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Anna Magdalena or Madlen Wampfler

Female 1692 - 1725  (33 years)


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  • Name Anna Magdalena or Madlen Wampfler 
    Born 1692  Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Jun 1725  Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1152  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Christian or Christen Wampfler,   c. 3 Dec 1654, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 29/29 Jan 1714/5, Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Mrs. Christian Wampfler,   d. Bef 1715, of Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1684  of Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Mettauer,   b. Abt 1690, of Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1723, of Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Married Abt 1714  Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per sources noted below, had at least 7 children.

      2. Mentioned as an heir to Christian Wampfler's probate in the book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 61 has the following record extract from the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland from "Wimmis Amtsrechnung, March 1716 - March 1717" giving the 4 heirs (children) of Christian Wampfler who had reached the age of majority (14) and who were receiving part of their deceased father's assets that had not previously been converted to capital and moved out of Switzerland: "The 5th of February 1716 District Treasurer Mani paid in the name of Hans Peter Wampfler, surviving son of a citizen and district subject, living in Sparbach, and for his brother Christian, married and living at Herzheim in the Nassauw Saarbrüggishen territory; additionally, for a single brother Hans, plus their sister Madlen living in Castel, married to Samuel Methauwer in the above county. Together 12 Kronen." According to the book, the following spelling corrections need to be made from that record:
      Sparbach = Sparsbach.
      Hertzheim = Herbitzheim.
      Castel = Keskastel.
      Madlen is equivalent to Magdalena.
      Mathauwer = Mettauer.
      Hans, Johannes, and Johann were often used interchangeably. Also this name was traditionally in this culture used as a prename to the real first name of a male child as was Anna likewise used for daughters.

      3. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 64, summarizes his findings of vital information regarding this individual as follows: Anna Magdalena (Madlen), b. 1692, d. 16 Jun 1725 in Keskastel, md. Samuel Mettauer, a linen weaver of Keskastel. They were parents of the following seven children all christened in Keskastel:
      a. Hans Jacob, ch. 19 Sep 1715.
      b. Johannes, ch. 28 Feb 1717, d. 1 Jun 1717.
      c. Hans Peter, ch. 29 Dec 1718, d. 17 Jan 1719.
      d. Maria Magdalena, ch. 5 Dec 1719, d. 25 Dec 1719.
      e. Samuel, ch. 25 May 1721, d. 12 Jun 1721.
      f. Anna Barbara, ch. 12 May 1722, d. 22 Jan 1723.
      g. Maria Eva, 25 Nov 1723, md. Johannes Krebs of Keskastel).
      The book contains photos of Sparsbach, Keskastel, Herbitzheim, and Hinsingen (home of Hans Peter Wampfler) as they appeared in the 1980's. Much of these villages have remained unchanged over the last several centuries.

      4. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatinate. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
      Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
      Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
      Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
      There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Noted as married in probate of father quoted above.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D.

      2. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.

      3. The book, FHL 929.273 w181wf, "A Wampler Family History," by Roy H. Wampler, Chevy Chase, MD, 1999.