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OUR OPITZ ANCESTRY



Generation 1



Karl Louis OPITZ was born December 29, 1851 in the Village of Limbach, Saxony, Germany. He married Alvina SCHWALBE before 1876. Karl OPITZ died before 1940.

The children of Karl OPITZ and Alvina SCHWALBE are:

1. Charles Otto OPITZ, born December 29, 1876 in Plaeun, Saxony, Germany. He married Bertha Louisa SCHREIBER August 21, 1901 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Charles SCHREIBER and Augusta BEHNKE. Otto OPITZ died September 27, 1936 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

2. Paul OPITZ, born November 1879 in Germany.

3. Anna Lena OPITZ, born February 1889 in Ohio. She married Charles CAUNTER.

4. Lena Anna OPITZ, born February 1889 in Ohio, the twin sister of Anna Lena OPITZ and died at an early age.


Generation 2



Charles Otto OPITZ, born December 29, 1876 in Plaeun, Saxony, Germany. He married Bertha Louisa SCHREIBER August 21, 1901 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the daughter of Charles SCHREIBER and Augusta BEHNKE. Otto OPITZ died September 27, 1936 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Children of Charles Otto OPITZ and Bertha Louisa SCHREIBER are:

1. Arthur OPITZ.

2. Carl OPITZ. He married Kathryn Dorothy GIST the daughter of Orville GIST and his wife Dorothy PRICE.

3. Edna Louise OPITZ, born August 15, 1902 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She married Guy Allen MORRIS before 1921, the son of Harry Allen MORRIS and Blanche Lenora SKINNER . Edna Louise MORRIS died October 22, 1967 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.



OPITZ FAMILY PHOTOS

OPITZ CENSUS RECORDS

KARL LOUIS OPITZ NATURALIZATION PAPERS

EDNA L. (OPITZ) MORRIS ARTICLE