>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 20:57:48 -0400 >From: Lowell Kuntz <jlkuntz@fuse.net> >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PFALZ] WACHTLER/WACHTEL, Ottilia/Odile > >I am looking for the birth date, birthplace (most likely in the Pfalz), >and parents of Ottilia/Odile WACHTLER/WACHTEL, my 6X great-grandmother. >Her husband was Joannes Georg/Jean Georges KUNTZ, and they lived in >Bruchweiler, Pfalz when their son Mathias/Mathieu was born in 1732. > >The 1753 marriage record of Mathias/Mathieu at the Abbey of Notre Dame >in Sturzelbronn, Lorraine lists his mother’s surname as Ottilia >WACHTLERIN. I believe that the “IN” is not part of her surname, but the >feminine indication. The Cercle Généalogique de Moselle publication >“Table des Mariages enregistrés ? Sturzelbronn 1697 ? 1784” shows her >name as Odile WACHTEL. Neither record indicates the village that she >was born in. > >I am posting this on both the PFALZ and ALSACE LORRAINE lists since >Bruchweiler and Sturzelbronn are so close to each other. > >Thanks for any information or suggestions. > >Lowell Kuntz > Lowell, That name, Ottilie WACHTEL, is listed in the LDS IGI as from Zinswiller, Bas-Rhin, France. (See http://www.familysearch.org/.) This town appears to be only about 15 miles from Sturzelbronn. Since names are commonly reused by the same families throughout several generations, there is a good possibility that this Ottilie WACHTEL may be a descendant of the same bloodline. -- mailto:fhheld@freewwweb.com _____________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html