Maria Catherina
Kraft
formerly Kitzmuller aka Kitzmiller
Born in Waldangelloch, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Kitzmiller Sr
and Christina (Dyerhin) Kitzmiller
Wife of
Andreas Krafft
— married
about 1728 in Heiliges Römisches Reich
Descendants 
Mother of
John Jacob Krafft, John Kraft, Anna Maria (Krafft) Aulenbach, Anna Margaretha (Krafft) Ache, Maria Catharine (Kraft) Kehl, Maria Elizabetha (Krafft) Schadt, Justine Catharine (Kraft) Shepler, Maria Magdalena (Krafft) Wenrich and Maria Susanna (Kraft) Thomas
Died after
after age 40
in Somerset, Province of Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2011
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Biography
Maria Catharina Kitzmuller was born about 1708, in Waldangelloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg. She was a daughter of Johannes Kitzmuller (b. ~1665) and his wife Christina (b. ~ 1665).
She married Andreas Kraft on 16 Nov 1723 in Waldangelloch, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany[1]
Immigration: arrived at port of Philadelphia 24 Aug 1728 on the ship Morton house, John Coultes Commander. From Rotterdam, but last from Deal, when the ship sailed 15 Jun 1728.
Maria Catharina first married Andreas Krafft (~1695- ~1745). The couple had the following children:
- Jacob (1730)
- John (1731-1781)
- Anna Maria (1733- ) m1 Michael Reiss (1713-1766); 5 children, m2 Andreas Aulenbach (~1740 - ); 2 children
- Anna Margaretha (1734-1765) m John Henry Ache (1728-1808)
- Maria Catarina (1736- ~1794) m Michael Kehl (~1732- ); 6 children
- Maria Elizabetha (1737-~1769) m Andreas Schaat/Shade (~1725- 1786); 9 children
- Justina Catarina (1739- 1817) m Heinrich Shepler (1737-1781); 14 children, m2 John Urbach
- Andreas (1741- ~1799) m Mary
- Maria Magdalena (1742- ) m Thomas Wenrich (1734- 1830)
- Maria Susanna (1744- ) m Henrich Thomas (~1744- )
Following the death of her husband Andreas Krafft, Maria Catharina married Jacob Geicher.
Research Notes
- Conflicting secondary sources claim that the family name of her mother Christina was either Krah or Dyerhin.
- The GEDCOM import for this profile showed her with two last names: SCHAEFFER and KITZMILLER
- Her birth is speculated to be from ca. 1704 to 1710 in Germany.
Sources
- ↑ Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Nello, Baltimore, Maryland; Weiser, Frederick S., Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Genealogical data concerning the ancestors and descendants of John Jacob Shaffer (1763-1816) of Mercersburg, Franklin, PA. Publication: Privately printed. Note: Information on Andreas and his family is on page 16 of the referenced document. Available at Google Books
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Schaeffer-148 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan.
- Kitzmiller-65 was created by Elizabeth Zelle through the import of Morgan-LeClerc Family Tree.ged on Oct 23, 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria Catherina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria Catherina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria Catherina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria Catherina:
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~0.78%
Debora Hammond
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~0.39%
Tammy Bachman :
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~0.39%
Mark Reasoner :
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~0.39%
Ronald Schaeffer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A877725 [compare], Ancestry member patress49
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~0.39%
Rebecca (Eddy) Feuerstein :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Susan (Dwyer) Rothrock :
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~0.39%
Craig Reber :
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~0.39%
Mickey Dennehy :
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~0.39%
Robert Fiscus :
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~0.39%
Thomas Odell :
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I changed her LNAB to Kitzmuller and adjusted her dates. I also moved Anna Elizabeth to be her daughter.
Strausstown Roots also showed that Andreas and his first wife had a son who died young. So, I've added him as well.
I've also proposed a merge for the two profiles for Andreas's daughter Maria Elizabeth.
I appreciate your help in finding this information!!
Thanks!
I think we need to merge this profile with Schaeffer-148. There's a duplicate profile for one of the daughters that needs to be merged, too.
Since it's not clear what her last name should be, we could set it as Unknown and put Schaeffer and Kitzmiller in the Other Last Names field as possibilities along with a note in the biography explaining that we haven't been able to identify the name via sources.
Thoughts??
Julie