Two Fornfeist Brothers and Their Families Spanning More Than 150 Years

Traces the descendants of Hermann Fornfeist (1847-1907) and Carl Heinrich August Fornfeist (1849-1911), sons of Gottlieb and Christine Schwartz Fornfeist of Schlesien, Germany. Hermann was first married in Germany to Augusta Schmidt. Around 1890, Hermann immigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada and then ca. 1896, moved to Montana. He married Amalia Stadel (1875-1943) in 1898 in Burton, Montana. Hermann's brother, August, married Helene Lemke (1859-1943) in 1880 in Rozyszye in the parish of Roschischtche, Volhynia, Ukraine. In 1893, they immigrated to Canada and then moved to the state of Washington. .