Johann Caspar Katzenberger (abt. 1700)

Born about 1700 in Heidelberg, Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire

Husband of Marie Albert — married 21 Jan 1721 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Marie Anne Evera — married 11 Jul 1741 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Louisiana, New France [uncertain]

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Biography

Johann Katzenberger has German Roots.

Johann Caspar Katzenberger was born about 1700 in Heidelberg. His parents were Thomas Katzenberger and Marie Annere.^[1]

About 1721 he emigrated to Louisiana, engaged by the Company of the Indies as a mason.^[2] On December 8, 1721, "Jean Katdinbergue'" was described as a "good" mason on a "List of Company Workers Who Are Actually in Louisiana."

In 1721, while employed by the Company of the Indies and living in Gentilly, now a suburb of New Orleans, he married [Marie] Christine [Albert] "de Viceloque" ("from Wiesloch," near Heidelberg, Germany).^[2][3]

On May 19, 1722, in New Orleans, "Jean Kadinbergue" was still a company mason at a salary of 100 livres for one year.^[4] And on August 16, 1723, "Jean Katzenberger" was a "laborer of the company [of the Indies]" when he witnessed the marriage of Joseph Bailly and Barbe Albrecht.^[5]

On July 11, 1741, "Jean Castembourg," a German, son of Thomas Katzenberger and Marie Annere, married Marie Evera, native of Natchez, daughter of Jean Louis Evera and Marie De Roche, recorded at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Côte des Allemands, Louisiana.^[6]

There are baptism records^{[citation needed]} for three children born to this couple:

1. Jean Maturin, baptized Oct. 10, 1741, sponsored by Maturin Bouton and Regina Ziffert;
2. Jean Louis Maturin, baptized 11 April, 1747, sponsored by "Maturin Kasberg and Lucie Henry Muller and
3. Marie Anne, baptized June 23, 1749, sponsored by Maturin Kasbergs, Jr., and Marie Anne Jacque DE LA.

A child connected to him was born in Germany in 1751 and died in Louisiana in 1795. If the connection is correct, he returned to Germany, at least temporarily. His death information is not known.

Research Notes

• Albert J. Robichaux, Jr, [cites Conrad,] First Families, Vol. I (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Pub. Division, 1970) pp. 214 & 218:
  • Robichaux found records for a Thomas Katzenberger who married Anna Maria Eckard in June 17, 1715 in Heidelberg. She was the widow of Christophori Eckard. He cites Heidelberg, Baden, Germany (Heilige Geist Catholic Church, FHL Microfilm No. 1053580, non-paginated). The mother was listed as Anna.
  • Robichaux found in Ettlingen a marriage record dated 1798 for Joannes Caspar Katzenberger, of Wilppertshoffen near Norlingen, legitimate son of Joannes Katzenberger, to Sabina Hammerer, legitimate daughter of Leonard Hammerer, woolweaver in Ettlingen. There were baptisms recorded for several children in the registers of Ettlingen; however nothing turned up to link Joannes Katzenberger to the Louisiana progenitor, Joannes Caspar Katzenberger.
• Could his 1st wife's maiden name have been Albrecht (as in: "On August 16, 1723, "Jean Katzenberger" was a "laborer of the company [of the Indies]" when he witnessed the marriage of Joseph Bailly and Barbe Albrecht" and in: "Jean (Thomas and Marie Annere), native of Heidelberg in the Palatinate, widower of [o] Albert, m. Marie Evera, July 11, 1741,"

Sources

1. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, Rev. Msgr Earl C. Woods, ed. (New Orleans, LA: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1993) pp. 99, 138-139; KATZEBERG; EVERA:

   KATZEBERG, Jean (Thomas and Marie Annere), native of Heidelberg in the Palatinate, widower of [o] Albert, m. Marie Evera, July 11, 1741, w. Monpierre, Daniell [@Daniel] Bosft? [@Popff], Darensbourg, Denis Evera, David Immel (SCB, B1, 12)

   and

   EVERA, Marie (Jean Louis and Marie De Roche), native of Natchez, m. Jean Katzeberg, July 11, 1741 (SCB, B1, 12)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} J. Hanno Deiler, Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and the Creoles of German Descent (Philadelphia: Americana Germanica Press, 1909; reprint R & E Research, 1968), Online.

   JOHANN CASPAR KATZENBERGER , who, in 1721, while yet an engage, married [Marie] Christine "de Viceloque" (from Wiesloch, near Heidelberg, Germany), lived in the village of Gentilly, one and a half miles from New Orleans. He was from Heidelberg. In Gentilly he had an engage and eight arpents of land. The name of the family has been changed into "Gasbergue."

3. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750 ("NOSR"), Rev. Msgr Earl C. Woods, ed. (New Orleans, LA: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1993) pp. 138-139; KATZEBERG

   KATZEBERG, Jean, of Idelbert [Heidelberg?] in Germany, employed worker of the Royal Company of the Indies, m., [at Fort Louis, new Biloxi], Marie CHRISTINE, Jan. 21, 1721, 2. Charles Goubin (SLS, M1, 44)

4. ↑ Glenn R. Conrad, First Families, Vol. I (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Pub. Division, 1970) pp. 214 & 218
5. ↑ NOSR; BAILLY, p. 9
6. ↑ NOSR; KATZEBERG, p.139; EVERA, p.99:

   Jean (Thomas and Marie Annere), native of Heidelberg in the Palatinate, widower of [o] Albert, m. Marie Evera, July 11, 1741, w. Monpierre, Daniell [@Daniel] Bosft? [@Popff], Darensbourg, Denis Evera, David Immel (SCB, B1, 12)

   and

   Marie (Jean Louis and Marie De Roche), native of Natchez, m. Jean Katzeberg, July 11, 1741 (SCB, B1, 12)

See Also:

• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jkb100511&id=I102348