Anna Barbara Wallter

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BonnieMargaret shows her as a daughter of Balthasar Wallter, a citizen of Pl?derhausen (p. 50).

Anna married Johann Georg "Hans Jerg" Benkelmann on 16 May 1724 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Johann (son of Hans Albrecht Bengelmann and Catharine Roter) was born on 23 Apr 1688 in Fachsenfeld, Aalen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 3 May 1775 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shown as a "Mauermacher" (brickworker, masonry) on the marriage record of his son, Christian Binkelmann. Pl?derhausen parish registers show him as a son of Hans Jerg Benkelmann und Anna Barbara, geb. Wallter.

Johann married Rosina Hofer on 2 Nov 1751 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Rosina was born on 10 Dec 1729 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 12 Mar 1780 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that Jacob followed his father and grandfather into the trade of wannanmacher. She added that almost certainly the men of Pl?derhausen were farmers in addition to their trades, because trade alone was not large enough to support a man without land to grow his own food. BonnieMargaret noted that cabbage, millet, poppy, beets, clover and flax were all raised in the area (p. 53). BonnieMargaret also stated that the death record of Jacob showed his cause of death at the young age of 36 was attributable to 'delirium-fever.'

BonnieMargaret found records of Johann Jacob Benkelmann's death inventory in Pl?derhausen records. She explained that "upon death, every item belonging to the married couple was inventoried and the guilded artisans placed a monetary value on each thing owned by the parents. The property and inheritance of the wife would be deducted from the estate and the remainder would be divided equaily between the widow and living children. Since the widow would immediately receive possession of her own clothing, only the clothing of the deceased would be itemized"

Jacob's death inventory included the following property:

"one half of a two floor house and an additional building and yard under one roof, down in the lower part of the village besides Friedrich Bose and Christoph Gries", following the house there is a list of vineyards, meadows and garden. No cash is listed, but the couple owned one prayer book, one hand Bible and one hymnal. Furniture and household items consisted of: a bed, clothes wardrobe, hat box, milk box, trunks, child's bed, old trunk, hardwood table, two chairs, one footstool, bells and tools (household), garden tools, axe, field fork, scythe, one container of seed, foodstuffs (potatoes, etc), craftsman's tools, one pistol. His clothing consisted of one blue jacket, one waist cloth, one black pair leather pants, one pair deer leather pants, one hat, one blue chest cloth, one white cloth vest or jacket, one pair shoes. The inventory also itemized every kitchen tool, and the longest category in his inventory were the household linens, five pages in total of linens alone. The total inheritable property was valued at 1312 florins and 30 kreutze, and after re-listing all the property, the inventory specified who got what. It was signed by Eva and her curator, and by the curator of the children's interest. (p. 64).

Johann married Eva H?fner on 2 Feb 1773 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Eva was born on 27 Nov 1752 in W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 29 Dec 1829 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BonnieMaragaret Jacobs wrote that Christianus became a weaver, probably of the flax that was locally grown (p. 53).

Christian married Katharina Barbara Erlenmaier on 7 Jul 1778 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Katharina was born on 4 Mar 1757 in W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 21 Apr 1803 in Schorndorf, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her 1981 unpublished manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs writes that "Johann Jacob (III) grew up in Pl?derhausen with his sister and his cousins, but his father had died a year before the son would have begun his apprenticeship, thus he could not follow in his fathers trade as wannanmacher. He apparently apprenticed with his Uncle Christianius to become a weaver. When he was 20, perhaps in his wandering years as a journeyman, he met Maria Katharina Bauer, whose family had been citizens of Breech, in B?rtlingen parish, for several generations. There is, of course, no record of how the young couple felt about each other or what their intent was. But it was not long before they were faced with a difficult choice [because of Catharina's pregnancy]. Under the restrictive marriage laws of the time, it would have been economic suicide for young Jacob to marry Katharina, he would have had to forfeit his imminent promotion to master status. Katharina was pregant with no husband, and while her unfortunate situation was not unusual, it was still difficult. Though the illegitimacy rate in W?rttemberg was high, so was the infanticide rate. Many young women tried to hide their pregnancies and dispose of their children, but she did not. She would have been called before her pastor to explain the circumstances of her pregnancy and identify the father. In this case, both Katharina and Jacob acknowledged their relationship. In many other cases, that didn't happen and the child would bear his mother's surname. If the father was identified, and acknowledged his paternity, then the child would bear the name of his true father. (p. 56).

Family/Spouse: Maria Catharina Baur. Maria was born about 1776 in Breech, B?rtlingen Parish, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Maria Margaretha Winkle on 7 Nov 1797 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Maria was born on 18 Nov 1775 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 3 Mar 1822 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Catharina Barbara Ulmer on 22 Oct 1822 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Catharina was born on 11 Aug 1785 in W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 26 Mar 1865 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BonnieMargaret Jacobs shows that she married, on 2 Jun 1801, Johann Jacob Ayrer.

Family/Spouse: Johann Jacob Ayrer. Johann was born in Jun 1771 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 15 Jul 1854 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The kirchlichen Familienregister Band 1 shows that he was confirmed in 1802, and sometime after this "vanished" from the parish, perhaps understandably after this parents sordid deaths.

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The kirchlichen Familienregister Band 1 shows that he was confirmed in 1804.

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The kirchlichen Familienregister Band 1 shows that he was confirmed in 1807.

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The kirchlichen Familienregister Band 1 shows that she was confirmed in 1810, and was married in Schorndorf on 23 Nov 1817. The name of her spouse was not listed.