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Margaretha "Gretty" Hess 1554–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1554

Birth Location: Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland

Death Date: 26 Mar 1617

Death Location: Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland

Father: Wolfgang Hess

Mother: Louise Faber

Spouse(s): Hans Leuthold

Children(s): Anna Schöpling

In 1554, Margaretha "Gretty" Hess entered the world in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland, born to Wolfgang Heinrich Hess And Louise Frederik Faber. Margaretha "Gretty" Hess married Hans Abraham Leuthold, and had children including Anna Marie Hiestand Schopling. Margaretha "Gretty" Hess passed away in 1617 in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland.

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Biography

  • In 1554, Margaretha "Gretty" Hess entered the world in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland, born to Wolfgang Heinrich Hess And Louise Frederik Faber.
  • Margaretha "Gretty" Hess married Hans Abraham Leuthold, and had children including Anna Marie Hiestand Schopling.
  • Margaretha "Gretty" Hess passed away in 1617 in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wolfgang Hess
1530–1571
Birth Location: Meiringen, Canton Bern, Bern, Berne, Suisse
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Louise Faber
1530–
Birth Location: Meiringen, Canton Bern, Bern, Berne, Suisse
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Spouses(s)

Hans Leuthold
1548–1601
Birth Location: Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
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Children(s)

Anna Schöpling
1576–1650
Birth Location: Richterswil, Zürich, Switzerland
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Margaretha Hess's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha Hess
1554–1617
Birth Place: Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
Parents
Wolfgang Heinrich Hess
1530–1571
Meiringen, Canton Bern, Bern, Berne, Suisse
Louise (Frederik) Faber
1530–
Meiringen, Canton Bern, Bern, Berne, Suisse
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Hess's Descendants

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Margaretha ("Gretty") Hess (ABT 1554–26 Mar 1617) m. Hans (Abraham) Leuthold (1548–13 Dec 1601)
  1. 1. Anna (Marie Hiestand) Schöpling 1576–1650 m. Heinrich Hiestand 1567–1653
    1. 1. Jung (Hans) Hiestand 1605–1672 m. Verena Appli 1609–1679
      1. 1. Anna (Klianna Appli) Hiestand 1637–1713 m. Hans (Jacob) Brubacher 1631–1685
        1. 1. Anna (Magdalena Maria Brubacher\Brubaker) Stover 1663–1722 m. Christian (Galle Stover) (Stauffer) 1663–1735
        2. 2. Hans Brubacher 1658–1709
        3. 3. Hans (Jacob) Brubacher 1658–1697
        4. 4. Madelena Brubacher 1663–1760
        5. 5. Hans Brubaker 1665–1730

Margaretha Hess's Timeline

2 Records

1554
ABT 1554
Birth of Margaretha "Gretty" Hess in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
1617
26 Mar 1617
Age 63
Death of Margaretha "Gretty" Hess in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1554
    Event Place: Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1617
    Event Place: Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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