Anna Elisabetha Widerwachs was the daughter of Johann Andreas Wiederwachs and Anna Loescher. She was born on 21 February 1734/1735 in the Rhinebeck Province of New York.[1][2] She was baptized at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Rhinebeck. [3]
↑ St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Rhinebeck baptism record for Anna Elisabet Apr. 9 1735 gives dob and lists parents as Andres Widderwax and Anna Barbar. Witnesses were Johannes Richter and Elisabet Siemon.l
Jones, Henry Z., FASG. The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710. Selbstverl, 1985. Page 1093-1094.
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I think we may have the incorrect mother for Anna. I have a record on Ancestry that says Barbara Loescher was her mother:
Name Anna Elisabetha Wiederwachs
Spouse Jacob Schneider
Parents Johan, Anna Andreas, Barbara Widerwachs, Loescher
Birth Place Rhinebeck, Dutchess, NY
Birth Date 9 April 1735
Marriage Place of
Marriage Date 1760
If this is the case then that clears up the issue between Wiederwachs-1 and Wiederwachs-10.
There are three Anna Elisabetha Wiederwachs, Weiderwachs-1 and Wiederwachs-10 and Wiederwachs-132. We need to resolve the two different husbands. To be honest I don't know how I was added to Anna's profile as a manager, but we need to fix this one. Was she married twice?
I think we may have the incorrect mother for Anna. I have a record on Ancestry that says Barbara Loescher was her mother:
Name Anna Elisabetha Wiederwachs Spouse Jacob Schneider Parents Johan, Anna Andreas, Barbara Widerwachs, Loescher Birth Place Rhinebeck, Dutchess, NY Birth Date 9 April 1735 Marriage Place of Marriage Date 1760
If this is the case then that clears up the issue between Wiederwachs-1 and Wiederwachs-10.
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