Petrus Josephus Weingartz 1721-?

Petrus Josephus Weingartz was my paternal 4th Great Grandfather. His parents were Joannes Petrus Weingartz and Anna Gertrudis Bommels. Petrus was baptized 4 April 1721 in the Sankt Martin church in Düsseldorf-Bilk.

St. Martins Church in Bilk

Petrus had several siblings all baptized in the church above.

• 1. Sibylla Gertrudis born 1716
• 2. Wihelmus Henricus born 1718
• 3. Anna Sophia born 1719
• 4. Catharina Elisabetha born 1723, was married to Paulus Kucks.
• 5. Joannes Henricus born 1724, was married to Anna Catharina Heinens. They had 10 children. One of them emigrated to South Africa.
• 6. Anton Xtiantius born 1727
• 7. Joannes Petrus born 1729. He was married to Anna Margaretha Schwan. They had 7 children
• 8. Maria Margaretha born 1731. She was married to Joannes Angelus Wallinger
• 9. Maria Magdalena born 1734. She was married to Franciscus Breidt.
• 10. Joannes Petrus born 1736.

I have found several spelling variations of the name Weingartz. Weingarts, Weingart and Wingart. The name originates from Weingarten (vinyard). May be my ancestors grew whine.

Petrus married my 4th Great Grandmother, Anna Elisabeth Herbst (1722-1782), 4 August 1746 in Bilk.

A week later they married a second time in the Sankt Lambertus Church in Düsseldorf. This was the church where Anna was baptized.

St. Lambertus Church Circa 1920’s

Petrus and Anna had 11 children, all of them were baptized in the church above.

• 1. Anna Gertrudis Bernadina born 1747, died 1787, was married to Petrus Josephus Rebus. They had 8 children.
• 2. Joannes Petrus born 1749.
• 3. Christina Catharina born 1750.
• 4. Henricus Paulus born 1752.
• 5. Maria Sophia born 1754.
• 6. Maria Anna Josepha, my 3rd Great Grandmother, born 17 February 1756, died 17 September 1814. She was married to my 3rd Great Grandfather, Joannes Winandus Josephus Krings. They had 9 children.
• 7. Joannes Angelus Josephus, born 1758. He was married to Anna Wilhemina, Margareta Hellersberg.
• 8. Joannes Henricus born 1759. He was married to Anna Catharina Hoenen.
• 9. Magdalena Josepha born 1761.
• 10. Anna Elisabetha Josepha born 1763.
• 11. Henricus Antonius Bernardus born 1767.

Petrus’s wife, Anna, died 21 April 1782 in Düsseldorf. Her death was mentioned in the newspaper.

I do not have a death date for Petrus yet. The church books were only recently published online.

Sankt Lambertus church is located only about 4.4 km or 2.73 miles north of the Sankt Martinus church. Both churches still exist and survived WW2.

The sources I used were mainly on Ancestry and the church books from Düsseldorf which are listed here.

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