Their father, Johannes Georg Paul, and mother, Anna Margaret, with two of their sisters, Maria Rosina and Elizabeth, came to the United States in 1861. Another brother, Joseph, arrived in America 29 Jul 1862 and went directly to Faribault to join his brothers in the beer brewing business. My direct ancestor, their brother, Paul, came over 12 Jun 1864 and worked with his brothers in a brewery in Rice County, Minnesota for a while, before moving on to Faribault County, Minnesota and forming his own brewery.
Brewing beer came naturally to the Fleckensteins, their family had been doing that for generations in Bavaria. They had a brewery built into the side of a mountain with a freshwater spring supplying the main ingredient to a pure and clear product, protected from the elements within the confines of the mountain. They looked for the same situation in America and built their breweries right into mountains.
There are many Fleckenstein families in the United States, and a surprising number of them are interested in their genealogy. I have been contacted by quite a few and I hope that we can eventually find the links that join these families together.
This is an artist's rendering of the famous French chateau constructed between 1100 and 1200 and named Fleckenstein Castle. Standing 300 feet high, the fortress was built near Lembach. The ruins still stand today and may be reached by car from Strassburg.
Surnames in this family line are:
BICKNER: Rosina
COLLOPY/CALLOPY: Neal Alfred 4, Francis S. 3, William Stephen 2, Michael 1
DOYLE: Mary 2, Edward 1
EMGE line 1: Anna Margaret 2, Michael 1
EMGE line 2: Catherine Elizabeth
FLECKENSTEIN: Mary Teresa 7, Paul 6, Georg Paul 5, Johannes Paulus 4, Johannes Jakobus 3, Johannes Petrus 2, Johannes Adam 1
GRAVES: Susie Angeline 3, William Benjamin 2, Alfred W. 1
HEEG: Anna Margareta
NELSON: Susan S.2, William 1
PAHL: Anna Margaret
ROBERT: Annie
SCHIMEK: Teresa 2, Joseph 1
SEAGROVES: Anna
SICKENBERGER: Anna Maria 2, Michael 1
SPINDLER: Anna Eva 2, Jois 1
STOFF: Maria Eva
STOREN: Margaret
SCHWIND: Elizabeth
WALLACE: Beulah Angeline 2, William Harrison 1
Other surnames that connect with this family are:
Allison, Anderson, Andress, Armstrong, Basker, Benefield, Berry, Bichler, Bigler, Birk, Bork,Brooks, Brost, Brohome, Buck, Burford,Burkhart, Burns, Busse, Butcher, Canon,Carlton, Cathcart, Celoni, Champa, Coffee,Coffman, Colbress, Collins, Comer, Conlan,Cooper, Crawford, Bristle, Cronemiller, Curtice,Dansby, Deike, Diedrich, Doepping, Dorado, Doyle, Duckett, Dunevant, Eastman, Eastwood,Eidler, Erichron, Falkenberg, Farrell, Finley, Ford, Fox, Frettim, Galban, Garnett, Glaser,Gomez, Graves, Griebenow, Grimshaw, Guillen, Gunderson, Gunzer, Hadlick, Hans, Hansell, Hansen, Harris, Hartwick, Hauck, Heckenlaible, Heil, Heinsch, Helms, Helseth, Hileman, Hintz, Hollingworth, Horn, Howard, Huffstutler, Jackson, Jacob, Jirousek, Johnson, Johnstone, Judd, Kallier, Karp, Kaufman, Kester, Klosterman, Knapton, Krohn, Krone, LaBonte/LaBonty,LaRock, Linkey, Lommel, Long, MacPaugh, Marshal, Mast, McCarthy, McKenzie, Mengle,Metsker, Miller, Mizer, Moffitt, Montgomery, Moore, Mosher, Mosqueda, Nelson, Neuman,Nordgre, O'Brien, O'Connell, Ogle, Olive, Olsen, O'Neill, Paff, Pahl, Perigo, Pierce, Plante,Poppler, Preble, Roell, Ruge, Sackett, Sanford, Schimonitz, Schmidt, Schumacker, Schwahn,Shemeta, Sievers, Sitze, Skinness, Smith, Soucy, Spencer, Spurgeon, St. Lucus, Stevens, Stoss,Tattersall, Terese, Thomas, Thompson, Timmisch, Tolbot, Tonneson, Townsend, Turner, Van Campen, Voltz, Wallace, Webb, Weide, Wendt, Wickham, Willey, Wilson, Woolery, Wortham,Wright, Wurtz, Yackley, Zamboni, Zelinka.
