THE EBERHARDS
Who were they and how do they fit in to our Heritage?
Relationship Chart
Anna Catharina Eberhard is the 4th great-grandmother of Catherine Elaine Petzinger
* Johann Wilhelm Geyer
(1769-1830)
* Anna Catharina Eberhard
(1772-1834)
Married Abt 1790
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Johann Philipp Creter II
(1794-1865)
* Maria Katharina Geyer
(1801-1878)
Married 19 Dec 1819
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Johann Conrad Petzinger II
(1830-1910)
* Elisabetha Creter
(1829-1909)
Married 9 Feb 1862
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* Johann Friedrich Petzinger
(1859-1912)
Amelia C. Snyder
(1866-1943)
Married 9 Jun 1885
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* Conrad Andrew Petzinger
(1892-1957)
Thora Sophie Stuart
(1896-1978)
Married 21 Apr 1916
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* Charles Henry Petzinger
(1922-2006)
Mary Catherine Maas
(1926-1971)
Married 30 Apr 1948
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* Catherine Elaine Petzinger
(1949-)
The Eberhards entered our Petzinger family when Anna Catharina married Johann Wilhelm Geyer. Their daughter, Maria Catharina married Philipp Creter. The Creter’s came into the family when their daughter, Elisabetha married Conrad Petzinger (our 2nd great grandfather). His son, Friedrich was the father of Conrad Andrew, Dad’s father.
So, back to Anna Catharina Eberhard. She was born in 1772 in Bessungen (a small town, now incorporated into Darmstadt), Germany. She married Johann Wilhelm Geyer about 1790 and had nine children between 1793 and 1815, all born in Bessungen. Johann Wilhelm served in the local military as a musketeer, but I think it was short-lived, but I do not know what occupation he had after that.
Her parents were Conrad Wilhelm Eberhard and Elisabetha Demmel (our 5th great grandparents). Elisabetha was Conrad Wilhelm’s second wife who died one year after giving birth to their first child. Conrad Wilhelm remarried in 1767 and three more children, Anna Catharina was the last.
Continuing to work backwards in the Eberhard generations, Conrad Wilhelm was born 1741 in Bessungen to Johann Adam Eberhard and Elisabetha Roth (6th great grandparents). He was the sixth of seven children.
Johann Adam was born in 1709 in Bessungen (died 1780), the sixth and last child of Johann Philipp Eberhard and Anna Margaretha (maiden name unknown). Johann Adam was a baker early on (1730), but by 1741 when Conrad Wilhelm was born he was a town government official, probably a tax collector.
Our earliest known Eberhard was Johann Adams’ father, Johann Philipp (7th great grandfather) who was born before 1675, probably in Bessungen. He was a master vines dresser, winemaker and farmer. And here the Eberhard story ends, at least for now. Although there are some church records from Bessungen as early as 1578, most are illegible, but I will continue to research the Eberhards.
Here is the lineage chart for Anna Catharina Eberhard showing her ancestors (don’t know why it downloaded with the header for her husband, Johann Wilhelm Geyer and can’t fix it, but the chart itself is correct.)
