Charleya August's wife, Louisa, (pictured here at age 50) was a Fechner. Since she was about ten years younger than August, she must have been born approximately in the year 1810. Her birthplace was Jasien, Province of Poznan, East Germany. We no nothing of her parental background: only her name and approximate date of birth. We do know that she had four brothers: Edward, Charles, William and one other whose name we do not know. Her brother, Edward, became a prominent minister in the Evangelical (Old World) Church, in Germany. Charles is said to have become a violinist of some repute. The two other brothers came to New York State with their sister, Louisa. They migrated with the Ziebarths and others to Minnesota and it was here that at least one of them, and possibly both of them, met tragic deaths in the Minnesota Indian Uprising or Massacre, which took place during the years 1862-65. (see details elsewhere). Louisa Ziebarth's mother, Grandma Fechner, migrated from New York to Minnesota with her daughter and the two sons; however, she never made it to Dakota Territory. She died at Long Prairie, Minnesota and is buried at that place. Either one or both of Louisa's two immigrant brothers sired sons named Jacob and Julius. It was these two sons who homesteaded next to or near to, the homestead of Emmett (Ernest Hall) and Amelia Ellerman, near Lakota, North Dakota.

The exact date of the German migration of the Ziebarths, Fechners, Weiers, Bauers, et al is unknown. However, we know that five of the fifteen children born to Charley August and Louisa Ziebarth were born in Germany; and that the sixth child, Matilda, was born in West Lake, Rennsselaer County, area of New York State. The seventh and eighth children born there were twin boys, George Henry and William Henry. They were born in December 1854; Therefore, we may speculate that the family arrived in New York about 1851-52. (It is not likely that the migration took place before the middle of the nineteenth century.) Since they landed in New York City harbor and they migrated north into what was sometimes called Sand Lake, West Lake or West Sand Lake; all of which referred to the same area in Rennsselaer County of New York State. They must have gone up the Hudson River, either by horse-drawn barges or steamboat. Steamboats were the invention of the early nineteenth century so it is quite possible that this was the mode of transportation; however, I can recall my mother mentioning the horse-drawn streetcars and boats of the time.