GERMANN Descendants

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Generation No. 1

1. (SPECULATIVE)1 GERMANN

Child of (SPECULATIVE) GERMANN is:

2. i. CASPER *2 GERMANN, b. Abt. 1512, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 2

2. CASPER *2 GERMANN ((SPECULATIVE)1) was born Abt. 1512 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1514.

Children of CASPER GERMANN and UNKNOWN are:

i. GWEER3 GERMANN, b. Abt. 1538, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. ANTHONI GERMANN, b. Abt. 1539, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland

iii. CASPER GERMANN, b. Abt. 1540, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. CHRISTINA GERMANN, b. Abt. 1542, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; m. ULRICH EGGER, 14 January 1565/66, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

3. v. HERMANN LUDI * GERMANN, b. Abt. 1546, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 3

3. HERMANN LUDI *3 GERMANN (CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born Abt. 1546 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married CATHERINE * KUNZI, daughter of (SPECULATIVE) KUNZI. She was born Abt. 1547 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Children of HERMANN GERMANN and CATHERINE KUNZI are:

i. ANA4 GERMANN, b. 14 November 1568, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. BARBLI GERMANN, b. 08 November 1570, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. MARGRET GERMANN, b. 14 November 1572, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. CATHERINE GERMANN, b. 01 January 1575/76, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

4. v. PETER * GERMANN, b. 06 March 1579/80, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. HANS GERMANN, b. 31 December 1581, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vii. MARGRET GERMANN, b. 11 June 1584, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

viii. MADLEN GERMANN, b. 02 July 1587, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ix. ELSI GERMANN, b. 23 December 1589, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; m. HANS DAMMER.

x. J. GERMANN, b. August 1592, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 4

4. PETER *4 GERMANN (HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 06 March 1579/80 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married BARBELI STAGER 23 November 1612 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, daughter of (SPECULATIVE) STAGER.

Children of PETER GERMANN and BARBELI STAGER are:

5. i. ANTHONI *5 GERMANN, b. 08 September 1616, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. ELSI GERMANN, b. 18 May 1618, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. PETER GERMANN, b. 12 February 1621/22, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. CHRISTIAN GERMANN, b. 23 September 1623, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

v. BARBLI GERMANN, b. 02 July 1626, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. ANA GERMANN, b. 29 November 1628, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vii. HANS GERMANN, b. 27 June 1630, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 5

5. ANTHONI *5 GERMANN (PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 08 September 1616 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married ANA * ZAHLER 16 October 1643 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, daughter of (SPECULATIVE) ZAHLER.

Children of ANTHONI GERMANN and ANA ZAHLER are:

i. ANTHONI6 GERMANN, b. December 1644, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. HANS GERMANN, b. 13 June 1647, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. PETER GERMANN, b. 12 January 1653/54, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. ELSBETH GERMANN, b. 14 September 1654, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

v. GWEER GERMANN, b. 23 March 1655/56, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 1656.

vi. MELCH GERMANN, b. 19 December 1658, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

6. vii. GWEER * GERMANN, b. 28 August 1662, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 6

6. GWEER *6 GERMANN (ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 28 August 1662 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married ANA * SCHLOTTI, daughter of (SPECULATIVE) SCHLOTTI. She was born Abt. 1668 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Children of GWEER GERMANN and ANA SCHLOTTI are:

i. MADLENA7 GERMANN, b. 17 July 1684, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; m. JUNGEN, 19 January 1716/17, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. PETER GERMANN, b. 18 March 1685/86, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. GWEER GERMANN, b. 08 June 1692, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

7. iv. CHRISTIAN * GERMANN, b. 18 December 1692, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

v. ANA GERMANN, b. 22 December 1703, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. BARBARA GERMANN, b. 23 December 1703, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 7

7. CHRISTIAN *7 GERMANN (GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 18 December 1692 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married CATHERINE * ZAHLER 27 March 1716 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, daughter of (SPECULATIVE) ZAHLER.

Children of CHRISTIAN GERMANN and CATHERINE ZAHLER are:

i. SIRAH8 GERMANN, b. 13 December 1716, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 09 March 1780; m. BARTHHARD ZURCHER, 26 August 1737, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. DANIEL GERMANN, b. 18 August 1720, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 1721.

iii. SUSANNAH GERMANN, b. 11 October 1722, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; m. CHRISTIAN RUBI, 1737, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. CATHERINE GERMANN, b. 24 July 1726, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 03 March 1735/36; m. CHRISTIAN BUERR; b. Adelboden, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

v. DANIEL GERMANN, b. 26 September 1728, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. MARY MARGARET GERMANN, b. 08 March 1729/30, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 01 June 1805; m. ABRAHAM BIRPHER.

8. vii. BARBARA * GERMANN, b. 01 March 1732/33, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 06 July 1797, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

viii. ANA GERMANN, b. 11 April 1734, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ix. MARGARET GERMANN, b. 13 August 1736, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 04 August 1803; m. PETER BRUGGER, 15 April 1738, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 8

8. BARBARA *8 GERMANN (CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 01 March 1732/33 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 06 July 1797 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. She married JOHANNES * WEFLER 02 December 1755 in Frutigen, Berne, Switzerland, son of GILGIEN WEFLER and MADLENA ALLENBACH. He was born 10 August 1732 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 11 November 1796 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Children of BARBARA GERMANN and JOHANNES WEFLER are:

9. i. JOHANNES WEFLER9 WAFLER, b. 30 May 1757; d. 22 March 1791, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

10. ii. ANTHONI WAFLER, b. 21 February 1760.

iii. MARGRETA WEFLER WAFLER, b. 21 April 1761; d. Infant.

11. iv. CHRISTEN WEFLER WAFLER, b. 11 June 1762; d. 02 March 1798, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

12. v. PETER * WEFLER, b. 06 October 1765, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 13 November 1831, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. JACOB WEFLER WAFLER, b. 15 September 1767.

vii. MARGRET WEFLER WAFLER, b. 24 September 1769; d. 09 March 1772, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

viii. SUSANNA WEFLER WAFLER, b. 10 August 1777, Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland1; d. 08 January 1839; m. ABRAHAM SCHNEIDER, 03 May 1803, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland1.

Generation No. 9

9. JOHANNES WEFLER9 WAFLER (BARBARA *8 GERMANN, CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 30 May 1757, and died 22 March 1791 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married CATHERINE WEFLER July 1787 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. She was born 26 September 1751 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Child of JOHANNES WAFLER and CATHERINE WEFLER is:

i. ELSBETH10 WEFLER, b. 23 December 1787, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 28 June 1789, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

10. ANTHONI9 WAFLER (BARBARA *8 GERMANN, CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 21 February 1760. He married SARA KILTBRAND 13 May 1783 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. She was born in Trientigen.

Children of ANTHONI WAFLER and SARA KILTBRAND are:

i. SARA10 WEFLER, b. 31 August 1783, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 18 February 1814, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. ANTHONI WEFLER, b. 07 April 1785, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. JOHANNES WEFLER, b. 14 October 1788, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 29 March 1788, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. JOHANNES WEFLER, b. 16 April 1789, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 25 May 1790, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

v. JACOB WEFLER, b. 22 April 1790, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 21 January 1791, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 08 January 1792, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 18 April 1792, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vii. JACOB WEFLER, b. 22 September 1794, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 03 October 1794, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

viii. SUSANNAH WEFLER, b. 01 January 1796, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 04 October 1797, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ix. PETER WEFLER, b. 24 September 1797, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 03 October 1797, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

x. ABRAHAM WAFLER, b. 23 December 1798, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

xi. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 11 June 1801, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 30 August 1801, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

11. CHRISTEN WEFLER9 WAFLER (BARBARA *8 GERMANN, CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 11 June 1762, and died 02 March 1798 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married MARGARET ZURCHER 04 May 1784 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Children of CHRISTEN WAFLER and MARGARET ZURCHER are:

i. MARGARET10 WEFLER, b. 20 February 1785, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 14 June 1785, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 30 July 1786, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 23 April 1810, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. MARGARET WEFLER, b. 29 August 1790, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 23 October 1790, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. JOHANNES WEFLER, b. 17 January 1793, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

v. GILGIEN WEFLER, b. 23 March 1794, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 09 October 1794, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. PETER WEFLER, b. 09 June 1796, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vii. ELSBETH WEFLER, b. 02 March 1888, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

12. PETER *9 WEFLER (BARBARA *8 GERMANN, CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 06 October 1765 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 13 November 1831 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married (1) MAGDALENA * SIEGENTHALER 27 April 1790, daughter of (SPECULATIVE) SIEGENTHALER. She was born Abt. 1766 in Trub, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 19 April 1820 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married (2) CATHARINA PIEIEN 24 April 1853 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. She was born 1790 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 03 March 1867.

Children of PETER WEFLER and MAGDALENA SIEGENTHALER are:

13. i. PETER10 WEFLER, b. 17 October 1790, Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. 1880, Miami County, Ohio.

14. ii. JOHANNES * WEFLER, b. 23 November 1791, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 03 May 1872, Massillon, Stark County, Tuscarawis Twp, Ohio.

iii. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 20 July 1793, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 15 November 1793, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iv. MAGDALENA WEFLER, b. 31 August 1794.

v. ANNA WEFLER, b. 02 July 1796; m. JOHANNES MAURER; b. Adelboden, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. ANTHONI WEFLER, b. 04 June 1797, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 06 March 1798, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vii. ELIZABETH WEFLER, b. 13 January 1799, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 06 April 1817, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

viii. MARGARITHA WEFLER, b. 20 April 1800; m. CHRISTEN BIERI; b. Schangnau, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ix. JACOB WEFLER, b. 06 December 1803; d. 25 March 1860, Paris, France.

x. MARIA WEFLER, b. 19 September 1804.

xi. SAMUEL WEFLER, b. 03 September 1806; d. 02 October 1849.

xii. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 15 December 1808, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 02 May 1809, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

xiii. DAVID WEFLER, b. 27 February 1810, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

xiv. ELISABETH WEFLER, b. 27 March 1812, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 17 June 1862, Berne, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Generation No. 10

13. PETER10 WEFLER (PETER *9, BARBARA *8 GERMANN, CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 17 October 1790 in Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and died 1880 in Miami County, Ohio. He married SUSANNA LUGINBUEHL Abt. 1822 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland. She was born 1794 in Krattigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

Children of PETER WEFLER and SUSANNA LUGINBUEHL are:

i. PETER11 WEFLER, b. 29 September 1823, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 03 January 1903, Miami County, Ohio; m. ANN FREDERICA RUDY, 27 October 1850, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; b. 1830, Baden; d. 08 April 1892, Miami County, Ohio.

ii. SAMUEL WEFLER, b. 06 January 1826, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

iii. SUSANNA CATHARINA WEFLER, b. 26 June 1827, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; m. JOHN Q. BLACK, 13 July 1848, Pickaway County, Ohio.

iv. MARY WEFLER, b. 1830.

v. JOHANNES WEFLER, b. 13 November 1831, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vi. JOHANN FRIEDRICH WEFLER, b. 19 January 1834, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

vii. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 07 February 1836, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; m. SUSAN KRAFT, 23 January 1868; b. June 1842, Ohio; d. 24 March 1908.

viii. JOHN F. WEFLER, b. 1838, New York.

14. JOHANNES *10 WEFLER (PETER *9, BARBARA *8 GERMANN, CHRISTIAN *7, GWEER *6, ANTHONI *5, PETER *4, HERMANN LUDI *3, CASPER *2, (SPECULATIVE)1) was born 23 November 1791 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 03 May 1872 in Massillon, Stark County, Tuscarawis Twp, Ohio. He married SUSANNA * GLAUSEN 30 November 1815 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, daughter of JOHANNES GLAUSEN and ELIZABETH GEIGER. She was born 07 April 1796 in Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland, and died 06 February 1875 in Massillon, Stark County, Tuscarawis Twp, Ohio.

Children of JOHANNES WEFLER and SUSANNA GLAUSEN are:

i. JOHANNES11 WEFLER, b. 08 October 1819, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 29 March 1820, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland.

ii. SUSANNA WEFLER, b. 29 February 1821, Frutigen, Switzerland; d. 1821, Frutigen, Switzerland.

iii. JOHANNES WEFLER, b. 15 March 1821, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 13 June 1902, Massillon, Stark County, Tuscarawis Twp, Ohio; m. ANNA MARIA OR SMITH SCHMID, August 1849; b. June 1831, Switzerland; d. 21 January 1907, Massillon, Stark County, Tuscawaris Twp, Ohio.

iv. SUSANNA ELIZABETH * WEFLER, b. 22 February 1824, Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland; d. 11 May 1902, Monroe, Adams County, Indiana; m. STEPHEN HAGER * HOCKER, 1842, Columbiana County, Ohio; b. 14 July 1811, Adelboden, Canton Bern, Switzerland2; d. 11 June 1873, Wells County, Harrison Twp, Indiana3.    My immigrant ancestors

v. CHRISTIAN WEFLER, b. 20 October 1827, Frutigen, Canton Berne, Switzerland; d. 16 September 1890, Massillon, Stark County, Tuscarawis Twp, Ohio; m. LAVINIA DONAT, 30 March 1854, Stark County, Ohio; b. 23 January 1835, Green Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; d. 07 March 1911, Tuscarawis Twp, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio.

vi. SAMUEL D. WEFLER, b. October 1830, Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland; m. SUSANNA ELIZABETH.

vii. JACOB WEFLER, b. 31 March 1833, Frutigen, Switzerland; m. MARTHA WEISS, 24 July 1863, Stark County, Ohio.

viii. MARIA WEFLER, b. 17 September 1834, Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland; m. ANTHONY WINTERHALTER, 03 June 1852, Stark County, Ohio.

ix. SUSANNA CATHERINE WEFLER, b. October 1836, Frutigen, Canton Bern, Switzerland; m. HENRY WETTER, 25 November 1865, Stark County, Ohio; b. Switzerland.

Endnotes

1. Dumfires, Dumfireshire, Scotland Parish Register.

2. Kirchenbuch Adelboden Tauf-Rodel, Stephanus Hager son of Peter Hager and Magdalena Schmid 14 July 1811.

3. Tombstone of Stephen Hager Hocker, 11 June 1873.