Johann Heinrich
Faust
Born about in Willingshausen, Ziegenhain, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Ludwig Faust
and Catharina Elisabeth (Korell) Faust
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna Katharina (Metz) Faust
— married
18 Jun 1939 in Willingshausen, Hessen-Nassau, Deutsches Reich
Descendants 
Father of
Katharina (Faust) Haggard, [private daughter (1940s - unknown)] and [private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died about
at about age 86
in Willingshausen, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland [uncertain]
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Biography
Johann Heinrich Faust has German Roots.
Johann Heinrich Faust was born in the Province of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia
Early Life
Johann was born on April 8th 1903 in Willingshausen, Germany to Ludwig Faust, a Schreinermeister (master joiner/carpenter), and his wife Catharina Elisabeth Korell, a Dienstmagd (maid).
Family
He married Anna Katharina Metz on June 18th 1939 in Willingshausen, Germany. They had three children together:
- Katharina born December 27th 1939
- Helga born July 25th 1943
- Kurt born January 9th 1947
Military
He was drafted into the German army during WWII. When it ended he was in Oslo, Norway. He broke out of the prison camp the British were holding him in and walked home to Willingshausen, Germany. It took him six months.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Charles 'Chuck' Haggard. Oral interview, 22 November 2014, by Caitlin Anne Haggard at Chuck's home in Topeka, Kansas.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johann Heinrich by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Johann Heinrich:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johann Heinrich by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Johann Heinrich:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Caitlin Haggard 
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23andMe, GEDmatch M045377 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KX9569424 [compare], Ancestry member caitlin_anne_haggard
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