In brief

Born in Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire. He married January 17, 1712, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire. He died November 27, 1765.

Family

Mother
Spouse
m. 1712
Spouse
Anna Margaretha Bous
m. 1744

Children

  • Angela Berens
    b. Abt. June 1714 in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Anna Maria Berens
    b. Abt. January 1719 in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Johann Berens
    b. Abt. September 1720 in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Catharina Maas, February 6, 1746, in Nennig, Electorate of Trier/Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Susanna Schwalbach, August 14, 1768, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    d. Abt. December 17, 1785, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Johann Jakob Berens
    b. Abt. February 1725 in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Maria Maas, January 19, 1750, in Nennig, Electorate of Trier/Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
  • Margaretha Berens
    b. Abt. May 1729, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Elisabeth Berens · in this line
    b. Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
    m. Peter Dühr, December 6, 1735

Siblings

  • Matthias Berens
    b. Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Eva Faha in abt. 1680
    d. May 12, 1721
  • Johann Berens
    b. Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Margaretha ____
    d. June 15, 1720, in Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • b. Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Johann Neises, November 10, 1687, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Valentin Casolti (3153), October 11, 1693, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    d. March 13, 1728, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • b. Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Johann Neises, January 8, 1696, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    d. June 25, 1735, in Rodt, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Susanna Berens
    b. Abt. June 1677 in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Johann Hurth, July 26, 1701, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Franz Konzeler, May 2, 1714, in Dittlingen, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Friedrich Berens
    b. Abt. March 1680 in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Catharina Neises, October 10, 1700, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Maria ____, February 10, 1727, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    d. February 22, 1744, in Taben, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire

Life story

A Synod Member's Debts

Johann Gerhard Berens was baptized in May 1685 in Taben, in the Electorate of Trier (now Germany), and served as a member of the local church synod, marrying twice, in 1712 and 1744. In the early 1750s he borrowed money from the church, repaying it with annual interest, and from 1755 he drew a small pension from the parish. He died November 27, 1765.

Sources (1)
  1. Alfons Tapp, ed., Die katholische Pfarrei St. Quiriacus und Auctor in Taben-Rodt 1677-1899 (Koln-Widdersdorf, Germany: Westdeutsche Gesellschaft fur Familienkunde e. V., 2008), page 68-72, 83, 181, 226, 257, 283.