Busch aus Zeitz

[aheiman]

I am searching for my grandfather's family. We have very little information as many records have been lost to our family.

My grandfather:
Willy Curt Busch, born July 1892, Zeitz
He grew up around Lubeck, possibly in foster homes. He was trained as a boiler-maker, and was proud that he knew Book German.
Served in WWI, injured twice in major actions and then was assigned to the veterinary corps.
Left Germany in 1923, travelled around Europe, married in Spain, and eventually made his was to Texas, U.S.A, via Spanish Morocco, the Canary Islands and Cuba.

Siblings:
Carl - railroad engineer Hamburg to Berlin route; we know that he was married and had children
Freida
Boy unknown

Father:
Ferdinand Rudolf Busch, was still alive in 1927, also worked on the railroads
Mother:
Minna Andres, died 1896

Grandfather:
Rudolf Busch

I have a note that says that Minna Andres' Mother's Sister ("Tonta Meena") lived in Leizetz, Switzerland (which I can't find on a map), and she was still alive, but was very old, at the start of WWII.


Our family was in touch with the family in Germany and Switzerland through the start of WWII. All contact was lost and efforts to locate the family have failed.

~Amy Heiman