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Descendants of the Drufner/Druffner Family

SURNAMES: Ulmschneider, Bippus(Pippus), Nester, Zeitler, Heister, Brandon, Doyle, Keuping, Unger, Wagner, Barry, MacHauer, Rolland, Vial, Messenger, Zitt
Drufner family Bible Transcription

Michael Drufner bn:  1743 Hausen, Rottweil, Baden Wurttemburg, Germany
married Maria Ursula Ulmschneider (bn: 1745) around 1765

notes on Michael Drufner:  Hausen is a very common name for small towns and cities in Germany.  I believe this particular Hausen is the one located nearest Rottweil, in Baden-Wurttemburg.

Their only child I have been able to find record of:
1.  Mathias Drufner bn: 22 Feb 1770 in Hausen, Rottweil, Germany d: 26 Dec 1816 Hausen, Germany
    + Maria Bippus bn:  11 June 1778 Hausen, Rottweil, Germany married:  23 Oct 1798 Hausen, Germany d: 31 Jan 1835 Hausen, Germany
         2.  Johann Drufner bn:   about 1805 Germany
              + Franziska Nester bn:  7 Feb 1807 Germany married:  22 Sept 1836 Germany d: 28 Oct 1880 Dayton, Ohio
notes on Johann Drufner and Franziska:  Records indicate that they were married in Herrenzimmern (which would be another town located near Rottweil in Baden Wurttemburg).  They also indicate that they were Catholic.
 notes on Franziska Nestor:  daughter of Dyonis Nester and Katharina Miller of Germany.  Arrived in New York with husband and 6 children and settled in Dayton Ohio.
                 3.  Balthasar W. Drufner bn:  1835 Herrenzimmern, Baden, Germany d:  12 Jan 1920 Dayton, OH
                      +  Anna Zeitler bn:  1835 Bavaria, Germany married: 1856 Ohio d: 10 July 1901 Dayton, OH
notes on Balthasar Drufner:  records indicate that he was a founding member of Holy Trinity Church in Dayton, OH and was a shoemaker by trade and that he grew up in Philadelphia,PA
notes on Anna Zeitler:  was the daughter of Michael Zeitler of  Bayern, Germany and Marie Engelman  Michael Zeitler died in Dayton, Ohio, so at some point he and probably his wife and children immigrated to the U.S.
                                  4.  Father Albert Drufner bn:  1859 Dayton, OH d:  12 July 1912 Price Hill, Cincinatti, OH
                         4.  Frank Drufner bn:  22 Nov 1864 Dayton, OH
                         4.  Romana Drufner bn:  1867 Dayton, OH d: 30 Sept 1962 Covington, KY
                              + Joseph P. Heister bn:  Oct 1859 Cincinnati, OH d:  1934
                                 5.  Albert Drufner Heister bn:  1 Feb 1908 Cincinnati, OH d:  14 July 1989 Cincinnati, OH
                                      + Alma Elizabeth Brandon bn:  5 July 1909 Cincinnnati, OH married: 4 June 1932 OH d:  15 Oct 2003 OH
                                         6.  Michael Edwin Heister bn:  23 Dec 1940 Cincinnati, OH d:  1989  Cincinnati, OH
                                             +  Nancy L. Doyle bn:  Cleveland, OH d:  1969 Cincinnati, OH
                                 5.  Henry Aloysius Hiester bn:  1909 Cincinnati, OH d:  1985  Cape Coral, FL
                         4.  Paul Cornelius Drufner bn: 1869 Dayton, OH d: 3 March 1928 Dayton, OH
                             + Mary Keuping bn:  16 Dec 1867 Ohio d:  24 May 1932 Dayton, OH
                                 5.  Vincent Henry  Drufner bn:  4 Dec 1891 Ohio d:  31 July 1940 Cincinnati, OH
                                     + Adele P. Unger bn:  1889 Ohio married:  1919 Ohio d:  12 Feb 1958 Oakwood, OH
notes on Vincent Drufner:  Obituary indicates that he was a professor and dean of the Univ. of Cincinnati's evening school
                                            5.  Bernard Wilfred Drufner bn:  6 May 1895 Dayton, OH  d:  13 March 1944 Dayton, OH
                                 5.  Marcella Drufner bn:  6 May 1895 Dayton, OH  d:  20 Oct 1918 Cincinnati, OH
                                 5.  Rosalie Drufner bn: 21 Sept 1903 Dayton, OH  d:   9 April 1947 Dayton, OH
                                      + Eugene Wagner
                         4.  Annie Drufner bn:  1870 Dayton, OH d: 21 Nov 1936 Dayton, OH
                         4.  Brother Lawrence Drufner bn:  2 Nov 1871 Dayton, OH d:  12 May 1943 Dayton, OH
                         4.  Aloysius Drufner bn:  16 Dec 1873 Cincinnati, OH d:  21 Jan 1953 New Orleans, LA
                             +  Rose Teresa Barry bn:  14 Jan 1873 Fayetteville, OH b:  14 June 1873 St. Martin Church, Fayetteville, OH married: 3 Sept 1895 Ohio d:  20 June 1954 New Orleans, LA
                                 buried: with Aloysius in St. Patrick Cemetery No.1 in New Orleans, LA
                                 5.  Georgia Drufner bn:  28 Oct 1896 New Orleans, LA d:  21 May 1975 New Orleans, LA
                                     + Henry E. MacHauer bn:  30 April 1891 New Orleans, LA married:  20 April 1921 New Orleans, LA d:  3 April 1952 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  Mary Rose MacHauer bn:  15 March 1922 New Orleans, LA d:  17 June 1999 Georgia
                                        6.  David Henry MacHauer bn:  12 May 1924 New Orleans, LA d:  27 Oct 19 1972 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  Carolyn Sue MacHauer bn:  12 April 1932 New Orleans, LA d:  21 Dec 2008 Somerset, KY
                                 5.  Balthassar William Drufner bn:  7 July 1898 New Orleans, LA d:   24 May 1900 New Orleans, LA
                                 5.  Leo Cornelius Drufner bn:  1 Dec 1899 New Orleans, LA d:  31 May 1900 New Orleans, LA
                                 5.  Balthassar William Drufner bn:  30 Jan 1902 New Orleans, LA d:  27 Aug 1970 New Orleans, LA
                                     +  Elvire F. Rolland bn:  4 Oct 1901 New Orleans, LA married:  30 Oct 1920 New Orleans, LA d:  31 Oct 1998 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  John Barry Drufner bn:  1922 New Orleans, LA d:  1922 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  Mary Drufner bn:  1923 New Orleans, LA d:  1923 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  Living Drufner
                                 5.  Roger Leo Drufner bn:  20 May 1904 New Orleans, LA d:  4 Jan 1991 La
                                     + Marie Verrand Vial bn:  1909 New Orleans, LA married:  21 Dec 1929 New Orleans, LA d:  21 Feb 1997 Pearl River, LA
                                        6.  Caroline Ann Drufner bn:  1930 New Orleans, LA d:  1930 New Orleans, LA
                                 5.  Donald Edward Drufner bn:  18 June 1907 New Orleans, LA d:  17 March 1989 New Orleans, LA
                                     + Catherine Messenger bn:  1909  New Orleans, LA married:  1 May 1926 New Orleans, LA d:  1 Jan 1980 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  Catherine Drufner bn:  1928 New Orleans, LA d:  2007 New Orleans, LA
                                        6.  Donald Edward Drufner bn:  1934 New Orleans, LA d:  1996 New Orleans, LA
                                 5.  Aloysius Adam Drufner bn:  24 March 1912 New Orleans, LA d:  15 Sept 1915 New Orleans, LA
           3.   Mauritius Drufner bn:  23 Sept 1838 Herrenzimmern, Germany d:  1861*
*notes on Mauritius Drufner:  US Army records indicate that "Morris Drufner born in Wurttemburg, Germany, born about 1838,age 22, shoemaker, was killed in an affray with Pvt. Schneider of Co. F on 16 Feb 1861 at Ft. Mason, Texas.  I believe that "Morris" was Mauritius since his name was spelled Morris,Moritz and Mauritius.
           3.   Libiran Drufner bn:  about 1840 Herrenzimmern, Germany
           3.  Marie Francis Drufner bn:  21 Nov 1840 Herrenzimmern, Germany  d:  4 Feb 1910 Dayton, OH
              +  George Adam Zitt bn:  July 1838 Bavaria, Germany d:  Dayton, OH
notes on George Zitt:  records (US Natl Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938, Register, Dayton, OH) indicate that in 1861 George volunteered for the 2nd Ky Infantry and was discharged in 1864 for losing an arm (partial paraplegia) and in 1865 volunteered for the 184 Ohio Infantry and was discharged that year at the end of the Civil War.
                    4.  George J Zitt bn:  1867 Ohio d:  22 Jan 1959 Montgomery, OH
           3.  Thomas Drufner bn:  19 Dec 1841 Herrenzimmern, Germany
           3.  Jordan Drufner bn:  13 Feb 1843 Herrenzimmern, Germany
           3.  Katharina Drufner bn:  16 April 1844 Herrenzimmern, Germany b:  17 April 1844 Herrenzimmern, Germany d:  19 July 1845 Herrenzimmern, Germany
           3.  Johann Drufner bn:  13 Oct 1845 Herrenzimmern, Germany
     2.  Johanna Drufner bn:  24 May 1807 Hausen, Boblingen, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
     2.  Helena Drufner bn:  18 Aug 1810 Hausen Ob Rottweil, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg Germany
     2.  Bernarda Drufner bn:  7 March 1812 Hausen Ob Rottweil, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg
     2.  Joseph Drufner bn:  28 March 1813 Germany d:  10 Sept 1827
     2.  Rosalie Drufner bn:  13 Feb 1815 Hausen Ob Rottweil, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg; baptised same day (Catholic)
     2.  Agatha Drufner bn:  5 Feb 1817 Germany b: 6 Feb 1817 Hausen Ob Rottweil, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg