Maria Katharina Neumann (1759)

Born 17 Nov 1759 in Schmelz, Saarlouis, Saarland, Deutschland

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Biography

About 1780 Maria Katharina married Johann Peter Petri, also called "Schwarzer Peter" (Black Peter). Johann Peter was a member of the notorious robber gang of Schinderhannes. Johann Peter and Maria Katharina built a hut next to Johann Georg Neumann's in Hüttgeswasen where Johann Peter worked as a wood cutter and charcoal burner. They had nine children:

• Johann Peter Conrad (der „junge Schwarzpeter“), born May 2, 1781 in Hüttgeswasen
• Elisabetha Margaretha, born 17. Januar 1784 in Hüttgeswasen
• Johann Christian, born 5. März 1787 in Hüttgeswasen, died 2. November 1787
• Abraham (11. November 1788 Hüttgeswasen - 6. September 1791)
• Catarina Elisabeth (7. Dezember 1791 Hüttgeswasen - 12. Februar 1792)
• Johann Andreas a.k.a. "Köhler-Andres“ (born 27. Dezember 1792 in Hüttgeswasen).
• Johann Georg (born 1794/1795)
• a daughter (born 1797/1798)
• Leonhard (born 1803/1804).

In 1792 French troops burnt down his hut. From that day onwards the family was always on the move. They left Hüttgeswasen and lived in several places in the Hunsrück area, near the Rhine and also in the Odenwald region until 1811.

Maria Katharina and a daughter were arrested for begging and vagabonding; they were transferred to the Trier poorhouse.

Sources

• Probst, Ernst. Der Schwarze Peter - Ein Räuber im Hunsrück und Odenwald. 2010. Extract accessible at https://www.grin.com/document/91751. Last accessed Sep 19, 2020