The Kazmaier in Ohio
It appears that the first Kazmaiers arrived in the USA in 1846. It was Andreas Kazmaier who, in winter 1845/46, together with his wife Anna Maria and their seven children, the youngest only a few months old, left his hometown Grabenstetten, a tiny little village in the Swabian Jura in the German kingdom of Württemberg.
They arrived in New York early in 1846, trekked on to Liverpool, Medina County in Ohio and settled there. The next year, in summer 1847 it was their eight child that was the first Kazmaier to be born on American soil, the first American citizen to carry the ancient German name Kazmaier.
They named him Andrew to honour his father’s name and their ancestor's name as it was Andreas Kazmaier (*1646, +1702), the mayor of Honau/Lichtenstein whose son Clemens in 1704 brought the name Kazmaier from Honau to Grabenstetten when he married the mayor's daughter.
In 1866 the family, they had fourteen kids now, came to Perrysburg, Wood County, and located on eighty acres of land in Middleton township.
1. Andreas Kazmaier was born on April 29th 1815 in Grabenstetten, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany and he died August 19th 1891 in Perrysburg, Wood County, OH, USA. He was the illegitimate son of Johannes Kazmaier (*1792, +1865) and Sophia Schempp Vater, both from Grabenstetten. Sophia's parents were Johann David Vater (*1767, +1810) and Barbara Lamparter (*1765, +1799).
Andreas' father Johannes denied paternity, and so his mother Sophia had to sue him for financial support, Sophia's parents died young and she was without any means, and recognition of the fatherhood. Johannes Kazmaier was recognized as the father of Andreas by a court ruling of the Oberamtsgericht (district court) Nürtingen on 01/06/1819 and was sentenced to pay a compensation to Sophia.
On May 5th 1840 Andreas married Anna Maria Renz in Erkenbrechtsweiler, a little village in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. Anna Maria was born October 24th 1819 in Erkenbrechtsweiler and she died December 22nd 1910 in Perrysburg. She was the daughter of Conrad Renz and Anna Maria Schwenkel. Andreas and Maria had 14 children:
2. I Elisabeth Kazmaier, born 19 Nov 1833 in Erkenbrechtsweiler, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany.
3. II Johann Jakob Kazmaier, born 28 Dec 1835 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 18 Oct 1910.
4. III Sophia Margarethe Kazmaier, born 19 Sep 1837 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 10 Aug 1922.
5. IV Johannes Conrad Kazmaier, born 9 Feb 1841 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 23 May 1934 in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. He married Mary Agnes Harthneck.
6. V Theresa Juditha Kazmaier, born 2 Sep 1842 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 29 Aug 1875. She married on 27 Dec 1863 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, Gottlieb Mutschler.
7. VI August Carl Friedrich Kazmaier, born 17 Feb 1844 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 21 Sep 1873 in Perrysburg. He married Mary Schlecht.
8. VII Anna Kazmaier, born 16 Nov 1845 in Erkenbrechtsweiler; died 15 Feb 1866.
9. VIII Andrew Kazmaier, born 7 Aug 1847 in Perrysburg; died 16 Jan 1935 in Perrysburg. He married Anna Mary Renz.
10. IX Ann Mary Kazmaier, born 13 Oct 1848; died 28 Jun 1885.
11. X Anna Katherine Kazmaier, born 3 Aug 1850.
12. XI Christian Emanuel Kazmaier, born 25 Dec 1851 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio, died 3 Feb 1909.
13. XII George Martin Kazmaier, born 14 Jul 1853 in East-Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio died 27 Oct 1940 in Perrysburg. He married Christine Katharine Kopp.
14. XIII Eva Helen Kazmaier, born 17 Aug 1855, died 16 Jun 1911.
15. XIV William Kazmaier, born 18 Jun 1857 in Perrysburg; died 19 Apr 1936 in Perrysburg, buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married in 1881 in Perrysburg Anna Sarah Renz, born 1 Jan 1858 in Liverpool, Medina, OH, died Jan 1945 in Perrysburg, buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary.
3. Andreas’ oldest son was Johann Jakob Kazmaier (1835-1910) and although he reached an old age of 75 years we know nothing about him not even if he was married and had children.
5. Andreas second oldest son Johannes Conrad (1841-1934), who was still born in the imperial Germany should be the one who contributed most to Ohio’s modern Kazmaier population. He and his wife Mary Agnes Harthneck are to have eleven children. From this Kazmaier line the founder of today’s Kazmaier markets in Perrysburg and Maumee, Henry A. Kazmaier, descends. It is as well Richard ‘Dick’ Kazmaier, the famous American football player, who descends from John C. as he was known in Perrysburg. When the family moved to Wood County in 1866 John C. was already married to his wife Mary Agnes Harthneck. He bought some timber land in Middleton Township which he cleared and cultivated. He was a self-made man, and, by perseverance and industry has accumulated a comfortable fortune. He owned 174 acres of excellent farm land in Wood County and was a Democrat in politics, and an active member of the Lutheran Church.
Johannes Conrad Kazmaier was born February 9th 1841 in Erkenbrechtsweiler, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany and he died on May 23rd 1934 in Perrysburg. In 1864 he married Mary Agnes Harthneck, born on September 18th 1844 in Liverpool, Ohio. She died on May 23rd 1934 in Liverpool. Mary was the daughter of Johann Georg Harthneck and Rosina Sophia Catharina Renz, both from Echterdingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany.
Children of Johannes Conrad Kazmaier and Mary Agnes Harthneck were as follows:
16. I Charles Frederick Kazmaier, born 25 Feb 1865 in Perrysburg; died 4 Mar 1958 in Perrysburg. He married Alice Goodman.
17. II George John Kazmaier, born 3 Nov 1866 in Perrysburg; died 6 Oct 1957; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Emma M Shider.
18. III Albert A. Kazmaier, born 28 Jul 1869 in Perrysburg; died 16 Jun 1947 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Frances Jane Frusher.
19. IV John William Kazmaier, born 11 Jun 1871 in Perrysburg; died 25 Jan 1950 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Mazie E. Walter.
20. V Henry A. Kazmaier, born 11 Mar 1874 in Perrysburg; died 3 Feb 1938 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. On 11 May 1899 he married Katherine E Betz, born 1878.
Henry A. is the founder of Kazmaier's Groceries in Perrysburg in 1898. He expanded the original store on Louisiana Avenue in Perrysburg buying the meat market next door. With Henry’s diligence and care for quality and value the business quickly grew before he sold it in 1915 to his brother Robert who unfortunately died four years after and so the market was sold to their other brother Harvey in 1919 who operated the market until 1938 when his nephews, Robert’s sons Robert and Allen bought the business back from their uncle.
Today Kazmair’s markets are truly a family run business for almost 120 years.
H.A. Kazmaier's Grocery and Meat Market at 128 Louisiana Avenue 1910
Kazmaier's Market about 1920
Kazmaier's Quality Groceries in 1930
21. VI Frank Herman Kazmaier, born 4 Jan 1876 in Perrysburg; died 16 Nov 1946 in Perrysburg. He married Anna R Moser.
22. VII Andrew C. Kazmaier, born 18 Nov 1877 in Perrysburg; died 18 Aug 1962. He married Leona Estella Carter.
23. VIII Harrison (Harry) R Kazmaier, born 1 Sep 1879 in Perrysburg; died May 1958 in Perrysburg. He married Mayme (Mary) Neiderhouse.
Harry is the grandfather of the famous football player for Princeton University from 1941 through 1951, Dick Kazmaier. He was named an All American as well as winning the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy in 1951.
24. IX Harvey Julius Kazmaier, born 6 Oct 1881 in Perrysburg; died 27 Sep 1968 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Minnie Cathryn Kaeding.
25. X Rosa Kazmaier, born 10 Oct 1884 in Perrysburg; died 31 Jan 1979 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She married Lester B Carter.
26. XI Robert F. Kazmaier, born 5 Jun 1887 in Perrysburg; died 19 Jan 1919 in Perrysburg; buried in Fort Meigs Cemetary. He married Lulu E Schneider.
7. Andreas’ third son was August Carl Friedrich Kazmaier (1844-1873). Not much is known about him, he not even reached the age of 30. As his brother John C. he was born as well in the old world on February 17th 1844 in Erkenbrechtsweiler and he died on September 21st 1873 in Perrysburg. On 31 Jan 1867 he married Mary Schlecht, born 1848 in Germany, died 5 Mar 1889 in Perrysburg.
August Carl Friedrich and Mary had two children:
27. I Frederick Charles Kazmaier, born 15 Mar 1873 in Perrysburg, died 30 Mar 1940 in Perrysburg, buried 4 Apr 1940. He married Emma Burchee.
28. II Sophia Marguerite Katherine Kazmaier, born 1867 in Perrysburg.
9. Andreas’ fourth son is the first Kazmaier born on American soil. Andrew Kazmaier (1847-1935) was born on August 7th 1847 in Perrysburg and he died on January 16th 1935 in Perrysburg. Unfortunately about him, although he reached an old age of 88, not much is known too. On December 1st 1872 he married Anna Mary Renz, the daughter of Johann Andreas Renz and Eva Bauer, in Liverpool, Ohio. She was born on February 8th 1855 in Liverpool and she died in November 1937 in Perrysburg.
Children of Andrew Kazmaier and Anna Mary Renz were as follows:
29. I Edward Charles Kazmaier, born 27 Sep 1873 in Perrysburg, died 8 Aug 1934 in Perrysburg.
30. II Ida Helen Kazmaier. She married Leonard Darius Carter.
12. About Andreas’ fifth son Christian Emanuel Kazmaier (1851-1909) not much is known either.
13. George Martin was Andreas’ sixth son. George Martin Kazmaier was born July 14th 1853 in East-Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio and he died on October 27th 1940 in Perrysburg. He married Christine Katharine Kopp, the daughter of John Kopp and Margaretha Wecht. She was born on May 14th 1854 in New York and died on September 9th 1923 in Perrysburg.
George Martin Kazmaier and Christine Katharine Kopp had five children:
31. I Arthur Kazmaier, born between 1880 and 1885.
32. II August John Kazmaier, born 1 Sep 1890 in Perrysburg, died 5 Sep 1970 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
33. III Kate Kazmaier, born 1878.
34. IV Russell F. Kazmaier, born 1886 in Perrysburg, died 1956 in Perrysburg. His wife’s name was Julia, born 1882, died 1921, but her maiden name is unknown.
35. V William J. Kazmaier, born 6 May 1877 in Perrysburg, died 23 Apr 1919 in Perrysburg. He married Minnie Stephens on 17 Oct 1908 in Perrysburg .
14. And finally William was Andreas’ seventh son and his 14th child. We find him and his wife Anna Sarah Renz buried on Fort Meigs Cemetary but that is all that is known about William, it occurs he did not have children. William Kazmaier was born 18 Jun 1857 in Perrysburg and died 19 Apr 1936 in Perrysburg. 1881 he married Anna Sarah Renz in Perrysburg, born 1 Jan 1858 in Liverpool, died Jan 1945 in Perrysburg.