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Introduction
An attempt to create trees for all the earliest Greisch records I could locate in the Luxembourg section of www.FamilySearch.org.
The ideal is that ongoing research might enable one to eventually merge some of these trees into larger ones.
The oldest 'orphan' Greisch profiles
For all of the profiles listed below, the correct parents still have to be identified:
Born in the period 1500 - 1599
Nicolaus * circa 1590, Nicolaus married Catharina. Their children were born in Elvange, Luxembourg.
Born in the period 1600 - 1699
Jois * circa 1600. Jois/Jean's wife is unknown. Their children were born in Hovelange, Luxembourg.
Michael * circa 1634. Michael was married to Catharina. Their children were born in Elvange, Luxembourg.
Anthonius * circa 1636. Anthonius married Margaretha Friss. Their children were born in Hovelange, Luxembourg.
Hubert * circa 1664. Hubert was from Eupen, Belgium, and married Marie Schunck/Schanck. Their children were born in Useldange, Luxembourg.
Guillaume * circa 1667. Guillaume/Wilhelm was married to Maria and their children were born in Eschdorf and Esch-sur-Sure, Luxembourg.
Joannes * circa 1668. Joannes/Jean was married to Catharina Kremer and their children were born in Eschdorf and Esch-sur-Sure, Luxembourg.
Peter * circa 1676. Peter/Pierre was born in Schieren-Bas, Luxembourg. He was married to Maria Rassel.
Theodori * circa 1684, Theodori married Catharina Seydt. (At the time of writing, this tree is the largest Greisch tree on GENI.com)
Peter Georges * circa 1686. Peter/Pierre Georges was born in Esch-sur-Sure, Luxembourg, and married Margaretha Schanen. Their children were also born in Esch-sur-Sure, Luxembourg.
Wilhelm * circa 1688. Wilhelm/Guillaume was from Huttange, Luxembourg and married Susanna Meyers. Their children were also born in Huttange, Luxembourg.
Willibrordus * circa 1695. Willibrordus was from Arsdorf, Luxembourg. His wife is unknown. Their second child was also born in Arsdorf, Luxembourg.
Born in the period 1700 - 1799
Nicolaus * circa 1719. Nicolaus was from Heiderscheid-Grund, Luxembourg and married Catharina Heuster.
Nicolaus * circa 1720. Nicolaus was from Eschdorf, Luxembourg. He married Catharina Closen. Their children were born in Eschdorf.
Joannes * circa 1720. Joannes/Jean married Catharina Claussen. Their only known daughter (at the time of writing) was born in Brattert, Luxembourg.
Nicolaus * circa 1760. Nicolaus married Barbara Chevalier and Catharina Lahir/Laher. He was from Everlange, Luxembourg.
Different languages create very specific challenges
The records available on www.FamilySearch.org are often in German or in French, but sometimes also in Latin. Below are a few examples of how the same individual might be named, depending on whether the source is Latin, German or French. This makes the matching of identical profiles quite challenging.
Anna, Anne
Catharina, Catherine;
Jois, Joannes, Jean;
Franciscus, Francois;
Wilhelmus, Guillaume;
Margaretha, Marguerite;
Maria, Marie;
Nicolai, Nicolaus, Nicolas;
Petrus, Peter, Pierre