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The story on the ancestry of Conrad Amberger, the 1717 immigrant to Virginia, continues. His father was Hanns Conrad Anberger. [Dr. Stierle consistently spells the name with an “n” even though the name does appear occasionally in the records as Amberger.]
Hanns Conrad Anberger was born 23 Sep 1646, and he died at Kirchheim am Neckar (meaning Kirchheim on the Neckar River). In his death record, he was noted as a citizen and as a cooper at Kirchheim. He was the son of Hans Anberger of Boennigheim.
He married three times.
The first, on 25 Oct 1670, was to Anna Magdalena Lederer the daughter of Hanns Lederer of Boennigheim. She was born 23 Jul 1644 and died 6 May 1691. Hanns and Anna were the parents of seven children:
1. Johannes or Hanss, * 11 Aug 1671
2. Anna Maria, * 10 Aug 1673
3. Hannss Conrad, * 29 Jul 1675, + 5 Aug 1675
4. Anna Maria, * 26 or 28 Feb 1676 (the mother is called Anna Maria)
5. Barbara Catharina, * 18 Oct 1577 (the mother is called Anna Maria)
6. Anna Magdalena, * 8 Jan 1679
7. Hans Conrad, * 2 Feb 1683
Secondly, Hanns Conrad married Anna Barbara NN. The only vital statistic for her is that she died 10 Jan 1699. She and Hanns Conrad were the parents of three children, none of whom lived for a year:
1. Mattheus, * 14 Dec 1692, + 15 Dec 1692
2. Hanns Georg, *15 Sep 1696, + 27 Sep 1696
3. Eva Barbara, * 4 Mar 1698, + 16 Oct 1698
Thirdly, Hanns Conrad married Anna Margaretha Saur, * 23 Aug 1653 at Kirchheim, + 31 Jan 1715 at Kirchheim. She was the daughter of Hans Philipp Saur and the widow of Johann Heinrich Rosenberger of Kirchheim.
The suffix “heim” means “home”. It appears in lots of village names and in such new words as “heimcomputer”.
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(31 Dec 06)
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