Welcome to the Gall-Grassmann Genealogy Website.

This website explores the connections between my ancestors and their families who 
arrived in North America in the 1800s from Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] and Pommern 
(Pomerania).

Like many Americans, my ancestry includes a variety of nationalities. Some of my 
ancestors arrived in America centuries ago (Huguenots from France, Puritans and 
Quakers from Great Britain, and Dutch and Danish immigrants who settled in New 
Amsterdam in the 1600s). Others arrived relatively recently (immigrants from northern 
Germany in the 1800s and Finland in the early 20th century).

My German immigrant ancestors were my maternal great grandfather CARL GUSTAV REINHOLD 
GALL, born in 1862 in Schlesien (Silesia), Germany, and my maternal second great 
grandparents, MICHAEL GRASSMANN (born in 1829 in Prenzlau, Mecklenburg) and his wife 
DOROTHEA SOPHIA CHRISTINE BOLZMANN (born in 1842 in Sukow, Kreis Parchim, 
Mecklenburg). Their daughter Malvina Grassmann Gall married my great grandfather 
Gustav Gall in 1888.

My great grandfather Gustav Gall, his three brothers, Herman, Wilhelm, and Robert, 
and their younger half sister Ottilia immigrated to Sebewaing, Huron County, Michigan 
in the 1880s from Kölpin, Kreis Usedom, Pomerania.

My second great grandfather Michael Grassmann immigrated to Niagara County, New York 
State from Prenzlau, Mecklenburg, Prussia with his first wife Friedericke Wilhelmine 
Witte in 1857. He married Dorothea Sophia Christine Bolzmann (1842-1913) in 1864. She 
had immigrated to New York from Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]. They relocated to Sebewaing, 
Michigan in 1871. They had nine children.

Several siblings of Christine Bolzmann also immigrated to America. Family records 
indicate that they were part of a missionary group of a Lutheran Synod of Germany, 
whose mission was to evangelize the Chippewa Indians in Michigan. Led by Reverend 
Johann Auchs, many of these families were members of the New Salem Church in Freedom 
Township of Washtenaw County near Ann Arbor. Such missions by the Lutheran Synod of 
Germany also established towns in the Saginaw Valley, such as Frankenmuth, 
Frankenlust, and Richville.

This endeavor represents a partial listing of our Grassmann and Gall ancestors and 
relatives. It contains original research and material compiled from published 
sources. Source information is provided.

This family history is a work in progress. Any corrections or additional information 
about the families listed here would be greatly appreciated. Please use this 
information as a guideline only, which should be verified with other sources.

I hope that this website will be of value to those of you who are interested in the 
Gall, Grassmann, and related families.

Sandra Johnson Witt, PhD
Gainesville, Florida
November 14, 2009