The Immigrant to Russia

Daniel Berschauer was the only Berschauer immigrant from Prussia, we concluded that he was the first Berschauer in Kratzke, Russia. Daniel was a bag weaver from Berlin, Prussia and he belonged to the Reformed Church. Arrived in the Kratzke colony on 7 Aug 1766. He married his second wife Margaretha Elisabeth Straut just after arriving in Kratzke. We do not know when his first wife died.

Generation

  1. Daniel Berschauer, born c1740, 2-married Margareta Elisabeth Straut.
  2. Johann Christoph, born-1792 married-Christina Elisabeth Mai, born-1796
  3. Georg Philipp Berschauer, born 1817 married 1 Oct 1839 Elisabeth Margaretha Mai, born 1821
  4. Johann Heinrich [Henry Sr.] Berschauer, born 13 May 1855, died-3 May 1932, Russia married to Katharina Margaret Maier b~1861 [Family 3620];
  5. Edward Berschauer, born-21 May 1906 in Kratzke Russia, died-12 Nov 1994; married-Lydia Dietz, born-28 Oct 1902 in Kratzke Russia, died-7 Sep 1995; [3,B271-4]

Edward Berschauer

by: Donna Berschauer

The details are in what jobs Ed had and how he got from Kansas to Olympia Washington, etc...

My father, Don was Ed and Lydia's oldest. He was born Oct. 13, 1928, he married-Feb 25, 1950 to Dorothy J. Wick, she born in 1927. Don graduated from St. Martins college in Olympia majoring in business administration. He owned West Side Auto Sales with his dad, Ed, and retired at age 50. He has been traveling with my mom, Dorothy since, and enjoy living on the water at Johnson's Point.

The second born Richard died at age 22 or so of kidney disease. The third and youngest, Daniel, born May 1, 1944, is 60 now years old. Dan is a superior court judge. He has a son Edward, and an adopted daughter Alice. His second wife is Phyllis.

I am the oldest child of Don and Dorothy. I was born Jan 28th , 1951. I am a retired dental hygienist. I have 2 children, Charley , 25, and Chrisitana 22. Charley graduated from Otis design and is a fashion designer, and Christi graduated from Santa Clara University and is working for KB Home as a design consultant. I am divorced from the kids father (Dr. Charles Hulsey) and remarried to Robert Papera. I graduated from Eastern Washington University.

My sister Debra lives in Olympia. She graduated from Loma Linda University and is a physical therapist for the school district. She is unmarried. Diane is a nurse and lives in Medford Oregon. Her daughter Katie Bruce graduated in Graphic Design from Arizona University and she lives in Dallas Texas and works for Nieman Marcus. Her son Daniel has another year of college. Don is the youngest. He got his MBA in San Diego and works for my husband at Expo Builders supply. He is unmarried.