Glassmakers Part 4 The following biography about Chambre George, with notes about his ancestors and descendants, is a special honor to his home area.. The house he built in 1787 has unfortunately been destroyed during the war, but there is an old photograph which is included in this document. The Ancestors of Georges Walter He partly included this in his chronik but also made mistakes as I found during my research. The first known ancestors were Peter Walter as named in his chronik. He was a glassmaster in the 40's of the 17th century (1640). He was married to Anna Stenger and lived in Soucht. All Walters of this area are decendants of this couple. Which means from their only surviving son, Adam Walter. This Adam Walter was the glassmaster at the glassworks at Soucht. He was born in 1646, married in 1667 to Marie Barbe Botzt (Betz) and he died in 1688. The closing of the glassworks Soucht around 1700 forced the widow Marie Barbe Betz to move to Meisenthal with her sons. The names of these four sons were: -32- 1. Hans Nickel Walter, glassmaster, married to Barbara Braun. 2 Hans Martin Walter, glassmaster, married to Anna Stenger, daughter of Johann Stenger and Ursula Betz from Trois Fountaines. 3. Stephan Walter (Etienne), glassmaker, married to Margarete Schwerer, daughter of Johann Wolf Schwerer, foreman of the glassworks in Courtzerode at Phalsburg and Christine Andres. For the foundation of the glassworks Meisenthal (1702 - 1704) the following people came. 4. Hans Martin Stenger, glassmaster, married to Anne Marie Feistbauer. 5. Sebastian Burgun, glassmaster, married to Anne Marie Stenger. George Walter's father was Hans Martin Walter and his mother Anna Stenger. His grandparents were: Jacob Walter, glassmaster born 1714 in Meisenthal, died January 15, 1762. Marie Burgun, daughter of Martin Burgun and Anne Odile Feisthauer. This Martin Burgun was a son of the already mentioned Sebastian Burgun. Georges Walter the second oldest son of the already named Jacob Walter and Marie Burgun. He was born on December 19th, 1741 in Meisenthal and had eight brothers and sisters. He married on February 11, 1772, Ursula Walter, daughter of Bernhart Walter and Odile Philippi. This Ursula Walter died on September 21, 1788 at the age of 36. George Walter and Ursula Walter had six children. 1. Martin Walter born on May 5, 1775 in Meisenthal, he died June 7th,1775. 2. Ursula Walter born July 24th, 1776 in Meisenthal, she died on January 4, 1778. 3. Adam Legere Walter, born September 2, 1777 in Meisenthal, he married Marie Catherine Walter on May 9th, 1801, she was the daughter of Caspar Walter and Marie Madeleine Burgun, 19 years old from Meisenthal. 4. Nicolas Walter, born April 14th, 1780 in Meisenthal, he married Angelica Walter on January 18, 1803, she was also a daughter of Caspar Walter and Marie Madeleine Burgun. -33- 5. Marie Madeleine Walter, born November 30, 1781 in Goetzenbruck, she married Nicolas Pauly on May 27th, 1806. He was from Puttelange (Moselle). She died December 16, 1813 at the age of 32. She had four children from which two died shortly after birth. Her husband remarried Barbe (Bibbi) Greff and died at the age of 44. 6. Marie Anne Walter, born January 4, 1784 in Goetzenbruck,she died June 20th, 1784. Four years after the birth and death of her daughter Marie Anne Walter, Ursula Walter, wife of Georges Walter died on September 21, 1788. The oldest living child Adam Legere was 11 years old, Nicolas was 8 years and Madaleine was 7. As stated in the birth documents Georges Walter returned to Goetzenbruck from Meisenthal in 1781. He built a house which was built next to the big house called "Backer Antoine's" and later Lausecker's house. The last house was built in 1787 as I was able to prove in 1965 on hand a scripture over the mews (barn). G. W. - 1787 - U.W. There was a fire in 1929 and the war destroyed the house almost completely in 1945. The house was completely torn down in May, 1965. The stone with the carving completely disappeared in the rubble. The wife of Georges Walter, Ursula, unfortunately did not live very long in the new house - a few months the most. She died September 21, 1788 and left three children of the ages 7, 8 and 11 behind. But there had to be a new wife for the big house and a mother for the children. Georges Walter remarried fifteen months later and again to a close relative - Barbe Heisler, daughter of Christian Heisler and Marguerite Walter. The latter was a daughter of Caspar Walter, the long (tall) one, who was the son of Stephan Walter and Margarete Schwerer. The wedding was February 9, 1790. Georges Walter was 49 years old and his second wife, Barbe was 24. Page 39 The Glassworks Speckbronn at Soucht Georges Walter had mentioned this glassworks in his document but otherwise there is no other information on hand. Peter Walter and his nephew Adam Walter from Goetzenbruck built a sawmill in 1767 at this same location. In 1776 it was changed to a mill. There are no more traces left of it. In the summer of 1968 I was able to find the same location and I even found some glass pieces. The pieces were from windows and drinking glasses and from the size of the bottom of the drinking glasses I was able to determine the size of the glasses. This was a very interesting find for me. (from Janet GA) ==== KUNKEL Mailing List ==== To send a message to everyone, send it directly to: [email protected], or reply to an individual message and note "send to all recipients" or whatever your system has for this option. 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