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Descendants of Stephan HIEDLER Stephan HIEDLER b. 1672 Agnes CAPELLER b. 1674 Johann HIEDLER b. 11 May 1725 Maria Anna NEUGESCHWANDTNER Martin HIEDLER b. 17 Nov 1762 d. 10 Jan 1829 Anna Maria GÖSCHL b. 23 Aug 1760 m. 1786 d. 7 Dec 1854 Johann Georg HIEDLER b. 28 Sep 1792 d. 1857 Maria Anna SCHICKLGRUBER b. 15 Apr 1795 Strones, Waldviertel, Lower Austria m. 10 May 1842 Döllersheim, Lower Austria d. 7 Jan 1847 Alois SCHICKLGRUBER b. 7 Jun 1837 Strones, Waldviertel, Lower Austria d. 3 Jan 1903 Gasthaus Stiefler, Linz, Austria Anna GLASSL-HÖRER Franziska Klara PÖLZL b. 1823 MATZELSBERGER b. 12 Aug 1860 Spital, m. 1873 b. 1861 Weitra, Austria d. 6 Apr 1883 m. 1883 m. 7 Jan 1885 Pommer Inn d. 10 Aug 1884 in Braunau am Inn d. 21 Dec 1907 Linz, Austria Alois HITLER Jr Angela Franziska Gustav HITLER Ida HITLER Otto HITLER Adolf HITLER b. 13 Jan 1882 Vienna, Johanna HITLER b. 15 May 1885 b. 23 Sep 1886 b. 1887 b. 20 Apr 1889 Braunau am Austria b. 28 Jul 1883 d. 8 Dec 1887 d. 2 Jan 1888 d. 1887 Inn, Austria d. 20 May 1956 Hamburg, d. 30 Oct 1949 Munich d. 30 Apr 1945 Germany Führerbunker, Berlin, Germany Leo RAUBAL Bridget Elizabeth Hedwig HEIDEMANN b. 11 Jun 1879 DOWLING m. 1916 m. Sep 1903 Eva Anna Paula BRAUN b. 3 Jul 1891 Dublin, Ireland d. 10 Aug 1910 b. 6 Feb 1912 Munich, m. 3 Jun 1910 London, Germany England m. 29 Apr 1945 d. 18 Nov 1969 Führerbunker, Berlin d. 30 Apr 1945 Führerbunker, Berlin, Germany William Patrick HITLER Heinrich (Heinz) HITLER Leo Rudolf RAUBAL Angelika Maria "Geli" Elfriede RAUBAL b. 12 Mar 1911 Liverpool, b. 14 Mar 1920 b. 1906 RAUBAL b. 10 Jan 1910 Merseyside, England d. 1942 Moscow military d. 1979 b. 4 Jun 1908 Linz, Austria d. Deceased d. 14 Jul 1987 Patchogue, prison Butyrka d. 19 Sep 1931 New York Phyllis JEAN-JACQUES b. 1923 Germany d. 2 Nov 2004 Alexander Adolf Louis STUART-HOUSTON Howard Ronald Brian William STUART-HOUSTON b. 1951 STUART-HOUSTON STUART-HOUSTON b. 1949 b. 1957 b. 1965 d. 14 Sep 1989 JR, Books , Online, <dot>, com, USA, 123-456-7890 1 Lorenz HIEDLER Johann Nepomuk HIEDLER b. 19 Mar 1807 d. 17 Sep 1888 Eva Maria DECKER b. 1792 d. 1873 Walburga HÜTTLER Johanna HÜTTLER b. 19 Jan 1830 d. 8 Feb 1906 Josef ROMEDER Johann Baptist PÖLZL b. 25 May 1828 d. 9 Jan 1902 Edmund HITLER Paula HITLER Klara PÖLZL Unknown PÖLZL b. 24 Mar 1894 b. 21 Jan 1896 Hafeld, b. 12 Aug 1860 Spital, d. 28 Feb 1900 Austria Weitra, Austria Unknown SCHWATZ d. 1 Jun 1960 d. 21 Dec 1907 Linz, Austria Alois SCHICKLGRUBER b. 7 Jun 1837 Strones, Waldviertel, Lower Austria m. 7 Jan 1885 Pommer Inn in Braunau am Inn d. 3 Jan 1903 Gasthaus Stiefler, Linz, Austria Ludwig SCHWATZ 2.

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