Ahnentafel for George Hooker (1844-1921)

Below is an ahnentafel for George HOOKER, born 1844 in Ihren, Germany; died 1921 in Carroll Co., Indiana, USA. Mr. Hooker's story and photograph can be found here: HERE and HERE.

George Hooker's parents were John HOOKER (1814-aft 1863) and Margaret HAMMES (1817-bef 1860). In Germany, their names were Johann HOCKERTZ and Margaretha HAMMES. Church records establish the family as Catholic. The story of John and Margaret can be found here: JOHN and MARGARET.

The ahnentafel and this HTML page were prepared by genealogist Mr. Uwe Probst. Mr. Probst's version has been translated and edited, for easier reading by Americans.

Link for information about Winterspelt, Germany: www.winterspelt.de/

All towns other than Lafayette, Indiana, are German towns or villages, in the Eifel region, in the area of Germany near the Belgium and Luxembourg border.


Generation 1

2 HOCKERTZ, Johann: Roman Catholic; farmhand at the Staners family property in Heckhuscheid.   > 4
born 23-Mar-1814, Ihren; died after 1863, probably in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.

3 HAMMES, Margaretha :   > 6
born 05-Aug-1817, Heckhuscheid; died before June 1860, probably in Racine County, Wisconsin, USA.


Generation 2

4 HOCKERTZ, Michael : Roman Catholic.   < 2  > 8
born 13-Feb-1776, Matzerath; died 20-Mar-1839, Ihren; married 29-Apr-1811, Winterspelt.

5 WEYRES, Anna Margaretha : Roman Catholic.   > 10
born 21-Feb-1780, Ihren; died 23-Mar-1814, Ihren.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was BONGEN; parents are listed as married 1772.)

6 HAMMES, Georg :  Roman Catholic.  peasant farmer.  < 3  > 12
born 06-Jan-1782, Winterspelt; died 24-Jan-1863, Oberraden; married before 1806, Heckhuscheid.

7 PÜTZ VULGO STANERS, Anna Maria :  Roman Catholic.   > 14
born 02-Apr-1780, Heckhuscheid; died 02-Jan-1823, Heckhuscheid.


Generation 3

8 HOCKERTZ, Hubert :  Roman Catholic.  < 4
born Matzerath; died before 1811, Matzerath; married about 1767.

9 REIFFERS, Anna :  Roman Catholic.  
born 28.Mar.1753, Daleiden; died before 1811, Matzerath.

10 BONGEN, Philipp :  Roman Catholic.  < 5  > 20
born 26-Mar-1748, Ihren; died 29.Jul.1796, Ihren; married 25-Nov-1772, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was PETERS; parents are listed as married 1744.)

11 WEYRES, Maria Catharina :  Roman Catholic.  > 22
born 17-Nov-1756, Ihren; died 18-Nov-1828, Ihren.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was SPOO; parents are listed as married 10-Feb-1756.)

12 HAMMES, Nikolaus : Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 6  > 24
born 16-Apr-1738, Winterspelt; died before 1812, Winterspelt; married 27-Jul-1754, Winterspelt.

13 CREMERS, Margaretha :  Roman Catholic.  > 26
born 09-Sep-1735, Winterspelt; died 11-Mar-1800, Winterspelt.

14 PÜTZ VULGO STANERS, Gerhard : Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 7  > 28
born 11-Feb-1759, Heckhuscheid; died after 1829, Heckhuscheid; married 24-Mar-1777, Großkampen.
(Carried surnames of father and mother. "Vulgo" sort of meant "at the house of." Likely the husband lived at the wife's family home/estate after they married.)

15 NEUENS, Anna Katharina :  Roman Catholic.  > 30
born 27-Aug-1758, Leidenborn; died Heckhuscheid.


Generation 4

20 PETERS, Johann Leonard :  Roman Catholic.  < 10  > 40
born 24-May-1723, Urb; died 07-Jan-1779, Ihren; married 23-Nov-1744, Elcherath.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was LINGEN; parents are listed as married 1712.)

21 BONGEN, Maria Katharina :  Roman Catholic.  > 42
born about 1721, Ihren.

22 SPOO, Johann :  Roman Catholic.  < 11  > 44
born 06-Nov-1731, Winterspelt; died 11-Jun-1825, Ihren; married 10-Feb-1756, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was MICHAELS; parents are listed as married 5-Feb-1731.)

23 WEYRES, Maria :  Roman Catholic.  > 46
born 29-Nov-1735, Ihren; died 08-Jun-1785, Ihren.

24 HAMMES, Philipp : Roman Catholic; peasant farmer.  < 12  > 48
born about 1710, Winterspelt; died 27-Nov-1739, Winterspelt; married 04-Jun-1737, Winterspelt.

25 HABSCH, Gertrud : Roman Catholic.   > 50
born 17-Jan-1712, Amelscheid; died 22-Aug-1773, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was FAAS; parents are listed as married 1705.)

26 CREMERS, Philipp :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer; mayor of Winterspelt.  < 13  > 52
born Sep-1705, Winterspelt; died 09-Aug-1779, Winterspelt; married 27-Nov-1723, Winterspelt.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was HOCKERTZ; parents are listed as married 19-Feb-1705.)
(NOTE: Philipp Cremers was the great-grandfather of Margaretha Hammes, who married Johann Hockertz. Margaretha may have married a distant cousin.)

27 BIEHLEN, Maria :  Roman Catholic.  > 54
born 07-Jan-1703, Lünebach; died 30-May-1780, Winterspelt.

28 PÜTZ, Johann :  Roman Catholic.  < 14  > 56
born 29-Apr-1731, Masthorn; died 01-Oct-1792, Heckhuscheid; married before 1759, Großkampen.

29 STANERS, Maria :  Roman Catholic.  > 58
born about 1740, Heckhuscheid; died 13-May-1812, Heckhuscheid.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was HOCKELMANS.)

30 NEUENS, Wilhelm :  Roman Catholic.  < 15  > 60
born  1722, Leidenborn; died 23-Jan-1779, Leidenborn; married before 1758, Leidenborn.

31 WEYERS-UNTERST, Katharina : Roman Catholic.   > 62
born 09-Apr-1728, Hontheim; died 15-Jan-1793, Leidenborn.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was SCHMINNES; parents are listed as married 1718.)


Generation 5

40 LINGEN, Johann :  Roman Catholic.  < 20  > 80
born 02-Jul-1688, Großlangenfeld; died 19-Apr-1739, Urb; married 23-Nov-1712, Bleialf.

41 PETERS, Margaretha :  Roman Catholic.  

42 BONGEN, Hubert :  Roman Catholic.  < 21
born Ihren; died 21-Dec-1732, Ihren; married 1720, Elcherath.

43 (unknown), Anna :  Roman Catholic.  
died Ihren.

44 MICHELS, Peter :  Roman Catholic.  < 22
born 01-Mar-1700, Mützenich; died 25-May-1778, Winterspelt; married 05-Feb-1731, Winterspelt.

45 SPOO, Maria :  Roman Catholic. 
born about 1706, Winterspelt; died 22-Aug-1741, Winterspelt.

46 WEYRES, Nikolaus :  Roman Catholic.  < 23  > 92
born Ihren; died Ihren.

47 HÜNEN, Katharina :  Roman Catholic.   > 94
born about 1718, Ihren; died 28-Aug-1742, Ihren.

48 HAMMES, Johann :  Roman Catholic.  peasant farmer.  < 24
died 06-Nov-1732, Winterspelt; married 1709, Winterspelt.

49 RINCKEN, Maria :  Roman Catholic.   > 98
born about 1687, Winterspelt; died 14-May-1741, Winterspelt; married 1709, Winterspelt.

50 FAAS, Georg :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 25
born Lanzerath; died Amelscheid; married 21-Oct-1705, Bleialf.

51 HABSCH, Helena :  Roman Catholic.   > 102
born 26-Jul-1682, Amelscheid; died 30-May-1747, Amelscheid.

52 HOCKERTZ, Johann :  Roman Catholic;  mayor of Winterspelt.  < 26
born Matzerath; died  1748 Winterspelt; married 19-Feb-1705, Bleialf.

53 CREMERS, Katharina :  Roman Catholic.   > 106
born about 1670, Winterspelt; died Winterspelt; married 19-Feb-1705, Bleialf.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was SCHMITZ.)

54 BIEHLEN, Johann :  Roman Catholic.  < 27
born about 1675, Lünebach; died Lünebach; married before 1697, Lünebach.

55 MEYERS, Susanna :  Roman Catholic. 
born about 1681, Lünebach; died Lünebach

56 PÜTZ, Joes : Roman Catholic;   peasant farmer.  < 28  > 112
born 10-Dec-1685, Masthorn; died Masthorn; married 21-Sep-1712, Masthorn.

57 SCHÖNECKERS, Elisabeth :  Roman Catholic.   > 114
born Üttfeld; died Masthorn.

58 HOCKELMANS, Johann Hilarius :  Roman Catholic.  < 29  > 116
born 16-Sep-1707, Winterscheid; died Heckhuscheid.

59 STANERS, Anna :  Roman Catholic.   > 118
born  1710, Heckhuscheid; died after 1758, Heckhuscheid.

60 NEIENS, Johann :  Roman Catholic.  < 30
died Leidenborn.

61 (unknown), Anna Elisabeth :  Roman Catholic. 
died before 1758, Leidenborn.

62 SCHMINNES, Anton : Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 31  > 124
born 07-Mar-1691, Herscheid; died 17-Jan-1767, Hontheim; married 23-Oct-1718, Bleialf.
(Parents' surnames are listed below as MUNICHS and PAULS. MUNICHS is the same as SCHMINNES; it is a dialect variation.)

63 WEYERS UNTERST, Eva Joanna :  Roman Catholic.   > 126
born 02-Sep-1693, Hontheim; died 23-Sep-1748, Hontheim.


Generation 6

80 LINGEN, Johann : Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 40  > 160
born 30-Nov-1651, Großlangenfeld; died 11-May-1722, Großlangenfeld; married 02-Jun-1677, Großlangenfeld.

81 GARENS, Susanna :  Roman Catholic.   > 162
born 14-Mar-1653, Großlangenfeld; died 21-May-1718, Großlangenfeld.

92 WEYRES, Michael  46  > 184
born Ihren; died 08-Nov-1755, Ihren; married 1705, Winterspelt.

93 (unknown), Maria Kath :  Roman Catholic.  
born Ihren; died Ihren.

94 HÜNEN, Johann : Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 47
born Ihren; died Ihren; married 24-Jan-1718, Bleialf.

95 KÜTSCH, Helena : Roman Catholic.    > 190
born 26-Aug-1674, Großlangenfeld; died 12-Apr-1740, Ihren.

98 RINCKEN, Johann Hilger :  Roman Catholic.  < 49  > 196
born about 1650, Winterspelt; married 1682, Winterspelt.

99 (unknown), Katharina :  Roman Catholic.  

102 HABSCH, Nikolaus :  Roman Catholic.  < 51  > 204
born 22-Jan-1663, Amelscheid; died 31-Jan-1724, Amelscheid; married 25-Nov-1681, Bleialf.

103 SCHUE, Maria :  Roman Catholic. 
born Büdesfeld; died 20-Nov-1695, Amelscheid.

106 SCHMITZ, Heinrich :  Roman Catholic;  miner, peasant farmer.  < 53
born Petit Thier; died Winterspelt; married 1663, Winterspelt.

107 CREMERS, Margaretha : Roman Catholic.    > 214
born about 1640, Winterspelt; died Winterspelt.

112 PÜTZ, Matthias : Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 56  > 224
born 07-Jul-1657, Masthorn; died Masthorn; married before 1683, Pronsfeld.

113 MEYERS, Marig :  Roman Catholic.  
born Heisdorf; died Masthorn.

114 SCHÖNECKERS, Theodor :  < 57

116 HOCKELMANNS, Valentin :  Roman Catholic.  < 58  > 232
born about 1670, Winterscheid; died 10-Jun-1740, Winterscheid; married 30-Sep-1699, Bleialf.

117 LAMBERTS, Anna :  Roman Catholic.   > 234
born 06-Feb-1671, Winterscheid; died 26-Feb-1742, Winterscheid.

118 STANERS, Nikolaus :  Roman Catholic.  < 59
born about 1680, Heckhuscheid.

119 (unknown), Maria :  Roman Catholic.  
born about 1685, Heckhuscheid.

124 MÜNICHS, Lambert :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 62  > 248
born 18-Aug-1654, Herscheid; died Herscheid; married 03-Oct-1674, Hontheim.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was WIRICHS; parents are listed as married 14-Jan-1653.)

125 PAULS, Barbara :  Roman Catholic.  
born Hontheim; died Herscheid.

126 WEYERS UNTERST, Bartholomäus :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 63
born Hontheim; died 05-Jun-1702, Hontheim; married before 1693, Hontheim.

127 KEUPERS, Margaretha :  Roman Catholic.   > 254
born 21-Feb-1665, Hontheim; died 28-Feb-1714, Hontheim.
(Carried mother's surname; father's surname was PICK.)


Generation 7

160 LINGEN, Paulus :  Roman Catholic.  < 80
died 28-Aug-1675, Großlangenfeld; married before 1640, Bleialf.

161 (unknown), Margaretha :  Roman Catholic.  
died 17-Jan-1690, Großlangenfeld.

162 GARENS, Leonard :  Roman Catholic.  < 81
died 01-Mar-1681, Großlangenfeld.

163 (unknown), Helena :  Roman Catholic.  
died Mar-1655, Großlangenfeld.

184 WEYRES, Jakob :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 92  > 368
born Ihren; died Ihren; married 1675, Winterspelt.

185 WEIRIGS, Barbara :  Roman Catholic.  
died Ihren.

190 KÜTSCH, Clasen jr : Roman Catholic.   < 95  > 380
died 17-Jun-1718, Großlangenfeld; married before 1671, Bleialf.

191 (unknown), Grethen :  Roman Catholic.  
died 18-Apr-1716, Großlangenfeld.

196 RINCKEN, Nikolaus :  Roman Catholic.  < 98  > 392
born about 1625, Winterspelt; married 1650, Winterspelt.

197 SCHEUERN, Anna : Roman Catholic.   
died Winterspelt.

204 HABSCH, Martin :  Roman Catholic.  < 102  > 408
died Amelscheid; married 02-May-1660, Bleialf.

205 MICHELS, Barbara :  Roman Catholic.  
died 15-Apr-1692, Amelscheid.

214 CREMERS, Paulus : Roman Catholic; mayor of Winterspelt (tavern owner & innkeeper).  < 107  > 428
born about 1620, Winterspelt; died before 1691, Winterspelt; married 1640, Winterspelt.

215 PROBST, Kathrin :   > 430
born about 1620, Hemmeres; died Winterspelt.

224 PÜTZ, Huberti :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 112
born Masthorn; died Masthorn; married befire 1653, Pronsfeld.

225 KEULS, (unknown) :  Roman Catholic.  
born Pronsfeld; died Masthorn.

232 HOCKELMANNS, Johann :  Roman Catholic;  mayor.  < 116
died 11-Dec-1679, Winterscheid; married 1660, Bleialf.

233 (unknown), Susanna :  Roman Catholic.  
born about 1640, Winterscheid; died 17-Apr-1686, Winterscheid.

234 LAMBERTS, Nikolaus :  Roman Catholic.  < 117  > 468
born about 1635, Winterscheid; died 12-Nov-1670, Winterscheid; married 07-Feb-1667, Bleialf.

235 KESCHTGES, Barbara : Roman Catholic.
born about 1640, Winterscheid; died Hemmeres.

248 WIRICHS, Joannes gen. Hans :  Roman Catholic;  peasant farmer.  < 124  > 496
born 14-Apr-1630, Weinsfeld; died 16-Mar-1689, Herscheid; married 14-Jan-1653, Hontheim.

249 MÜNICHS, Marigen :  Roman Catholic.  
born Herscheid; died before 1674, Herscheid.

254 PICK, Johann Peter :  Roman Catholic.  < 127
born Hontheim; died 29-Jan-1690, Hontheim.

255 KEUPERS, Adriane :  Roman Catholic.  
born Hontheim; died before 1671, Hontheim.


Generation 8

368 WERICHS, Hupricht :  Roman Catholic.  < 184
married 1635, Winterspelt.

369 (unknown), Suhn (Susanna) :  Roman Catholic.  

380 KÜTSCH, Nikolaus :  Roman Catholic.  < 190
died 17-Mar-1684, Großlangenfeld; married before 1640, Bleialf.

381 (unknown), Susanna :  Roman Catholic.  
died 25-Apr-1683, Großlangenfeld.

392 RINCKEN, Michael :  Roman Catholic;  court and office messenger.  < 196
born about 1600, Winterspelt; married 1625, Winterspelt.

393 (unknown), Katharina :  Roman Catholic.  

408 HABSCH, Jakob : Roman Catholic.   < 204
born about 1600, Amelscheid.

428 CREMERS, Daniel :  Roman Catholic.  < 214  > 856
born about 1590, Winterspelt; died Winterspelt; married 1615, Winterspelt.

429 (unknown) :  Roman Catholic.  
died Winterspelt.

430 PROBST, Peter I : Roman Catholic;   miller.  < 215  > 860
born about 1595, Hemmeres; died Hemmeres; married 1615, Elcherath.

468 LAMBERTS, Clasen :  Roman Catholic.  < 234
born Winterscheid; died 23-Dec-1662, Winterscheid; married 1620, Bleialf.

469 (unknown) :  Roman Catholic.  
died 27-Oct-1648, Winterscheid.

496 WEYRICHS, Nicolas :  Roman Catholic.  < 248
born  1600, Weinsfeld; married before 1624, Niederprüm.

497 (unknown), Marie :  Roman Catholic.  
born  1600, Niederprüm; died Niederprüm.


Generation 9

856 CREMERS, Claß :  Roman Catholic.  < 428
born Winterspelt; died Winterspelt.

857 (unknown), Greth :  Roman Catholic.  
died Winterspelt.

860 PROBST Johann :  Roman Catholic;  miller.  < 430
born about 1570 Hemmeres.


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