HITZ Family Convention2004

The (Swiss) Albert Hitz Branch

• Davos/Klosters, Switzerlandsurrounded by a great Alpine playground

Hans Hitz (1750) + Margareth Thöni

Hans Hitz (1772-1840) Christian Hitz 1783 –USA 1831- Conrad Hitz 1811-1885

Conrad Hitz 1845-1902Pista Hitz 4 C. Albert 1883-1954 Conrad

C V UPedro

Jöri Hitz 16??-1751

Hans Hitz 1720-90 + Luzia TuffliChristian

Elena

Landammann H. HITZ 1772-1840

Schmelzboden Davos1842 and around 1900

DAVOS

SCHMELZBODEN (DAVOS)

Hans Hitz (1772-1840) Christian Hitz 1783 – 1820 ?USA 1831

Conrad Hitz 1811-1885Conrad Hitz 1845-1902

In 1820 74 employeesIncluding 1 doctor and 5 women

Hans Hitz (1750) + Margarethe Thöni

Hans Hitz (1772-1840) Christian Hitz 1783 –USA Conrad Hitz 1811-1885

Conrad Hitz 1845-1902Pista Hitz C. Albert 1883-1954 Conrad

C V U

Conrad HITZ (1845-1902)

Maria Brunner (1848-1891)

Gotthard, Brünig,

Landquart-Davos

Hans Hitz (1750) + Margarethe Thöni

Hans Hitz (1772-1840) Christian Hitz 1783 –USA Conrad Hitz 1811-1885

Conrad Hitz 1845-1902Pista Hitz C. Albert 1883-1954 K-7 Conrad

Pedro Helena

C V U

C. Albert 1883-1954 + H. Bay 1885-1978

C V U

1883 Born in Chur, son of Conrad HitzPhD in law, Distric Judge in Chur, Swiss socialist party

1911 married H. Bay Three daughters (1913, 1915, 1917)1919 Moved to Zürich, Editor of « Volksrecht »1921 Co-founder Swiss Communist Party1922-31 MP at Cantonal and Federal levels1925 second marriage (Gertrud Piefke)1927 Delegate in Moscow1931-33 lives in Berlin, then returns to Zurich as a lawyer1947 correspondance with H.H. Burton /searches archives1949 H.H. Burton visits him in Zürich (Fehrenstrase)1954 dies in Zürch aged only 71

Christian Albert HitzA dedicated fighter for justice and freedom…

The 1920s and 1990sVerena Charlotte Ursina

C.A. Hitz + ‘Gattin’with twins in

Kinder-Zoo Berlin

C. Albert Hitz 1883-1954 + H. Bay 1885-1978

C V U

Christian Albert Hitz has presently 23 descendants: 19 girls and 4 boys… (que de filles!..)

So, the name is gone, but not the spirit

The next generations K-8/K-9: 1943

The next generations K-8/K-9 : ten years later (1953)

Let us look at the details of the modern ‘tree’K-10/K-11 late 1990s and beyond

C. Albert Hitz 1883-1954 + H. Bay 1885-1978

C V U

Charlotte v Salis family

Verena Stoeckli family

Ursina Benz family (3 generations crypto-Hitz)

Ursina’s descendants (I) : 3 daughters + 1 son (see )

Ursina Benz’s descendants (II) :Heiri, currently in Australia with 3 wives and 4 children:

three girls + 1 boy (no real surprise in our branch...)

Ursina Benz descendants (Susi/Tina): 5th generationWelcome to Sara Kathryn, born Dec. 18, 2003!

(Scottsdale, Arizona)

K-11 and life goes on…

Just remember…

Christian

http://www.uwm.edu/Library/arch/civilwar.htm

Hitz family.Papers, 1835-1993.UWM Manuscript Collection 56Papers of the Hitz family, compiled by John B. Hitz, with some information onother extended family, especially Frederick C. Winkler, mostly from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Includes family correspondence, mainly discussing their personal affairs,photographs, scrapbooks and genealogical histories for the Hitz and Winkler families. Of special interest the letters and military records of Rudolph Hitz, who served as a surgeon in the U.S. Army in the Montana Territory from 1867-1870; and Henry Hitz's letters from the Army (where he was a surgeon) during World War I. The collection contains photographs of Frederick C. Winkler who served in the Civil War as a brevetbrigadier general. The collection also contains news clippings, notes, and letters of Harold Hitz Burton, J. Edgar Hoover, Helen Keller, and Norman Mailer, usually aboupersonal affairs, sent to members of the Hitz family.

Christian Albert HitzA dedicated fighter for justice and freedom…