Emhof (Bavaria) - baptisms - 1689-1702 - Jänder - origin of Conrad Jenta?
The parish of Emhof (in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany) belongs officially to the parish of Dietldorf, but lies halfway along the road to Schmidmühlen. Hans Georg Jander/Jänder and his wife Margaretha live in Emhof - they have at least 4 children baptised:
04.07.1689 Hans Georg Jander in Dietldorf
27.12.1691 Agnes Jänder in Schmidmühlen
02.08.1694 Conrad Jänder in Dietldorf
26.07.1702 Anna Barbara Jander in Dietldorf
I have not found any marriages in either Schmidmühlen or Dietldorf - but there are no marriage entries from 1686 or 1683 (unless I have overlooked something).
The name and origin of Conrad Jänder, born in 1694, would certainly match the Conrad Jenta we are looking for - but the date of birth differs by 4 years from the date in the Wetzikon population register ... what possible explanations are there?
1) The information in Wetzikon is simply wrong: not impossible, but with a difference of 4 years not overly likely.
2) Conrad (*1694) died young and had a brother born in 1698 who later emigrated to Switzerland.
a) There is no corresponding death entry: the Dietldorf death register does not begin until 1712, while that of Schmidmühlen has a gap between 1693 and 1701.
b) Further children could well have been born between 1694 and 1702 - a Conrad (*1698) would therefore be possible.
c) However, there is no corresponding baptism in 1698 in either Dietldorf or Schmidmühlen. I have also found no further mention of Jander in the name registers of neighbouring parishes.
However, as no other Jander/Jänder family can be traced in the area of the Dietldorf or Schönmühlen parishes in this time period, it can probably be assumed that Hans Georg Jander/Jänder and his wife Margaretha are the parents of the emigrated Conrad.
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In the meantime I have summarized the major facts about Conrad Jenta (in German) on https://www.geneal-forum.com/phpbb/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=33897#p127203.
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I am without words!! This is amazing. Wow. What an amazing gift. I have always wanted to find the origin of Conrad Jenta but didn't know how to go about doing so. You are amazing!!! I will post your ideas and give them some thought!
I assume George and Margaretha are mentioned in the children's baptismal records. Too bad there are no marrriage records. Do the records for this area go back to when George and Margaretha were born, maybe 1660s or 1670s? I haven't used Matricula.
Kent
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Agreed - Matricula is great! Includes many records - most important for me: all catholic parishes in Bavaria. Recent scans of high quality - and available for free ;-) !
Just check records for Dietldorf and Schmidmühlen yourself. Nice feature: the have surname indices. There is just a single other Jander/Jänder entry - mentioned on my Geneal-Forum post (last line):
13.05.1668 in Dietldorf a Johannes, son of Johannes Jander and his wife (another) Margaretha: also lived in Emhof, so likely related, but impossible to prove how … could be Conrad's uncle … just a wild guess. Problem: the early records have gaps.
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