Emma Niessner Lineage Report

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📜 Genealogical Lineage Report: Froemel-Niessner Family

Research Date: Apr 29, 2026

Subject: Descendants of Vincent Froemel and Emma Niessner

Regional Focus: 

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🌳 Generation 1: Immigrants 

Vincent Froemel (also known as Vincent Frömel)

• Birth: 23 MAY 1868 • Ryžoviště, Bruntál, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

• Death: 11 OCT 1948 • Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin and buried in Greenwood Cemetery

• Immigration: 14 Aug 1893 • New York, New York

• Marriage: Married Emma Niessner on 22 Sep 1903 in Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska

Emma Niessner

• Birth:  11 MAR 1873 • Zechitz, Römerstadt, Moravia, Austria

• Death: 7 SEP 1939 • Sawyer, Wisconsin 

• Immigration: 12 Aug 1903 • Ellis Island, New York City, New York with son Rudolph

• Heritage: Austria–Germany, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary

Children (9 Total):

• Rudolph Jessie Froemel "Niessner" 26 NOV 1900 • Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska "Birth Father Unknown" Baptism 1 Dec 1900 in Girsig NOW Jiříkov, Bruntál, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic PH is R-Y2905 

            Vincent & Emma Children

• Herman Carl Froemel 4 JUL 1904 • Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska 14 JAN 1989

• Otto John Froemel 16 NOV 1905 • Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska 20 OCT 1995

• Frank Anthony Froemel 16 APR 1907 • Broken Bow, Custer, Nebraska 19 JUL 1980

• Vincent Paul Froemel 6 JAN 1909 • Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin 29 MAR 1976

• Emma Lorraine Foremel 17 JAN 1911 • Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin 13 JUN 1990

• Frances Caroline Froemel 5 APR 1914 • Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin 28 JAN 1988 

• Irene Helen Froemel 7 DEC 1914 • Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin 16 DEC 1994

• Louis Walter Froemel 3 JUL 1917 • Hayward, Sawyer, Wisconsin  26 SEP 1993

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🌳 Generation 2: The Parents

Paternal Line (Parents of Vincent)

• Father: Hilar Frömel Born 14 SEP 1837 in Nieder Mohrau Dolni Moravice, Bruntal, Moravskoslezsky, Czech Republic Death 1885

• Mother: Karolina Hadwiger Born 28 JUL 1839 in Břidličná, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic Death 17 JUL 1919

Maternal Line (Parents of Emma)

• Father: Ferdinand Niessner Born 9 MAY 1851 in Zechitz, Römerstadt, Moravia, Austria 27 DEC 1930

• Mother: Franziska Haas Born 9 NOV 1851 in Zechitz NOW Stránské, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia 16 Nov 1885 

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🌳 Generation 3: The Grandparents

Grandparents of Emma Niessner

• Paternal Grandfather: Ferdinand Niessner born  20 JUN 1808 in Zechitz, Römerstadt, Moravia, Austria Death 24 Oct 1889

• Paternal Grandmother: Theresia Lustig born 10 Jun 1811 Spachendorf, Freudenthal, Silesia, Austria 

• Maternal Grandfather: Completely Unknown

• Maternal Grandmother: Veronika Haas born 1822 • Zechitz, Römerstadt, Moravia, Austria Death 1 Mar 1899 

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🌳 Generation 4: The Great Grandparents

Great Grandparents of Emma Niessner

Parents of Ferdinand Niessner

• Paternal Grandfather: Johann Niessner Nießner Born 1762 death 5 JUN 1817 in Zechitz, Römerstadt, Moravia, Austria

• Paternal Grandmother: Maria Johanna Schindler Born 5 JUN 1769 

Parents of Theresia Lustig

• Paternal Grandfather: Josef Lustig born 1776 From Spachendorf, Freudenthal, Silesia, Austria

• Paternal Grandmother: Theresia Peiker or Payker born 1787 from Spachendorf, Freudenthal, Silesia, Austria death 18 Jul 1839

Parents of Veronika Haas

• Maternal Grandfather: Florian Haas born 1792 Death 4 Aug 1873 Lived in Zechitz, Römerstadt, Moravia, Austria

• Maternal Grandmother: Theresia Schwab born 5 Nov 1796 in Großstohl NOW Velká Štáhle, Bruntál, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

📍 Summary of Ancestral Origins

Surname Origin Historical Context

Frömel   German origin and is most closely associated with Lower Saxony and other northern German regions, as well as parts of Austria

Niessner Austria and is of German origin. It is derived from the Middle High German word "niesner," meaning "one who sneezes."

Lustig   German and Jewish origin, meaning "merry" or "cheerful," historically used as a nickname for a jovial person.

Haas     German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) origin, derived from the word "Hase" or "de Haas," meaning "hare."

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