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- Feit "Frank" Visner aka Wisner or Vizner was born about 1857 in Cáslav, Kutná Hora District, (Central Bohemian District), Bohemia, Austria.
(This German Bohemia area later became part of the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia in 1916 and on January 1, 1993 became part of the Czech Republic when Czechoslovakia was dissolved.)
Johann Wisner, Sr., his wife Barbara and two sons, Feit (aka Frank) and Johann, Jr. sailed from Bremen (Bremerhaven), Germany on the ship Leocadia and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on June 26, 1865.
On this passenger list was:
Johann Wisener age 42 Chaslav Bohmia Shoemaker
Babara 31
Feit 7
Johann 3/4 yr.
"Cáslav is where they came from in Bohemia. Shoemaker was listed as his occupation." (This information was from the National Archives at Washington, D.C. to Arlene Sigler Farmer.)
The family is listed in the 1870 United States Federal Census as living in Tama County, Iowa in York Township under John Vizner. When he became a citizen on 17 February, 1873 at Tama County, Iowa, he was listed as John Wisner.
In 1884, Frank's brother, Johann Jr. "John", bought a farm near Coon Rapids, in Carroll County, Iowa where he, his wife and parents moved to in 1885. The Wisner name became Visner for this branch of the family after they settled in Carroll County, but Frank and his family kept the Wisner surname (although "Vizner" is written on Frank's tombstone.)
Per Arlene Sigler Farmer's book on the Visner family, Frank Wisner died rather suddenly at age 29 years while still living in Tama County, Iowa.
Frank Wisner married Antonie Chalupsky, daughter of Frantisek Chalupsky and Katerine Chudly about 1881 and they were the parents of three children, Joseph born December 29, 1882, Tilly born January 2, 1884 and Frank, Jr. born July 3, 1886 before Frank, Sr. died on October 5, 1886 at age 29. Antonie later married Josef "Joseph" Riha about 1901.
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