In the last note we observed that four of the spouses of the children of Theobald Christler and Rosina Gaar were descended from one woman, namely Anna Barbara Schöne. I asked the question of whether any more of the spouses were descended from her. The answer is, I believe, "No."
Now I ask another question. "Was there any other person who had more descendants among the spouses of the children of the Christler-Gaar union than Anna Barbara did?" Since four is a fairly large number in this kind of situation, the answer may surprise you. There was a person who had five descendants among the spouses. Who was this person?
We will approach the answer indirectly. Susanna Klaar (Clore in America, usually) married Joseph Weber (Weaver in America). This couple, with three children, came to America, but Joseph died before long. Susanna married then Jacob Crigler and they had at least two sons, Nicholas and Christopher. Jacob Crigler died and Susanna married Nicholas Yager, but there were no children here. So, all of the Clore (Susanna’s brother was Michael Clore), the Weaver, and the Crigler descendants in America have common ancestors in the parents of Susanna Klaar, who were also the parents of Michael Klaar or Clore.
Henry Christler married Elizabeth Weaver, the daughter of Peter Weaver, the son of Susanna.
Adam Christler married Elizabeth Crigler, the daughter of Nicholas Crigler, the son of Jacob and Susanna.
Leonard Christler married Margaret Clore, the daughter of John Clore, the son of Michael Clore (brother to Susanna).
Catherine Christler married Aaron Crigler, the son of Nicholas Crigler, the son of Jacob and Susanna.
Margaret Christler married Adam Clore, the son of Peter Clore, the son of Michael Clore (brother to Susanna).
What were the names of Susanna and Michael’s parents? We have good reason to believe that their father was Hans Martin Klaar. Their mother is Barbara, but her maiden name is unknown.
Some of the information in the past two notes has come from the work of Johni Cerny and Gary Zimmerman, who researched and wrote the "Before Germanna" booklets.
(13 Aug 01)
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