Hello, my name is Justin Randall. I am a university student in the United States, I have a set of dog tags from WW1. They are from a soldier who was declared MIA in the conflict, I would like to return them to the family.
Please assist me in this endeavor.
Hans Stix
Weiden
30 12 98
Bay 9 JR 2 MGK 479
Hi Justin
the following has been published in the "Deutsche Verlustlisten":
Nov 9, 1918: Stix Hans, seriously injured and missing
May 22, 1919: Stix Hans, until now ser. inj. and missing, now prisoner-of-war
Bavarian WWI-rosters tell us that he was back from prison Nov 1st, 1919.
Another information from that source: at the time of the first listing ( 1916) he was "Seminarist" priest candidate, student.
Regards,
Thomas
Parents were Fritz Stix, teacher, and Berta nee Starkmann, residing in 1916 in Steinberg ( now part of Wilhelmsthal ), Bavaria.
Thomas
Do you have links to where you found that information at?
Many thanks
I've read the "Deutsche Verlustlisten" and was aware that Hans Stix was MIA. Unfortunately, I do not read/speak German well so any translation is rough. Are you aware of any other family members that lived after the wars?
Hello Justin,
this is a great idea of you!
Maybe you should just try to contact these persons, as they might be descendants of Hans (the still live close to Wilhelmsthal-Steinberg / Weiden) and the name "stix" is quite uncommon in this region of Germany:
https://www.dasoertliche.de/Co…t&kw=stix&ci=wilhelmsthal
To sum it up and to add some data from Ancestry:
Name: Hans Stix
Religion: roman catholic
Residence (~ 1916): Weiden, BA Lichtenfels (should be this one: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiden_(Weismain) )
Born: 30.12.1898 in Weiden
Profession: Seminarist (priest candidate/student)
Parents: Fritz Stix, teacher, and Berta neé Starkmann, residing in 1916 in Steinberg (now part of Wilhelmsthal), Kronach, Bavaria.
