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Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy1 (M)
(20 June 1778 - 15 December 1834)

     Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy was as Imperial and Royal Km. and GRat. to the Emperor of Austria and the Royal Treasurer of Hungary.1 He was as President of the Royal Hungarian Hofkammer and OGespan of the county of Moson.1 He was born on 20 June 1778 as Vienna, Austria.1 He married Countess Franziska Esterhazy on 8 September 1800.1 He married Countess Julie Festetics on 4 September 1806.1 He married Countess Crescentia von Seilern on 3 August 1819.1 He died on 15 December 1834 as Ofen, at age 56.1

     Child of Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy and Countess Crescentia von Seilern:

Count Rudolf Max Zichy+   (11 Jun 1833 - 16 Jan 1893)

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Countess Franziska Esterhazy1 (F)
( - 3 July 1804)

      As of 8 September 1800,her married name was Countess Zichy.1 Countess Franziska Esterhazy married Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy on 8 September 1800.1 She died on 3 July 1804.1

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Countess Julie Festetics1 (F)
(7 November 1790 - 18 November 1816)

     Countess Julie Festetics was born on 7 November 1790.1 As of 4 September 1806,her married name was Countess Zichy.1 She married Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy on 4 September 1806.1 She died on 18 November 1816 at age 26.1

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Countess Crescentia von Seilern1 (F)
(13 May 1799 - 30 July 1875)

      Countess Crescentia von Seilern was also known as Seilern. She was as Imperial and Royal Lady in Waiting and Dame of the Star Cross Order of Austria.1 She was born on 13 May 1799 as Brunn, Bohemia.1 As of 3 August 1819,her married name was Countess Zichy.1 She married Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy on 3 August 1819.1 As of 4 January 1836,her married name was Countess Szechenyi.1 She married Count Stephan Szechenyi on 4 January 1836 as Budapest, Hungary.1 She died on 30 July 1875 as Klein Zinkendorf Castle, Austria, at age 76.1 She was buried circa 1 August 1875 as crypt in Klein Zinkendorf chapel, Austria.1

     Child of Countess Crescentia von Seilern and Count Karol Anton Alois Zichy:

Count Rudolf Max Zichy+   (11 Jun 1833 - 16 Jan 1893)

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Count Stephan Szechenyi1 (M)
( - 8 April 1860)

     Count Stephan Szechenyi married Countess Crescentia von Seilern on 4 January 1836 as Budapest, Hungary.1 He died on 8 April 1860.1

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Count Emmanuel Gabriel Pechy1 (M)
(10 October 1813 - 24 July 1889)

     Count Emmanuel Gabriel Pechy was as Governor of Siebenburgen, Imperial and Royal Chamberlain, Wirkl.1 He was as Royal Hungarian Chirf Chamberlain, Obergespam, District Abauj.1 He was born on 10 October 1813 as Boldogkovaralja castle, Hungary.1 He married Baroness Zenaide Octavia Julianna Mesko on 5 February 1844 as Enyiczke, Hungary.1 He died on 24 July 1889 as Boldogkovaralja castle, Hungary, at age 75.1 He was buried circa 26 July 1889 as crypt in the Boldogkovaralja castle chapel, Hungary.1

     Child of Count Emmanuel Gabriel Pechy and Baroness Zenaide Octavia Julianna Mesko:

Countess Jakobina Maria Anna Pechy+   (13 Jan 1846 - 27 Mar 1915)

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Baroness Zenaide Octavia Julianna Mesko1 (F)
(10 September 1823 - 23 April 1861)

     Baroness Zenaide Octavia Julianna Mesko was as Lady of the Star Cross Order of Austria.1 She was born on 10 September 1823 as Mesko Palace, Kaschau, Slovakia.1 She married Count Emmanuel Gabriel Pechy on 5 February 1844 as Enyiczke, Hungary.1 As of 5 February 1844,her married name was Baroness Pechy.1 She died on 23 April 1861 as Boldogkovaralja castle, Hungary, at age 37.1 She was buried circa 25 April 1861 as crypt in the Boldogkovaralja castle chapel.1

     Child of Baroness Zenaide Octavia Julianna Mesko and Count Emmanuel Gabriel Pechy:

Countess Jakobina Maria Anna Pechy+   (13 Jan 1846 - 27 Mar 1915)

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Conrad Philipp von Mengersen1 (M)
(31 July 1800 - 4 February 1851)

      Conrad Philipp von Mengersen also went by the name of Kurt.1 Conrad Philipp von Mengersen was also known as mengersen. He was born on 31 July 1800.1 He married Auguste Loise Dorette Wichmann in 1824 as Bevern Lobach, Holzminden.1 He died on 4 February 1851 as Helpensen castle, at age 50.1

     Child of Conrad Philipp von Mengersen and Auguste Loise Dorette Wichmann:

August Eberhard von Mengersen+   (11 Nov 1846 - 18 Dec 1907)

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Auguste Loise Dorette Wichmann1 (F)
(7 June 1803 - 20 December 1875)

     Auguste Loise Dorette Wichmann was born on 7 June 1803 as Ottenstein, Braunschweigen.1 She married Conrad Philipp von Mengersen in 1824 as Bevern Lobach, Holzminden.1 As of 1824,her married name was von Mengersen.1 She died on 20 December 1875 as Hannover, at age 72.1

     Child of Auguste Loise Dorette Wichmann and Conrad Philipp von Mengersen:

August Eberhard von Mengersen+   (11 Nov 1846 - 18 Dec 1907)

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Janos Gyula Juhos1 (M)
(27 December 1808 - 5 August 1896)

     Janos Gyula Juhos was born on 27 December 1808 as Leutschau, Slovakia.1 He married Matid Szmit circa 1842.1 He married Julianna Aurelia Kreichel on 3 February 1842 as Leutschau, Slovakia.1 He died on 5 August 1896 as Leutschau, Slovakia, at age 87.1

     Child of Janos Gyula Juhos and Julianna Aurelia Kreichel:

Anna Constanze Gabriele Juhos+   (10 Jun 1847 - 20 Oct 1925)

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Matid Szmit1 (F)

      As of circa 1842,her married name was Juhos.1 Matid Szmit married Janos Gyula Juhos circa 1842.1

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Julianna Aurelia Kreichel1 (F)
(9 June 1823 - 30 May 1852)

     Julianna Aurelia Kreichel was born on 9 June 1823 as Leutschau, Slovakia.1 She married Janos Gyula Juhos on 3 February 1842 as Leutschau, Slovakia.1 As of 3 February 1842,her married name was Juhos.1 She died on 30 May 1852 as Leutschau, Slovakia, at age 28.1

     Child of Julianna Aurelia Kreichel and Janos Gyula Juhos:

Anna Constanze Gabriele Juhos+   (10 Jun 1847 - 20 Oct 1925)

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Imperial Count Franz Karl Eduard von Wimpffen1 (M)
(2 January 1770 - 8 December 1842)

     Imperial Count Franz Karl Eduard von Wimpffen was as Imerpial and Royal Lt. Colonel of the Guards, formerly an officer in the Hessen-Kessel Swiss Guards.1 He was as owner of Grosskuntschuetz, Girna and Schestallowitz, Bohemia; Wallsee, Lower Austria; Kainberg, Styria, Austria; large landlord in Schlesia and Hungary.1 He was born on 2 January 1770 as Stuttgart.1 He married Princess Victoria Amalie Ernestine von Anhalt on 16 October 1796 as Vienna, Austria.1 He married Baroness Pauline von Marschall on 2 October 1825 as Mureck, Styria, Austria.1 He died on 8 December 1842 as Graz, Austria, at age 72.1

     Child of Imperial Count Franz Karl Eduard von Wimpffen and Princess Victoria Amalie Ernestine von Anhalt:

Imperial Count Franz Emil Lorenz von Wimpffen+   (2 Apr 1797 - 26 Nov 1870)

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Baroness Pauline von Marschall1 (F)
(23 May 1787 - 31 May 1862)

     Baroness Pauline von Marschall was born on 23 May 1787.1 As of 2 October 1825,her married name was Baroness von Wimpffen.1 She married Imperial Count Franz Karl Eduard von Wimpffen on 2 October 1825 as Mureck, Styria, Austria.1 She died on 31 May 1862 at age 75.1

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Princess Victoria Amalie Ernestine von Anhalt1 (F)
(11 February 1791 - 17 October 1817)

     Princess Victoria Amalie Ernestine von Anhalt was as brought a large fortune to the Wimpffen family.1 She was born on 11 February 1791 as Halle.1 As of 24 June 1791,her married name was Princess von Hessen-Philippstal.1 She married Prince Karl von Hessen-Philippstal on 24 June 1791 as Phillipstall Palace.1 She married Imperial Count Franz Karl Eduard von Wimpffen on 16 October 1796 as Vienna, Austria.1 As of 16 October 1796,her married name was Princess von Wimpffen.1 She died on 17 October 1817 as Vienna, Austria, at age 26.1

     Child of Princess Victoria Amalie Ernestine von Anhalt and Imperial Count Franz Karl Eduard von Wimpffen:

Imperial Count Franz Emil Lorenz von Wimpffen+   (2 Apr 1797 - 26 Nov 1870)

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Prince Karl von Hessen-Philippstal1 (M)
(6 November 1757 - 2 January 1793)

     Prince Karl von Hessen-Philippstal was born on 6 November 1757.1 He married Princess Victoria Amalie Ernestine von Anhalt on 24 June 1791 as Phillipstall Palace.1 He died on 2 January 1793 as killed in battle, at age 35.1

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Baron Bernhard von Eskeles1 (M)
(1753 - 7 August 1839)

     Baron Bernhard von Eskeles was as founder and Vice Governor of the Austrian National Bank; President of the Arnstein and Eskeles Bank; industialist, land and property owner.1 Baron Bernhard von Eskeles was also known as eskeles. He was born in 1753 as Eskeles Palace, Vienna, Austria.1 He married Cacilla Itzig in 1800.1 He died on 7 August 1839 as Hietzing, Austria.1

     Child of Baron Bernhard von Eskeles and Cacilla Itzig:

Baroness Marian Anna Cecilia von Eskeles+   (2 Mar 1802 - 10 Aug 1862)

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Cacilla Itzig1 (F)
(1760 - circa 1836)

     Cacilla Itzig was born in 1760 as Itzig Palace, Berlin, Germany.1 She married Baron Bernhard von Eskeles in 1800.1 As of 1800,her married name was von Eskeles.1 She died circa 1836 as Eskeles Palace, Vienna, Austria.1

     Child of Cacilla Itzig and Baron Bernhard von Eskeles:

Baroness Marian Anna Cecilia von Eskeles+   (2 Mar 1802 - 10 Aug 1862)

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Baron Georg Simon von Sina1 (M)
(20 November 1783 - 18 June 1856)

     Baron Georg Simon von Sina was as banker, industrialist, and land and property owner.1 He was born on 20 November 1783.1 He married Katharina Derra on 11 May 1809 as Budapest, Hungary.1 He died on 18 June 1856 as Sina Palace, Vienna, Austria, at age 72.1

     Child of Baron Georg Simon von Sina and Katharina Derra:

Baron Georg Simon von Sina+   (15 Aug 1810 - 15 Apr 1876)

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Katharina Derra1 (F)
(24 July 1792 - 10 July 1851)

     Katharina Derra was born on 24 July 1792 as Budapest, Hungary.1 She married Baron Georg Simon von Sina on 11 May 1809 as Budapest, Hungary.1 As of 11 May 1809,her married name was von Sina.1 She died on 10 July 1851 as Rapaltenkichen Castle, Hungary, at age 58.1 She was buried circa 12 July 1851 as crypt in the Rapaltenkichen Castle chapel.1

     Child of Katharina Derra and Baron Georg Simon von Sina:

Baron Georg Simon von Sina+   (15 Aug 1810 - 15 Apr 1876)

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Prince Konstantin Emanuel Ghika de Desanfalva1 (M)
(18 February 1780 - 11 June 1835)

     Prince Konstantin Emanuel Ghika de Desanfalva was born on 18 February 1780.1 He married Princess Anastasia Dadany on 3 February 1797 as Miskolc, Hungary.1 He died on 11 June 1835 as Belatinz castle, Komitat Zala, Hungary, at age 55.1 He was buried circa 13 June 1835 as crypt in the Belatinz castle chapel, Komitat Zala, Hungary.1

     Child of Prince Konstantin Emanuel Ghika de Desanfalva and Princess Anastasia Dadany:

Princess Iphigenia Ghika de Desanfalva+   (20 Jul 1815 - 21 Dec 1884)

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Princess Anastasia Dadany1 (F)
(1782 - 1844)

     Princess Anastasia Dadany was born in 1782.1 She married Prince Konstantin Emanuel Ghika de Desanfalva on 3 February 1797 as Miskolc, Hungary.1 As of 3 February 1797,her married name was Princess Ghika de Desanfalva.1 She died in 1844.1

     Child of Princess Anastasia Dadany and Prince Konstantin Emanuel Ghika de Desanfalva:

Princess Iphigenia Ghika de Desanfalva+   (20 Jul 1815 - 21 Dec 1884)

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Imperial Count Maximilian von Lerchingfeld-Kofering1 (M)
(17 January 1772 - )

     Imperial Count Maximilian von Lerchingfeld-Kofering was as ambassador to the court of Emperor Napoleon Bonapart.1 He married Princess Therese Mathilde von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.1 He was born on 17 January 1772 as Munich, Bavaria.1

     Child of Imperial Count Maximilian von Lerchingfeld-Kofering and Princess Therese Mathilde von Mecklenburg-Strelitz:

Count Georg Adolf von Stockau+   (6 May 1806 - 4 Apr 1865)

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Princess Therese Mathilde von Mecklenburg-Strelitz1 (F)
(5 April 1773 - 12 February 1839)

     Princess Therese Mathilde von Mecklenburg-Strelitz married Imperial Count Maximilian von Lerchingfeld-Kofering.1 Her married name was Princess von Lerchingfeld-Kofering.1 She was born on 5 April 1773.1 She died on 12 February 1839 at age 65.1

     Child of Princess Therese Mathilde von Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Imperial Count Maximilian von Lerchingfeld-Kofering:

Count Georg Adolf von Stockau+   (6 May 1806 - 4 Apr 1865)

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(?) Dressel Family History1 (?)

  1. The Dressel family history begins with Bernhard von Bernharshausen who lived in the middle of the 11th Century, ex.19. He was a free noble vassal of the Abbot Herzberg monastery in Hessen. He gave his first name 'Bernhard' to his estate, which was originally called 'Bernhardshausen' and later called Bennenhus, Beinhausen, Benhausen, etc. Today it is called Beenhausen. It is located in the hill and forest area of Northeastern Hessen, between Fulda and Schwalm in the Bemeinde Ludwigsau on the stream called Rohrbach, in the Rotenberg Kreis, n2.4.

 

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FAMILY FOUNDER

 

 

1.                  BENN (BERNHARD)

Born: circa  1060

First Lord of Bennhausen and vassal to the Abbot of Herzberg Monastery

 

Founder of the Bennhausen and Dressel Families

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

 

1.                  Location of the Drosule castle in relationship to Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin

 

2.                  Location of Wielbarg (Willenberg), Chorzele, and Przasnysz in relationship to KØnigsberg, Danzig, Olsztyn, and Warsaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE DRESSEL COAT OF ARMS

 

 

1.                  The Dressel coat of arms tapestry was designed and woven by the Polish Master

Weaver, Bogdan Dryszel (Dressel)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE ORIGIN OF THE DRESSEL NAME

 

 

1.                  The Dressels were named after the estate that was given to them by the Duke Rudolphus of Saxony before 1309 which was at that time called Drysule, or Drisulen, or Drosule which is located north of Dòben, Saxony.  Subsequently, the estate was called Gross and Klein Dreiseil; it was also called the Dreiseiler Mark.

 

2.                  A partial alphabetical listing of the versions of the Dressel name and the year and place in which it occurs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I  GENERATION

1.        WIGAND von BENEHUSIN

            LORD of  BENEHUSIN

2.                  Circa 1162 – 1187 Wigand von Benehusin was a witness for the Duke of Thuringia’s agreement to a business transaction between Ludeger von Dorndorf and his servant Berthold.

3.                  Bennhusen as it looked in the middle of the 19th century

4.                  Bennhusen as it looks today

II  GENERATION

1.         RUBBERTUS de BENNENHUS

LORD of BENNENHUS

Documented:  1179, Indictione XII

2.         See exhibit for the 3rd Generation for the translation of the source document for Rubbertus.

 

 

III  GENERATION

1.         NORTMANN or WACHSMUTT or GERLINT de BENNEHUS

Documented:  1179, Indictione XII

2.         The Abbot Adolfus of Herssfeldt states that Rubbertus and his sister Eliud, his wife, as well as Nortmann, Wachsmutt, and Gerlint, and in agreement with their other relatives, freely give to the brothers of the church in Herssfeldt, two schillings yearly from the income derived from their properties in the Benenhus Estates to pray for their souls as well as for the souls of their parents.

The original document is to be found in the Marburg State Archive.

 

IV  GENERATION

1.         THE MARSCHALL VIGANDUS de BEENHAUSEN

Documented:  1222, 1224, 1239, 1240, 1246

Marschall for the Abbot of Hersfeld Monastery

2.         On February 18, 1224, in Act number 17, the Abbot Ludwig of Hersfeld agreed that Propst Eckehard von Aue purchased from the Marschall Wigand von Beenhausen 10% of the Ròchersfeld estate and gave this purchase as a gift to the church in Aue.

 

V  GENERATION

1.                  IOHANNES de BENHUSEN

Documented:  1288, 1293, 1309, 1310, 1330, 1334

            LORD of BENHUSEN

            Knight in the service of the Frauensee Monastery

2.        Iohannes served as a witness for various business agreements for the monastery of Frauensee between 1288 – 1310.

3.         Example of a business agreement in which Iohannes served as a witness and used his seal

3.                  On September 15, 1314 Johann von Bennhausen used the above family seal to witness the document.  Please note that the seal is identical to the seal used by Gònther von der Dresule on February 6, 1361.

 

VI  GENERATION

1.         RULE (RUDOLPH) de DRYSULE

Documented:  Five times in 1319

            FIRST LORD OF DRESIEL

            Knight in the service of Rudolph Duke of Saxony

            Founder of the Dressel branch of the Benhusen family

2.                  On September 30, 1319, Rule Drysule, appears as a witness for Duke Rudolph of Saxony and his ward the markcountess Agnes of Brandenburg for the document that defines various rights of the city of Spandow.

This is the oldest document known to exist pertaining to the Dressel family.

3.                  A historian’s rendition of Dresula Castle which Rule is said to have built at the beginning of the 14th century.

4.                  The tree Rule is said to have planted on the Dreiseil estate that lived until it was hit by lighting a few years ago.

 

VII  GENERATION

1.         CONRADUS von DRUSSELN

Documented:  Twice in 1323

Lord of Dreisel

Knight in the service of Duke Rudolph of Saxony

2.         On May 22, 1323, Conradus von Drusseln witnessed Duke Rudolph of Saxony’s agreement to give a chapel to the Bitterfeld Castle.

2.                  The Malitzendorff that is believed to have been built by Conradus

Religious figures believed to have been given to the church by members of the        

Dressel family

 

VIII  GENERATION

1.         GUNTHER von der DRESUL

Documented:  1349, 1361, 1365, 1370, 1375, 1379, 1381

First Lord of Colochau and Gross and Klein Roessin

Knight and courtier in the court of the Dukes of Anhalt, 1341 – 1381

Knight and courtier in the court of the Dukes of Saxony, 1361 – 1381

2.         February 6, 1361 Gunther von der Dressul appears as a witness for the Duke Rudolph of Saxony’s proclamation to appoint a specific court day in the city of Mòhlberg where the disagreements between the bishop would be resolved.  Gunther’s seal appears with this document.

3.         Copy of a document with Gunther’s seal in which he appears as a witness for the Duke of Saxony

3.                  Exterior of the church in Colochau

5.         Interior of the church in Colochau and the Madonna that was donated by the Dressel family

 
IX  GENERATION
1.         CUNCZE von der DROSULE

Documented:  1374, 1379, 1381

Married:  Agnes

Co-Lord of Gross Roessin, Klein Roessin, and Schlieben, and Lord of Jessnigh

2.                  In 1374, Cuncze von der Drosule appears as a witness for the Duke Wenzel of Saxony’s agreement to the sale by Klaus Schulthies of his village Zschackou to the Abbot Dobrilugk.

3.                  On March 13, 1379, Cuncze von der Drosule was a witness to the document that defined the agreement between the von Rodestoc family and the monastery and convent of Dobrilugk.

4.         Church in Jessnigh built by the Dressel family in the 14th century

 
X  GENERATION
1.         HANS von der DROSELE

Documented:  1408, 1419

Co-Lord of Colochau and Gross and Klein Roessin

2.         Hans and his brothers were captured by the Duke’s men and were held captive until they swore an “eternal” oath never again to fight against the Duke or his family.

 

XI  GENERATION

1.         THAME (THOMAS) van DROESSELLE the elder

Documented:  1458, 1474

Co-Lord of Colochau, Lord of Schlieben

2.         The Schlieben estate manor house and barns, which were built in the 15th century, as they appear today

 

XII  GENERATION

1.         THAM (THOMAS) von der DROESSEL the younger

Documented:  1469, 1481, 1474, 1492

Married:  Margarethe

Lord of Gross Roessin and Klein Roessin

2.         Gross Roessin estate:

Church built by the Dressel family in the 14th century,

            manor house, and barn as they appear today

3.         Klein Roessin estate:

Former hunting lodge and park as they appear today

 

XIII  GENERATION

1.         KASPAR von der DRšSSEL the elder

            Documented:  1494-95, 1529, 1541-42, 1548

            Died:  July 8, 1548 in Saxony

Lord of Klein Roessin, Buchau, and Neuendorff, Co-Lord in Colochau and Uebigau

2.         Uebigau as it appeared in 1523 when it was owned by the DØssel family; this sketch was published in 1626

3.         Uebigau as it appeared in the 18th century

4.                  In 1495, Kaspar von der DrØssel formally complained to his lord the Duke of Saxony that his town people in Uebigau were breaking and stealing the stones of his castle which was currently unoccupied.

5.                  The Schwallungen Kemnate, a fortified townhouse in Schwallungen,

Saxon-Meiningen that was owned by Kaspar’s cousin Adam von der Droessel as it appears today

6.                  In 1541, Kappars von der DrØssel was one of three officers who was appointed by the Duke of Saxony to lead his forces in the battle of Minckwitz.

7.                  Colochau manor house as it appears today.

 

 

XIV  GENERATION

1.         NICKEL (NICHOLAS) von der DRšSSEL

            Documented:  1548, 1557, 1574

            Married:  Catarina

            Died:    November 13, 1574

            Lord of Klein Rossin, Co-Lord of Gross Rossin

2.                  Nickel von der Drossel, the son of Caspar, is listed in the register of vassals who served the Dukes of Saxony in 1548.

3.                  Nickeln von der Drosseln is listed as one of the property owners affected by the “Uebigau” fishing regulations of 1524 and 1557.

 

XV  GENERATION

1.         DAM (THOMAS) von der DROSSEL the elder

Documented:  1566, 1572, 1574, 1577, 1586, 1604

Married:  (Anna) von Heynitz

Died:  February 25, 1604

Co-Lord Klein Roessin and Gross Roessin

2.                  In 1586, Tham, who was the son of the deceased Nicols, was designated an heir of his cousins Caspar, Abraham, and Melchior who were given the fief called Schlieben by Duke Christian of Saxony.

3.                  In 1566, Tham von der Drossel of Klein Roessin appointed Melchior Lehmann to be the new pastor for the Klein Roessin estate.

 

XVI  GENERATION

1.         DAM (THOMAS) von DRšSSEL the younger

Documented:  1602, 1608, 1618, 1632, 1636

Married:  A member of the von der Oelswitz aus Adelsdorf

Died:  1636, Zabelitz, Saxony

Co-Lord of Klein Roessin and Gross Roessin

2.         In 1612, Dam and his cousins Bernhardt and Hans Christoff are designated co-heirs by Duke Johann George of Saxony of Cuns Erdmann von der DrØssel, who was their uncle.

 

XVII  GENERATION

1.         GEORG ERNEST von der DRšSSEL

Born:  circa 1625, Saxony

Documented:  1636, 1646, 1651

Married:  Daughter of textile manufacturer

Officer in the Thirty Year War

Textile manufacturer

2.                  The battles at Rain and Lutzen in 1632 in which Georg Ernest participated

 

XVIII  GENERATION

1.                  PETER DRšSSEL or DRESSEL

Born:  circa 1665, Colochau, Saxony

Documented:  1692, (1739), 1774

Married:  before 1692, (Saxony)

               Daughter of a textile manufacturer

Textile manufacturer, city councillor

2.                  Peter’s cousin Karl Friederick who was an officer in the Saxon army

 

XIX  GENERATION

1.                  FREDERICK DRšSSEL or DRESSEL

Born:  1692, Colochau, Saxony

Married:  1717, Neuendorf, Merseburg, Saxony

                Rosina Graffenberg von Unterhoellenstein

Died:  1761, Willenberg, East Prussia

Textile manufacturer, city councillor

2.                  This is how the Dressel glass factory and iron smelting factory looked like at the beginning of the 18th century.

3.                  Jerzy (George) Dressel

Born:  circa  1720, Gross Roessen, Saxony

Died:  1789, Lithuania

Standard Bearer of  the Great Baton of  the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Landlord of the Sula estate and lessee of the great Kojdanow estate in Lithuania

from the Radzivill family

4.                  Jerzy Dressel’s Indigenat

Indigenat is the act of naturalization that gave a foreigner of noble birth the same rights as those enjoyed by Polish nobles. The Indigenat is granted only by the Seym.

5.                  Jerzy Dressel’s residence and estate during the last quarter of the 18th century

 

XX  GENERATION

1.         KARL FREDERICK DRESSEL

Born:  1740, Willenberg, East Prussia

Married:  1765, Willenberg, East Prussia

                          Katarina Gryf Makowski, called Makowka

Died:  1807, Willenberg, East Prussia

Textile manufacturer

2.         English Translation:

On May 12, 1803, an infant by the name of Carlus Fridericus who was born on the 29th of April was baptized, the son of Michael Drezel and Marrianne Rogin (Roginski), his legitimate wife.  The godparents were Carlus Fridericus Drezel and Anna Barbara Plewczymska.

3.         Karl Frederick organized the Dressel textile mill owners and their friends to give General Kosciuszko a credit to purchase army uniform material.  General Kosciuszko lost his revolution against the Russian Tsar and never paid for the textiles.  This was a great financial loss for the Dressel family.

 

 

ex:

            Dresden – Archive

            O.U.  7598a, BL.7

            Plege Liebenwerda – 1458

Thame and Hans van Drosselle are listed as vassals from the Schlieben Schweinitz area

and who in the time of war would  have to serve their Duke with three horses.

 

XXI  GENERATION

1.                  JAN FRIEDRICK DRESSEL

Born:  1775, Willenberg, East Prussia

Married:  1804, (Willenberg, East Prussia)

                          Barbara Katarzyna Peter

Died:  1842, Chorzele, Poland

Textile manufacturer and fur importer

2.                  Jan Friedrick convinced and organized members of the Dressel and related families to grant to the Emperor Napoleon credit for textiles that were used to manufacture uniforms for his Russian campaign.  Napoleon never repaid the credit.  This significantly contributed to the bankruptcy of the Dressel and related families and was a factor in their immigration to America.

3.                  This is how one of the Dressel textile mills appeared at the end of the 18th century.

 

 

DR. TADEUSZ GRYGIER’S SOURCES

Enclosed are the sources Dr. Grygier used for his 366-page manuscript “Rodzina DresselÙu w Prusach Wschodnich.”

Dr. Grygier, the former director of the Polish State Archive in Olsztyn, was commissioned in 1986 to research and write the history of the Dressel family in East Prussia for 1717 to 1840.

Since the church records from Willenberg, which was the principal Dressel residence, were destroyed, Dr. Grygier spent the next three years searching secondary archival sources to reconstruct the Dressel presence in East Prussia, which is today northern Poland.

Dr. Grygier’s manuscript is an excellent example of what a family researcher can discover in secondary sources available today in Polish state archives.

Dr. Grygier’s research supplied sources for the XXII, XXI, XX, XVIX, and XVIII generations.

 

 

TOMKIEWICZ PEDIGREE

This was an example of a pedigree required by the Russian government for a nobleman to “legitimize” (prove) his nobility in order to claim tax benefits.

An index of families who submitted such family trees with supporting documents are found in the P.R.C.U. Library under the title:

 

SPIS SZLACHTY WYLEGITYMOWANEJ

W GUBERNIACH GRODZIEŒSKIEJ,

MIŒSKIEJ, MOHYLEWSKIEJ,

SMOLEŒSKIEJ I WITEBSKIEJ

 

 

OPRACOWALI

 

StanisÓaw Dumin

SÓawomir GÙrzynski

 

 

These “legitimization” papers are intact and are to be found in the state archive in St. Petersburg, Russia.

 

Nikodom Andrzey who appears in the third line from the bottom, on the extreme right-hand side, next to Wincenty is the great-grandfather of Zofia Radwan Janowicz who is found in the XXV Generation.

 

 

XXII GENERATION

1.         JAN FRIEDRICK DRESZEL

Born:  1816, Willenberg, East Prussia

Married:  January 17, 1839, Chorzele, Poland

                Eva Kielich

Died:  March 25, 1875, Chorzele, Poland

Textile manufacturer and fur importer

 

XXIII  GENERATION

1.                  JOZEF DAMAZY (THOMAS) DRYSZEL

Born:  October 14, 1838, Chorzele, Poland

Married:  November 11, 1874, Chorzele, Poland

                Julianna Lignau, called Lignaé

Died:  Executed 1900 by the Russian army’s secret police

Owner of small estate, political activist

2.                  Julianna as she appeared in 1909, Chorzele, Poland

She was a follower of Count Leo Tolstoy’s philosophy.

3.                  Crucifix and icon of St. George, who is the patron saint of the Dressel family, given by Julianna to her son, Jozef, at his departure to America

4.                  Birth certificate of Jozef Damazy, October 26, 1838, Chorzele, Poland

 

XXIV  GENERATION

1.         ANTON JOZEF JAN DRESSEL

Born:  April 15, 1876, Chorzele, Poland

Married:  November 22, 1896, Przasnysz, Poland

                Maryanna Regina Grymala Grudzinski

Died:  February 15, 1926, Chicago, IL

Owner:  Dressel Leather Goods Co., Chicago, IL

2.         Birthplace of Maryanna Grudzinski in Przasnysz, Poland.  The townhouse was originally built in the 19th century.  This is how it appeared in 1980 without its front porch and second floor living quarters which were believed to be destroyed by fire.  It was the Dressel residence in Przasnysz until 1906.

3.                  Anton’s family (left to right):  Kazmierz Anton, born 1900; Stefania Maryanna, born 1901; Anna Regina, born 1910; Mother Maryanna; Boleslaw Konstanty, born 1911; Father Anton; Sabina Helena, born 1913; Jozef Jan, born 1897.  Photograph taken in 1917 in Chicago, IL

 

XXV  GENERATION

1.         JOSEPH JAN ANTON DRESSEL

Born:  March 16, 1897, Przasnysz, Poland

Married:  October 24, 1923, Chicago, IL

                Bojar Zofia Pelagia Radwan Janowicz

Died:  May 29, 1984, Chicago, IL

Owner:  Continental Tire and Supply Co., Chicago, IL

2.         Continental Tire and Supply Co., as it looked in 1918, on the corner of Ashland and Bauwans Street.

3.         “Big Dick” Janowicz’s Tavern on the corner of Noble and Division Streets in 1907.  The little girl is Zofia Janowicz.  The Great Dane is Aza from which most American Great Danes in America today are descended.

4.                  Announcement of the Dressel / Janowicz marriage in the Dziennik Chicagowski, the Polish daily newspaper.

 

 

XXVI  GENERATION

1.                  JOSEPH DONALD ANTON DRESSEL

Born:    July 20, 1927, Chicago, IL

Married:  November 8, 1952, Chicago, IL

                Countess Maria Theresa of Wimpffen

Landlord / Real Estate Developer

2.                  Maria Theresa’s birthplace:  Kainberg Castle, Styria, Austria

 

XXVII  GENERATION

1.                  JOSEPH DONALD ANTON DRESSEL IV

Born:  January 1, 1956, Chicago, IL

Truck Driver – City of Chicago

 

2.                  JAN WOLFGANG DRESSEL

Born:  May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL

Owner:  Rainbow Construction Co.

              Rainbow Renovations, Inc.

King George, VA

 

XXVIII  GENERATION

1.                  JASON BERNARD DRESSEL

August 6, 1995, DuPage County, IL

Jason is the heir to the Dressel family seniority because as the second cousin once removed, he is the closest Dressel male relative from the XXVIII generation to Joseph IV and Jan from the XXVII generation.

 

The Polish Genealogical Society of America

 asked the Dressel Archive to choose for this exhibit documents showing the variety of sources from different historical periods that are available to the family researcher today.