A new Fischer relative?

Talking to a relative of mine (Guillermo Naranjo) and doing some research at Ancestry.com I found some old Mecklenburg-Schwerin Censuses from various years where it proves that my great grandfather Karl Friederich Otto Fischer (1863 - 1949) had a sister named Frieda! Pretty exciting since she might have traveled to the US and she might have descendants who live in California... 


I am doing some digging into all this. Hopefully we find something.

Descendants of Friederich Wilhelm Fischer & Luise Klinke

[UPDATED Feb. 20, 2012]

Below is a complete list of all the descendants from Friederich Wilhelm Fischer and his second wife, my great great grand mother Luise Klinke.

I just found out Friederich Wilhelm Fischer had another daughter called Frieda Fischer. Is till have to figure out who her mother was..

A.1 Friederich Wilhelm Fischer was married to Luise Klinke, parents of:

B.1 Karl Otto Fischer. Married Clelia Cárdenas, parents of:

C.1 Guillermo Fischer. Married Cecilia Cárdenas, parents of:

D.1 Carlos Fischer. Married María Eugenia Muñoz, parents of:

E.1 Carlos Guillermo Fischer. Married Stela Páez, parents of:

F.1 María Fischer

E.2 Claudia Fischer. Had a daughter with Raul Baldión, parents of:

F.1 Paola Bladión Fischer

E.3 Anne Marie Fischer. Married Jürgen Klumb, parents of:

F.1 Natascha Marie Klumb Fischer

F.2 Stefan Antoine Klumb Fischer

E.4 Juan Manuel Fischer. Had a son with Bárbara Martínez, parents of:

F.1 Mateo Fischer

E.5 Andrés Fischer. Married Jacqueline Baum, parents of:

F.1 Sebastian Fischer

D.2 Gladys Fischer. Married Hernando Maldonado, parents of:

E.1 Jaime Maldonado Fischer. Married Maria Clara Piñeiro, parents of:

F.1 Santiago Maldonado

E.2 Luis Guillermo Maldonado Fischer. Married Mónica Velásquez, parents of:

F.1 Camila Maldonado

F.2 Mariana Maldonado

E.3 Diego Maldonado Fischer

E.4 Sergio Maldonado Fischer. Married Adriana Esguerra, parents of:

F.1 Ernesto Maldonado

F.2 Adelaida Maldonado

E.5 María Cecilia Maldonado Fischer. Married and was later separated from Jorge Iván Cuervo, parents of:

F.1 Emilia Cuervo

D.3 Harold Fischer. Married Margarita María Cárdenas, parents of:

E.1 Sylvia Fischer. Married Nathan Rollins, parents of:

F.1 Ana Sophia Rollins Fischer

F.2 Mateo Stefan Rollins Fischer

F.3 Ian Timothy Rollins Fischer

E.2 Alejandro Fischer. Married and divorced Melissa Medina, parents of.

F.1 Alina Melissa Fischer

D.4 Cecilia Fischer. Married Santiago Cárdenas, parents of:

E.1 María Cristina Cárdenas Fischer. Married Craig Boljkovac, parents of:

F.1 Alicia Boljkovac

F.2 Benjamín Boljkovac

E.2 Guillermo Cárdenas Fischer. Married Margarita Lozano, parents of:

F.1 Lucas Cárdenas

F.2 Samuel Cárdenas

E.3 Nicolás Cárdenas Fischer

C.2 Edgar Fischer. Married Ana Salazar, parents of:

D.1 Adelia Fischer. Married Leopoldo Sánchez, parents of:

E.1 César Sánchez Fischer

E.2 Olga Sánchez Fischer

E.3 Martha Sánchez Fischer

E.4 Consuelo Sánchez Fischer

D.2 Nelly Fischer. Married Joselyn Martínez, parents of:

E.1 Fernando Martínez Fischer

E.2 Sonia Martínez Fischer

D.3 Clelia Margarita Fischer. Married Diego Jaramillo, parents of:

E.1 Sandra Jaramillo Fischer

E.2 Xiomara Jaramillo Fischer

Descendants of Frederick Wilhelm Fischer & Federica Turck

Frederick Wilhelm Fischer, my great great grand father, was married twice. First he married Federica Turck and later he was married to Luise Klinke, giving birth to the two Fischer branches of our family. Below is the complete list of all the descendants from the Fischer Turck branch of the family I have to date.

A.1 Frederick Wilhelm Fischer was married to Federica Turck, parents of:

B.1 Gustav Herman Fischer

B.2 Luis Fischer. Married Ida Clara von Becker, parents of:

C.1 Luis Herman Heinrich Fischer

C.2 Federico Guillermo Fischer

C.3 Ida Josefina Luisa Irene Alma Fischer. Married Guillermo Naranjo, parents of:

D.1 Guillermo Naranjo Fischer. Married Ann Marie Berg, parents of:

E.1 Ana Cecilia Naranjo. Married Francisco Javier Martínez, parents of

F.1 Francisco José Martínez

F.2 María Andrea Martínez

E.2 Maria Elisa Naranjo. Married and divorced José Manuel Saenz, parents of:

F.1 María Paula Saenz

F.2 Ana Elisa Saenz

E.3 Andrés Guillermo Naranjo. Married Ana Cecilia Cucalón, parents of:

F.1 Isabela Cucalón

F.2 Natalia Cucalón

E.4 Manuel Enrique Naranjo

D.2 Janel Naranjo Fischer. Married Rodrigo Cruz, parents of:

E.1 Liliana Cruz. Married Guillermo López, parents of:

F.1 Carolina López

E.2 Claudia Cruz. Married Antonio Uribe, parents of:

F.1 Susana Uribe

E.3 Elvira Cruz. Married César Coriat, parents of:

F.1 Rodrigo Coriat

F.2 Natalia Coriat

E.4 Elena Cruz. Married Santiago Chavarro, parents of:

F.1 Cristina Chavarro

F.2 Mariana Chavarro

Luise Fischer - 1890 German Census

Here´s some information I found regarding my great great grandmother Luise Klinke. She appears on this 1890 census from the town of Schwerin. Luise Klinke was born in Schwerin on November 13, 1834.
By 1890 she was married to Frederick Wilhelm Fischer and had taken his name. She was Lutheran and a housewife. The address where she resided was Apothekerstraße 40, in Schwerin. An exact link of the location below.

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1890 Schwerin Census

my Fischer Family Tree

Here are two snapshots taken from my family tree in case you cannot access it. 

me = Alejandro Fischer
father = Harold Fischer
grandfather = Guillermo Fischer
great grandfather = Karl Otto Fischer
great great grandfather = Frederick Wilhelm Fischer

great great great grandfather = Carl Fischer

Luis & Karl Otto Fischer

My German great grandfather Karl Otto Fischer had a half brother called Luis Fischer. Karl Otto was the son of Frederick Wilhelm Fischer and Luise Klinke, while Luis Fischer had the same father but his mother´s name was Federica Turck.
Luis Fischer Turck was the first German consul in Cali, Colombia, named in 1907 directly by the Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II of Germany. Luis Fischer had been part of the German military (with the 1st company of the Jaeger Bataillon No. 11) where he was conferred 3 medals for his excellent conduct. He also fought as part of the Prussian Guard during the 1866 war against the Austrians and received a bronze medal directly from Kaiser Wilhelm I, the Great King of Prussia.

Luis Fischer traveled to Medellin, Palmira, Cali and Pasto, Colombia around 1870-74 having been sent by various commercial firms such as Kissing & Mullmann. He  moved to Cali for good in 1877 but neither of the two brothers ever gave up their German citizenship. In 1898 Luis established the commercial firm "Luis Fischer & Cia." with his half brother, my Great Grandfather Karl Otto.
Prove of that is found at the 1st Notary of Cali. (Escritura No. 55) On May 12, 1900 The two brothers established the first commercial company of the XX Century in Buenaventura. (A third brother Gustav Hermann Fischer Turck stayed in Germany)
Luis was also founder of Fischer & Burckhart another company he established with a German called Albert Burckhart that sold all kinds of imported goods from tools to wine to pianos. Luis worked closely for the development and progress of the city of Cali taking part in important projects such as navigation through the Cauca River, the construction of the Buenaventura highway, electrical plants, etc. He was married four times, the last one being a Viennese woman, Ida Clara von Becker with whom he started the Fischer family branch in Cali. (on a different post I will add all the names of the descendants)

Karl Otto Fischer was one of the first coffee exporters. When his brother went back to Europe, Karl Otto stayed in charge of the family business. Some kind of problem must have happened upon his brother´s return, possibly a financial problem, who knows, but the family business Fischer & Cia. was dissolved upon Luis´ return from his European trip.

Karl Otto married a distinguished Colombian woman from Popayán, Ms. Clelia Cárdenas Mosquera, the grandchild of General Tomás Cipriano Mosquera, 4 times president of Colombia. Later, Karl Otto moved to the capital, Bogotá. Karl Otto and Clelia he had two sons, Edgar Fischer and Guillermo Fischer (my grandfather).

This is pretty much all the information I have regarding my great grandfather Karl Otto. The majority of his descendants live in Bogotá while most of Luis Fischer´s descendants live in Cali.

Iserlohn, Nordrhein Westfallen

To get a better idea of the exact location where my ancestors came from I will include a few geographical details. My German Great Grand Father Karl Otto Fischer (1863-1949) moved to Colombia (South America) from Iserlohn, a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The small map on the left menu shows a map of Germany with the green shadowed area of Westphalia and a red dot with the exact location of Iserlohn..