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MAGNUS
The Magnus
family married into the Kurz Family.
Researched and contributed
by descendant Mary
Ferm
Descendants of
Jacob Magnus
Born circa 1630, of Kastellaun,
Rheinland
Generation One
1. JACOB1 MAGNUS was born circa 1630.
Children of Jacob1
Magnus and an unknown
spouse were:
2. i.
JOHANN JACOB2, born circa 1660
at prob Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia; married Maria Margaretha
Gies(en).
Generation Two
2. JOHANN JACOB2 MAGNUS (Jacob1) was born
circa 1660 at prob
Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia.
He married Maria
Margaretha Gies(en), daughter
of Joh. Jacob Giess and Agnes (--?--), in Oct 1681 at Kastellaun,
Rheinland,
Prussia; Their 2nd child was born in 1683.
He died on 7 Aug 1733
at Kastellaun, Rheinland,
Prussia.
He was Burger
[townsman, citizen] und Fleischer[butcher].
He was also known as Jacob. He was "lanio",
"lanionis" [butcher]
in 1683 at Castellaun, Rheinland, now Germany. "honestus
Joannes
Jacobus Magnus lanio et civis in Castellaun, and Anna X [sic] ex
frankweiler
et Elisabetha lerner odan binnlnys in Castellaun" were godparents at
the
baptism of Anna Elisabetha, daughter of "honesti Nicolai Weins et
Margaretha
uxoris." "Steth nach Hans Jacob Magnus renovirtes Haus un
stall."
He rebuilt his house and stable/cowshed after the destruction of the
town
of Kastellaun by the French.
Children of Johann
Jacob2 Magnus and Maria
Margaretha Gies(en) were as follows:
3. i. MARIA
MAGDALENA3, born circa
1682 at probably Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia; married Joh. Michael
Ernst.
ii. NICOLAUS JACOB; baptized Jan 1683
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were
"patrini
Joes Nicolaus Immig et Jacobus Magnus, matina Maria L[?]uliana uxor
Mathias
Soseluaime[?] ex Castelaun;" born 3 Jan 1683 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland, now Germany. ,
iii. JOHANN PETER;
born circa 7 Aug 1685
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; ,
baptized 7
Aug 1685 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were "(patrini) Joes Schmit et Joannus ___, matrina Maria
[Ned?];"
died young, before 1701.
He was a godparent at
the baptism of his
niece Maria Magdalena Ernst on 10 Jul 1727 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were "Maria Magdalena Schmitzin et
Johan
Peter Magnes [the baby's uncle] ex Castellaun."
iv. PHILIPP
JACOB; born circa 14
Feb 1688 at Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia; baptized 14 Feb
1688
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were
"(patrini)
Philippus Reck[?] et Joannes Jacobus Gies matria Anna Maria Hartman
Jois
Matthiae Hartman ex Castellaun uxor."
4. v. ANNA
MARGARETHA, born circa
1690 at probably Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia; married 1st Wolfgang
Jahn;
married 2nd Tilmann Hoffman.
vi. MARIA FRANZISCA; born circa 20
Jan 1692 at Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia; , baptized 20 Jan
1692
at Castellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were
"(patrinus)
Joes David Haselbach ex Castellaun...(matrini)Anna Maria Gertrude
Arnehom[?]
et Anna Francisca Pfephrin[?] amob ex
Castellaun;"
married Joh. Cornelius Bachgraf, son of Franciscus Bachgraf and
Elizabetha
(--?--), 1717 at Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia.
She was active in the
Catholic Church.
She was a godparent at the baptism of her niece Maria Anthonia Ernst on
5 Jan 1713 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
Godparents
were "Joe Anthonio Schmiz adolescent et virtuosa virgine Maria
Francisca
Jacobi Magnus filia ex Castellaun."
She was a godparent
at the baptism of her
niece Maria Francisca Jahn on 25 Feb 1721 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany; Godparents were "honesto Petro Magnus coelibe, et hon.
Corneli
Bachgraff virtuosa uxor Maria Francisca uterq [the two of them] ex
Castellaun."
19 Jul 1739 Maria
Francisca Baggraffs ex
Castellaun was godparent for Maria Catharina Magnesin, daughter of Jois
Petrus Magnes & Catharina, conjugum ex Castellaun. The other
godparent
was Philips Kochhan ex Uhler.
She as a godparent at
the baptism of Maria
Catharina Magnus on 19 Jul 1739 at Castell, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany; Godparents were Maria Francisca Baggraffs of Castellaun
&
Philips Kochhan of Uhler.
vii. JOANNES; born circa 17 Mar 1698 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland, now Germany; baptized 17 Mar
1698 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
Godparents
were "Rdo Dno Joes loci[?] Golsein pastoro et pre__pudica filia odilea
ludimagistri Henrici Schule filia." ,
viii. JOHANN; born 17 Mar 1701
at Kastellaun,
Rheinland.
5. ix. JOH. PETER,
born circa 1702; married
Anna Catharina (--?--).
x. JOHANN LUDWIG; born 25 May
1703 at Kastellaun, Rheinland.
Generation Three
3. MARIA MAGDALENA3 MAGNUS (Johann2,
Jacob1) was born circa
1682 at probably Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia.
She married Joh.
Michael Ernst in 1708
at probably Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia.
Children of Maria
Magdalena3 Magnus and
Joh. Michael Ernst were as follows:
i. ANNA MARIA4; born circa
1709; (She was age 11 when she died.); died 2 Oct 1719 at
Castellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "puella undecimum agens arolalio
annu
Anna Maria honestis Michaelis Ernst filia."
ii. MARIA
ANTHONIA; born 1 Jan 1713
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized
5 Jan
1713 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were
"Joe Anthonio Schmiz adolescent et virtuosa virgine Maria Francisca
Jacobi
Magnus filia ex Castellaun."
iii. JOE MICHAEL;
born 30 Apr 1716 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized 3 May 1716 at
Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were "Joe Michael
Luorebarb[?]
ex Goderodt, et Anna Margaretha, Wolfgangi Jahn uxore ex Castellaun."
iv. ANNA
BARBARA; born 5 Oct 1717
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized
7 Oct
1717 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were
"Rdo adome Dno Joes Petro Geiss Cardena Bplq[?] conciegero et virtuosa
virgine Anna Barbara legitima filia Jois Bion[?] Confluenzertieri [from
Koblenz] __ Brcabroilstein[?].
v. JOES NICOLAUS; born 13 Jun
1721 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
baptized
15 Jun 1721 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
Godparents
were "Joe Nicolaus Schmordors [?] synodalis ex Holnick, et hon. Joes
Weber
uxor virtuosa Joannetta ex Castellaun;"
married Anna Elisabetha
Castello, daughter of Petri Castello, 8 Feb 1746 at Castellaun, Kr.
Simmern,
Rheinland, now Germany; "honesti adolescente Nicolaus Ernst honesti
p.m.
Nichaelis Ernst civis legitimus filius et virtuosa virgo Anna
Elisabetha
honesti Ptrei Castello civis legitima filia;"
died 28 Jan 1782 at Castellaun, Kr Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany, at
age 60; "obiit Dnus Joes Nicolaus Ernst civis et caupo hujas."
vi. MARIA
ELISABETHA; born 26 Feb
1723 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
baptized
28 Feb 1723 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
Godparents
were "honesto Paulo Godors ex Dommershausen, et virtuosa virgo Maria
Elisabetha
Schmoz, Jois Schmoz [Schmoll?] filia ex Cosselschitt [?]."
vii. ANNA FRANCISCA;
born 20 Mar 1724 at
Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized 20
Mar
1724 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were
"honesta viro Joanne Philippo Misen ex pommeren, et honest matrona Anna
Francisca Cornelissin ex Castellaun;"
married Sebastianus Feit, son of Francisci Feit, 18 Nov 1755 at
Castellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "Sebastianus Feit honestus p.m.
francisci
feit de biberen legitimus filius et Anna Francisca Ernst honesta P.m.
Michaelis
Ernst civis in Castellaun legitima. Testibus Nicolao Ernst JHMichaele
Jahn
ex [blank]."
viii. MARIA MAGDALENA; born 8
Jul 1727 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized 10 Jul 1727 at
Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were "Maria Magdalena
Schmitzin
et Johan Peter Magnes [the baby's uncle] ex Castellaun."
ix. ANNA
CATHARINA; born 12 Jun 1729
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized
14 Jun
1729 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were
"Anna Catharina Magnesin pudica virgo ex Castellaun et Joan Cornelius
Baggraff
ex Castellaun". [Note: Johann Bachgraff was the brother-in-law of the
baby's
mother].
4. ANNA MARGARETHA3 MAGNUS (Johann2, Jacob1) was
born circa
1690 at probably Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia.
She married 1st
Wolfgang Jahn, son of Valentine
Jahn, on 14 Jul 1711 at Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia; "Wolffgang
Jahn,
Valentini Jahn reclidies filius ex Wesel et Jacobi Magnus legitima
filia
Anna Margaretha ex Castellaun." , , She married 2nd Tilmann
Hoffman,
son of Joe Hoffman and Annae Barbarae (--?--), on 1 Oct 1737 at
Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "Tilman Hoffman et Anna Margretha
Jahns relicta vidua uterq [both] ex Castellaun." , ,
She died
after 1738.
She was a godparent
at the baptism of her
nephew Joe Michael Ernst on 3 May 1716 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany; Godparents were "Joe Michael Luorebarb[?] ex Goderodt, et
Anna Margaretha, Wolfgangi Jahn uxore ex Castellaun."
Children of Anna
Margaretha3 Magnus and
Wolfgang Jahn all born at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany,
were as follows:
6. i.
MICHAEL4, born 19 Oct 1712;
married Maria Catharina Susenbergers.
ii. ANNA MARIA; born 27 Aug 1715;
baptized 27 Aug 1715 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany;
Godparents were "hon. Petro Castello coelibe ex Castellaun, et Henrico
Jan uxore Anna Maria ex Wesel."
iii. NICOLAUS; born
circa 16 Jun 1719;
baptized 16 Jun 1719 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany;
Godparents were "honestus Joe Magnusis coelibe et honesti Petro
Ibesdam[?]
virtuosa uxore Anna Christina ex Wesalia."
iv. MARIA
FRANCISCA; born 23 Feb
1721; baptized 25 Feb 1721 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany; Godparents were "honesto Petro Magnus coelibe, et hon.
Corneli
Bachgraff virtuosa uxor Maria Francisca uterq [the two of them] ex
Castellaun."
v. MARIA MARGARETHA; born 9
May 1722; baptized 11 May 1722 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany; Godparents were "Rdo Dno Joes Petro Gies c__oigero
Carden___
et honesto Petro Magnus coelibe Castellaunn et virtuosa virgo Maria
Margaretha
Steffens, hon Petro Steffens filia in Lottolschitt [?];"
married
Mathias Cordel 21 Jan 1744 at Castellaun, Kr Simmern, Kastellaun, now
Germany.
vi. JOES
PETRUS; born 25 Apr 1725;
baptized 26 Apr 1725 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany;
Godparents were "Joes Petrus Sussenberg adolescens perhonestis ex
Castellaun,
et Anna Maria Fischerin honesta virgo modo [lately, now] in Uhler."
vii. ANNA BARBARA;
born 23 Jan 1727;
baptized 23 Jan 1727 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany;
[same date as birth?] Godparents were Laurentis Bardolo et Anna Barba
[sic]
Magnusin Prouthaburana [?]; married Josephus Schmeiser 6 Feb
1753
at Castellaun, Kr Simmern, Kastellaun, now Germany.
There were no
children of Anna Margaretha3
Magnus and Tilmann Hoffman.
5. JOH. PETER3 MAGNUS (Johann2, Jacob1) was born
circa 1702;
(estimate based on the year his first child was born: 1727.).
He married Anna
Catharina (--?--) circa
1725 at probably Kastellaun, Rheinland, Prussia.
He died on 3 Apr 1745
at Kastellaun, Rheinland,
Prussia.
He was active in the
Catholic Church. He
was a godparent at the baptism of his niece Maria Francisca Jahn on 25
Feb 1721 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were "honesto Petro Magnus coelibe, et hon. Corneli Bachgraff virtuosa
uxor Maria Francisca uterq [the two of them] ex Castellaun."
He was a godparent at
the baptism of his
niece Maria Margaretha Jahn on 11 May 1722 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were "Rdo Dno Joes Petro Gies
c__oigero
Carden___ et honesto Petro Magnus coelibe Castellaunn et virtuosa virgo
Maria Margaretha Steffens, hon Petro Steffens filia in Lottolschitt
[?]."
"Joes [Johannes]
Petrus Magnus ex Castellaun
et Maria Gertrudis Grnoldi [?] ex fronhowen" were godparents for Joes
Petrus
Castello, son of Jois Petri Castello & Anna Catharina conjugum
filius
legitimus ex Castellaun."
He was a
"sendschoffe". He was described
as "civis et synodalis" in his daughter's 1758 marriage record. Church
Councilmen (Sendschoffen/ Synodali) were elected by the church
membership
and confirmed by the priest. It was their duty to care for the poor and
needy in the community and to determine the identity of the father of
an
illegitimate child. Jurors (Schoffen/Scabini) were called in
cases
of controversy to settle them. ("schoffe" means "juror", "scabinus"
means
"jurist".). ,
Children of Joh.
Peter3 Magnus and Anna
Catharina (--?--) were as follows:
i. GERTRUDIS4; born 7 Feb 1725
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; baptized
8 Feb
1725 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "mane circa 2
d^dam" Godparents were "Gertrudis Loisin ex V?iebelich, et Cornelius
Backgraff
ex Castellaun" [the baby's uncle].
7. ii. JOHANN PETER,
born 22 Jan 1727 at
probably Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia; married Maria
Margaretha
Cochan.
iii. JOHANN;
born 5 Jan 1729 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; , baptized 6 Jan 1729 at
Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were "Spectabilis
Joannes
Weber hum [lum? Ium?] temporis consul civitalis hujus et Anna Margretha
Johans ex Castellaun."
8. iv. WILHELM
JOSEPH, born 9 Feb 1731
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia; married Anna Maria Holl.
v. PHILIPP; born 12 Apr 1733
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; ,
baptized 14
Apr 1733 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were "Phillippus Simon et Maria Catharina Longin."
vi. ANTON;
born 2 Jun 1735 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland; , baptized 4 Jun 1735 at Kastellaun,
Kr.
Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were "Antonius Schitz
cannifex[?]
et Anna Catharina Castello uterq [the two of them] ex
Castellaun;"
, died 24 Apr 1764 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, at
age
28.
Adolescens Antonius
Magnus & virtuosa
virgo Maria Francisca Balsgraff were godparents at the baptism of
Antonius,
illegitimate son of Catharina widow of Wilhelmi Meis.
9. vii. MARY MAGDALENA, born 2
Jul 1737 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; married Johann Nick.
viii. MARIA CATHARINA;
born 16 Jul 1739 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland; baptized 19 Jul 1739 at Castell, Kr.
Simmern,
Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents were Maria Francisca Baggraffs of
Castellaun
& Philips Kochhan of Uhler; died young, before 1742
at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland; her sister was given the same name.
10. ix. MARIA
MARGARETHA, born 14 Jan 1742
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland; married Joh. Baptist Neyd.
11. x. MARIA CATHARINA, born 2 Apr
1744 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; married Johann
Jacob Kurz.
Generation Four
6. MICHAEL4 JAHN (Anna3Magnus, Johann2,
Jacob1) was born on
19 Oct 1712 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
(Parents
were "Wolffgang Jahn et Anna Margaretha".). He was baptized
on 21
Oct 1712 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; Godparents
were "Joe Michaele Ernst et Joes Jacobi Magnus uxore Sion[?] bpti avia
ex Castellaun."
He married Maria
Catharina Susenbergers
on 7 Sep 1736 at Kastellaun, Kr Simmern, Rhineland, now Germany; (or 7
Feb?). ,
Children of Michael4
Jahn and Maria Catharina
Susenbergers were:
i. MARIA MARGARETHA5; born
circa 1740 at Rheinland, now Germany; married Joannes Munch
19 Aug
1760 at Castellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "pronobilis
Dnus
Joannes Munch medienex luentratus legitimus filius p.m. Jaonnis Munch
de
Bell legitimus filius [sic] et virtuosa Maria Margaretha Janin honesta
p.m. Michaleis Jahn legitima filia. Testibus Nicolao Ernst, Nicolao
susenberg,
Jacobo Nick."
7. JOHANN PETER4 MAGNUS (Joh.3, Johann2, Jacob1) was
baptized
circa 22 Jan 1727 at probably Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany;
Godparents were "Erincio [?] Domino Joanne Petro Gies vicario S. Crucis
Carden [the baby's grandmother's brother], et virtuosa Anna Francisca
Corneliussin
ex Castello Hunnorum". (Baptism probably took place in Kastellaun; the
parents were described as "ex Castellaun".). He was born on
22 Jan
1727 at probably Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia; (the
parents
were described as "ex Castellaun".). ,
He married Maria
Margaretha Cochan, daughter
of Joh. Philipp Kochan and Anna Regina Steffen zu Uhler, on 28 Jan 1753
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia; "Honesti adolescens
Joannes
Petrus Magnus honesti p.m. Jois Petri Magnus synodalis in Huhler.
Testibus
Jacobo Cochal, Michaele Jahn." ,
He died on 24 Jan
1757 at Kastellaun, Kr.
Simmern, Rheinland, at age 30.
Children of Johann
Peter4 Magnus and Maria
Margaretha Cochan all born at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, were
as follows:
i. JOHANN PHILIPP5; born 10
Apr 1753; , baptized 12 Apr 1753 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany; Godparents were honestus Joannes Philippus Cochan
synoldalis
de Uhler, and honesta Maria Frencisca Cornelis de Castellaun;
married Anna Eva Imig, daughter of Johann Nicolaus Immich and Anna
Christina
Sattler, 8 Jun 1779 at Kastellaun, Kr Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
Kastellaun records reference "Dno Zipp parocho Bibern", "Dim. nach
Bibern";
Bieberen record as follows: "honestus adolescens Philippus
Magnus
civis ex Castello Hunnorum et honesta virgo Anna Eva Immig ex fronhoven
sacramento matrimonii juncti sunt coram testibus Caspar Jungblut et
Xtophore
[Christopher] Immig;" , , ,
died before 22 Aug 1823 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland.
He witnessed the
marriage of his son Philippina
Herrmann and Jacob Magnus on 13 Aug 1820 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany.
He was a godparent at
the baptism of his
granddaughter Phillippa Magnus on 11 Mar 1821 at Kastellaun, Kr.
Simmern,
Rheinland; Godparents: Phillippino Magnus avo [paternal grandfather]
bapt.
et Margaretha Wirth avo [maternal grandmother] bapt. ambobus ex
Castellaun.
ii. PETER;
born 20 Feb 1755; ,
baptized 22 Feb 1755 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany;
Godparents were Petrus Jahn adolescens, and virgo Maria Barbara
Meerfeld
de Kenderbeuren.
Was this the same
individual? "MAGNUS,
Peter, 'Kerstlaar' in der Kurpfalz / 'Caslou' (=Castellaun?), 1773" in
"Namen der deutschen Einwanderer 1652-1806" [Names of German Immigrants
1652-1806] to Cape Town South Africa? See
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7589/Names/PersonaliaL-R.html.
iii. ANNA CATHARINA;
born 20 Jan 1757;
Godparents were Nicolaus Ernst de Castellaun and Anna Catharina Cochans
de Uhler. ,
She lived in 1787;
"urk. als Jungfrau in
Koblenz."
8. WILHELM JOSEPH4 MAGNUS (Joh.3, Johann2, Jacob1)
was born
on 9 Feb 1731 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia.
, He
was baptized on 11 Feb 1731 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany; Godparents were Wilhelmus klotz ex popperd [Boppard?] eujus
loco
stetil [in place of?] Daniel Greff ex Kirchberg, et pudica virgo
Josepha
Sueinhubers ex Castellaun.
He married Anna Maria
Holl circa 1764 at
Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia.
Children of Wilhelm
Joseph4 Magnus and
Anna Maria Holl were:
i. MARIA FRANZISCA5; born 8
Jul 1764 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland; , baptized 8
Jul
1764 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "Castellaun
1764
8 July baptisata Maria Francisca Magnusin, Wilhelmi Josephi Magnus et
Anna
Maria Hohnerin conjuges filia legitima. Levantibus Joes Bhemal[?] et
Maria
Francisca Basynoffrd[?]."
9. MARY MAGDALENA4 MAGNUS (Joh.3, Johann2, Jacob1)
was born
on 2 Jul 1737 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany.
,
She was baptized on 8 Jul 1737 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland,
now
Germany; Godparents were "prenaobilis et virtuosa virgo Maria Magdalena
Sueinhubann[?] et Amd Rdus Xnus Joes Adamus Greff postor in
Mastershausen."
She married Johann
Nick in Oct 1758 at
Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland. ,
Children of Mary
Magdalena4 Magnus and
Johann Nick were:
i. FRANCISCUS JACOBUS5; born
13 Feb 1759 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany; baptized
15 Feb 1759 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
Godparents
were "honorabus Joannes Jacobus Nick Ludimagister avus infantis et Anna
Catharina Magnus [his grandmother] hujas avia materna."
10. MARIA MARGARETHA4 MAGNUS (Joh.3, Johann2,
Jacob1) was
born on 14 Jan 1742 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland.
She married Joh.
Baptist Neyd circa 1775
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland.
Children of Maria
Margaretha4 Magnus and
Joh. Baptist Neyd were:
i. JO^ES MARTINUS5; born 3
Oct 1776 at Kastellaun, Kr Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany;
baptized
5 Oct 1776 at Katholische kirche, Kastellaun, Kr Simmern, Rheinland,
now
Germany; Godparents were perhonestus D^nus Jo^es Matinus Bordollo civis
et mercator [merchant] hujos [Castellaun] & pudica virgo Anna
Sophia
Kurzin ex Castellaun.
11. MARIA CATHARINA4 MAGNUS (Joh.3, Johann2, Jacob1)
was born
on 2 Apr 1744 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany.
She married Johann
Jacob Kurz, son of Nicolai
Kurz, on 8 Aug 1775 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany.
,
She died on
15 Nov 1797 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany, at age 53; "1797 15 9bris Maria
Catharina
Kurz ex Castellaun." ,
(Who was
this? An Anna Maria Magnus
natae Caspar was a witness at the christening of Peter Joseph Kurz.)
Children of Maria
Catharina4 Magnus and
Johann Jacob Kurz were as follows:
i. CHRISTIAN5; born 7 May 1776
at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; ,
baptized 9
May 1776 at Katholische kirche, Kastellaun, Kr Simmern, Rheinland, now
Germany; Godparents were Christopher Sterz ex Wallhaussen [?] &
Maria
Anna Magnus Confluen [Koblenz]. [Note: Maria Margaretha Sturzellin de
Wallhaussen
was a godparent to Franciscus Jacobus Grisammer, son of Anna Francisca
Kurz.].
He was a godparent at
the baptism of his
nephew Christian Coller on 7 Dec 1793 at Kastellaun, Kr Simmern,
Rheinland,
now Germany; Godparents were honestis Christian Kurz ex Castellaun, and
Anna Sophia Gewehr ex Spesenroth.
ii.
PHILIPP; born 8 Aug 1777 at Kastellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; , baptized 9 Aug 1777 at
Castellaun,
Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany; "renatus est Philippus Kurz,
Jacobi
Kurz et Maria Catharina nata Magnus conjugum filius legitimus ex
Castellaun.
Levantes de S. Baptismatis fonte fuere honestus Adolescens Philippus
Magnus
hujas, et honesta virgo Ludovica Hagenmannin etiam hujas;"
died 26 May 1782 at Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, now Germany, at
age 4; "Castellaun 1782 26 Mayi 5 annorum adolescentibus Philippus Kurz
ex Castellaun." ,
iii. PETERJOSEPH;
born 3 Apr 1779 at Kastellaun,
Rheinland, Prussia, now Germany; , , , baptized 4 Apr 1779 at
Katholische
kirche, Kastellaun, Kr. Simmern, Rheinland, Prussia, now Germany;
"Castellaun.
Anno 1779 3^tia Aprilils natus, et 4^ta ejusdem renatus est Petrus
Josephus
Kurz, Joi^s Jacobi Kurz, et Maria Catharina nata Magnus, conjugum
filius
legitimus ex Castellaun; Levantes de S. Baptismatis fonte fuere
perhonesti
Petrus Jahn civis hujas, et pudica virgo Anna Maria Bauerin ex
Mastershaussen;"
, ,
married Maria Magdalena Weber, daughter of Johann Anton Weber and Maria
Josepha Wolff, circa 1799 at Katholische kirche, Kastellaun, Rheinland,
now Germany; , ,
died before 1836; His wife was a widow when she died on 10 Dec 1836.
He also went by the
name of PETER. From
age 13 to age 36 his life would have been greatly affected by the
Napoleonic
Wars (see Kurz Decendancy).
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Catholic Church Records of Biebern, Rheinland,
Germany, Gen Soc Utah
microfilm # 0585971.
E-mail from Louie Oatman to Mary Ferm, 15 Sep 2001.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Stadt und des Amtes Kastellaun,
1990. Gen Soc Utah microfilm 1859089 Item 4.
IGI International, various dates. Online at
Familysearch.org
Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, Katholische Kirche Kastellaun
, Taufen 1655,
1662-1798 Konfirmation 1747 Heiraten 1677-1798 Tote 1697-1798. Gen Soc
Utah microfilm 0387608, item 1.
Kirchenbuch 1817-1873, Katholische Kirche Kastellaun,
Taufen 1817-1826,
1830-1831 Heiraten 1817-1826, 1830-1873 Tote 1817-1826, 1830-1858
Taufen
1831-1873 Konfirmaton, Kommunion 1843-1936. Gen Soc Utah microfilm
#0583630.
Nettie Murray MacGinitie's typed charts., circa 1968.
Rowe, Michael. From Reich to State, The Rhineland in
the Revolutionary
Age, 1780-1830 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003).
Endnotes
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Stadt und des Amtes
Kastellaun, 1990, Magnus family 695 p 447; cites (B/573,8).
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites B/573,8.
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites (B/12,5)
(B/452,5).
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites B/573,8.
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites (B/573,8).
Ibid.
Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, Katholische Kirche Kastellaun
, Taufen
1655, 1662-1798 Konfirmation 1747 Heiraten 1677-1798 Tote 1697-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 14, 1683 Baptisms "lanio"; penned p 22, 1685 Baptisms
"lanionis";
penned p 28, 1688 Baptisms "lanionis et civis in Castellaun";
penned
p 45, 1692 Baptisms "civis et lanionis".
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 14, 1683 Baptisms
(place not
given).
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 231;
possibly this refers to his father who was also "Jacob
Magnus". "Hans"
is a variant of "Johann".
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 12, 1680 Baptisms, can't read date.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/12,5).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 12, 1680 Baptisms, can't read date.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/22,6).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 22, 1685 Baptisms.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 22, 1685 Baptisms; last
line
was difficult to read, at the bottom of the page.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/22,6).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1727 births, penned p 190.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/28,3).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 28, 1688 Baptisms.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/45,2).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 45, 1692 Baptisms.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites Bachgraf family 23.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 130, baptisms 1713; parents were Michaele Ernst uxore
Magdalena".
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 166, bpatisms 1721;
parents were
Wolfgang Jahn et uxor Anna Margaretha."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 235, baptisms 1739.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1739 Births, penned p 235.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 68, baptisms 1698.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 68, baptisms 1698;
parents were
"honesta parentibus Joe Jacobo Magnus et uxor ejus Maria Margaretha."
IGI International, various dates, Batch C994381;
Source 0585866.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/68,5).
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites (B/87,1).
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites (B/452,5).
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites (B/452,5);
Ernst family
322.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 561, deaths 1720.
Ibid.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 130, baptisms 1713.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 130, baptisms 1713;
parents were
Michaele Ernst uxore Magdalena."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 147, baptisms 1716.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 147, baptisms 1716;
parents were
"Michaele Ernst et uxore Magdalena."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 153, baptisms
1717.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 153, baptisms 1717;
parents were
"Michaele Ernst uxore Magdalena."
Ibid., unpaginated, 1721 births, penned p 168.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 168, baptisms 1721;
parents were
"Micha Ernst uxor Magdalena."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 488, marriages 1746.
Ibid., unpaginated Deaths 1782, penned p 616.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1723 births, penned p 175.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 175, baptisms 1723;
parents were
"Michaele Ernst et uxor Magdalena."
Ibid., unpaginated, 1724 births, penned p 179.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 179, baptisms 1724;
parents were
"Joannis Michaelis Ernst, uxor Magdalene."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 495, marriages 1755.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1727 births, penned p 190.
Ibid.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1729 births, penned p 198.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447.
IGI, Batch M994381; Source 0585866; probably from
Castellaun
Catholic Church records; gives full date.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites Jahn family 586; gives year only.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
p 469,
marriages 1711.
IGI, Batch M994381; Source 0585866; probably from
Castellaun
Catholic Church records; gives full date of marriage.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites Hoffman family 557; gives year of marriage only.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 482, marriages 1734.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 147, baptisms 1716; parents were "Michaele Ernst et uxore
Magdalena".
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 143, baptisms
1715.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 143, baptisms 1715;
parents were
"Wolfgange Jan et uxore Anna Margaretha."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 160, bpatisms 1719;
parents were
Wolff___ Jahn uxor Anna Margaretha."
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 160, bpatisms 1719;
parents were
Wolff___ Jahn uxor Anna Margaretha"; hard to read.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1721 births, penned p 166.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 166, bpatisms 1721;
parents were
Wolfgang Jahn et uxor Anna Margaretha."
Ibid., unpaginated, 1722 births, penned p 171.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 171, baptisms
1722; parents
were "Wolfgang Jahn et uxor Anna Margaretha."
IGI, Batch M994381; Source 0585866; probably from
Castellaun
Catholic Church records; gives full date of marriage.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1725 births, penned p 182.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 182, baptisms 1725;
parents were
"honesti Wolffgang et Anna Margaretha Jahns conjugum ex Castellaun."
Ibid., unpaginated, 1727 births, penned p 188.
Ibid.
IGI, Batch M994381; Source 0585866; probably from
Castellaun
Catholic Church records; gives full date of marriage.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281, Magnus family 697 p 447.
Ibid., p 341, Kur(t)z families 280-281, Magnus
family 697
p 447; Maria Catharina Magnus' parents' first child was born in 1727.
"N"
signifies surname unknown.
Ibid., Magnus family 697 p 447; cites B/582,15.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 166, bpatisms 1721; parents were Wolfgang Jahn et uxor Anna
Margaretha".
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 171, baptisms
1722; parents
were "Wolfgang Jahn et uxor Anna Margaretha."
Ibid., unpaginated, 1732 births, penned p 211.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, Magnus
family 697 p 447; cites (B/582,15).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
499, Marriages for 1758: "Joannes Nick et Maria Magdalena Magnus, p.m.
Petri Magnus civis et synodalis".
Ibid., unpaginated, 1725 births, penned p 181.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/196,4).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1729 births, penned p 196.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/214,1).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1733 births, penned p 214.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/221,7).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1735 births, penned p 221.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/593,8).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1746 Births, penned p 256.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/235,4).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1739 Births, penned p 235.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/235,4).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 128, baptisms 1712.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 128, baptisms 1712;
parents were
"Wolffgango Jahn et uxore Anna Margaretha ex Castellaun."
IGI, Batch M994381; Source 0585866; probably from
Castellaun
Catholic Church records; gives full date of marriage.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 480, marriages 1736.
Ibid., unpaginated, penned p 500, marriages 1760.
Ibid.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1727 births, penned p 188.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, 698 cites (B/188,6).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1727 births, penned p 188.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447-8,
Magnus families 697, 698 cites (B/188,6).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
penned p 492, marriages 1753.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 448,
Magnus families 697, 698 cites (B/492,7).
Ibid., p 448, Magnus family, 698, 699 cites
(B/282,5).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1753 Births, penned p 282.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 448,
Magnus family, 698, 699 cites (B/511,8).
Kirchenbuch 1817-1873, Katholische Kirche
Kastellaun, Taufen
1817-1826, 1830-1831 Heiraten 1817-1826, 1830-1873 Tote 1817-1826,
1830-1858
Taufen 1831-1873 Konfirmaton, Kommunion 1843-1936, unpaginated,
marriages
13 Aug 1820 marriage of Jacob Magnus son of Philippi Magnus et Anna
Evae
J___g conjuges ex Castellaun, et Philippina Herrmann daughter of
Carroli
Christian Hermann scribae judicis pais et Maria Margaretha Wirt
conjuges
ex Castellaun. Levantibus testibus Carrolo Christian Hermann padre
sponsae
et Phillippo Magnus patre sponsae.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
511, Marriages for 1779: "Philippus Magnus et Anna Eva Immich ex
fronhoven".
Catholic Church Records of Biebern, Rheinland,
Germany, n.d.,
Item 2, Marriages 1779, p 9.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch, 1817-1873,
unpaginated,
births 23 Aug 1823: at Castellaun Jacobus son of Jacobi Magnus et
Phillippinae
Hermann. His wife was described as "Eva Anomig [? Immich] vidua relicta
defuncti Phillipp Magnus avo bap. ex Castellaun".
Ibid., unpaginated, marriages 13 Aug 1820 marriage
of Jacob
Magnus son of Philippi Magnus et Anna Evae J___g conjuges ex
Castellaun,
et Philippina Herrmann daughter of Carroli Christian Hermann scribae
judicis
pais et Maria Margaretha Wirt conjuges ex Castellaun. Levantibus
testibus
Carrolo Christian Hermann padre sponsae et Phillippo Magnus patre
sponsae.
Ibid., unpaginated, births 11 Mar 1821: at
Castellaun, Phillippa
Magnus, daughter of Jacob Magnus et Phillippinae Hermani conjuges ex
Castellaun
Levantibus: Phillippina Magnus avo [grandmother] pabt. et Margaretha
Wirth
avo [grandmother] bapt. ambobus ex Castellaun.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 448,
Magnus family 698, cites (B/288,4).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1755 Births, penned p 288.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 448,
Magnus family 698, cites (B/296,1).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1757 Births, penned p 296.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 448,
Magnus family 698, cites (B/296,1).
Ibid., p 447, Magnus families 697, cites (B/205,1).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1731 births, penned p 205.
Ibid., unpaginated, 1731 births, penned p 205;
parents were
"Petri Magnes et Anna Catharina ex Castellaun."
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, 700 cites (B/205,1).
Ibid., p 448, Magnus families 698, 700 cites
(B/327,7).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1764 Births, penned p 327.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/229,3).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1737 births, penned p 229.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/229,3), Nick family 806.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
499, Marriages for 1758: "Joannes Nick et Maria Magdalena Magnus, p.m.
Petri Magnus civis et synodalis".
Ibid., unpaginated, 1759 Births, penned p 304.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447,
Magnus families 697, cites (B/245,5).
Ibid., p 447, Magnus families 697, cites (B/245,5),
Neyd family
802.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
365, Births for 1776.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 447;
cites (B/252,3).
Ibid., p 341, Kur(t)z families 280-281; (cites
B/377,3); p
447 Magnus family 697.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
508, Marriages for 1775: "Castellaun. Jacobus Kurz et Maria Cath
Magnusin,
hujetes".
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281; (B/645,9) what does this mean?
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1797 Deaths, penned p 645.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281; (B/363,5).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
363, Births for 1776.
Ibid.
Ibid., penned page 432, Births for 1793.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281; cites (B/370,2) after birth date &
(B/616,9)
after death date.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1777 Births, penned p 370.
Ibid.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281; (B/370,2) after birth date &
(B/616,9) after
death date; what does this mean?
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
unpaginated,
1782 Deaths, penned p 616.
Nettie Murray MacGinitie's typed charts., circa
1968, say
Germany; (1790 date estimated from christening date in IGI).
IGI, Louie Oatman found the following in the IGI,
and thought
they were Peter's parents, but I doubt it: Martini Kerz (2513)
& Annae
Elizabeth Von Berg (2514); He also found a marriage between a Wilhelm
Peter
Joseph Kurz and a Magdalena Weber, 15 Apr 1818 in Baden.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281; cites (B/377,3).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
377, Births for 1779.
E-mail from Louie Oatman to Mary Ferm, 15 Sep 2001,
He found
a 1790 date in the IGI for another town. There is also: 04 APR
1779
Katholisch, Kastellaun, Rheinland, Preussen in IGI.
Geschichte und Bürgerbücher der
Kastellaun, p 341,
Kur(t)z families 280-281; (B/377,3).
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798, penned
page
377, Births for 1779.
Nettie Murray MacGinitie's typed charts., show
marriage in
Germany.
E-mail from Louie Oatman, (From IGI & for a
different
person) 15 APR 1818 Katholisch, Angeltuern, Mosbach, Baden.
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch 1655-1798,
Marriages register
stops in September 1798, with the notice "Arrete par moi sousigne
President
de rad^ion du Canton de Castellaun le 2vendeuciaire au Sept. Staeffler".
Kastellaun Katholische Kirchenbuch, 1817-1873,
unpaginated,
Deaths 1836. The church record has no entries for 1827, 1828 or 1829.
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