Need help with a profile from Baden, 18th century Germany

Question

Johann Georg Langenstein (Langenstein-4) is an orphaned profile, and there are some problems with it. It shows two wives with identical first names and very similar last names. The first wife is pretty much a stub and should probably be merged away. In addition, I believe that Langenstein-4 is the same person as Langenstein-33. Unfortunately, the records from Baden are not available to me in digitized form (all I have are transcriptions that omit crucial information). They are available on archion.de, but I do not have a subscription. Can some kind soul help out with the missing information?

Needed to nail down the match of Langenstein-33 and Langenstein-4 is the latter's place of birth (I believe it should be Grossglattbach, Württemberg) from his first marriage (around 1740-1748) and information about a probable son, also named Johann Georg, who died in 1750 and is buried in Grossglattbach.

Answer 1

There are several things to look at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KNXX-KV8 .  The 2nd spouse's surname appears as Schüttlers on https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4Q-97YY?cc=3015626&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPDF-7HJJ.  Happy Researching!

Comments

Perfect. This is exactly what I need. The first record in the FamilySearch results allowed me to link to the original church book, and I found the connection after five minutes (Film # 102154999, frame 9):

"Den 18ten Januar (1746) liessen sich ehlich kopulieren Johann Georg Langenstein, Bekerhandwerker, [ehlicher, lediger Sohn des] Johann Georg Langenstein, Bürgers zu Gross-Glattbach, württembergischer Jurisdiction im Maulbronner Amt [...], mit Anna Regina, weyl. Georg Michael Wülssers, Bekers allhie hinterlassene Wittib."

Translation: "18 Jan 1746: Marriage of Johann Georg Langenstein, baker, son of Johann Georg Langenstein, citizen of Gross-Glattbach, Maulbronn, Württemberg, and Anna Regina, widow of the late Georg Michael Wülsser, baker [in Münzesheim]."

This establishes the connection; the rest is gravy. Thanks so much for this!

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Thank-you for working to make the tree we all share better and awarding me a best answer star!  My German is even worse than my English, Spanish, Italian, and French.

My thoughts are finding what the preponderance of evidence shows and understanding anyone who may be responsible for a source may potentially also have some preferential bias. ~chuckle~

Answer 2

Hey Gus. It is the same guy. I found the first marriage in Münzesheim.

The entry reads:

''[1746] den 18. Januar liessen sich ehl. copuliren Joh. Georg Langenstein, Beker-Hand[....], Joh. Georg Langensteins, Bürgers zu Groß-Glattbach, Würtemberg. Jurisdiction im Maulbronner Amt, ehl. erzielter lediger Sohn, mit Anna Regina, weyl. Georg Mich. Wülßers, Bekers allhier hinterlassenen Wittib.''

Translation: On January 18^th 1746 got married the bachelor Johann Georg Langenstein, baker […..], legitimate son of Johann Georg Langenstein, citizen in Großglattbach under the jurisdiction of Württemberg in the district of Maulbronn; and Anna Regina, widow of the late baker Georg Michael Wülßer.

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I will put the Translation in the profile of Langenstein-33 and source it. You will have to do the merge of Langenstein-33 into Langenstein-4 then, which will be a complex one. You also have to merge the wifes together, and probably create a profile of the first one. If you need help, let me know.

Greetings