The Dictionary of American Family Names gives the origins of the name Grötsch as Slavic from the Sorbian Grod (castle or fortified town). Our family appears to have resided in Roßtränk which is near the Czech border from at least the mid 1600s to the time of Kunigund's birth.
Lineage
- Kunigund Grötsch (@1809 Roßtränk - bef 1860 WI) m Johann Baierl (dropbox)
- Peter Grötsch (1768-1818 Roßtränk) m. Kunigund Preßl (dropbox)
- Johann Grötsch (1722-1797 Roßtränk) m. Elizabeth Urbanisch (dropbox)
- Wolf Grötsch (1687- ? Roßtränk) m. Katharina N
- Ulrich Grötsch (1667-1711 Roßtränk) m. Ursula N
- Grötsch Ancestry (dropbox)
Places
Thanks to Dr. Pöhlmann (Genealogiebüro) of Rehau, Germany for finding and translating the Bavarian records for this family.
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