Johann Adam Edelmeier 
Johann Adam was born in Reiheim, Palatinate, Germany.1 Johann Adam's father was Abraham Edelmayer and his mother was Verena Hirtzel. His paternal grandparents were Leonhardt Edelmayer and Anne Cunegonge Heilmann; his maternal grandparents were Hans Heinrich Hirtzel and Maria Steiner. He was an only child. He died on June 8th, 1747 in German Coast, St. Charles, Louisiana. He was buried in Reihein, Germany.1 1 General Notes
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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #3251, Date of Import: 9 Apr 1996]
He was baptized on 22 Jan 12671 in the Protestant Evangelical, Calvinist,
Reformed Church of the village of Reihen in the kries (district) of
Sisheim in the land (state) of Baden, West Germany as Hantz Adam
Edelmayer, the first child of Abraham Edelmayer's second marriage with
Verena Hirtzel of Switzerland
This village of Reihen is on the right side of the Rhine River, south of
the city of Heidelberg, in an area called the Palatinate.
He was married to Anna Maria Dorothea Lautermilch in the Reformed Church
of Reihen on 2 Nov 1701. Dorothea died during their emigration. It is
noted in Reihen records that 4 of his children were baptisted there, and
in 1707 he abroad in military service. By 1724 he was settled on the
German Coast of Louisiana where he was usually recorded in documents as
Jean Adam Edelmayer.
He was married a second time, possibly in Louisiana, to Anna Catharina
Klein of Weilersheim in Alsace. In Louisiana they settled at the lower
end of the German villages on the German Coast, in the area presently a
couple of miles above Hahnville, Louisianna on the west side of the
Mississippi Rivier in St. Charles Parish.. On 10 May 1743 according to the
German Coast records known as the Little Red Church Records he made a
profession of faint, changing his religion from Calvinist to Catholic. His
wife Anne, also made a profession of faith on 8 June 1743. After his
death, his widow, Anna married Bernhard Antonni in Feb. 1749.
Children:
1. Hans Peter bapt 16 Sep 1703 Reihen, Germany
2. Rosina Maria bapt. 28 Sep 1704 Reihen, Germany
3. Anna Maria Barbara m. 29 May 1722 at St. Louis Church in New Orleans to
Jean Viler s/o Andre Viler and lAnne de Romure, a native of the Pari
St.Paul
in Lyons, France.
4. Hans Adam bapt. Reihen, he married 3 times
5. Hans Heinrich b. 1714 He was son of Hantz Adam Edelmayer and h
1st
wife Dorothea Lautermilch
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1600 in Upper Rhine Plain, Germany d.WFT Est 1633-1691
- b.14 MAR 1629/30 in Mulhouse, Alsace, Germany d.17 Oct 1693 in Reihen, Germany
- b.~ 1600 in Upper Rhine Plain, Germany d.WFT Est 1632-1694
- b.JAN 1670/71 in Reiheim, Palatinate, Germany d.08 Jun 1747 in German Coast, St. Charles, Louisiana
- b.1580 in Pfaffikon, Zurich, Switzerland d.1634 in Reihen, Germany
- b.ABT 28 FEB 1618/19 in Fieresbalm, Zurich, Switzerland d.23 Jun 1663 in Reihen, Kries Sinsheim, Baden, West Germany
- b.~ 1525 in Ruti, Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland d.WFT Est 1554-1619
- b.29 Nov 1550 in Fehraltorf, Zurich, Switzerland d.WFT Est 1584-1641
- b.1523 in Hof-Baeretswil, Switzerland d.WFT Est 1553-1617
- b.11 FEB 1580/81 in Altorff, Zurich, Switzerland d.23 Jun 1663 in Reihen, Germany
- b.~ 1552 in Pfaffiken, Zurich, Swtz d.WFT Est 1605-1658
- b.14 Jul 1650 in Pfafficon Parish, Balm, Switzerland d.WFT Est 1676-1744
- b.~ 1600 in Switzerland? d.WFT Est 1631-1691
- b.~ 1620 in Batterkinden, Bern, Switzerland d.WFT Est 1661-1721
- b.~ 1600 in Sulzburg, Zurich, Switzerland d.WFT Est 1631-1694
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Johann Adam and Anna Maria Dorothea were married in a religious ceremony on November 2nd, 1701 in Reiheim, Palatinate, Germany.1 They had four sons and five daughters, named Hans Peter, Jean Hans Adam, Henry Hans Heinrich, Andre, Rosina Marie, Anna Marie Barbara, Marie Christine, Catherine and Marianne.
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Children
Anna Marie Barbara Edelmayer
Anna Marie Barbara was born in 1705 in Reichein, Germany.1 She died at the age of 35 on July 21st, 1740 in St. Charles, Louisiana.1
Johann Adam and Anne Catherine were married in a religious ceremony in 1724.1 They had a son and two daughters, named Andre, Anne Marie and Christina.