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Other Werner Families of Freinsheim
I found records for five people born in Freinsheim 1700-1853 who were not decscendants of Anna Christine and Hans Jakob Werner. Four were the children of Maria Barbara Keyser and Johannes Werner. One was the son of Anna Catharina Simon and Johann Georg Werner. Both sets of parents were contemporaneous with Anna Gertraud Reck and Johann Jakob Werner, Anna Christine and Hans Jakob's son.
Anna Catharina Simon and Johann Georg Werner
Anna Catharina Simon and Johann Georg Werner married in Freinsheim 02 Jan 1737. The only further record I have for this couple is that their son Johannes was b 06 Oct 1737 and chr in Freinsheim 13 Oct 1737. I have no further information on Johannes.
Maria Barbara Keyser and Johannes Werner
Maria Barbara Keyser and Johannes Werner married in Freinsheim 07 Jan 1738. Maria Barbara was the daughter of Leonhard Keyser, while Johannes was the son of Georg Werner. The records don't go back far enough for me to determine Georg's relationship, if any, to Hans Jakob Werner.
Maria Barbara and Johannes had four children that I know of, all christened in Freinsheim:
I have no further information on this family.
Note: Most of the information I have on the Werner, Engel and Sohn families in Freinsheim from the late 17th to the mid 19th centuries came to me in 2004 courtesy of Siegfried Barth, archivist with the Verbandsgemeinde Freinsheim (Freinsheim Community Association). Where possible I've supplemented it with church records available at FamilySearch.org. Many thanks to Herr Barth and also to my late granduncle Robert Werner, who made the first contact and then recruited my help because he and Herr Barth had no languages in common.