The question was asked as to which great-grandparents of Eva (Seidelmann) Gaar had the "large" wedding feast. It was Sebastian Wambach and his wife Anna. This is as far back as we know for this couple. They are said to be from Austria, probably taken from the Church Books. I don't know what a large wedding feast would be so I put the word in quotation marks. There were 13 tables on the first day and 10 tables on the second day. This sounded "large" to me but I do not know what the standards are.
I have made the comment that we know more about the Gaar family in Germany than we do for any other Germanna family. We have some documentation on 46 ancestors of Andreas Gaar and his wife Eva. I have made this assertion before and no one has offered a case with better statistics. The results for the Gaars are the result of an active involvement in the church plus good research in Germany.
I think that I have been able to add a couple of small pieces of information to this, one of a corrective nature, and the other of an additional specification. The German researcher had identified one place as Sinzing based on a reading of a Church Record. Such a place does exist and is rational. I believe, though, the more probable reading would be Zenzing. Zenzing is not a very large place, but it has the advantage of adjacency to Walderbach, about two or three miles. (The bride was from Walderbach and the groom was from Zenzing.) The additional specification was the exact nature and location of Kolmbach, the farm recounted in the last note.
We did go to Zenzing where there is a small chapel which is beautifully painted. It is surrounded by a half dozen farm houses. A picture of it is on our photographic essay CD.
Among the identified occupations in Andreas Gaar's ancestry were master weaver, linen weaver, master weaver, cloth maker, locksmith, laborer, master baker, innkeeper, assistant judge, cloth maker, farmer, mason, baker. Some men held two or three of these jobs. In Eva Seidelmann's ancestry there were a farmer, linen weaver, weaver, master weaver, innkeeper, weaver, innkeeper, judge, mayor, and master baker.
(24 Dec 03)
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