Maria Geissert^[1]

1782 - 1852  (69 years)

• Name	Maria Geissert
  Birth	27 Jan 1782	Freistett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1852
  Person ID	I847	rrss
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Georges Geissert,   b. Abt 1760   d. 20 Jan 1811, Freistett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Marie Bernert,   b. Abt 1760   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johann Egli,   b. 16 Jun 1781, Freistett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 28 Feb 1852, Strasbourg, Alsace, France (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1815	Eckbolsheim, Alsace, France   [3]
  Children	1. John (Johann) Egli,   b. 16 Jun 1821, France d. 11 Dec 1907, Minier, Tazewell, Illinois, United States (Age 86 years)   2. Benjamin Egli,   b. 27 Aug 1830, Strasbourg, Alsace, France d. Abt 1900, Tazewell, Illinois, United States (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Jan 1782 - Freistett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Marriage - 21 Jan 1815 - Eckbolsheim, Alsace, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. [S158] Amish Mennonites in Tazewell County, Illinois, Volume 3, page 196. Recalling footnotes from STAKER: Johannes/Jean Egli was born at Friestett, Baden June 16, 1781. On Jan. 4, 1806 at Eckbolsheim, Lower Alsace he married Catharina Müller, a daughter of Christian Müller and Maria Reis of Friestett. Their civil marriage entry gave their ages as 29 and 21. Catharina died at Eckbolsheim May 21, 1814. On Jan. 21, 1815 at Eckbolsheim Johannes/Jean remarried to Maria Geisert (found on the entry as 'Marie Geissert'). Their civil marriage entry described the groom as a cultivator living at Eckbolsheim, the widower of Catherine Miller, and a son of the deceased Chrétien Egli and Véronique Ernst. The bride was born at Friestett, Baden Jan. 27, 1782, a daughter of the deceased Georges Geissert who had died at Freistett Jan. 20, 1811, and Marie Bernert, who was present and consenting According to Dominique Dreyer's Emigrants Haut-Rhinois en Amérique 1800-1870, 36-year-old shop owner [Fr. proprietaire] Jacques Egli applied for a passport for himself, his wife, two brothers, and a servant at Colmar March 4, 1847. He came from Eckbolsheim and Wintzenheim, and gave his intended destination as New York. Jacob/Jacques Egli and his two half-brothers Johannes/Jean/John and Benjamin sailed from Le Havre on the Caspian, and arrived at New York April 3, 1847. [S158] Amish Mennonites in Tazewell County, Illinois, Volume 3, Page 196. Recalling footnotes from STAKER: Johannes/Jean Egli was born at Friestett, Baden June 16, 1781. On Jan. 4, 1806 at Eckbolsheim, Lower Alsace he married Catharina Müller, a daughter of Christian Müller and Maria Reis of Friestett. Their civil marriage entry gave their ages as 29 and 21. Catharina died at Eckbolsheim May 21, 1814. On Jan. 21, 1815 at Eckbolsheim Johannes/Jean remarried to Maria Geisert (found on the entry as 'Marie Geissert'). Their civil marriage entry described the groom as a cultivator living at Eckbolsheim, the widower of Catherine Miller, and a son of the deceased Chrétien Egli and Véronique Ernst. The bride was born at Friestett, Baden Jan. 27, 1782, a daughter of the deceased Georges Geissert who had died at Freistett Jan. 20, 1811, and Marie Bernert, who was present and consenting According to Dominique Dreyer's Emigrants Haut-Rhinois en Amérique 1800-1870, 36-year-old shop owner [Fr. proprietaire] Jacques Egli applied for a passport for himself, his wife, two brothers, and a servant at Colmar March 4, 1847. He came from Eckbolsheim and Wintzenheim, and gave his intended destination as New York. Jacob/Jacques Egli and his two half-brothers Johannes/Jean/John and Benjamin sailed from Le Havre on the Caspian, and arrived at New York April 3, 1847.