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Born 10-12-1850 in Germany, died 2-10-1929 in Owatonna, Steele County, MN at Johanna Christiane Pauline Zeise Ochs' (aka Pauline) home in the northern section of residential Owatonna, Steele Cty., MN.
She’s remembered by virtually all six of Otto and Minnie (Zeise) Olp's daughters/family we’ve contacted as “Tante Augusta”, which translates to being an aunt. Similar memories come from Minnie Zeise Olp sibling's families, as well Minnie's cousins.
New sources: newspaper obit stating two of Anna Rosena Tischer Zeise children as niece and nephew. Text of her Will naming all of Anna's children as heirs. Based on another obit listing half sisters and brothers still in Germany at her death in 1929, Augusta and Anna may have been half-sisters. These were all found at the MN History Center, St. Paul, MN.
She came to America (from Buckwintke/Buckenwerder, Oels, Silsia, Germany) Aug. 13, 1875 at the age of 24 as a servant with her brother-in-law's, Johann Gottlieb Zeise (aka Gottlieb) and Johanna Wurm large family. Source: Ancestry.com, 1851-1891 New York Passenger Lists, Ancestry.com (Laura Schroeder). Original data: New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Micropublication M237. Rolls # 95-580. National Archives, Washington, D.C. The ship Neckar left from Bremen, Germany then continued on to Liverpool, England before arriving in New York.
Following is Augusta's husband:
Source: Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Dalby, John. Minnesota Burials. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. From Laura Schroeder 12-20-04
Township: Owatonna
County: Steele
Name: AUGUST DOSDALL
Birth Date: 11/NOV/1824
Death Date: 24/MAY/1900
Cemetery: Forest Hill, Owatonna. MN
Comments: SP. LOUISA BLAESING
Section: 7 72 D
Following is August Dosdall's first wife:
Source Information: same as above
Township: Owatonna
County: Steele
Name: LOUIsA BLAESING DOSDALL
Death Date: 02/APR/1877
Cemetery: Forest Hill
Comments: SP. AUGUST. NEE: BLAESING
Section: 7 71 D
Following is August Dosdall's second wife:
Source Information: same as above
Township: Owatonna
County: Steele
Name: DOSDALL
Birth Date: 12/OCT/1850
Death Date: 10/FEB/1929
Cemetery: St. John's Luth.
Comments: SP. AUGUST. DIED - 1900
NEE: TISHER. MARRIED. 12/DEC/1879
BORN BUKIWINKLE SILESSIA, GER
Buried: OWA. 13-15 - 16/FEB/1929
Section: 14 10 1 C
"Tante" Augusta Louise Tischer Dosdall - who was she? This elusive, but interesting, lady is remembered as living alone in the summer in her own home, and during the winter living with Peter and Pauline (Zeise) Ochs’ family (around the block from her home on Oak St., Owatonna, MN), Gottlieb Zeise’s seventh child, Johanna Christiane Pauline (aka Pauline). She would be visited by confirmand family students who would stay with her in town while taking confirmation instruction and help with chores. She is listed in the 1920 MN Federal Census as living as head of household in Owatonna, Steele County, MN.
Siblings, possibly step-siblings, living in 1929:
Dorothea Cupke living at Ludwigsdorf, Kreis Oels, Silesia, Germany (believed to be elderly and in ill health)
Christiane Simmeck living at Briese, Silesia, Germany
Louise Tischer living at Bukowinke, Silesia, Germany
Ernest Tischer, living at Oels, Silesia, Germany
Carl Tischer living at Oels, Silesia, Germany
Other spellings of the surname Dosdall: Dosdal, Dostal, Dostall, Doostal
Other spellings of the surname Tischer: Tisher, Fisher, Fischer
If you have further information, please contact her ggrandniece, Sandra.
email: svanerp@att.net
phone: 651.770.5471
Below are pictures from photo collections of various Zeise and Olp family members:
These ladies are believed to be related to Anna and Augusta Tischer, possibly through the Lustig family. The picture was labeled:
L-R: Elizabeth, Elsie Tischer, Mrs. Carl Sievert's (middle) sisters
