Gerhard Toennies: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Gerhard Toennies (son of Walter Toennies and Margot Zectz).

Generation: 2

2. Walter Toennies was born 30 Nov 1887 (son of Paul Toennies and Agnes von Beschwitz); died 6 Nov 1965.
Walter — Margot Zectz. Margot was born 11 Nov 1900. [Group Sheet]
3.
Margot Zectz was born 11 Nov 1900.
Children:

Theo Toennies was born 5 Sep 1921; died 31 Jul 2007.

Hans-Georg Toennies was born 10 Dec 1926; died 1 Jun 2002.

1. Gerhard Toennies

Generation: 3

Paul Toennies died 29 Oct 1905, Blankenburg, Germany.

Paul married Agnes von Beschwitz 15 Jun 1886, Berlin, Germany. Agnes (daughter of Wolf Leopold Moritz "Leopold" von Beschwitz and Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler) was born 16 Sep 1863, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died Abt Sep 1947. [Group Sheet]

Agnes von Beschwitz was born 16 Sep 1863, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany (daughter of Wolf Leopold Moritz "Leopold" von Beschwitz and Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler); died Abt Sep 1947.

Children:

2. Walter Toennies was born 30 Nov 1887; died 6 Nov 1965.
Edith Toennies was born Abt 1888.
Theodore Toennies was born Abt 1890; died Abt 1917.

Generation: 4

10.

Wolf Leopold Moritz "Leopold" von Beschwitz was born 14 Nov 1826, Groß-Schweidnitz, Sachsen, Germany (son of Hans Christoph Moritz von Beschwitz and Henriette Agnes von Gersdorff); died 27 Nov 1888, Schmochtitz, Sachsen, Germany; was buried 29 Nov 1888, Taucherfriedhof, Bautzen, Sachsen, Germany.

Other Events:

Residence: Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; Inherited knight estate

Notes:

Royal Saxonian peace judge and inherited knight estate Alt-Hörnitz.

Wolf married Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler 1 Nov 1852, Zittau, Sachsen, Germany. Johanna (daughter of Ferdinand Gustav Carl Ernst von Schwemler and Johanne Emilie Caroline Krümmel) was born 22 Jul 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany; was christened 19 Aug 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany; died 7 May 1914, Blankenburg, Germany. [Group Sheet]

11.

Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler was born 22 Jul 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany; was christened 19 Aug 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany (daughter of Ferdinand Gustav Carl Ernst von Schwemler and Johanne Emilie Caroline Krümmel); died 7 May 1914, Blankenburg, Germany.

Notes:

IGI lists surname as von Schwemmler:
Christening: 19 AUG 1834 Milatary Records, Frankfurt Am Oder Stadt, Brandenburg, Preussen
Mother: JOHANNE EMILIE KRUEMMEL
Father: FERDINAND GUSTAV VON SCHWEMMLER

Children:

Hans Christoph Moritz "Moritz" von Beschwitz was born 17 Aug 1853, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died 28 Feb 1934, Oberwatha, Germany.
Ernst Moritz "Ernest" von Beschwitz was born 17 Aug 1860, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died 6 Jan 1914, Hubertusburg.
5. Agnes von Beschwitz was born 16 Sep 1863, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died Abt Sep 1947.
Rudolph Moritz von Beschwitz was born 24 Oct 1864, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died 15 Jan 1934, Healy, Lane County, Kansas.
Moritz Georg "George" von Beschwitz was born 31 Jan 1867, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died 8 Mar 1945, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 12 Jul 1945, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois.
Elisabeth Gretian von Beschwitz was born 6 Nov 1868, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany; died 14 Jun 1895; was buried Oak Grove Cemetery, White County, Arkansas.
Wallh von Beschwitz was born 26 Feb 1872, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.
Therese Marie von Beschwitz was born 26 Jan 1873, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany; died 17 Nov 1957, Bad Blankenburg, Germany.