John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 2430

I return to the choice of sponsors for the Evangelische residents of Neuenbuerg.  I went through the baptisms for almost fifty years not long ago and I thought I would look again at these.  In particular, I will look at the choice of sponsors made by Anna Barbara Schöne (Schoene) for the baptisms of her children.  Of course, her three husbands may have had some input into this question but she is the common element.

With her first husband, Hans Thomas Blanckenbuehler, for their first child, Hans Nicolaus:
Niclas Schaiblin, Hans (unreadable), Christina Elisabetha Bettinger.

For their second child, Hans Balthasar:
Hans Balthasar Wolff, Anna Margaretha Schaiber

For their third child, Hans Matthias:
Nicolaus Schaiblin, Mathias Berger, Anna Christina Elisabetha Bettinger

For their fourth child, Anna Maria:
Gottfried Fischer, Anna Catharina Schaiblin, Maria Elisabetha Kuntz

With her second husband, Jacob Schlucter, and their child Henerich:
The names were unreadable (this is a period of difficult reading).

With her third husband, Cyriacus Fleischmann, for their first child Maria Elisabetha:
Johann Peter Kammerer

For their second child, another Maria Catharina:
Johann Kammerer.

For their third child, Hans Peter:
Fraulein Maria Magdalena von Helmstadt, Johann Peter Kammerer.

When Hans Thomas Blanckenbuehler was the father, there was always a Schaiblin (Scheible) at each of the four children.  One man and two different ladies were chosen.  I would take this as some evidence that the Blankenbuehler and Schaiblin families had some connection.  When Cyriacus Fleischmann was the father, Johann Peter Kammerer was always chosen.  In any research on the Fleischmann family, I would keep this in mind.  These two men seem to be connected.
(15 Dec 06)