Research indicates that Steinpleis is our ancestral home with records dating back to 1633! Think about this - You may have relatives living only blocks away. It happened in Detroit in the 30's. Over 121 years of isolationism are about to be dissolved. So far, nine (9) family branches living here in the United States were, until recently, unaware of the others' existance.

Steinpleis in now a suburb of Zwickau in the county of Sachsen Germany. Until recently, this area was part of East Germany. Zwickau is located about 50 miles South-SouthEast of Leipzig. Many small villages and hamlets in this district had Jubelt ancestors in the 17th and 18th centuries. I have found several family groups through old German military and church records. these records in certain instances listed the parents by father and his occupation and the mother by the maiden name.

The older branches had progeny in several areas, all of which are not more than 30 miles apart. The exception seems to be the ancestors of Wilhelm, the grain trader of Lubin in the old provential state of Schlesien (Silesia) now part of Poland. Close examination indicates that Wilhelm may have established a grain dealership in Lubin as an extension of the family business in Zwickau. Wilhelm's widow married Otto Lorenz, who may be Wilhelm's sister Wilhelmine's younger brother-in-law from Steinpleis. If true, then the ancestral line of Wilhelm and his descendants will be extended backward another generation.

The Paul Jubelt family from Lubin (now called Thromberg) in Silesia (now part of Poland) appears to be the most remote linked line to a common ancestor. This line may be readily traced to Lubin Poland from church records and family conversations.

Before a person's family history and point of origin may be determined, it is necessary to understand the fluidity of territorial boundaries on the European continent. Family groups as the head of Germanic and Slavic tribes were the ruling force during the 2nd millennium A.D. While most of the towns were present long before any known Jubelt record exists: the government in power in any region at any time fluctuated periodically.

The area known as SILESIA or Lichtentanne was originally part of old Poland (circa 900 AD.). Silesia was conquered by the Prussians in 1742 and was added to the Hapsburg Empire.

During the time period between 1742 thru 1880, the ruling Hapsburg's encouraged settlement of Silesia by German families. During those 100+ years, the Polish language became almost extinct in Northern Silesia. This government policy probably was the motivating factor that caused "WILHELM, the grain trader" to move to Silesia, and establish for a short time, the Jubelt family in that area. It is also possible that Wilhelm was originally part of an occupational army in Silesia, and remained there after his military term was complete and then established a trading center near Lubin.

Under the rule of Kaiser Wilhelm the 1st, Paul Frantz Gotthard Jubelt, the oldest son of Wilhelm, became a Lutheran minister and immigrated to America. In 1919, Silesia was divided by Germany and Poland with the northern section reverting to Poland, and the southern section becoming part of modern Czechoslovakia.

The Prussian state of Saxon located in the Southeastern corner of Germany, was an autonomous state, with the governmental capital at LEIPZIG. Saxony was west of Silesia and north of Czechoslovakia and was the site of numerous wars of conquest from all directions. Saxony existed in its old territorial form until 1952 when it was dissolved by the DDR (east German) government unto three sub-states (Leipzig, Chemmitz, and Zwickau). All towns mentioned in stories told to me are located near Zwickau. Those towns are Lichtentanne, Steinpleis, Stenn, Werneuchen, Werdau, Diedersdorf and Leipzig.

It is from the old Saxony principality that all JUBELT family lines originate, regardless of the name applied to those lands or the ruling family.