http://grunt.berkeley.edu/beisser_postcard.html (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)
Rusty, Since there are only two Beissers on the internet and Barney is one of them, I guess it is up to me to share with you a bit about your dog's very important name. The Beisser family which I am a member of comes from a small village (10,000 or so) near Stuttgart in Baden Wuertemberg. My great grandfather, Gottlieb Jakob Simon Beisser a butcher, emigrated to the Free Hanseatic City-State of Bremen in 1864. My grandfather, Friedrich Wilhelm Beisser, was born in Bremen in 1872 and emigrated to Ohio in 1889 at the age of 17 to live with an uncle, George Beisser. He then attended Mission Haus Seminary near Plymouth, Wisconsin and upon graduating in 1903 was ordained and installed as minister in the German Reformed Church in Plymouth. My father, Friedrich Theodor Beisser, was born in 1915 in Plymouth and also graduated from Mission House (spelling changed) in 1936. He, however, had a bachelor's in journalism and became the editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper in the dairy industry, The Cheese Reporter. Passed away in 1962. His son (me, one of four kids) was born in 1942, enlisted in the Air Force in 1963, served in accounting, budgeting, and controller positions in the U.S. and in Germany, Turkey and Japan. Retired in 1989 as a Major; became chief financial officer of DCX, Inc. in Franktown Colo. Two chil- dren, Alice now in San Francisco, and Jan who is with the Navy (turncoat) in San Diego. In any event, that is more than you ever wanted to know about one branch of Beisser (pronounced bye-sir). It means biter in German. By the way, our family coat of arms has a dog's head in it--so Barney is very important!! Regards, Fred Beisser
This postcard was sent to you by Frederick G. Beisser (frebei@dcx.com).
It will be available for your perusal until Nov 28, 1995.
