Hans Heinrich Bapst Pabst (Bobst)

GEDCOM Note

Much of the information on Hans Heinrich Bapst/Pabst was researched by: Living Pope, Statesville, NC.

1. Birth Source: Waldmohr Evangelical-Reformed Church Records, 1689-1782, Transcribed by Erich Wunn, Zweibruecken, 1982, p. 7 and original.

2. Confirmation Source: Confirmed 16 April 1713 at Rieschweiler; Rieschweiler Reformed Church Records, 1683-1798, Transcript by Walter Bohrer. Also, by 22 February 1988 letter from Bernd Goelzer to Living Pope.

3. Immigration information and Source: Heinrich Pabst, along with wife, Gertrud Kieffer arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship, Loyal Judith, on September 25, 1732. Maria Elisabetha Pabst (age 6) and Hans Georg Pabst (age 1) arrived with them as they were listed in the Thaleischweiler Lutheran Church Records. Initially, they settled in Richmond Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania according to Moselem Lutheran Church Records where they were members.

"Burgert, Annette Kunselman, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Germany-Speaking Lands to North America, Volume II: The Western Palatinate, (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1985), p. 258-259."

4. Birth/Death information for Hans Heinrich/Gertrud Pabst's children: Thaleischweiler Lutheran Church records, 1720-1798, transcribed by Walter Siegl.

Other source: Annweiler Families 1477-1927, by Reverend Georg Biundo - 1939, Vol. 1 A-D, p. 11 revised 1995, p. 11b-11c added June 2005 in letter from Living Kastens to Living Barnes.