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Johannes "John" Wentzel 1791–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Nov 1791

Birth Location: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 23 Dec 1862

Death Location: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Phillip Wentzel

Mother: Anna Lauffer

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Johannes "John" Wentzel was born in 1791 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Phillip Johann Phillipus Wentzel And Anna Maria Mary Lauffer. Johannes "John" Wentzel passed away in 1862 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Johannes "John" Wentzel was born in 1791 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Phillip Johann Phillipus Wentzel And Anna Maria Mary Lauffer.
  • Johannes "John" Wentzel passed away in 1862 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Johannes Wentzel's Ancestors

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Johannes Wentzel
1791–1862
Birth Place: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Phillip "Johann Phillipus" Wentzel
1739–1818
Rudesheim, Hanau, Hessen, Germany
Anna (Maria "Mary") Lauffer
1750–1837
Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Johannes (Lorentz) Wentzel
1701–1780
Ruedigheim, Kr Hanau, Hesse, Germany
Anna (Catherine De Rooij) Nagel
1708–1793
Hanau, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
Johann (Christian) Läufer
1723–1796
Weisenheim am Sand, Bad Dürkheimer Landkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Anna (Susanna) Best
1735–1796
Palatinate, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Johann Wentzel
1675–1702
Anna Haussel
1664–1701
Georg Nagel
1680–
Anna Gerhard
1687–1759
Johann Lauffer
1683–1729
Johann Best
1713–1762
Anna Schaeffer
1719–1769
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Wentzel
1639–1703
Anna Steuerwald
1643–1719
Johannes Nagel
–1716
Helena Arkenstette
1656–1705
Joseph Leufer
1660–1713
(Sophia) Fischer
1661–1686
Wilhelm Best
1680–1749
Johann Schäffer
1693–1756

Johannes Wentzel's Timeline

2 Records

1791
5 Nov 1791
Birth of Johannes "John" Wentzel in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
1862
23 Dec 1862
Age 71
Death of Johannes "John" Wentzel in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Nov 1791
    Event Place: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1862
    Event Place: Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

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