Wurttemberg-Luxembourg Map - https://goo.gl/maps/Ahn9BifHAaFfXThG6

• Riedlingen/Unlingen to Pleiningen/Moehringen/Stuttgart = 1 1/2 hr drive, ~85 km, 52 mi
• Pleiningen/Moehringen/Stuttgart to Remich/Schengen, LUX = 3 1/4 hr drive, ~285 km, 177 mi
• Remich/Schengen to Kehlen, LUX = 35 min drive, ~50 km, 30 mi

Germany

• Baden-Wurttemberg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg (modern state)
• Wurttemberg (Swabia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrttemberg (old territory, includes Biberach and Stuttgart)
• Duchy of Wurttemberg (1485-~1806) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg
• Map of Roman Limes - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Limes2.png
  • Riedlingen area would be between Mengen and Emerkingen on the Roman line along the Danube east of Tutlingen
  • Pleiningen/Moehringen/Stuttgart is around Esslingen/Grinario (Koengen) - north of Tutlingen, east of Baded-Baden, east-southeast of Pforszeim along the Neckar River

Rivers

• Moselle River goes by Schengen and Remich Luxembourg, a "left-bank" tributary of the Rhine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle
• Neckar River goes through Stuttgart, a "right-bank" tributary of the Rhine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckar
• Danube River passes Riedlingen and Unlingen, Biberach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube