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Johann Gottfried MAY 1787–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 SEP 1787

Birth Location: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau

Death Date: 13 DEC 1862

Death Location: Aweyken

Father: Christoph MAY

Mother: Catharina WINKLER

Spouse(s): Maria LENGNICK

Children(s): Johann (MEY, Anna MAY, Anna MAY, Anna MAY, Catharina MAY, Charlotta MAY, Ferdinand MAY, Gottfried MAY, Gottlieb MAY

Johann Gottfried MAY was born in 1787 in Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau, the child of Christoph May And Catharina Elisabeth Winkler. Johann Gottfried MAY married Maria Dorothea Lengnick, and had children including Anna Elisabeth May, Anna Louisa May, Anna Regina Henriette May, Catharina Dorothea May, Charlotta Christlieb May, Ferdinand Leopold May, Gottfried Samuel May, Gottlieb May, Johann Carl Karl May Mey. Johann Gottfried MAY passed away in 1862 in Aweyken.

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Biography

  • Johann Gottfried MAY was born in 1787 in Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau, the child of Christoph May And Catharina Elisabeth Winkler.
  • Johann Gottfried MAY married Maria Dorothea Lengnick, and had children including Anna Elisabeth May, Anna Louisa May, Anna Regina Henriette May, Catharina Dorothea May, Charlotta Christlieb May, Ferdinand Leopold May, Gottfried Samuel May, Gottlieb May, Johann Carl Karl May Mey.
  • Johann Gottfried MAY passed away in 1862 in Aweyken.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Johann MAY's Ancestors

Self
Johann MAY
1787–1862
Birth Place: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
Parents
Christoph MAY
1756–1794
Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
Catharina (Elisabeth) WINKLER
1761–
Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
Grandparents
Michael MAY
1714–1759
Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
Anna (Elisabeth) RAHLKE
1721–1793
Andreas WINKLER
1731–1807
Lovisa (PESCHACK) (BESACK)
1722–1782
Great-Grandparents
George MAY
1680–1744
PERKUHN
–1755
Christoph WINKLER
1687–1738
Michael (BESACK)
1684–1754
Dorothea WITT
1689–1758
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael (POSACKE)
1650–1721
Barbara RIESS
1650–1731
Wilhelm WITT
1650–
Anna SCHWELL
1655–

Johann MAY's Descendants

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Johann (Gottfried) MAY (6 SEP 1787–13 DEC 1862) m. Maria (Dorothea) LENGNICK (16 DEC 1786–20 JAN 1838)
  1. 1. Johann (Carl (Karl) MAY) (MEY 1824–
    1. 1. Amilie (Auguste Franziska) MAY 1867–
    2. 2. Anna (Maria Valeska) MAY 1864–
    3. 3. Carl (August Ewald) MAY 1859–
    4. 4. Friedrich (Arthur Emil) MAY 1857–
    5. 5. Gustav (Leopold Adalbert) MAY 1862–1867
    6. 6. Otto (Hugo Franz) MAY 1869–
    7. 7. Paulina (Maria) MAY 1871–
    8. 8. Sohn MAY 1866–1866
    9. 9. Theodor (Max) MAY 1873–
  2. 2. Anna (Elisabeth) MAY 1815– m. Gottfried KLEIN 1807–
  3. 3. Anna (Louisa) MAY 1813–1855 m. Friedrich LENGNICK 1810–
    1. 1. Carl (August) LENGNICK 1852–
    2. 2. Carl (Ferdinand) LENGNICK 1845–
    3. 3. Carl (Ludwig) LENGNICK 1849–1849
    4. 4. Friedrich (Hermann) LENGNICK 1847–1925
    5. 5. Henriette (Loysa) LENGNICK 1850–
    6. 6. Sohn LENGNICK 1855–1855
  4. 4. Anna (Regina Henriette) MAY 1819– m. Friedrich (August) BERNHARDT 1828–
    1. 1. Anna (Therese Clara) BERNHARDT 1858–
    2. 2. August (Hermann Hugo) BERNHARDT 1862–1867
    3. 3. Auguste (Henriette Hulda) BERNHARDT 1859–
    4. 4. Louise (Martha Emilie) BERNHARDT 1864–
  5. 5. Catharina (Dorothea) MAY 1817–1845 m. Johann (Wilhelm) GEHRKE 1816–
    1. 1. Gottfried (August) GEHRKE 1844–
    2. 2. Johann (Wilhelm) GEHRKE 1842–
    3. 3. Louisa (Henriette) GEHRKE 1843–1844
  6. 6. Charlotta (Christlieb) MAY 1821– m. Friedrich (Wilhelm) LAU 1822–
    1. 1. Anna (Bertha) LAU 1854–
    2. 2. Dorothea (Henriette) LAU 1851–
    3. 3. Elise (Karolina Henriette) LAU 1857–1860
    4. 4. Ferdinand (Leopold) LAU 1852–
    5. 5. Ferdinand (Wilhelm) LAU 1859–
    6. 6. Georg (Anton Richard) LAU 1867–
    7. 7. Gustav (Ferdinand) LAU 1861–
  7. 7. Ferdinand (Leopold) MAY 1827–1856
  8. 8. Gottfried (Samuel) MAY 1810–
  9. 9. Gottlieb MAY 1809–1810

Johann MAY's Timeline

2 Records

1787
6 SEP 1787
Birth of Johann Gottfried MAY in Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
1862
13 DEC 1862
Age 75
Death of Johann Gottfried MAY in Aweyken
Aweyken

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 SEP 1787
    Event Place: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 DEC 1862
    Event Place: Aweyken

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