Johann Konrad Lowenberger (1796 - 1871)

Born 17 Jan 1796 in Harxheim, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany

Husband of Maria Elisabetha (Kohlenberger) Löwenberg — married 29 Aug 1813 in Landestreu, Galicia, Austria

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1871 at age 74 in Landestreu, Galicia, Austria

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Biography

Konrad was born in 1796 in Harxheim, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. He was the son of Heinrich Lowenberger and Elisabeth Haas.

Konrad and his family moved to the Lutheran community of Landestreu, Galicia, (in what is now Ukraine) as part of the Josephine Settlement movement. He is first found in the Landestreu records in 1812, living in House Number 36.

Johann Konrad married Maria Elisabetha Kohlenberger on the 29th of August, 1813, in Landestreu and they had children.

Throughout his adult life, Konrad was listed in the town records as either a "Kolonist" or "Landmann" (countryman), living in House Number 36.

He passed away in 1871 from apoplexy called Schlagfluß in the German language. ^[1]

Research Notes

The Village Plat Map is linked below: although it is from a later date, it shows the layout of the community and imparts a sense of what living in the small community would have been like.

Sources

1. ↑ Die deutschstämmige Bevölkerung im ehem. Österreichisch-Ungarischen Kronland Galizien (Südostpolen und Südwestukraine) / The German Minority in the Former Austro-Hungarian Crownland of Galicia (Southeast Poland and Southwest Ukraine) 1750-1940; Ortsfamilienbuch/Family Book - Landestreu (Kalusz) 1783-1895. Nach Unterlagen der Genealogischen Forschungsstelle der Galiziendeutschen / Based on documents of the Galician-German Genealogical Research Center. Bearbeiter/Editor: Manfred Daum, D-29525 Uelzen.

• Birth: GGD OFB Familybook by Manfred Daum [1]

• Landestreu Records: Ortsfamilienbuch Kalusz/Galizien 1784-1870

See also;

• Village Plat Maps: www.galiziengermandescendants.org [2]