> Wendelin, > > COULD THESE TWO BE THE SAME PERSON ?????? > What do you think? Possible? You say the family left > Kippenheim and then returned. Maybe they didn't match > Blasius up as being Johannes Martin's son??? Am I grasping > at straws? > > > 5548 oo > Blasius Stulz, master butcher and host "Zum Ochsen" > who married before 1704 > Anna Barbara Moser (Moßer) > Catholic > 5 children: > Matthias <5555, 5564> > Benedict <5556, 5557> > Franz Joseph 28.12.1703, + 18.3.1759, unmarried miller > Maria Anna 18.4.1713 > Franz Carl <5553> > > > >> >> Child of Johannes Martin Stulz (Catholic) married 27.12.1666 in >> Kippenheim Anna >> Maria Kirschner (Catholic) (+ 30.9.1680) >> >> Adam Blasius, butcher and host in Ochsen, came back to Kippenheim >> about >> 1704. Married Anna Barbara Moser about 1704. 16.9.1667 >> > > (If these ARE the same person then it would put my line in the same > family > of these tailors I've been searching because of our family legend.) > But I > don't want to jump to conclusions. > > I was wondering about these naming patterns. It appears often that > more > than one child has the same (what we would call 'first' name) and > different > middle name. I would surmise that they would go by the middle name. > > What is the difference between Johann and Johannes? Is that like > John and Johnathan? > > Thanks so much for all your help and advice! > > Mimi