Maria Giering

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As of July 6, 1998 (Go To Index of Names)

SOURCE

Date of Action What or Who is reported upon. What is the source(s) - From Where does the Information come. 1985 Basic Information Initial Information fro My Sister Sandy's research at the Emmaus Moravian Church Summer, 1996 Page 23, Birth and Baptism of Anna Marie, first Daughter (Third Child) Page 33, Birth and Baptism of Johann, Eighth Child. Page 49, Jacob's admission to Church Page 67, Deaths of Philip and Daniel (1st and 2nd children), also death of Jacob's father indicating DOB, ergo, age at Jacob's birth Page 70, Statistics on Maria (incl death), but shows only three children. Page 81, Statistics on Magdalena's (Seventh child) husband. Page 83, Statistics (incl marriage and children) of Jacob, his parents, his marriage and his children. Also same statistics on Friedrich (Sixth child). Page 91 (first set), Marriage of Catharina, second daughter (fourth Child) All Specified pages: Emmaus Moravian Church Archives @ Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pa

Date of Action What or Who is reported upon. What is the source(s) - From Where does the Information come. July 24, 1997 (info) & March 12, 1998 (posted) Maria's POI Cemetery Records; visit Eisenhardt (Cemetery chair) November, 1997 Wuensch/Winch Family tree confirms Maria's and Jacob's statistics plus number and names of children. Received from George Winch (See 018_176) July 6, 1998 Information on Jacob as found in the book - see below Information forwarded by Linda Knauss-Burkhard.

OCCUPATION:He: In his youth, he learned the trade of making rails; but changed later to the trade of cutting sheet metal.

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INFORMATION ON JACOB:
The following is quoted from: THEY CAME TO EMMAUS  A History, Compiled by PRESTON A. BARBA, PhD, Litt.D.; Holben Printing, Allentown, Pa. Library of Congress Catalog Card nbr: 60-6693; Page 132:

Jacob Frederick Wuensch was born at Lommersheim in Wuerttemberg November 8, 1768, the son of Bernhard Wuensch and his wife Barbara, nee Scheubel. They came to Pennsylvania in September, 1750. Jacob learned the trade of nailsmith in his early years but later became a pipe- and tinsmith. On March 17, 1772 he married Maria, daughter of Andreas and Catherine Giering, and both were received into the Moravian congregation on September 15, 1776. They had 8 children. Jacob Frederick Wuensch died July 21, 1812.

COMMENTARY:He: Admitted into church congregation: Oct 10, 1762
He came to the New World with his parents in early 1750's.

A disagreement in the records.
Page 70 indicates that Maria had only three children: Child 1, 2 and 4 as above.
Pages 23 and 33 of the Emmaus church records show that Maria and Friedrich (or Jacob Friedrich) had two additional children: the third child and the sixth child as above. Specifically Page 33 indicates that when Johann Bernhardt was baptised, Maria's brother Johannes Giering and sister, Rosina (Giering) Everit were witnesses.
Page 81 identified Magdalena Wuensch as their third daughter, married to Johan Philip Knauss
Page 49 of source item #2 indicates Jacob's middle name is "Friedrich" (a "Friedrich Wuensch" was admitted into the church on Oct 10, 1762 - and Jacob Friedrich would have been 14 at that time) whereas the information received from George Winch (family tree) - see 017_104 - indcates middle name is "Fridrich". Until more information becomes available we use the church records.