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Margareta Forster 1662–1734 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1662 (3 oct 19)

Birth Location: Thurgau, Switzerland

Death Date: 10 Feb 1734

Death Location: Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Father: Hans *

Mother: Margaretha Windler

Spouse(s): Hans *

Children(s): ANNE SCHERER

The story of Margareta Forster began in 1662 in Thurgau, Switzerland. Margareta Forster married Hans Kaspar Scherer, and had children including Anne Marie Scherer. Margareta Forster passed away in 1734 in Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Margareta Forster began in 1662 in Thurgau, Switzerland.
  • Margareta Forster married Hans Kaspar Scherer, and had children including Anne Marie Scherer.
  • Margareta Forster passed away in 1734 in Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hans *
1647–1688
Birth Location: Püttlingen
H*
Margaretha Windler
1649–1685
Birth Location: Püttlingen, Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Hans *
1660–1713
Birth Location: Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland
H*

Children(s)

ANNE SCHERER
1709–1782
Birth Location: –
AS

Margareta Forster's Ancestors

Self
Margareta Forster
1662–1734
Birth Place: Thurgau, Switzerland
Parents
Hans Jacob Forster *
1647–1688
Püttlingen
Margaretha Windler
1649–1685
Püttlingen, Regionalverband Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Grandparents
Jakob (Forster) *
1610–1660
Schwalbach
Annna Grun
1613–1652
Puttlingen
Great-Grandparents
Peter Forster
1582–
Johanna *
1586–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margareta Forster's Descendants

1.
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Margareta Forster (abt 1662 (3 oct 19)–10 Feb 1734) m. Hans (Kaspar Scherer) * (13 aug 1660–15 apr 1713/1714)
  1. 1. ANNE (MARIE) SCHERER 1709–1782 m. Jean (Henri Benjamin Giraud) Shero 1698–1776
    1. 1. Marie (Magdelina Giraud) (Shero) 1740–1810 m. Leopold Hornung 1738–1783
      1. 1. LEOPOLD HORNUNG 1763–1793 m. MARIA (ESTER) FUSSLER 1764–1814
        1. 1. Esther (Barbara) Hornung 1789–1860 m. JOHANN SCHONTHAL 1782–1835

Margareta Forster's Timeline

2 Records

1662
abt 1662 (3 oct 19)
Birth of Margareta Forster in Thurgau, Switzerland
Thurgau, Switzerland
1734
10 Feb 1734
Age 72
Death of Margareta Forster in Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1662 (3 oct 19)
    Event Place: Thurgau, Switzerland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1734
    Event Place: Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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