Generation No. 1

1. AGIDIUS¹ BIVERZE was born Abt. 1725 in Dudeldorf, Germany. He married ANNA M.

Child of AGIDIUS BIVERZE and ANNA M. is:
2. i. JOHANN² BIVERZE, b. Unknown, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. September 01, 1808, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.

2. JOHANN² BIVERZE (AGIDIUS¹) was born Unknown in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died September 01, 1808 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. He married APOLLONIA SCHANEN June 03, 1772 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, daughter of JOHANN SCHANEN and ANTONETTA ENGEL.

Children of JOHANN BIVERZE and APOLLONIA SCHANEN are:
        i. JOHANN³ BIVERZE, b. November 04, 1774, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. March 29, 1775, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.
        ii. PETER BIVERZE, b. April 09, 1776.
        iii. JOHN MICHAEL BIVERZE, b. November 15, 1777.
        iv. HELENA BIVERZI, b. August 18, 1780.
        v. NIKOLAUS BIVERZI, b. January 30, 1783.
3. vi. JOHN BIWERSI, b. October 09, 1785, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. June 15, 1878, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN³ BIWERSI (JOHANN² BIVERZE, AGIDIUS¹) was born October 09, 1785 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died June 15, 1878 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia. He married HELENA LANG November 30, 1810 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, daughter of PHILLIP LANG and ELIZABETH WEITZEL.

More on the Lang Family

Children of JOHN BIWERSI and HELENA LANG are:
        i. HELENA⁴ BIWERSI, b. August 17, 1811, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. March 09, 1889, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; m. NIKOLAUS KNAUFF, October 11, 1838, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.
        ii. ANNA BIWERSI, b. May 12, 1815.
        iii. JOHN BAPTIST BIWERSI, b. October 08, 1817; d. July 17, 1896; m. ELISABETH BROST, February 15, 1849, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.
        iv. PHILIPP BIWERSI, b. March 14, 1821, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. October 04, 1877, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; m. ANGELA ELISABETH ORTH, June 16, 1846, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.

Notes for PHILIPP BIWERSI:
Their son John Baptist Biwersi, also came to Wisconsin, also a sister Maria, and a brother Johann came to America.

        v. NIKOLAUS BIWERSI, b. March 24, 1828, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia.

Notes for NIKOLAUS BIWERSI:
Nikolaus came to America as a single man, and married in Wisconsin. He may have come over with his brother Peter and his family in 1851.

4. vi. PETER BINVERSIE, b. July 15, 1813, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. November 24, 1893, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI.

Generation No. 4

4. PETER⁴ BINVERSIE (JOHN³ BIWERSI, JOHANN² BIVERZE, AGIDIUS¹) was born July 15, 1813 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, and died November 24, 1893 in Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI. He married ANGELA MAAS February 08, 1844 in Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia, daughter of JOSEF MAAS and SUSANNA WELSCH.

Notes for PETER BINVERSIE:
Peter Biwersi was born on 15th July 1813 at Freudenburg, Prussia the son of Johann Biwersi and Helena Lang. He died at the age of 80 on the 24th Nov. 1893 at the farm home about one half mile west of School Hill, WI.

He married Angela Maas 8 Feb. 1844 at St. Trinitatis Church in Freudenburg, Prussia - Germany today. Angela was born 11 Aug. 1824 at Freudenburg, the daughter of Joseph Maas and Susanna Welsch. Her parents also came to the School Hill area and are buried at St. Gregory's, St. Nazianz, WI. Angela died 16 Dec. 1892 on their farm near School Hill of cancer of the breast. She was 68 years of age. Angela and Peter are buried side by side on St. Gregory's Cemetery at St. Nazianz.

Peter and Angela had three children: Helen, Margaret, & Catherine when they came from Prussia. My mother, Elizabeth Kestell told me that her mother had told her that there were twins born on the trip overseas that died and were buried at sea. Margaret was four years old. The Binversie's came to Wisconsin in 1851.

Peter and Angela bought their farm in the town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, on 19 Dec. 1860, from George & Griesins Sohn for $90.00 for 20 acres. They bought more land later. They had three more children after they came to America, Nicholas, William and Mary. Helen Binversie married John Schaller, Margaret Binversie married John Netzer, Catherine married John Stiefvater, the Twins died on trip overseas, Nicholas married Anna Weiter, William married Regina Schuler, and Mary married John Elias.

All of the Binversie girls married "Johns". Mary's husband was not well liked by her family, and when she died, the family must have put her grave stone on her grave, and she is listed as " Maria Benversie"

Peter and Angela's youngest son William, took over the operation of the home farm after their retirement, and his parents lived with them just a very short time, when they had both died. William and Regina married on the 1 Feb. 1892. Angela died the 16 Dec. 1892, and Peter died 24 Nov. 1893. The farm was in the Binversie family until about 1981.

The Binversie name has several different spellings. The most common in the past was spelled "Benversie", as it is spelled on the gravestones on the Cemetery at St. Nazianz, WI. Today the spelling is "Binversie". "Biwersie" is the original spelling in Germany and is still spelled that way there today.

Joseph Maas and Margretha Herber - brother of Angela's, also came to Wisconsin, with his and Angela's parents, and bought a farm right next to them. He bought his farm on the 10th of September 1863 for $375.00 for 80 acres. He was known as "Uncle Maas" to the Netzer family when they were children.

Nicolaus Biwerse, a brother of Peter's, also came to Manitowoc County in the Cleveland area. His name always stayed "Biwersie". He married Angela (?) and had their first child Maria on the 17th of January 1872. He was not married in Germany, as I have the records saying that he was single when he left Germany. Angela died 12 February 1872, after the birth of her child, and the child died 17 July 1872. Nicolaus then married Helena Wagner 7th Nov. 1872, who was the daughter of Jacob Wagner and Catharina Schwanikum. Helena was born in New York.

A Nicolaus Maas, who I did think might be a brother of Angela's and Josef, is not a brother, but an uncle who was a brother to Angela's father Joseph.

More About PETER BINVERSIE:
Fact 2: Abt. 1851, Peter and Angela and the first three children came to Wisconsin. The rest of th

More About ANGELA MAAS:
Date born 2: August 11, 1824
Fact 2: All of Peter and Angela's daughter's married 'John's'.

Children of PETER BINVERSIE and ANGELA MAAS are:
        i. HELEN⁵ BINVERSIE, b. December 01, 1844, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia (Germany); d. February 21, 1915, Colby, WI; m. JOHN SCHALLER, June 24, 1861, St. Gregory's, St. Nazianz, WI.son of JOHANN SCHALLER and MAGDALENA ZIMMER.

Notes for JOHN SCHALLER:
 John Schaller and Helen Binversie Schaller lived in School Hill, WI until 1874, when they moved to a farm southwest of Colby, WI. They moved back to School Hill about 1897.

George C. Fecker, married Adeline Schaller, and William D. Fecker, married Angeline Schaller (two sisters and two brothers) in a double marriage ceremony on the 6 July 1898 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, School Hill, WI.

The four of them celebrated 50 years of marriage with a reception, which was held on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 on the George Fecker farm southeast of Colby in the town of Hull, WI. (Information came from a newspaper clipping),

        ii. MARGARET BINVERSIE, b. February 25, 1847, Freudenburg, Bizerk Trier, Prussia; d. November 08, 1917, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; m. JOHN NETZER, January 21, 1869, St. Nazianz, WI - St. Gregory's Church.
        iii. CATHERINE BINVERSIE, b. March 12, 1850, Freudenburg, Prussia; d. August 16, 1893, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; m. JOHANN STIEFVATER, February 09, 1876, Holy Trinity, School Hill, Town Meeme, WI.
        iv. BABY BINVERSIE, b. Abt. 1851; d. Abt. 1851, died at sea on trip to America.

Notes for BABY BINVERSIE:
The two baby Binversie's were twins that were born on the trip to America. Both of them were born and died at sea.

        v. BABY BINVERSIE, b. Abt. 1851; d. Abt. 1851, On trip to America at sea.
        vi. NICHOLAS BINVERSIE, b. July 24, 1855, School Hill, Manitowoc Co.; d. November 19, 1921, School Hill, Manitowoc Co.; m. ANNA WEITER, June 17, 1884, St. Gregory's, St. Nazianz, WI.

Notes for NICHOLAS BINVERSIE:
The following death records from the Manitowoc Court House: Vol. 17, page 221, Vol. 3, page 124, Vol. 3, P. 354, Vol. 4, p. 125, Vol. 4 p. 129, Vol. 6, p. 261, Vol. 16 p. 68. School Hill Cemetery records.

The Binversie name has several spellings. It is still spelled "Biwersi" in Germany today. It is also spelled Beversie, Benversie, and Beneversie on the grave stones at St. Gregory in St. Nazianz.

More About NICHOLAS BINVERSIE:
Occupation: Farmer in the town of Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI

Notes for ANNA WEITER:
Anna Weiter died of Carcinoma of urethra, bladder and vagina.

        vii. WILLIAM BINVERSIE, b. May 10, 1859, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. September 28, 1932, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; m. REGINA SCHULER, February 01, 1892.

Notes for WILLIAM BINVERSIE:
The William Binversies had three daughters who became nuns. They were: Theresa, who became Sister Eulogia; Josephine who became Sister Bernice; and Margaret who became Sister Gabriel.

        viii. MARY BINVERSIE, b. April 27, 1865, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; d. May 07, 1893, Town Meeme, Manitowoc Co., WI; m. JOHN ELIAS, Unknown, St. GregoryIs, St. Nazianz, WI.

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