My paternal 4th Great Grandmother, Anna Elisabeth, was baptized 21 June 1722 in the Sankt Lambertus Catholic Church in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her parents were Joannes Dionysius Herbst and Anna Elisabeth Borrigs.
The church is located in old town Düsseldorf near the river Rhein.
Anna Elisabeth had ten brothers and sisters, all born and baptized in Düsseldorf.
- 1. Maria Gertrudis born 1717
- 2. Anna Christina born 1718, married to Bernhard Henricus Robertz, they had 16 children.
- 3. Anna Sophia born 1721
- 4. Joannes Petrus born 1724, married to Sybilla Schumachers. They had one child.
- 5. Theodorus Godefridus born 1726
- 6. Theodorus Wilhelm born 1727, married to Margaretha Dahmen
- 7. Joannes Theodorus born 1729
- 8. Anna Margaretha born 1730
- 9. Joannes Ferdinandus born 1732
- 10. Anna Sybilla born 1734
Anna also had five half siblings from her Father’s second marriage to Anna Margaretha von Rath
- 1. Catharina Sophia born 1737, died 1802 in Benrath, was married to Joannes Wilhelmus Heubes. They had 8 children.
- 2. Anna Gertrudis born 1738
- 3. Anna Maria born 1740
- 4. Sybilla Catharina born 1744
- 5. Maria Anna born 1746
Anna married my 4th Great Grandfather, Petrus Josephus Weingartz, 4 August 1746 in Sankt Martinus Church in Düsseldorf-Bilk.
The Weingartz couple had 11 children, all born and baptized in Düsseldorf.
- 1. Anna Gertrudis Bernadina born 1747, died 1787 in Düsseldorf, married to Petrus Josephus Sebus. 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, my 3rd Great Grandmother born 1756, died 1814 in Düsseldorf, married to my 3rd Great Grandfather, Joannes Winandus Josephus Krings. They had 9 children including my 2nd Great Grandfather, Andreas Daniel Joseph Krings born 1808.
- 7. Joannes Angelus Josephus born 1758, married to Anna Wilhelmina Margareta Hellersberg.
- 8. Joannis Henricus born 1759, married to Anna Catharina Hoenen.
- 9. Magdalena Josepha born 1761
- 10. Anna Elisabetha Josepha born 1763
- 11. Henricus Antonius Bernardus born 1767
Anna died in April of 1781. I found her in the catholic burial’s announcements in the local newspaper.
Transcription: Den 21ten, Anna Elisabetha Herbst, Ehefrau Weingartz, alt 59 Jahr 10 Monat. Translation: The 21st, Anna Elisabetha Herbst, wife of Weingartz, age 59 years and 10 months.
Elisabeth had lots of descendants. 11 children, 17 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren and 82 two times great grandchildren. Those are the ones I have found, there might be a lot more.
I would love to be able to time travel and meet all my ancestors to see how they lived, what they ate, how they cooked, what they feared. Were they able to read and write? Did they go to school?
Which ancestor would you like to meet and why?
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