A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY TRIER ANCESTORS and their descendants by Patti
Laessig
My great great grandfather, Andreas KAISER was born 18 January 1815 in the
Trier area of Germany. He is the son of Nicholaus KAISER and Anna
Elisabetha THILBURG (or TILBURG). Nichaolau KAISER is the son of Jacob
KAISER (KAYSER) and Elisabetha KIEFER. Anna THILBURG is the daughter of
Andrea THILBURG and Maria Elisabetha TROUMPH. Andreas KAISER was married
on 13 July 1841 at Freudenburg, Germany to Maria KAISER, daughter of
Michaelis KAISER AND Anna MAAS. Michaelis KAISER was the son of Lucia
KAISER and Anna MAAS, the daughter of Joseph MAAS and Anna HILLENDORF.
To Andreas and Maria, the following children were born: Nicholas in 1842,
and Eva in 1845. Maria died before 1849. At this time it is unknown
exactly when, or the cause.
On 26 May 1849, Andreas KAISER was married to Magdelena ESSLINGER at
Freudenburg. She was born 9 January 1821 to Mathias ESELINGER and
Catharina ZEHREN. Mathias was the son of Mathias ESELINGER and Susanne
FAH. Catharina was the daughter of Mathias ZEHREN and Anne WEBER. Anton
ZEHREN and Margaretha BOESEN were the parents of Mathias ZEHREN. Anton�s
father was also maned Mathias. Margaretha was the daughter of Michael BOESEN.
Anne WEBER was the daughter of Christian WEBER and Elisabeth LINDEN REIDEN,
LINDEN believed to be her maiden name. Christian was the son of Jacob
WEBER and Anna Barbara BERG.
Jacob�s father was also Jacob and his mother was Johanna MAY, daughter of
Mathias MAY and his wife Editha.
Andreas KAISER and Magdelena ESSLINGER KAISER became the parents of the
following children: Anna born in 1850. She married Christian WEBER.
Peter born in 1854 married Susan OLINGER. Lawrence born in 1858 married
Mary PETRY. Jolin or John born in 1859 married Marietta KESSLER. Andrew B.
born in 1861 married Nel HUGHES MAROHL. Jacob B. born in 1863 married
Susan PETRY. Theresa born in 1867 married Garrett HUGHES. Mary born in
1867 married John OHLINGER. A daughter Magdelena was also born to them 24
October 1851 in Freudenburg. It is believed that she died at an early age.
Thre is also a daughter Elisabetha who was four months old when they left
Freudenburg. At this time, there is no knowledge of what happened to her.
Gravesites have not been found for either of the two girls to date.
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Anna KAISER, first child of Andreas and Magdelena, married Christian WEBER,
the son of Michael WEBER and Elisabeth KAISER. Michael WEBER, born 19 May
1807 was the son of Petri WEBER and Elisabetha FISCHER. Elisabeth KAISER
born 13 November 1823 was the daughter of Michaelis KAISER and Magdelena
SPANIER.
The following children were born to Anna KAISER and Christian WEBER.
Andrew born 24 January 1870. He married Amy THOMPSON. Henry born in 1881.
He married Mary SCHMIDTKE. Lorenz (L.B.) born in 1879, married Jenny
HUGHES. Peter born in 1875 married Clara KREUGER. John or Johnny as he
was known born in 1886, never married. Nettie (Jeanette) born in 1885,
married Max POLEGE. Lena (Magdelena) born in 1873 married DeWaine REED.
Katie (Katherine) born in 1877 who married Charles KOHL. Mary born in 1887
who married Frank (Francis Hubert) Laessig. And Jake born in 1889 and died
very young, 2 November 1890.
Research on the above ancestral information is attributed to the efforts of
Dan Zehren, Jean Rayford, Mae Sazama and Patti Laessig. anaquea(a)dwave.net