The Fechser family lived in Weikersheim Germany for at least 300 years, and are documented there from the early 1500s to the early 1800s. Other places in Germany connected with the Fechser history are the nearby Scheinhardsmühle, the village of Nassau, and the port city of Hamburg.
Weikersheim
Johan Friedrich Fechser, our immigrant ancestor, was born near Weikersheim, Germany, where his father was born. The Fechser family lived in Weikersheim Germany for at least 300 years. Weikersheim is located on the Tauber River in Württemberg, close to the border of Bavaria, and just 18 miles northwest of the famous Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Nassau
Johann Friedrich Fechser, our immigrant ancestor, was born in Nassau, near Weikersheim, in 1825.
Scheinhardsmühle
Johann Friedrich Fechser’s mother was born at this mill near Weikersheim and he later apprenticed here to his Uncle.
Hamburg
Johann Friedrich Fechser’s parents moved here when he was 7. He followed 18 years later, before emigrating in 1853.
Fechser Family History 