In brief

Born January 30, 1730, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany). He married July 1, 1754, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire. He died March 25, 1776, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany).

Family

Spouse
Margaretha Mason
m. 1754
Spouse
m. 1758

Children

With Margaretha Mason

  • Anna Maria Bedessem
    b. August 2, 1755, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Matthias Gersdorf, January 19, 1777, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. January 22, 1814, in Bitburg, Forêts, French Empire
  • Margaretha Bedessem
    b. 1756, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Johann Gersdorf, January 19, 1777, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. May 14, 1819, in Bitburg, Lower Rhine, Prussia
  • Anna Barbara Bedessem
    b. January 2, 1758, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. January 2, 1759, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire

With Ludwiga Servatius

  • Johann Bedessem
    b. August 27, 1759, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. November 1, 1760, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
  • Anna Margaretha Bedessem · in this line
    b. October 23, 1761, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
    m. Anton Poth (351a), January 6, 1802, in Bitburg, Forêts, French Empire (now Germany)
    d. February 25, 1839, in Bitburg, Bitburg, Rhine Province, Prussia (now Germany)
  • Johann Matthias Bedessem
    b. January 15, 1764, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. January 15, 1764, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
  • Barbara Bedessem
    b. March 3, 1769, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. March 31, 1771, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
  • Jakob Bedessem
    b. February 16, 1772, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Anna Margaretha Zins, March 31, 1800, in Bitburg, Forêts, French Republic
    d. December 16, 1829, in Bitburg, Rhine Province, Prussia
  • Martin Bedessem
    b. August 30, 1774, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. March 24, 1776, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire

Siblings

  • Maria Katharina Bedessem
    b. December 18, 1726, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
  • Johann Matthias Bedessem
    b. July 15, 1733, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
  • Christoph Bedessem
    b. April 14, 1737, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Maria Magdalena Schielen, July 24, 1763, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Anna Maria Waxweiler, February 29, 1780, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Gertrud Hiwels, February 12, 1786, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. April 21, 1805, in Bitburg, Forêts, French Empire
  • Johann Bedessem
    b. November 19, 1741, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    m. Margaretha Poth, February 23, 1772, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. December 31, 1807, in Bitburg, Forêts, French Empire
  • Matthias Bedessem
    b. December 15, 1746, in Bitburg, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire
    d. December 15, 1778, in the River Kyll, Duchy of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Empire due to drowning

Life story

A Bitburg Cart Driver

Johann Maximin Bedessem was born January 30, 1730, in Bitburg, in what is now western Germany, and worked as a farmer and cart driver, marrying twice, in 1754 and 1758. He died in Bitburg on March 25, 1776.

Sources (1)
  1. Irmgard Schmitz, Werner Naumann, and Werner Lichter, Familienbuch Bitburg (Bitburg, Germany: Geschichtlichen Arbeitskreis Bitburg Land, 2017), 1:148-156.