The Gruss Family Index

	The picture on the left is a bird's eye view of the Town of Guémar. In this picture one is looking from West to East with the plains of Alsace beyond the town. The mountains on the Eastern horizon are the Black Forest.
The picture on the right is a close-up view of the thirteen century principal entrance way to the town. See the lower right corner of the above picture.

The immigrant ancestor of our branch of the Gruss family arrived in America in 1855 from the Town of Guémar, France. (Gemér in German. Geme'r in Alsatian.)

Guémar is a small fortified town of 1,167 residents in the present day Province of Haut-Rhin, formerly Alsace. It has a long history going back to 768, when it was called Ghermari. The town is located on the shores of the river Fecht in a valley six kilometres from the Vosges mountains and is surrounded by rich farm land. It is situated on the highway leading from Strasbourg, France to Bâle, Switzerland. Numerous times during it stumultous past, Guémar suffered sieges, fires and devastation. It figured greatly in the fight for Freedom during 1944.

For additional pictures of the Town of Guémar, click here. These pictures were taken by Harry Gruss, Jr. during his trip to Europe in October of 2000.

1. The family of André Gruss and Madeleine Jacoberger.
   • The families of Jean Jacques Gruss.
2. The family of André Gruss and Anne Lier.
   • The family of Veronique Gruss and Frantz Antoine Deckert.
   • The family of François Joseph Gruss and Veronique Schelcher.
3. The family of André Gruss and Anne Marie Schmitt.
   • The family of André Gruss and Clara Glück.
   • The family of Anne Marie Gruss and Jean George Breysacher.
4. The family of Dominique Gruss and Anne Marie Kösler.
5. The family of Dominique Gruss and Catherine Vogel.
   • The family of Elisabeth Gruss and Leger Vogel.
   • The family of Catherine Gruss and François Joseph Ley.
   • The family of Salomé Gruss and François Joseph Umbdenstock.
   • The family of Maximim Gruss and Marie Anne Biehler.
6. The family of Dominic Gruss and Marie MadgelenaSpiegel.
   • The family of Louisa Gruss and Seraphine Willmeng.
   • The family of Frederick Ernest Gruss and Caroline Hall.
7. The family of Henry Gruss and Mary Margaret Hennes.
   • The family of Andrew Gruss and Zona Rea.
   • The family of Marie Gruss and Edward Hicks.
   • The family of Edward Gruss and Virginia Siriano.
   • The family of Florence Gruss and Robert Irvin.
8. The family of Leonard Gruss and Bertha Genevieve Butler.
   • The family of Alma Louise Gruss and Charles Allen Rothrock.
9. The family of Harry Gruss and Jacinta Camacho.

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