Photo: Luitwieler family photos (front row): wooden brush engraved with J. G. Luitwieler & Sons, Rochester, New York, Established 1860; (2nd row, left to right): Mabel Eloise Luitwieler (1870-1922) daughter of Samuel Woods Luitwieler and Sophia Charlotte Maurer, Samuel Henry Luitwieler (1905-1981) son of George Chichester Luitwieler and Mary Estelle Dillingham, Adelaide Blossom Luitwieler (1882-1964) daughter of Samuel Woods Luitwieler and Sophia Charlotte Maurer; (back row, left to right): Samuel Woods Luitwieler (1847-1931), his wife Sophia Charlotte Maurer Luitwieler (1849-1826), Thomas Jefferson Trent (1910-1996) and his wife Willia Winzola Ginn (1917-2000). Credit: Denise Bartholome, great granddaughter of Samuel Woods Luitwieler.

Luitwieler Family Comes to America in 1836

By Melissa Berry on March 22, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Luitwieler family’s story in America starting in 1836, including the California Gold Rush and the Civil War... (Read More)

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