George Heinrich Bitsch and his wife, Anna Katharina Bickelhaupt, left Brandau, Hessen, Germany in 1851 to settle in the United States.

Georg Heinrich Bitsch

citizen and cabinet maker in Brandau

son of Johannes Bitsch and Maria Barbara Merz

born 22 Sept. 1825 in Brandau

married 18 May 1851 in Neunkirchen Anna Katharina Bickelhaupt

daughter of Ludwig Bickelhaupt and Elisabetha Häuss

born 1 Aug. 1828 in Jugenheim

Source: Reichelsheim Ev-Kirchenbücher