Biographies

Many biographies of Onondaga County's German pioneers and their descendants appear in the 1897 book, Geschichte der Deutschen in Syracuse und Onondaga County..., and are transcribed on this website. Go here to find these biographies. Below are some additional biographies, both on this website and off: ALTMANN. ANTON V., SR. (1850-c. 1935) ALTMANN. ANTON V., JR. (c. 1878-1941) ANDERSAG. MICHAEL (1799-1864) BREED, DR. SIMON PETER (1819- ?) DAUB, CATHARINA GEHRES (1817-1883) ECKEL, PHILIPP (1827-1886) GILCHER, CATHARINA -- see KREISCHER GILCHER, KATHERINE LOOS (89th birthday, 1940) GROUP [GRUB], ADAM (1823-1893) KREISCHER, CATHARINA GILCHER (1856-1923) KREISCHER, JOHANN JAKOB (1849-1915) GEHRES, CATHARINA -- see DAUB LOOS, KATHERINE -- see GILCHER LUCHSINGER, CATHERINE (95th birthday, 1907) MOHR, JACOB & JENEVIEVE (HESS) (born 1819 & 1844) NICKELS, MATHIAS (1841-1902) NIEDERER Family PETERS Family (Nicholas M., Harrison Frank, Nicholas, Sr., and Arthur J. Peters) SAUTER Family SAWMILLER, EUSTACE A. (1877-?) SAWMILLER, FRANK G. (1879-?) SAWMILLER, IGNATIUS ("NATE") (1844-1916) (See also this biography) ZEISBERGER, REV. D. (1721-1808; missionary to the Onondaga Indians) Did not find a biography you are looking for? Don't forget to check the search engine for this website. You may also be able to find more information (such as obituaries) on the people you seek at Rootsweb's Onondaga County Message forum or the Onondaga County, NY U.S. GENWEB site. This webpage is under construction. Have you discovered or written a biography not included here? Please email me to contribute it and make this webpage a better resource for everyone. Thanks! Home