Jean Ortscheid

A Oberdorf, Grentzingen village depended on the parish level, we find at the end of the seventeenth century Jean-Jacques ORTSCHEID, the clerk of the village. During the baptism of his daughter Mary Elizabeth in 1683, he was called "Domini," that is to say "Sir", which is related to its function. At baptism mentioned, the godfather was Jean-Georges ORTSCHEID Altkirch who lived where he was a prosecutor tax. He was assigned around 1696 the following arms. "azure door three spikes money badly ordered" Jean-Georges died in 1719 in Altkirch at the age of 77 years altkirchoise