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About Anna Christina Klingenschmidt
Some researchers show her birthplace as Waldhambach, Alsace, France. While I am not familiar with the geography of France & Germany, the following may help explain why some records indicate birth in one country, while others show birth in the other...
Alsace-Lorraine is a frontier area in Northwestern France which is separated from Germany on the east by the Rhine Rier, and is drained by the Mosel River. The Vosges Mountains are in the east. Today Alsace-Lorraine is made up of: Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin in the French administration region of Alsace, and Moselle, which is part of the Lorraine region. From Microsoft Encarta: "After the breakup of Charlemagne's empire in the 9th century, the region became the object of disputes between French and German rulers, passing from the control of one to the other. The term Alsace-Lorraine was first used in 1871, when, by the terms of the Peace Treaty of Frankfurt concluding the Franco-Prussian War, the former provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, which had been under French rule since the middle of the 17th century, were annexed by Germany. They were returned to France in 1919 after WWI, by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. During WWII, under terms of the Armistice of 1940 between France and Germany, the territory was ceded to Germany, but France regained it after Germany's defeat in 1945."
So, since "Alsace-Lorraine" was not so named until 1871, the birthplace of these early ancestors was probably in the same location in what was then a part of Germany. Our modern genealogy programs are technologically able to translate old place names into the current designated names...Confusing for us if we're not careful!
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 9 2020, 19:34:01 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 9 2020, 19:34:01 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 9 2020, 22:05:09 UTC
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Anna Christina Klingenschmidt's Timeline
| 1692 |
May 8, 1692
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Tieffenbach, Lutzelstein, Elsaá-Lothringen, Germany (now Bas-Rhin, France)/France
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1692
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Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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1718
Age 25
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Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
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1718
Age 25
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| 1724 |
1724
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Pennsylvania, United States
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1725
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PA
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| 1727 |
1727
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Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1728 |
1728
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Moderfeld, Lutzelstein, Germany
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