The Kleinschrod Line in Zeubelried, Bavaria

The Kleinschrod line . . .

becomes part of our Grunewald line on April 17, 1820 when 

Wendelin Grunewald (born March 8, 1790 in Frickenhausen) 

marries 

Eva Godefrida Hilpert (born November 13, 1791 in Ochsenfurt) 

~ You can read about the Hilpert Line here ~

Wendelin and Eva Godefrida are the great grandparents of Franz Xavier Grunewald.

The Kleinschrod line is part of Eva Godefrida Hilpert's line as follows:

Eva Godefrida Hilpert

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Konrad Hilpert 

born: Unknown in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria

died: Unknown in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria

Married: Katharina B. Wiederer

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Johann Martin Hilpert

born: June 1, 1712 in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria 

died: Unknown 

Married: Maria Dorothea Kleinschrod

born: September 21, 1702 in Zeubelried, Bavaria

died: July 12, 1790 in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria

Johann Martin Hilpert and Maria Dorothea Kleinschrod married on September 11, 1758

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The following line is our Kleinschrod family line from Zeubelried, Bavaria beginning with:

Maria Dorothea Kleinschrod

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Leonhard Kleinschrod

born: 1657 in Zeubelried, Bavaria

died: November 21, 1725 in Zeubelried, Bavaria

Married: Genofeva Anne Mark (his second wife)

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Johann Georg Kleinschrod

born: 1622 in Zeubelried, Bavaria

died: September 4, 1683 in Zeubelried, Bavaria

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Kilian Kleinschrod

born: About 1570

Additional records are not available in the 1500's to continue our search back in time, but we can see that the Kleinschrod family was well established in Zeubelried back in the 16th Century.

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As you can see on this map, Zeubelried is just north of Frickenhausen and Ochsenfurt. When Maria Dorothea Kleinschrod of Zeubelried married Johann Martin Hilpert from Ochsenfurt, she relocated to her husband's hometown.

(click on the images to make them larger)

This photo is of the Grunewald, Hilpert and Kleinschrod lines on our family tree at Ancestry.com.

On this photo that I was able to find on the Internet, you can see the tiny hamlet of Zeubelried off in the distance.

Why So Many 'Johann's' and 'Maria's' in our family line?

A quick look at our family tree and I can easily count 10 men whose first name is 'Johann.' The same goes for the women of which there are also 10 with the first name of Maria. Why so many Johann's and Maria's?

Well, there's a good reason or at least one that makes sense. It was common in the 17th and 18th centuries for parents to give their child a saint's name and a secular  name. This custom originated in France and Germany during the Middle Ages. They saint's name would be their first name and would be used only for religious purposes, while the second name would be the secular name and would be the name they would be called by.

St. John

Johann is the German spelling for John, so all young men who are named Johann are named after Saint John. He was by far the most popular saint that parents named their sons after. 

Our family, in particular, uses the names Johann Georg and Johann Adam frequently. The second names Georg and Adam would be repeated, as it is also German custom to name the children after their grandfather or father.




The same goes for the girls! The favorite saint that the girls in our line are named after is Saint Mary which in

St. Mary

German translates to Maria. Maria Barbara is without a doubt the most common names given in our family history, as we have 6 of them. We also have a Maria Dorothea, Maria Clara and a Maria Apollonia. 

People of the Middle Ages were very religious, and so it was a normal part of life to name your child after a saint, with the hope that the saint would look over your child through life. It appears as though both the Catholics and Lutherans assumed this same custom. 

So, now we see why the names 'Johann' and 'Maria' keep reappearing generation after generation. It does make it a bit difficult when researching names but they had no idea that 350 years later their descendants would be searching for them. 

The Grunewald Line Continues

The Grunewald line continues following the post on Wendelin Grunewald that can be found here - https://ourgermanroots.blogspot.com/2016/12/wendelin-grunewald-1871-1933.html

1. Wendelin Grunewald
born - August 12, 1823 in Frickenhausen
died - April 10, 1884 in Frickenhausen at the age of 61 from intestine and lung illness.

 His occupation is listed as a 'paver' - someone who lays paving stones. His grandson, Franz X. Grunewald wrote in his memoir 'Rotlauf' that, "People would say that he (Wendelin) was as big as a bear." His nickname was "Schorsch" - pronounced as "shush." Franz also said that "he had a real taste for wine."

on August 15, 1855 in Frickenhausen he married:

Ana Margaretha Apollonia Hofman
born - April 5, 1822 in Frickenhausen
died - August 31, 1895 in Frickenhausen at the age of 73 from calification of the blood vessels.

According to archival records they lived at: N.R. 65 in Frickenhausen. Main, Bayern, Germany.

From what we have found they may have had two other children besides their son (our ancestor) Wendelin - Johann and Adam.

                Anna's parents are:
                Georg Adam Friedrich Hofmann - 
                    born August 31, 1774 in Frickenhausen. 
                   His occupation is listed as 'winemaker.' 

                        His parents are: Bartholomaus Hofman 
                       (a baker) from Frickenhausen and
                        Margaretha Baumeister from Frickenhausen.

                AND

                 Barbara Theresia Lutz (born December 4, 1786
                   in Frickenhausen.

                      Her parents are: Johann Lutz (fisherman) and 
                     Apollonia Kullmann (both of  Frickenhausen).          
         
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2. Wendelin Grunewald
born - March 8, 1790 in Frickenhausen
died - November 2, 1842 in Frickenhausen at the age of 52
          from exhaustion.

 His occupation is listed as a 'tailor.'

On April 17, 1820 in Frickenhausen he married:

Eva Godefrida Hilpert
born - November 13, 1791 in Ochsenfurt
died - March 3, 1854 in Frickenhausen at the age of 62 from
          lung inflammation.

             Eva's parents are:
             Konrad Hilpert - died in Ochsenfurt date unknown. 
                  His occupation is listed as 'Barrel Maker.' AND
             Katharina Barbara Wiederer

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3. Georg Grunewald
born - October 13, 1743 in Frickenhausen
died - May 23, 1820 in Frickenhausen at the age of 76 from an
     unknown illness.

His occupation is listed as 'Skipper.'

On September 2, 1782 in Frickenhausen he married:

Anna Maria Leipold
born - About 1754
died - October 24, 1829 in Frickenhausen at the age of 75.

        Anna's parents are:
         Johann Leipold of Frickenhausen. His occupation is listed
          as "street builder."
         Ottilia (last name unknown) of Eibelstadt

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4. Johann Adam Grunewald
born - March 10, 1711 in Frickenhausen
died - October 2, 1779 in Frickenhausen at the age of 68
          from dysentery.

His occupation is listed as 'fisherman.'

On June 3, 1737 in Frickenhausen he married:

Maria Barbara Billman
born - August 7, 1719 in Frickenhausen (her godmother is
           Barbara Lambert, wife of the street builder
            Martin Lambert.
died - November 14, 1781 in Frickenhausen  at the age of 62
           from Phithis.

         Maria's parents are:
          Johann Billman born and died in Frickenhausen.
          His occupation is listed as "street builder.'
          Maria Margaretha (last name unknown)

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5. Johann Sebastien Grunewald
born - January 1681 in Frickenhausen
died - April 7, 1722 in Frickenhausen at the age of 41.

His occupation is listed as "skipper and fisherman.'

On March 13, 1710 in Frickenhausen he married:

Katharina Braun
born - About 1686
died - April 11, 1751 in Frickenhausen at the age of 65.

 On the marriage record Katharina is listed as a widow. We do
  not know if Braun is her maiden name.

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6. Georg Grunewald
born About 1649 in Klein Ochsenfurt
died - November 12, 1689 in Frickenhausen at the age of 40

His occupation is listed as a 'fisherman.'

On January 17, 1678 in Frickenhausen he married the widow
of Senator Konrad Hellrich:

Kunigunde (last name unknown)
born - About 1638
died - 1698 at the age of 50

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7. Johann Grunewald
born - About 1610 in Klein Ochsenfurt
died - Before 1678 in Klein Ochsenfurt

The Hilpert Line in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria

The Hilpert line of Ochsenfurt is one of Franz X. Grunewald's paternal lines. With new records that have been found, we are now able to take our Hilpert line back 4 more generations, to 1655, in Ochsenfurt. We will backtrack a bit to show where and when the Hilpert line marries into the Grunewald line.

Franz X. Grunewald

1903 - 1985

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Wendelin Grunewald

1871 - 1933

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Wendelin Georg Grunewald

1823 - 1884

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Wendelin Grunewald

1790 - 1842

It is with Wendelin Grunewald born in 1790 who marries Eva Godefrida Hilpert (1791 -1854) on April 17, 1820 in Frickenhausen that the Hilpert line becomes a part of our family line. The witnesses at their marriage were: Georg Kleinschmidt, a brick layer and Lorenz Dehner, a skipper by trade.

A brief history on Wendelin and Eva before we continue down the Hilpert line. Wendelin was born on March 8, 1790 in Frickenhausen. His occupation is listed on his marriage record as 'tailor' and he is listed as living at N.R. 65 in Frickenhausen. He died on November 2, 1842 at the age of 52 from 'exhaustion' according to his death record, and is buried in Frickenhausen. We know of 2 children that Wendelin and Eva had: Wendelin born in 1823 (which is our ancestor) and a brother named Georg born in 1827. We're sure there were more children but have not been able to locate records for them as of yet. 

His wife, Eva Godefrida Hilpert was born November 13, 1791 in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany. She died at the age of 63 on March 3, 1854 from 'lung inflammation' per her death record and is buried in Frickenhausen.

We will now continue back 4 more generations on the Hilpert line. The Hilpert's were of the Catholic religion and these records were found at St. Thelka Catholic Church in Ochsenfurt.

Eva's parents are

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Konrad Hilpert and Katharina Barbara Wiederer

Konrad's occupation is listed as 'Barrel Maker.' We're assuming the barrels were for storing wine

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Johann Martin Hilpert

born June 1, 1712 in Ochsenfurt - married Maria D. Kleinschrod on 9/11/1758

His profession is listed as 'Fischermeister' or 'Master Fisherman' 

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Johann Georg Hilpert

born September 4, 1681 in Ochsenfurt - married Anna C. Hennermann

Johann's profession is listed as a 'Hacker.' We have not been able to find out the translation yet.

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Johann Georg Hilpert

born March 15, 1655 in Ochsenfurt - married Barbara (last name unknown)

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As far as the lines for the wives that the Hilpert men married, we have very limited information on Katharina Barbara Wiederer's line. We do not know her date of birth or death, but we do know that her father is Johann Georg Wiederer (Widerer) and her mother is Agnes Hehn. No other information has been found regarding her or her parents.

We have not found any information for Anna C. Hennermann or the line for Barbara (maiden name unknown) at this time.

Fortunately, we do have information on 4 generations of the Kleinschrod family line which I will write about soon. Stay tuned . . .

~ You can read about the Kleinscrod line here ~

Marktbreit - Home to the Mandel Family

Our ancestor, Johann Mandel, was born in the pretty little village of Marktbreit. On our visit to Germany in the summer of 2016 we visited Marktbreit and made sure to take plenty of photos as we walked around the town.

This is a photo of the entrance into the town as well as the outside of the city wall and tower.

You can see it is a beautiful little Franconian village looking through the entranceway.

This photo is looking back at the entrance tower from inside the village.

A beautiful building trimmed in yellow and the tower of the Lutheran church off to the right.

 This is S. Nikolai Lutheran Church

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The beautiful old doors into St. Nikolai

Narrow cobblestone streets lead to homes where the citizens of Marktbreit reside. Unfortunately, we do not know the home in which the Mandel family lived.

St. Ludwig Catholic Church which is most likely the church that Johann was baptized in.

The entrance doors to St. Ludwig's. We caught my cousin Sabine's husband Dieter in the photo. 

This is the tower of the Lutheran Church from a different angle.

This sign indicates that the cemetery is located behind this wall.

More beautiful old doors that lead into the walled cemetery.

 The next couple of photos are of the cemetery where our ancestors surely were buried in the past.

The village has beautiful architecture and is so clean.

Water still separates the city from the outside wall which was built to keep marauders out during the Medieval time period.

Marktbreit was a beautiful Medieval village that is well preserved. 

Johann Mandel

Johann Mandel was born on January 13, 1831 in the pretty village of Marktbreit, Germany. He was baptized in the Catholic Church on January 31, 1831.

His birth record in the Catholic Archives lists only his mother who is Dorothea Mandel, presumably of Marktbreit.

Parish records also reveal that Johann was married twice. On July 13, 1859 in Marktbreit, Johann married Maria Ursula Windfelder. We do not know if any children were born to this marriage or when Maria died. It is likely that Johann brought children with him into his second marriage.

Ten years later, Johann married a second time on October 9, 1869 to our ancestor, Anna Margaretha Kinzinger (1830 - 1910) from Huttenheim. They were married in St. Peter's Church in nearby Wurzburg. Anna was 39 years old when she married Johann, and quite possibly may have been a widow.

Franz Xaver Grunewald (Johann's grandson) spoke of him in his memoirs 'Rotlauf.' He said that Johann was a musician and a schostermeister (shoemaker). The records we were able to obtain from the Catholic Archives in Wurzburg also list his occupation as a shoemaker.

We are uncertain of what city Johann died in, but his death was in 1886 - 24 years prior to Anna's death.

Anna Margaretha Kinzinger

Anna Margaretha Kinzinger 

was born on April 2, 1830 in the Bavarian village of Huttenheim, Germany, which is about 322 kilometers southwest of Marktbreit where she lived as an adult.

Anna Margaretha was born to Andreas Kinzinger and Katharina Hannewacker. Sadly, she was only 24 years old when her father died.

Fifteen years after her father's death, she married Johann Mandel (1831 - 1886) of Marktbreit on October 9, 1869 in St. Peter's Church in nearby Wurzburg.  According to the parish records, Joseph and Andreas Wagner, custodes in the church, were their witnesses. How they met is a mystery to us since they did not live in the same area. She was 39 when she married and very likely may have been a widow with children.

One year after their marriage, Maria 'Rettel' Mandel (1870 - 1925) - our ancestor -  was born in Marktbreit. We do not know if there were any other children born after Maria.

After her husband, Johann, died, Anna moved to Frickenhausen to live with Wendel and Maria until her death in 1910.