SCHIRCK/GIESSELBRECHT side of the family:


Jacob Schirck and Marquerite Giesselbrecht.
This photo is from The Schirck Family History 1778-1967 written by the Schirck Family. This photo was taken before Jacob's death in the 1860s. Jacob and Marquerite came to America in 1834 and are the paternal grandparents of Matilda F. Schirck Versch and the parents of Matilda's father, Michael Schirck. More about the Schirck family history is available at the The Jacob Schirck Family Homepage.and The Michael Schirck Family Homepage


Mutterholtz, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Birthplace of Marie Marguerite Giesselbrecht and her ancestors. The Giesselbrechts have been in Mutterholtz since the 1760s and lived in a neighboring village Baldenheim since the 1680s or before. Church records of their lives are kept in the Archives at Strausbourg, France and were written in Old German Script.

Michael Schirck and Mary A. Conrad Schirck
- Tombstone. Michael was buried with
his first wife, who was
mother of his first nine children.
Mary A. Conrad SCHIRCK
died in childbirth with
the birth of her ninth
child George in 1865. 		Jacob Schirck,son of M. & M.A. Schirck was called Daniel Jacob in The Schirck Family History. He was one of Michael's sons who died at age 5.

Sis Heine standing next to Michael Schirck Family tomb.


Michael, son of M. & M. A. Schirck was another of Michael's sons. His tomb is on the left and Jacob's is on the right. Michael Schirck was named after his father. He died at at 15.


Wider view of cemetery where Schirck Family is buried.


View of cemetery from the road.

Hazel SCHIRCK CULBERTSON, daughter of George Schirck and granddaughter of Michael and Mary A. Schirck. Hazel SCHIRCK CULBERSTON'S home on Yankee Bush Hill. Hazel lived on Yankee Bush Hill until her death a few years ago.

Character Sketch of Matilda F. Schirck - Granddaughter of Jacob and Marie Marquerite and daughter of Michael Schirck and his second wife Mary Theresa Kopp.

© Copyright Sharon Marie Centanne, June 1998.
This page updated August 11, 1998.