Anna Margarethe (Steiger) Rommel (1706 - bef. 1791)

Born 4 Dec 1706 in Kirchardt, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Rommel — married 1725 in German Coast, St Charles Parish, Louisiana

Descendants

Died before 7 Mar 1791 before age 84 in Edgard, St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Anna Margaretha Steiger, daughter of Hans Lonharth and Maria Barbara Schneider, was christened 5 December 1706 in Bas-Rhin, France.^{[citation needed]}

She married Johann "Jean" Rommel May 07, 1720 in Louisiana (Source: LV X, 110)^{[citation needed]}, or more likely, based on the census of 1724 below, in 1724.

Children:

1. Jean Adam ROMMEL b: Abt 1726 in German Coast, St. Charles, LA
2. Jean Baptiste ROMMEL OR ROME c: 20 Jun 1728 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, LA
3. Jean Adam Rene ROMMEL OR ROME b: ABT 1729 in German Coast, St. Charles, Louisiana
4. Marie Veronique ROMMEL OR ROME b: ABT 1731 in Lucy, St John the Baptist, Louisiana
5. Marie Madeleine Manon ROMMEL OR ROME b: ABT 1732 in Des Allemands, St. Charles, Louisiana
6. Regina ROMMEL OR ROME b: 25 May 1740 in St Charles, Louisiana c: 26 May 1740 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Louisiana
7. David ROMMEL OR ROME c: 12 Jul 1743 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Louisiana
8. Marie Anne Barbe ROMMEL OR ROME c: 12 Jul 1749 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Louisiana
9. Marie Magdalene ROMMEL OR ROME c: 7 May 1753 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Louisiana
10. Margaretha ROMMEL OR ROME b: Jan 1755 in German Coast,Louisiana
11. Pelagie ROMMEL OR ROME b: ABT 1770 in St. Charles, Louisiana

In a census compiled on November 12 and 13, 1724, they were listed as Household No. 26, "Jean Romel" 24 years old, with a wife, no children, occupation tailor. He had 1.5 linear arpents (300 arpents=100 hectares=252 acres), had been in residence 3 years, had harvested 13 barrels of rice and corn, and owned 1 pig.^[1]

On January 1, 1726, at the village of des Allemands, a "Jean Rollin" and his wife were enumerated. It isn't certain that this is the same man.^[2]

On July, 1727, Jean Romain, his wife, and one child are living on the left bank [of the Mississippi River,] ascending.^[2][3]

On 20 June 1728 Jean Rommel baptized.^{[citation needed]}

In a 1731 census, her husband was listed as having 3 children and 2 cows.^{[citation needed]}

In 1766 they were counted with youngest child Marie Anne Barbe ROME and her husband Benjamin HAUTIN (AUTIN). ^[4]

She died at age 89, and was buried March 1791 at the Edgard cemetery, St. John the Baptist, Parish.^[5]

Probate: 19 Dec 1771, St. Charles, LA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., German Coast Families, European Origins and Settlement in Colonial Louisiana (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1997) p. 306; citing Archives des Colonies, Series G1, Vol. 464, non-paginated.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana From 1699-1732, compiled and translated by Charles R. Maduell, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, reprint 1972) pp. 53, 102.
3. ↑ Elton J. Oubre, Vacherie: St. James Parish, Louisiana History and Genealogy (Thibodaux, LA: Oubre's Books, 2002) p. 377

   Text: Jean Adam (usually Adam) ROME, first son of Johann (Jean) ROMMEL & Anna Marguerite STEIGER, was born around 1727 at the German Coast.

4. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796 (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 86

   Text: By 1766, he owned 3 oxen, 10 cattle, 20 sheep, and 11 pigs on his farm. The youngest child Marie Anne Barbe ROME & her husband Benjamin HAUTIN (AUTIN) lived with her parents.

5. ↑ Title: Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1990; Volume 5, 1791-1795, p. 335

   Text: Marguerite [ROMO], age 89 years, buried 7 Mar 1791 (SJBED, F1, 25).

6. ↑ Glenn R. Conrad, St. Charles Civil Records, 1700-1803 (University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1974) p. 8

   Succession Inventory taken of the property of the late Jean-Baptiste ROMEL. Widow and children named.

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Anna Marguerite Steiger Rome (Rommel)

BIRTH 4 Dec 1706

DEATH 7 May 1791-- church record says burial March 7, 1791

BURIAL Saint John the Baptist Cemetery Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, USA

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Patrick Matherne for creating WikiTree profile Steiger-63 through the import of Matherne Family Tree (1).ged on Dec 17, 2013.