Who was Dorothea TROST?

Dorothea TROST (1655–1725) was born in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland and died in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland. 2 researchers on YourRoots have this ancestor in their family trees.

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Dorothea Katharina TROST 1655–1725

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Born 10 OCT 1655 · Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland

Died 16 FEB 1725 · Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland

Father Johann Trost

Mother Magadalene Keuler

Spouse N Schmitt

Children Adam Schmitt, Anna Maria Schmitt, Bartholomaeus Schmitt, Eva Schmitt, Johann Friedrich Schmitt

Siblings Anna Magdalena Trost, Anna Maria Trost, Hans Peter Trost

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Bartholomaeus Schmitt

Eva Schmitt

Johann Friedrich Schmitt

Biography

The story of Dorothea Katharina TROST began in 1655 in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland. Dorothea Katharina TROST married n schmitt, and had children including adam schmitt, anna maria schmitt, bartholomaeus schmitt, eva schmitt, johann friedrich schmitt. Dorothea Katharina TROST passed away in 1725 in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland.

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1655

Birth of Dorothea Katharina TROST in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland

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1725

Death of Dorothea Katharina TROST in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland

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Oldest Ancestor Line from Dorothea TROST

This ancestor line traces from Villmar, eine Gemeinde im mittelhessischen Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Deutschland (1620) to Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland (1655) across 2 generations.

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: Dorothea TROST (1655–1725) was born in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland and died in Oberbrechen, heute Ortsteil der Gemeinde Brechen, Kreis Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Deutschland. 2 researchers on YourRoots have this ancestor in their family trees, each with their own records. This page combines what they've independently documented and assigns a Reliability Score (B) based on cross-tree validation.
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