Thanks so much for the reply. As my experiences have proven little pieces of information can paint a great picture. regards, Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "SARAH ADAMS" <ladyaedin@prodigy.net> To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 3:35 PM Subject: [Pfalz] Adam from Duttweiler/Altdorf/Geinsheim > Good day, > > I decided to post this separately from original Adam/Gloss post. > Unfortunately I do not have any Kaiserlautern nor Klingenmunster. > > I have a few but mine are centered around Altdorf and Duttweiler. My > group is quite elusive and I am beginning to suspect they have migrated to > the area from elsewhere but I have not been able to ascertain from where. > My suspicions is that they are from France. Mine were originally not > Catholic but possibly Jewish or Evangelical Reformed. > > My ancester of greatest curiousity is Johannes Adam born approximately > about 1735 if not earlier. He married Maria Catharina Siring (Syring) in > Duttweiler 17 October 1765. > > His marriage record lists his fathers name as Abraham and he is deceased > and his mother as Anna. I have not located Abraham's or Anna's death's > dates. > > I have never found JOhannes's death date but I have found his wife's > death date in the Geinshiem records in 1819. > > This is where it gets curious... Of their 5 children, the three boys were > baptized in the evangelical reform church in Altdorf but the girls were > baptized in the catholic church in Duttweiler. There children are as > follows: Johan Jacob (1766) > , Maria Elisabetha (1767), Catharina Elisabetha (1769), Johannes (1771), > and Anna Margaretta (1778). > > Johannes married Anna Maria Clara Pflug in Venningen in 1809. I have > never been able to locate a death record for him. His wife had her death > date written on her birth record in Venningen. > > Their son Johannes married Maria Johanna Schotthoefer in Otterstadt in > 1847 and had six children. Five of the six children emigrated to the > United States. They have one son that has proven to be elusive. Martin > Adam was born 2 November 1850 in Otterstadt. He married Hedwig Lehr > (daughter of Johannes Lehr and Eva Catharina Wellenreuther) in Duttweiler > 16 November 1876. Their marriage was also listed in Geinshiem records > several days later. Hedwig was born 18 July 1855. From what I can > ascertain they had one child, Anna, who was born 19 September 1877 in > Bobingen. > > There is always that remote possibility that he did emigrate later to the > United States unbeknownst to the rest of the family. > > Regards > > Sarah Adams > > > ********* > Information for list members: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe ksteeber@shentel.net from the list, please send an email to > PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >