Glass-Making Family and His Descendants in Europe and America
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THE WANDERER - WANDER FAMILY OF BOHEtv'IIA, GERMANY AND AMERICA 1450 - 1951 By Alwin E. J. Wanderer Being the partial story of Elias W antler of Crottendorf on the Zchopau River, Germany, the ancestor of a large glass-making family and his descendants in Europe and America. It embraces the years 1450 to 1951 . This compilation is based on church records, family bibles, journals and information supplied by living persons. Lithoprintcd in U.S.A. EDWARDS BROTHERS, INC. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 195 I The WANDERER-WANDER [OAT of ABMS • I 5 9 9 ~.. CONTENTS Chapter Page I. The Early History and Origin of the Wanderer-Wander Family 3 II. The Coat of Arms Document 6 III. The Wanderer-Wander Family Association of Germany 9 IV. The Coat of Arms Cup of the Wanderer Family 11 l. Ambrosius Wanderer, Glass-works Master in Crottendorf 12 2. Georg Wanderer, Works Master in Gruenwald 13 3. Elias Wanderer, Glassmaker and Works Master in Gruenwald 14 4. Elias Wanderer, Glass-painter in Bisohofsgruen 17 5. Johann Matthaeus Wanderer, Glassmaker and Works Master in Bi sohofsgruen 17 6. Wolfgang Wanderer, Glass-cutter, Painter, Works Master in Bis ohofsgruen 18 7. Peter Christoph Wanderer, Mine Overseer 21 V. The Fichtel (Fir) Mountain Glass (including 22 plates) 22 1. Art and History in Bayreuther Land 22 a. History of the Glassworks and Glassmaker Families 24 Appendix: List of Glassmakers 27 3. Critical Style Contemplation of the Fichtel Mountain Glass 31 A. Universal 31 B. Technique 33 c. The Form 34 D. The Painting 37 (a) The Ornament ~ (b) The Ox-head 39 (c) Imperial Eagle Glasses 42 (d) Electors• Glasses 44 (e) Coat of Arms Glasses 45 (f) Re_ligious and. Allegorical Representations 46 (g) Bride and Family Glasses 46 (b) Style Representations 49 E. The Circular Glass Panes 50 F. The Method of Design 51 G. History of Art Coherence 53 VI. The Four Principal Lineages of the Family 66 I. The Crottendorf Line 66 II. The Neuburg Line 67 III. The Sulzbach Line 67 IV. The Funkstatt Line 68 VII. The Crottendorf Line - Family Roster and 30 Plates 70 VIII. The Neuburg Line - Family Roster and 2 Plates 138 IX. The Sulzbaoh Line - Family Roster and 2 Plates 143 x. The Fllnkstatt Line - Family Roster and 5 Plates 148 XI. Miscellaneous Branches - Family Roster and a Plates 161 XII. Names Associated with the Family 166 XIII. OddS and EndS 172 Introduction. From early boyhood, I had been wondering about the origin of the Wanderer name. We had learned in school that many names had been given to people because of their occupations, Had we been of gypsie descent? Since it was not a very common name, were there other Wanderers in our country other than our own rela tives? Or were there any in Germany? Since my maiien aunt (my father's oldest siste~) knew the name of my great grandfather and the maiden name of my great-grandmother, and the name of the town from which my grandfather was believed to have emigrated, I decided in 1932 to write to the mayor of Rudolstadt, Saxony, Germany, to ascertain if there were any Wanderers still living in that vicinity. About a month later I received a letter from a Baron Von Ketelhodt, stating he had received my letter via the mayor and inquired if I wished some geneological research made. I asked. him to do so. While on my trips to the Southland and elsewhere, I would search thru the telephone directories of the cities where we stayed for the Wanderer name. For several yeara, I failed to find any. Then on one trip I found two names, the owners of which I visited. The one was a Jewish doctor, who lived in Richmond, Virginia, and whose ancestors were native to Austria. The other was a gentile barber living in Washington, n.c. whose ancestors were Germans who had lived in Hungary. My ancestors on: the other hand were native to Germany. I then paid several visits to the Public Library in Chicagc a.~d searched thru all the city and telephone directories of American cities and towns for Wanderer names. I obtained about three dozen names, to each of whom I sent a que~tionare asking for information about themselves, their families and all other Wanderer relatives. I =eceived replies from about two dozen people. While at the library, I discovered several German business directories, in which I found the names and addresses of four German Wanderers. I wrote to them but received no reply. I then wrote to the Baron, mentioning this fact to him. After he had contacted them, I received letters from three. One wes a Jewish business man, Emil Wanderer by name; the second was a gentile exporter in Ham burg, and the third Richard Wanderer, in the lumber business in Berlin. The latter two are members of the Crottendorf line of the Wanderer family. In my correspondence with the mother of Richard, I mentioned that I wished to know the derivation or origin of the Wanderer name. Since her brother was a librarian in the Royal Library in Berlin, she agreed to try to obtain this in formation for me. However, a short time later, I was agreeably surprised to receive a letter from an Erich Wanderer of Halle on the Saale River, who proved to be her great-nephew and who had been working on the Wanderer geneology for some years. From Baron Von Ketelhodt until his death, I had received information con cerning my branch of the family, back for several generations. This information plus what I received from my questionares, I sent to Erich Wanderer, who in turn presented me with all the data he had gathered, plus booklets on the Wand er family of Grtlnwald, and the bi-monthly letters of the Wanderer Association of Germany, of which I became a member. This association was short-lived with only one reunion, which I could not attend. World war II was the cause. Because I possessed all of this data, most of which I received from Erich1 to whom I am deeply indebted for making it possible, I decided to publish these records for future Wanderers to read. - Author - Page 85. Chapter I THE EARLY HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE WANDERER-WANDER FAMILY Introduction The historic province of Flanders on the Belgian coast of the North Sea, was originaly inhabited by Celts, and since the third century, colonized by Franks and Frisians. Flanders included the province of Bruges and Sluis, and during the seventh century spread itself out over the territory situated between the Scheldt River and the North Sea. In the treaty of Verdun, Flanders became a part of the kingdom of Karl the Bald, whose son-in-law Balduin I the Iron Hand ed (died about 878) established the earldom of Flanders for protection against the Normans. In 1056 after violent combat, Balduin V was invested with the Is land of Zeeland, the land of the four "Ambachten° and the province o{ Aalst. Henceforth the Counts of Flanders became the supporters of the French kings in Crown Flanders as well as the Kaisers in Empire Flanders. With the French roy alty becoming stronger, there began a struggle for the property of Flanders. The supremacy of France over Flanders which appeared in name only, became a realization at the battle of Bouvines (July 2:l, 1214). The victory of the na tion of Flanders over the French, led by Peter DeKoninck in the so-called bat tle of the spurs at Kortrijk on July 11, 1302, saved the liberty of Flanders, but did not prevent the southern Walloon part from falling to France. In 1328 the Flanderian towns, ln the battle of Cassel, became the property of the French king Philipp VI. In 1384 Flanders and Artois became part of Burgundy, and in 1477 went to the House of Hapsburg. As part of the district of Burgundy, Flanders became part of the German Empire. Part I Flanders at this time was in her prime. Gloriouly known thruout the world were her cities, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Kortrijk, Thurout, Ypres, and above all Ghent, the present capital of the province of East Flanders, which during the thirteenth century had a population of 100000, and was the center of a blooming German-Netherlands trade and the seat of the cloth industry. Here a bout 1390 we find a cloth weaver family with many children, "Jan and Alida Van derhus~ Jan: Johann: John; van: von: from, designates in Flanderian names the derivation, and is not a sign of nobility. Comparison: Vanderbilt, Vander stappen, Vandervelde, etc. Jan Vanderhus was a master at his trade; nevertheless he had to struggle in order to properly clothe and feed his wife and many children, because there were many cloth weavers. Very early Vanderhus had his sons as fellow workers, especially his two older sons, Jan and Pieter (Johann and Peter)·, who look af ter the sale of the cloth, and as cloth salesmen travelled as far as Middle Germany. The further the distance they go from home, the better the sale of their coveted merchandise. So in the late Fall of 1402, the two brothers arrived in Bohemia. In the wooded region of Gablonz, Jan and Peter were taken unawares by.a severe snowy 3 4 THE WANDERER-WANDER FAMILY winter, and forced to postpone their return to Flanders until Spring. After they had sold the remainder of their merchandise, they found shelter and em ployment in a glass-works. The making of glass was completely new to Jan and Peter Vanderhus, but made them happy because of the treatment accorded them by the glass-works master, who had no sons but a good wife and only two daughters.