Month: July 2018

August Hutsteiner was fighting at the battle at Waterloo against Napoleon’s french armies on 18th of June 1815.

Since 1814 August Hutsteiner, born in Meissen, Saxony, in 1786, was part of the 27th Jager company of the 15th infantry division of the royal Dutch army fighting with Wellington, the British army and the Prussian army. As August was born in Meissen it can be assumed that his father Daniel Hutsteiner was somehow part of the Christian Hutsteiner family, who also baptised their children in Meissen around ~1790 after the return of Warsaw and who had a close career to the army like his son August obviously had afterwards.

Like all Netherlands infantry battalions, the Battaillon Jagers No. 27 consisted of 6 companies and 1 depot company. [1] The 1st and the 6th Companies were designated as Flank Companies. [2] The official nomination of the companies was: Left and Right Flank Company and 1st-4th Centre Companies; but a simple numbering 1-6 was also used. The Flank Companies formed the elite units of the battalion, comprising the best men. [3]

Key: X Luitenant-kolonel; A 1e Luitenant-adjudant; C Kapitein; 1 1e Luitenant; 2 2e Luitenant; M Sergeant-majoor; S Sergeant; F Fourier; V Vaandeldrager; K Korporaal; T Tamboer; H Halvemaanblazer (engl.: Key: X Lieutenant Colonel; A 1st Lieutenant Adjutant; C Captain; 1 1st Lieutenant; 2 2nd Lieutenant; M Sergeant Major; S Sergeant; F Fourier; V Standard Bearer; K Corporal; T Drum; H Crescent blower)

 

 

 

History tells a real sad story about Johann Wilhelm Huthsteiner.

Johann Wilhelm Huthsteiner, son of Johann Christian Huthsteiner, voluntarily joined the Prussian army to fight Napoleon in April 1813.

His first battle was the battle at Lützen close to Leipzig, the first battle of the liberation wars, and later on several fights until the battalion reached the river Rhein. His last letter to his parents was written in Born, Wiesbaden, dated 26.12.1813. Afterwards there had been no news about him.

His father was seeking urgently for his son also by posting a search ad to the local Leipzig newspaper on 6th August 1814 (see below).

Obviously, in 1820 when his father died he still was missing as a legal guardian in absentia had been appointed for Johann Wilhelm.

 

From Saxony there is one emigrant family known:

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Huthsteiner and his family went to New York city, USA.

Likely, some family members of Daniel Hutsteiner family went to Breslau, Silesia and Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Carl Joseph Hutstein, a shoemaker, founded a family  in Breslau. Unfortunately it is still not known where Carl Joseph came from. As there aren’t any older Hutstein records in Breslau it is obvious that Carl Joseph came from abroad. Perhaps a child of Christian Hutstein in Dresden and born in Warsaw, Poland ? Or a missing child of Friedrich August Hutsteiner in Borna (successor uses the name ‘Carl’ often) ? 

Beside the fact, that there is no written evidence, it is still possible, that the family is of jewish origin, too. Around 1820 the records show a catholic family. Later, Julius` family obviously was of protestant origin, while in the 20th century the Techell/Tietz family jewish connections. Still some research work to do !

Also some Hustein (!) family members could have been the ancestors of Carl Joseph which later on become known as Hutstein. Still no further evidence.

Actually I’m assuming that Carl Joseph is somehow a part of the missing family of Daniel Hutsteiner in Meissen. Carl Joseph’s confession is catholic and the only “source” of catholic Hutsteiners in this area are persons originated from the catholic Hutsteiners in Warsaw, all others are of protestant origin. But all of this is still highly speculative.

Out of Carl Joseph’s family the famous Julius Hutstein originated, operated a chemical plant in the city, which existed until the 20th century, and who wrote lots of articles in science papers and books (see also famous people).

 

A famous person was Carl Friedrich Julius Hutsteiner, called Julius, a scientist who lived in Breslau. He wrote lots of scientific papers around 1850 – about drug chemistry, fireworks, orchids and bees – and founded a drug company in Breslau. In many other publications he was mentioned, too.

You may want to search on google books for a lot of his papers:

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Another one was Christian Hutsteiner  who had an occupation as cashier at the royal court in Dresden and Christians’ son  Heinrich Christian Hutsteiner: who was commander of a small artillery Brigade with 2 canons and 2 howitzers during the Napoleonic wars fighting for the Saxonian army, i.e. in 1806 for the French Grand Armée. Heinrich Christian probably is the only one Hutsteiner who ever got knighted: in one of the army reports when he was stationed at the city of Glogau (now Glogow in Poland) he is mentioned as commander ‘Von Hutsteiner’ which would pinpoint to aristocracy. Still I could not verify correctness of this list of commanders in following book:

von. Hutsteiner