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Anna Catharina WEGENNAST 1706-___? |
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Andreas BLOCHER 1695-1752 |
Anna Maria "Mary" BUGH c1693-___? |
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Joseph FLORY 1711-1741 |
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Anna Catherina BLOCHER 1739-___? |
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Abraham FLORY 1735-1827 |
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Rachel FLORY 1763-1841 |
Rachel Flory's mother, Anna Catharina Blocher* was born on Mar 7, 1739 in Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany; daughter of Andreas Blocher* (1695-1752), and Anna Catharina Wegennast* (b. 1706), also of Holzhausen.
Web pages concerning Andreas Blocher - some inconsistencies:
Comparing the three following web pages:
According to The Blocher Seven Generation Chart, Andreas had 18 children, of which Peter is the first listed, Matthias is 6th, and Anna Catharina is the 12th listed. The birth dates show that certain births are within 9 months of each other, specifically Johann Georg and Andreas (Jr.), which are listed as 2nd and 3rd born, and Christian and Johannes, listed as 8th and 9th born. Also, the second Christina and Anna, listed as 16th and 17th are shown being born on the same day, implying that they were twins. Since there are two daughter named Christina (listed as 5th and 16th, where the date given for the first one's death is 1804) and two Johannes's (listed as 9th and 15th), and since there are seemingly biologically implausible birth dates, it is suspected that this record may be the mixture of two different families of Blocher. Perhaps many of the children listed were born to related Blochers and were adopted by Andreas Blocher and Anna Maria Wegennast.
Andreas and Anna Catharina had 17 children, according to the web page: "Family Group Sheet". This page omits Peter and shows the 5th listed as Mathias Blocher (1730-1803) who emigrated to Manheim Twp. in York County, PA, then married Barbara Schwab in 1759 at Trappe, Montgomery County, PA. According to this web page, Anna Catharina Blocher* (b. 1739), was the 11th child of Andreas and Margaretha. The birth dates and order of the children on this page are non-biologically overlapping, and also indicate that the second Christina and Anna were twins.
The web page: Our Family Chronicle: The Blocher Family, does not show a list of children of Andreas Blocher and Anna Maria Wegennast, but is centered only on Mathias Blocher who married Barbara Schwabin (or "Schwab" as reported in the "Family Group Sheet"). Each of the other web pages show the similar named spouse for Mathias, the same-named, son Joseph and daughter-in-law, and grandchild, Samuel, as listed in this "Our Family Chronicle" web page. The "Our Family Chronicle" web page, shows that Mathias emigrated with two brothers, "Peter", and "John" to settle in Hanover, PA. One of the other web page shows no sibling to Mathias named "Peter" but both list Johann Georg Blocher (oldest child) whose death is not shown, and two Johannes Blochers, any of whom could be known as "John".
The "Our Family Chronicle" web page, also states that Mathias and his brothers Peter and John emigrated to escape a military draft of young men over 16 years old, and so they "slipped out of Germany in 1753". according to the birth dates on the other two web pages, Mathias would have been 23-24 years old and Peter and Johann would have been 27-28 years old.
It would seem at first glance that these records are somewhat inconsistent. One is missing "Peter", and there are minor differences in the immigrant children's settlement locations in PA. Also, the "Our Family Chronicle" web page states that Mathias Blocker's family was Jewish and had a tradition of naming all their children with biblical names, however, some of the names in the other web pages are not typical of Jewish names, especially the two daughters named "Christina", a son named "Christian" and, "Anna Maria", Anna Catharina", "Margarethe", and "Elisabeth". The sheer number of 17 children also seems excessive (although possible), suggesting either that Andreas had more than one wife and/or that some of their children were adopted cousins of their natural children.