In 1725, the village of Trupbach (now a part of Siegen) was a small village of 25 homes. These homes, as well as their location and occupants, are identifiable. These have been reported in the book "
Trupbach 1389-1989, Ortsgeschichte in Texten and Bildern
" (
Local History in Text and Pictures
). The authors were Udo Bohn, who died before the book was finished, and Dieter Troeps, who finished the book. The twenty-five houses were (house name; occupant; when built):
| HOUSE NAME | Occupant | When Built |
| WAENRSCH |
Friedrich Jung,
who married Elsbeth Heide |
before 1660
(suspected) |
| KURSCH | Multiple | before 1650 |
| HEIDE | Elsbeth (Noeh) Zimmerman | before 1680 |
| WESE | Johann Becker’s widow | after 1563 |
| WISSKOPPS | Johannes Heide | before 1650 |
| WICKELS | Jost Otterbach | before 1680 |
| WAGNERSCH |
Hermanus Schneider and
Johannes Schneider |
before 1611
(suspected) |
|
UHRMEIERSCH
(now destroyed) |
Johannes Richter | about 1640 |
| FELDES | Johannes Schneider | about 1640 |
| SCHUSS |
Johannes Goebel, married
Johannes Klappert’s widow |
before 1670 |
| BAECKERSCH | Johannes Becker |
before 1680,
rebuilt in 1948 |
| HELMES | Johannes Schneider | before 1660 |
| RECKSCHMETTS |
Johannes Schneider,
the younger |
before 1680 |
| WELMES | Hermanus Otterbach | before 1680 |
|
(A house no
longer standing) |
Johannes Otterbach | before 1600 |
| WISSE | Johannes Wisse | before 1650 |
| MERTES |
Jost Fishbach
(no descendants) |
before 1650 |
| KROMME | Johannes Jung | before 1650 |
| HUJJE |
Nicklas Hugo,
married Cathrin Arnold |
before 1650 |
| HETTCHENS (KNIPPS) | Philipp Fischbach | about 1690 |
| HAEMIGES |
Hermanus Lueck, married
Maria E. Heymbach |
about 1600 |
| JOAGEWES |
Johannes Schneider,
married Chr. Schneider |
before 1680 |
One of these houses has been taken down, I believe, in recent years.
I have often wondered if the families in the Robinson River Valley by the name of Becker and one of the Schneider families were perhaps from Trupbach, or more generally from Nassau-Siegen. By the time that these names appear in the Robinson River Valley, there were already several families from the Nassau-Siegen region there. This is why I like to identify the area as the Robinson River Valley and not as the Hebron community. There were many people living there who were not Lutheran, as Hebron would imply. Furthermore, the name Hebron is a Nineteenth Century name, not an Eighteenth Century name.
(07 Jul 05)
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