In brief

Born May 5, 1764, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany). He married January 14, 1792. He died December 31, 1846, in Greimerath, Rhine Province, Prussia (now Germany).

Family

Children

  • Maria Leinenweber
    b. November 19, 1792, in Zerf, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    d. March 9, 1799, in Zerf, Sarre, French Republic
  • Magdalena Leinenweber
    b. November 23, 1794, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Conrad Thielen, February 2, 1821, in Zerf, Lower Rhine, Prussia
    m. Matthias Neusius, February 5, 1831, in Zerf, Rhine Province, Prussia
    d. September 21, 1856, in Greimerath, Rhine Province, Prussia
  • Matthias Leinenweber · in this line
    b. February 10, 1798, in Greimerath, Sarre, French Republic (now Germany)
    d. October 2, 1848, in Greimerath, Rhine Province, Prussia (now Germany)
  • Michael Leinenweber
    b. September 24, 1801, in Greimerath, Sarre, French Republic
    d. May 8, 1803, in Greimerath, Sarre, Frech Republic
  • Peter Leinenweber
    b. March 10, 1803, in Greimerath, Sarre, French Republic
    d. March 10, 1803, in Greimerath, Sarre, French Republic
  • Margaretha Leinenweber
    b. December 6, 1804, in Greimerath, Sarre, French Empire
    m. Peter Heck, February 8, 1832, in Besseringen, Rhine Province, Prussia
    d. Likely USA

Siblings

  • Johann Leineweber
    b. July 31, 1748, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Anna Maria Leinenweber
    b. October 2, 1750, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Matthias Hauser
  • Peter Leinenweber
    b. March 7, 1752, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
  • Hubert Leinenweber
    b. December 3, 1753, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Maria Magdalena Steuer
    d. June 15, 1830, in Greimerath, Rhine Province, Prussia
  • Nikolaus Leinenweber
    b. May 26, 1761, in Greimerath, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire

Life story

A Greimerath Farming Family

Matthias Leinenweber was born on May 5, 1764, in Greimerath, in what is now western Germany, and farmed there for his whole life, marrying Angela Brausch in January 1792. He died in Greimerath on December 31, 1846.

Sources (2)
  1. Heribert Scholer, ed., Einwohnerbuch der ehemaligen Burgermeisterei Zerf (Koln-Widdersdorf, Germany: Westdeutsche Gesellschaft fur Familienkunde e. V., 2009), page 213, 391-393.
  2. Bernd Heinz, Tabener Auswander: Von Taben nach Amerika 1850-1899 (Taben-Rodt, Germany: Bend Heinz (author), 2017), pages 88.