Eva (Kistler) Geiger
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Maria Eva (Kistler) Geiger (1724 - 1801)

Maria Eva (Eva) Geiger formerly Kistler aka Kiestler, Küstler, Kißler, Kissler
Born in Kraichgau, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1749 in Berwangen, Heilbronn, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died at age 76 in Geigertown, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Born 6 OCT 1724. Kraichgau ?. [1] Merged profile gave date as Oct. 24.

Buried 4 FEB 1801. St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church.
Her tombstone shows her name as Maria Eva.

Eva Maria KISTLER was born at the right time to have been a child of immigrant Hans KISTLER and sibling to Jürg KISTLER of Greenwich Twp, Berks Co, PA (ca1721-ca1783 and his brothers, but they are said to have come from the Auerbach over near the Rhein in Baden (near Karlsbad), rather than from the Kraichgau.

Eva may instead be a descendant of the Hans KISTLER ‘aus dem Berner Gebiet’ who emigrated 1652 with wife and 3 children to Richen near Sinsheim in the Kraichgau. In 1654 he was recorded a ‘Wildfänge’, married to an Anna, with 6 children. They had children born 1655-1661 in Richen. Their son Hans married Katharina HEUBERGER who had children 1667-1675 in Richen. [State Archives Mosbach XI, Landesarchive Karlsruhe].

Eva Maria and Paul GEIGER had a child bapt at New Hanover Lutheran Church in 1756. Reportedly had 4 sons, 5 daughters.

Widow Mary Eve GEIGER, widow of Paul GEIGER of Robeson, her will written 23 June 1800, probate 18 May 1801. To dau. Elizabeth PENTR, £15. To dau. Jane AMANS, £25. Clothes to be divided among the 4 girls. Son Paul GEIGER, executor.[2]

Maria Eva Kiestler is presumed to have been born on October 26, 1724, in Germany -- date from gravestone transcription.

Circa 1749, presumably in Germany, Maria Eva married Johann Paulus Geiger. Marriage record is dated 29 April 1749 in Richen, Eppingen, which fits with the theory that she descends from Hans KISTLER ‘aus dem Berner Gebiet’ who migrated to Richen. Maria Eva's father is Jacob Kistlers (likely forname is Hans). Since this is a translation and not an original image, it is possible that it still reflects a mistranslation of the name.[3]


Research Notes

Parents

  • Maria Eva may be attached to the wrong parents. Her marriage record shows her father as Jacob Kistlers.[3]

Birth Surname

  • Birth surname may be incorrect. Possible alternate spellings and misspellings include Kiestler, Küstler, Kißler, and Kissler. Images of source documents are needed to determine correct spelling. Jones-39993 17:56, 8 April 2018 (EDT)

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S87 124
  2. ↑ Source: #S87 124-125
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPD2-CHXN : 26 October 2021), Maria Eva Kistlers in entry for Paul Geiger, 29 Apr 1749; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Richen, Eppingen, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany

See also:

  • Source: S87 Book Burgert, Annette Periodical: [Kraichgau] 18th C. Emigrants Volume: Vol. I: The Northern Kraichgau Publication: Breinigsville PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1983
  • FamilySearch.org profile: Maria Eva Kiestler; free-use site, login required to view profile and source documents; profile created through membership's collaboration; date accessed: 25 Aug 2018 (This profile links Maria to spouse and children.)

Possible Duplicate FamilySearch Profile

  • FamilySearch.org profile: Eva Kistler; free-use site, login required to view profile and source documents; date accessed: 8 Apr 2018 (This profile may link to Maria's parents and siblings.)






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Tombstone of Johann Paul Geiger.
Tombstone of Johann Paul Geiger.
Tombstone of Maria Eva Geiger.
Tombstone of Maria Eva Geiger.


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Painter-2888 Mark Painter Esq.
The name on the tombstone looks like Kistlern. The -n suffix is the feminine, meaning the root name is Kistler. Some of the spelling variations may simply reflect different German dialects. On her husband's tombstone, her maiden name is given as Kiestlern, root name Kiestler, so there is inconsistency even there.
posted by Mark Painter Esq.
edited by Mark Painter Esq.
Entrikin-5 Kie (Entrikin) Zelms
I located a marriage record for Maria Eva and Paul Geiger. Her father is Jacob Kistlers. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPD2-CHXN It would be nice to locate an original image to confirm the spelling. I did attach the source on the profile. I also removed the duplicate FamilySearch profile and left only the merged source.

Kie

posted by Kie (Entrikin) Zelms
edited by Kie (Entrikin) Zelms
Rutherford-448 Dave Rutherford
Kiestler-1 and Kistler-359 appear to represent the same person because: Kiestler does not appear to be proper German spelling
posted by Dave Rutherford
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Kiestler-1 is clearly intended to represent the same person -- same gravestone, same dates on gravestone. The differences are different theories on the origins and parents.
posted by Ellen Smith
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
I see that her grave marker gives her date of birth as 26 October 1724, so you don't need to say she was presumed to have been born that day -- the date is certain (and should be indicated to come from the grave marker), but it's only the "Germany" part that is presumed. Also, her date of death is on the grave marker, so it should not be indicated to be "presumed." The grave marker includes her birth name, and the findagrave memorial indicates it to be Kiestler; it's hard to read on the image, but to me it kind of looks like Tristlern. I hope the findagrave memorial was created by someone who saw the grave, but that's not always the case. Is there a better image somewhere?
posted by Ellen Smith

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