I was reviewing some of the marriage records I’d received through the Poznan project to see what clues I could find to discovering family members or insights on the family relationships for the Plenzlers.

While reading the marriage record from Głuszyna for Joseph Plenzler and Mary Leseicka, I discovered two things:

  1. The marriage was witnessed by Andreas Plenzler. The record indicates clearly that Andreas is a brother to Joseph. (“Frater”–brother in Latin.)
  2. There is a record of a Martinus Plenzler marrying Josepha Zyz on the same page. The marriage is record #10 and dated June 9 1851.

    Snippet from marriage record for Joseph Plenzler and Marianna Liseicka

    Snippet from marriage record for Joseph Plenzler and Marianna Liseicka

Martinus Plenzler marriage to Josepha Zyz

Martinus Plenzler marriage to Josepha Zyz -- click to enlarge to see detail

So we now know that Joseph had at least one brother, Andreas.

If you investigate the record for Martin (Martinus), you’ll also notice two things:

1. That Martin was a widower (viduuus e viso Pietrowo — a widower from Pietrowo, a town in Poznan)
2. That this marriage was witnessed by Jacobus (Jacob) Plenzler

Jacobus Plenzler, witness to Martinus Plenzler and Josepha Zyz marriage

Jacobus Plenzler, witness to Martinus Plenzler and Josepha Zyz marriage

The Poznan Project’s database does also list several possibilities for a marriage for Andreas Plenzler. Near future, I’ll write to Lucasz and attempt to get further data as well as research Martin and Josepha.