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THIS IS THE CHURCH RECORDS FROM GROSSROPPERHAUSEN, GERMANY IN MY POSSESSION:

##CUNTZ BONNSTEIN AND BARLA? GELA, WIFE, A YOUNG DAUGHTER BAPTIZED JULY 9 1645 SPONSOR: MARGARETH, HANS EBERSH WIDOW, SUNDAY AFTER TRINITATIS

BAPTIZED, JOHANNES JACOB BONNSTEIN, SON OF BONNSTEIN 1645

SEPT 18, 1674, ANNA ELISABETH, HENNING BONNSTEIN�S CHILD BAPTIZED. SPONSOR: ELISABETH, JOHANNES KRAFFTS DAUGHTER

OCTOBER 12 1674, ANNA ELISABETH, HENNING BONNSTEIN�S CHILD BURIED

MARCH 1, 1689 ANNA MARGARETH, ANNA CATHARINE BAPTIZED. SPONSOR: ANNA MARGARETHA, WIFE OF THE SCHOOL TEACHER

OCTOBER 7, 1690, LORENTZ, CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN�S SON BAPTIZED SPONSOR: LORENTZ RUPPEL FROM NEISKIRCLES, THE HUN GILSISCHER MEYER

THE 17, SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY JOHN PAUL, CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN�S SON BAPTIZED. SPONSOR: FATHER�S BROTHER

MARCH 8, 1712, BARBARA, CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN�S WIFE BURIED

JULY 21 1713, CONRAD, CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN�S LEGITIMATE SON MARRIED WITH ANNA EVA, JOHANNES KUHNS LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER FROM HAUPHSWENDA BORN AND MARRIED IN ROPPERHAUSEN

OCTOBER 26, 1714 PAULUS BONNSTEIN, SHEPHERD, AND ELISABETH WIGANDIN, WIDOW FROM HERE, MARRIED IN ROPPERHAUSEN

FEBRUARY 9, 1716, LAURENTIUS, PAULUS BONNSTEIN�S SON BAPTIZED SPONSOR: BROTHER OF THE FATHER, LAURENTIUS BONNSTEIN

LAURENTIUS AND LAURENTIZ IS LATIN FORM OF LORENTZ

MARCH 17, 1717, ANNA EVA, CONRAD BONNSTEIN�S DAUGHTER BAPTIZED SPONSOR: ANNA EVA, CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN�S WIFE

MARCH 22, 1722, LORENTZ BONNSTEIN AND ANNA, JOHANNES RUTHARDT�S LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER MADE PUBLIC THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND ON MAY 20, MARRIED. SUNDAY CANFAFE, ROGABE AND OXANDI

JANUARY 14, 1724 LORENTZ BONNSTEIN�S WIFE, A YOUNG DAUGHTER BORN, BAPTIZED THE 16TH OF THIS MONTH AND GOT THE NAME ELISABETH FROM ELISABETH, PAUL BONNSTEIN�S WIFE, THE FATHER�S BROTHER

DECEMBER 28, 1739, ANNA ELISABETH, PAULUS BONNSTEIN�S WIFE, DIED AT THE AGE OF 54 YEARS, 9 MONTHS, 2 WEEKS AND SOME DAYS

DECEMBER 12, 1740, PAUL BONNSTEIN, WIDOWER, AND ANNA MARGARETHA, JOHANNES SAUER BEQUEATHED DAUGHTER MARRIED, PROCLAIMED ON THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD ADVENT SUNDAY

APRIL 22, 1740 CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN, BORN IN KANNERS, PRINCEDOM, BRAUNSCHWEIG, DIED AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS

MARCH 8, 1740 LORENTZ, PAUL BONNSTEIN�S LEGITIMATE SON AND HEDWIG, JOHANNES LINGEMANN, FORMER LAY JUDGE, LEGITIMATE, BEQUEATHED DAUGHTER, MARRIED. PROCLAIMED: SUNDAY SEPTUAGINNIT, SEXAGESIMI, ESTOMILT

NOVEMBER 22, 1743, PAULUS, LORENTZ BONNSTEIN�S AND HEDWIG, HIS WIFE, SON, BAPTIZED. BORN ON THIS MONTH, 14TH AT 7 PM BROUGHT TO BAPTISM BY THE MOTHER�S BROTHER HANS CLAUS LINGEMANN INSTEAD OF THE CHILD�S GRANDFATHER, PAUL BONNSTEIN, [WAS GIVEN HIS NAME}

JANUARY 5, 1743, JOHANN CONRAD BONNSTEIN, SON OF THE DECEASED CHRISTIAN BONNSTEIN, AGE 57 YEARS, BURIED

NOVEMBER 27, 1746, MARTHA ELISABETH, LORENTZ BONNSTEIN�S AND HEDWIG, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER BAPTIZED. BORN ON NOVEMBER 23 AT 10 PM. BROUGHT TO BAPTIZM BY MARTHA ELISABETH WEINGANDT,.

OCTOBER 5, 1749, JOHANNES, LORENTZ BONNSTEIN AND HEDWIG, HIS WIFE, BAPTIZED. BORN OCTOBER 2. BROUGHT TO BAPTIZM BY ERNST ALBERT IN THE NAME OF JOHANNES LINGEMANN �FOURIER� IN GENERAL DOUGERS REGIMENT, BROTHER OF THE MOTHER FOURIER IS AN OFFICER THAT SUPPORTS THE ARMY WITH FOOD.

JUNE 2, 1749, ANNA, LOHRENTZ BONNSTEIN�S WIFE, DIED AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS

DECEMBER 16, 1750, JOHANN JACOB SOHL, JOHANNES SOHL FROM CHRISTERODE, LEGITIMATE SON, AND ANNA ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, LOHRENTZ BONNSTEIN FROM HERE, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER, MARRIED. PROCLAIMED, SUNDAY THE 15, 16, 17, AFTER TRINITY

FEBRUARY 19, 1750, LOHRENTZ BONNSTEIN, SHEPHERD, DIED AT AGE 67 YEARS

****MARCH 1, 1754, JOHANN JACOB BONNSTEIN, LOHRENTZ BONNSTEIN AND HEDWIG HIS WIFE�S SON, BAPTIZED. BORN FEBRUARY 27, AT 4 AM BROUGHT TO BAPTISM BY JOHANN JACOB SOHL, MASTER SHEPHERD. MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GRANDFATHER

APRIL 21, 1754, ANNA EVA, WIDOW OF THE DECEASED JOHANN CONRAD BONNSTEIN, DIED AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS

JANUARY 11, 1774, ANNA MARGARETHA, PAULUS BONSTEIN, SHEPHERD HERE, DIED ON JANUARY 9, AT 5 PM, AGED 73 YEARS, 3 MONTHS

DECEMBER 29, 1775, HEDWIGIN, LORENTZ BONSTEIN�S, SHEPHERD, WIFE, BORN LINGEMANNIN, DIED 27 DECEMBER 8 AM AGED 58 YEARS

AUGUST 31, 1777, JOHANNES, SON OF JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE, WAS BORN ON AUGUST 24 AT 6 PM. SPONSOR: JOHANNES ZIEGLER

FEBRUARY 20, 1780, ANNA, DAUGHTER OF JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZ, WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 14, AT 7 AM SPONSOR: ANNA BONNSTEIN, SISTER OF THE FATHER

Aug 19, 1781, PAULUS BONSTEIN, FORMER SHEPHERD DIED ON AUGUST 17, AT 4 AM THE AGE OF 88 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS [ELISABETH TEUTSCHER WAS HIS WIFE]

APRIL 2, 1781, CHRISTIAN LOHRS, WIDOWER, SON OF THE DECEASED JOHANNES LOHR FROM GROSSENENGLIS, MARRIED WITH ANNA, LORENTZ BONNSTEIN, CITISEN HERE, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER

APRIL 7, 1782, JOHANNES, SON OF CHRISTIAN LOHR AND HIS WIFE ANNA, BORN BONSTEIN, WAS BORN ON APRIL 2, AT 4 AM SPONSOR WAS JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, BROTHER OF THE MOTHER

FEBRUARY 4, 1785, ELISABETH, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE, DAUGHTER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 2 AT 4 AM SPONSOR WAS ELISABETH HEINZE [ HEINZIN- FEMALE ENDING]

APRIL 30, 1786 PAULUS BONSTEIN, A DISMISSED CORPORAL, LORENZ BONNSTEINS, DECEASED INHABITANT HERE, BEQUEATHED SON AND ELISABETH, JOHANNES GILSHEIM DECEASED �VON GILSISCHER� GARDNER, HIS BEQUEATHED DAUGHTER MARRIED

APRIL 10, 1787, ELISABETH, DAUGHTER OF JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE, WAS BORN ON APRIL 8 IN THE MORNING. SPONSOR: ELISABETH, WIFE OF PAULUS BONSTEIN

FEBRUARY 11, 1787, MARTHA ELISABETH, PAULUS BONSTEIN AND ELISABETH, HIS WIFE, BORN GILSHEIM, DAUGHTER BAPTISED, BORN ON FEBRUARY 8, AT 11 PM. SPONSOR: MARTHA ELISABETH BONSTEIN, JOHANNES BONSTEIN�S WIFE

AUGUST 1, 1788, PAUL, SON OF JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE, WAS BORN ON JULY 29, 1788, EARLY IN THE MORNING. SPONSOR: PAUL BONSTEIN

APRIL 27, 1788, JOHANNES, SON OF PAULUS BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE [ET US] ELISABETH, BORN GILSIN, WAS BORN ON APRIL 20, 1788 AT 2 AM. SPONSOR: JOHANNES BONSTEIN, BROTHER OF THE FATHER

DECEMBER 13, 1789, PAUL, SON OF PAUL BUNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 10 BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM SPONSOR: PAUL ZIGLER, SON OF JOHANNES ZIGLER

DECEMBER 21, 1797, ANNA ELISABETH, DAUGHTER OF THE SHEPHERD JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE, WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 16, AT 1 AM SPONSOR: ANNA ELISABETH, CHRISTOPH GRANGES ZUM DORNISHOF [MEANS LIVING ON THE DORNISHOF] HOF - FARM

JANUARY 21, 1792, EODEM: ANNA, DAUGHTER OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN A MASTER TAILOR AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15 IN THE AFTERNOON. SPONSOR: ANNA, CHRISTIAN LOHR�S WIFE

APRIL 28, 1793, JOHANNES, SON OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON APRIL 23 AT MIDNIGHT 0 AM. SPONSOR: JOHANNES ZIGLER, FROM HERE

MARCH 13, 1796, PAULUS, SON OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN FROM HERE AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN MARCH 8, AT 10 PM, SPONSOR: JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, BROTHER OF THE FATHER

JANUARY 8, 1797, ANNA CATHARINA, DAUGHTER OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH GILSEN, WAS BORN JANUARY 1, AT 3 AM SPONSOR: ANNA CATHRINA, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN�S DAUGHTER

DECEMBER 26, 1798, GEORGE NICKEL, LEGITIAMATE SON OF THE DECEASED ADAM NICKEL, FROM HERE, MARRIED WITH ANNA CATHARINA, LEGITAMATE DAUGHTER OF THE CITISEN HERE, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN

JANUARY 25, 1799, GEORGE, SON OF PAUL BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON JANUARY 23, AT 10 PM SPONSOR: GEORGE NICKEL SENIOR, FROM HERE

NOVEMBER 16, 1799, EOD. JOHANNES, SON OF GEORGE NICKEL JUNIOR, AND HIS WIFE, ANNA CATHARINA, BORN BONNSTEIN, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 7, AT 5 PM. SPONSOR: JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, FATHER OF THE MOTHER

DECEMBER 4, 1799, PAULUS, SON OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 27, AT 10 PM SPONSOR: PAUL ZIEGLER

FEBRUARY 14, 1804, JOHANNES, SON OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 11 AT 4 AM SPONSOR: JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, BROTHER OF THE FATHER

JANUARY 16, 1805, WILHELM, SON OF MARTHA ELISABETH GILSEN, ILLIGITIMATE CHILD, WITH, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, FROM HERE. HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 11 AT NOON SPONSOR: MR. WAGNER, STEPFATHER OF THE MOTHER. [JOHANNES BONNSTEIN HAS HIMSELF DENOMENATED AS THE FATHER}

JULY 28, 1805, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE SON OF THE SHEPHERD, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN WAS MARRIED WITH MARTHA ELISABETH, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF ADAM GILSEN, FROM HERE TOO.

APRIL 8, 1806, ANNA, DAUGHTER OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN GILSEN, WAS BORN ON APRIL 4, AT NOON SPONSOR: ANNA, JOHANNES WAGNER�S WIFE

APRIL 19, 1807, ANNA CATHARINA, DAUGHTER OF THE SHEPHERD, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND MARTHA ELISABETH BORN GILSON, BORN ON APRIL 16, AT 5 PM SPONSOR: ANNA CATHARINA, GEORGE�S WIFE, SISTER OF THE FATHER, DIED ON DECEMBER 12, 1878

APRIL 19, 1808, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, ILLIGETIMATE SON OF THE DECEASED CITISEN AND SHEPHERD, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND ELISABETH REITH, NOW CONRAD ZIRKELS WIFE. MARRIED WITH ANNA CATHARINA, HERMANN BRAUN, CITIZEN AND FARMER HERE AND HIS WIFE ANNA CATHARINA BORN NICKEL�S DAUGHTER

OCTOBER 15, 1809, JOHANNES FACKIN, FARMHAND, SON OF THE DECEASED CITISEN AND FARMER PAULUS FACKIN AND HIS WIFE MARIA ELISABETH, BORN BIERWIRTH, MARRIED WITH MARTHA ELISABETH, DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED SHEPHERD JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE [FACKIN, NOT FINKE]

DECEMBER 26, 1813, THE TAILOR, [DRESSMAKER] JOHANNES SCHMIDT, SON OF THE DECEASED TAILOR JOHANNES SCHMIDT HERE AND HIS WIFE EVA ELISABETH, BORN FROHLICH, MARRIED WITH ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, DAUGTHER OF THE DECEASED SHEPHERD JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN HEINZE FROM HERE

AUGUST 1, 1819, THE BAKER, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, FROM HERE, SON OF PAULUS BONNSTEIN, MARRIED WITH ANNA MARTHA ROOSE FROM ALLMUTHSHAUSEN, DAUGHTER OF THE INHABITANT THERE! HENRICH ROOSE

APRIL 11, 1820, JOHANNES, SON OF ELISABETH BONNSTEIN FROM HERE, ILLIGETIMATE BORN ON APRIL 8, AT NOON. SPONSOR: JOHANNES FACKIER, DIED ON MARCH 5, 1900

FEBRUARY 10, 1822, ANNA CATHARINA, DAUGHTER OF THE BAKER, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ANN MARTHA, BORN ROOSE, SHE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 31, AT 3 AM SPONSOR: ANNA CATHARINA ROOSE, SISTER OF THE MOTHER FROM ALLMUTHSHAUSEN

JUNE 22, 1823, HENRICH, SON OF THE BAKER, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ANNA MARTHA, BORN ROOSE, SPONSOR: HENRICH ROOSE FROM ALLMUTHSHAUSEN, FATHER OF THE MOTHER [GRANDFATHER OF THE CHILD] DIED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1882

NOVEMBER 19, 1826, JOHANNES, ILLIGETIMATE SON OF ELISABETH ZINN AND THE FARMHAND WILHELM BONNSTEIN, BORN ON NOVEMBER 11, AT 8 PM. THE COUPLE IS NOW MARRIED. SPONSOR: JOHANNES ZINN, GRANDFATHER OF THE MOTHER

AUGUST 19, 1827, PAUL, SON OF THE BAKER AND INNKEEPER JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ANNA MARTHA, BORN ROOSE FROM ALLMUTHSHAUSEN, WAS BORN ON AUGUST 8, AT 4 PM SPONSOR: PAUL BONSTEIN, BROTHER OF THE FATHER DIED ON MARCH 24, 1906

JANUARY 1, 1828, JOHANNES GILS MARRIES HEDWIG KUHN [NEPHEW TO WILHEM BONSTEIN] SAME DAY: WILHELM BONNSTEIN, LINENWEAVER, SON OF THE DECEASED CITISEN JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND MARTHA GILS WITH ANN ELISABETH, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED CITISEN, JACOB ZINN

SEPTEMBER 14, 1828, HENRICH, SON OF THE INHABITANT WILHELM BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN ZINN, WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 7, AT 2 AM SPONSOR: HENRICH OCHS

ANNA BONNSTEIN, FEMALE, BORN AUGUST 30, 1830, PARENTS: JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, INKEEPER AND HIS WIFE ANN MARTHA, BORN ROOSE FROM ALLMUTHSHAUSEN SPONSOR: MAID ANNA BONNSTEIN

MARCH 4, 1831, BORN AT 10 AM JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, BAPTIZED MARCH 13, 1831, PARENTS: WILHELM BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN ZINN, SPONSOR: JOHANNES BLOCK, FARMER

JUNE 4, 1833, BORN FEMALE, ANNA KATHARINA BONNSTEIN, BAPTIZED JUNE 10, 1833, PARENTS: WILHELM BONNSTEIN LINENWEAVER AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN ZINN SPONSOR: ANNA KATHARINA BONNSTEIN, SISTER OF THE FATHER

FEBRUARY 15, 2 AM 1837, WAS BORN FEMALE, CLARA BONNSTEIN, BAPTIZED FEBRUARY 19, 1837 DAUGHTER OF WILHELM BONNSTEIN LINENWEAVER, AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN ZINN SPONSOR: CLARA, WIFE OF THE FARMER PRINTZEL, BORN BONNSTEIN

SEPTEMBER 29, 1839 WAS BORN AT 11 AM, AND BAPTIZED OCTOBER 6, 1839, IN THE CHURCH WAS FEMALE, ANNA MARTHA BONNSTEIN, DAUGHTER OF WILHELM BONNSTEIN, LINENWEAVER, AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN ZINN SPONSOR: ANNA MARTHA OCHS, DAUGHTER OF THE FARMER HEINRICH OCHS

BORN APRIL 2, 1840, AT NOON, AND BAPTIZED APRIL 12, IN THE SCHOOL-HOUSE, WAS MALE, CARL BONNSTEIN, MOTHER ANNA CATHARINA BONNSTEIN, FARM MAID SPONSOR: CARL RAIDT, FARMHAND, [PERHAPS THE FATHER] DIED FEBRUARY 26, 1874

MARCH 19, 1842 AT 11 PM AND BAPTIZED MARCH 28, IN THE CHURCH WAS FEMALE, ELISABETH BONNSTEIN [PLOWFARMER] PARENTS: WILHELM BONNSTEIN, FARMER AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELISABETH, BORN ZINN SPONSOR: ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, CLOTHMAKER

BORN SEPTEMBER 24, 1846 AT 3 PM, AND BAPTIZED OCTOBER 11, IN THE CHURCH WAS MALE, ADAM BONNSTEIN SON OF JOHANN BONNSTEIN, LINENWEAVER AND CITISEN AND HIS WIFE KATHARINA, BORN MOLLER [MULLER] SPONSOR: ADAM PRINTZEL, FARMER

1846 NUMBER 103 JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, UNMARRIED, CITISEN OF THE VILLAGE AND LINENWEAVER, ILLEGITIMATE SON OF ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, AGE 26, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, ROPPERHAUSEN MARRIED WITH ANNA KATHRINA MOLLER, UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE COOPER, CONRAD MOLLER AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH, BORN STEINBRECHER, AGE 24, OF THE REFORMED FAITH IN ROPPERHAUSEN

BORN JULY 18, 1849 AT 9 PM AND BAPTIZED JULY 29 IN THE CHURCH WAS FEMALE, ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, DAUGHTER OF JOHANNES BONNSTEIN LINENWEAVER AND HIS WIFE KATHARINA, BORN MOLLER SPONSOR: ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, GRANDMOTHER OF THE CHILD DIED JANUARY 22, 1919

BORN DECEMBER 22, 1851, AT 9 AM, BAPTIZED IN THE SCHOOL-HOUSE WAS MALE, JOHANNES ZIEGLER, SON OF MARTHA ELISABETH ZIEGLER AND AFTER HIS OWN DENOMINATION, PAUL BONNSTEIN, CABINETMAKER, SPONSOR: JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, CITISEN, MARRIED AFTER PENANCE IN THE CHURCH. DIED SEPTEMBER 20, 1918

BORN JUNE 20, 1851, AT 2 AM, AND BAPTIZED JUNE 25, IN THE HOUSE OF BIRTH, MALE, PAUL BONNSTEIN, SON OF ANNA KATHARINA BONNSTEIN, DAUGHTER OF THE FARMER JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND AFTER HIS OWN DENOMIMATION, PHILIPP KOCH, VON SCHONSTADT SPONSOR: PAUL BONNSTEIN, CABINETMAKER, NOW MARRIED

BORN OCTOBER 7, 1851, AT 2 PM AND BAPTIZED OCTOBER 12 IN THE SCHOOL-HOUSE, MALE, JOHANN HEINRICH BONNSTEIN, SON OF JOHANNES BONNSTEIN WEAVER AND CITISEN AND HIS WIFE ANNA KATHERINA, BORN MULLER SPONSOR: JOHANN HRINRICH MULLER, SOLDIER DIED IN ROPPERHAUSEN MARCH 25, 1853

1853 NUMBER 146 HEINRICH BONNSTEIN, PLOWFARMER AND CITIZEN, LEGITIMATE, UNMARRIED SON OF THE BAKER JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS DECEASED WIFE, ANNA MARTHA BORN ROOSE, AGE 30 YEARS, OF THE REFORMED FAITH AND FROM ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH ANNA ELISABETH CONRAD, LEGITIMATE UNMARRIED DAUGTHER OF THE DECEASED PLOWFARMER, HEINRICH CONRAD AND HIS WIDOW CATHARINA EILISABETH, BORN FENNER, AGE 22 YEARS, OF THE REFORMED FAITH AND FROM ROPPERHAUSEN

BORN JUNE 9, 1854 AT 1:30 PM, AND BAPTIZED JUNE 18 IN THE CHURCH, FRIEDRICH BONNSTEIN, ILLIGETIMATE SON OF PAUL BONNSTEIN, CABINETMAKER AND HIS NOW WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH, BORN ZIEGLER SPONSOR: FRIEDRICH STEIMBRECHER, TAX-CHARGER, BROTHER IN LAW OF THE MOTHER. THE COUPLE IS MEANWHILE MARRIED

1854 NUMBER 150 PAUL BONNSTEIN, CABINETMAKER AND CITISEN HEE - MEMBER, LEGITIMATE SON OF THE BAKER HERE JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS DECEASED WIFE ANNA MARTHA BORN ROOSE, 26 � YEARS OLD, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH MARTHA ELISABETH ZIEGLER, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF THE PLOWFARMER AND LINENWEAVER CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELISABETH, BORN STEINBRECHER, 26 YEARS, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, IN ROPPERHAUSEN

BORN APRIL 4, 1854, AT 6 PM, AND BAPTIZED APRIL 17 IN THE CHURCH, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE SON OF HENRICH BONSTEIN, CITISEN AND FARMER AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELISABETH BORN CONRAD SPONSOR: JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, RETIRED FARMER AND GRANDFATHER OF THE CHILD DIED OCTOBER 17, 1865, 7:30 AM

BORN MARCH 26, 1856, AT 11:30 AM, BAPTIZED APRIL 6, IN THE CHURCH, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE SON OF JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, LINENWEAVER AND CITISEN, AND HIS WIFE KATHARINA BORN MULLER SPONSOR: JOHANNES SCHLEICLER, BRICKLAYER, BROTHER IN LAW OF THE MOTHER DIED MAY 29 1857 [?] OR OCTOBER 1887 [DON�T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS] PAGE NUMBER 698

BORN JULY 26, 1856, AT 4 AM, BAPTIZED AUGUST 3 IN THE CHURCH, KATHARINA ELISABETH BONSTEIN LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF HENRICH BONSTEIN FARMER AND CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELISABETH BORN CONRAD SPONSOR: KATHARINA ELISABETH CONRAD, RETIRED, GRANDMOTHER OF THE CHILD DIED MAY 17, 1914, PAGE NUMBER 701

BORN JUNE 23, 1858 AT 3 PM, BAPTIZED JULY 4, IN THE CHURCH JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, LINENWEAVER AND CITSEN AND HIS WIFE ANNA KATHARINA BORN MOELLER SPONSOR: JOHANNES SCHMIDT, DAY LABORER DIED SEPTEMBER 4, 1860 PAGE NUMBER 747

BORN JANUARY 17, 1861, AT 4:30 AM, BAPTIZED JANUARY 27 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE, HENRICH BONSTEIN, LEGITIMATE SON OF HEINRICH BONSTEIN, FARMER AND CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELISABETH BORN CONRAD SPONSOR: HEINRICH CONRAD, FARMER AND CITIZEN, BROTHER OF THE MOTHER DIED FEBRUARY 10, 1879 IN THE HOSPITAL OF TREYSA

1864 HEINRICH BONNSTEIN, PLOWFARMER AND CITIZEN, WIDOWER FROM ANNA ELISABETH CONRAD, SON OF THE RETIRED FARMER JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND HIS DECEASED WIFE MARTHA, BORN ROOSE, 40 � YEARS OLD, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, IN ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH VIRGIN WILHELMINE WAGNER, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED SHOEMAKER CONRAD WAGNER AND HIS WIDOW ANN, BORN CLOES, 27 YEARS OLD, OF REFORMED FAITH, FROM LENDERSCHEID

BORN NOVEMBER 15, 1864, AT 4 PM, BAPTIZED NOVEMBER 27 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE ANNA ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF PAUL BONNSTEIN, CABINET MAKER AND CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH BORN ZIEGLER SPONSOR: ANNA ELISABETH ZIEGLER, WIFE OF THE FARMER JOHANNES ZIEGLER, BORN KRANIN, SISTER IN LAW TO THE MOTHER

BORN SEPTEMBER 6, 1865 AT 10 PM, BAPTIZED SEPTEMBER 24 IN THE CHURCH ANNA ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF HEINRICH BONNSTEIN, FARMER AND CITIZEN AND HIS SECOND WIFE, WILHELMINE BORN WAGNER SPONSOR: THE UNMARRIED ANNA ELISABETH HOOS, DAUGHTER OF THE FARMER HEINRICH HOOS FROM LANERTSHAUSEN DIED MARY 29, 1866

1866 NUMBER 228, THE CITISEN AND BRICKLAYER CARL BONNSTEIN, ILLEGITIMATE SON OF ANNA CATHARINA BONNSTEIN 26 YEARS, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH CHRISTINE NICKEL, LEGITIMATE UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED PLOWFARMER JOHANNES NICKEL FROM HERE, AND HIS WIDOW ANNA CATHARINA, BORN REICHBERG 23 YEARS, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, IN ROPPERHUASEN

BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1866, AT 8 PM, BAPTIZED MARCH 3, IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE JOHANNES BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE SON OF HEINRICH BONNSTEIN, FARMER AND CITIZEN AND HIS SECOND WIFE, WILHELMINE BORN WAGNER SPONSOR: JOHANNES WAGNER, A BLACKSMTIH IN LENDERSCHEID, BROTHER IN LAW TO THE FATHER

BORN NOVEMBER 25, 1867, AT 9 PM, BAPTIZED DECEMBER 1, IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE, ANNA CATHARINA BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF CARL BONNSTEIN, BRICKLAYER AND CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINA BORN NICKEL SPONSOR: ANNA CATHARINA BONNSTEIN, GRANDMOTHER OF THE CHILD. DIED DECEMBER 5, 1867

NEXT IS THE DEATH NOTICE OF ANNA CATHARINA BONNSTEIN AT 5 MONTHS

BORN NOVEMBER 9, 1868, AT 11 AM, BAPTIZED NOVEMBER 15, IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE GEORGE BONNSTEIN, LEGITIMATE SON OF CARL BONNSTEIN, BRICKLAYER AND CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE BORN NICKEL SPONSOR: GEORGE NICKEL, FARMER , BROTHER OF THE MOTHER

BORN SEPTEMBER 9, 1869, AT 11 AM, BAPTIZED SEPTEMBER 26, IN THE CHURCH, MARTHA ELISABETH BONNSTEIN LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF HEINRICH BONNSTEIN, FARMER AND CITIZEN AND HIS SECOND WIFE WILHELMINE BORN WAGNER FROM LENDERSCHEID. SPONSOR: MARTHA EILSABETH SIMON, WIFE OF THE WALL PAINTER HEINRICH SIMON, BORN WAGNER, SISTER OF THE MOTHER

1870 NUMBER 254 ADAM BONSTEIN, PLOWFARMER AND CITIZEN, LEGITIMATE UNMARRIED SON OF THE LINENWEAVER, JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ANNA CATHARINA, BORN MOELLER, 23 YEARS, OF REFORMED FAITH, IN ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH CATHARINA ELISABETH STEINBRECHER, LEGITIMATE UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE PLOWFARMER CONRAD STEINBRECHER AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELSIABETH BORN KAUFMANN, 23 YEARS, IN ROPPERHAUSEN

BORN OCTOBER 29, 1871, AT 1 AM, BAPTIZED NOVEMBER 1 CHRISTIAN BONSTEIN, SON OF THE DAY LABORER CARL BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE BORN NICKEL SPONSOR: BAKER AND INNKEEPER CHRISTIAN NICKEL DIED FEBRUARY 2, 1876

BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1872, AT 4 AM, BAPTIZED SEPTEMBER 22, FEMALE, ANNA ELISABETH BONSTEIN, DAUGHTER OF ADAM BONSTEIN FARMER, AND HIS WIFE KATHARINA ELISABETH BORN STEINBRECHER SPONSOR: ANNA ELISABETH, WIFE OF CONRAD STEINBRECHER, HERE, DIED APRIL 4, 1877

BORN JUNE 28, 1873, AT 4 AM, BAPTIZED JULY 13 IN THE CHURCH, MALE, JOHANNES BONSTEIN, SON OF HEINRICH BONSTEIN, FARMER, AND HIS SECOND WIFE, WILHELMINE BORN WAGNER SPONSOR: JOHANNES WAGNER, FORMER IN WOLFERSHAUSEN, BROTHER OF THE MOTHER [THE ABSENT SPONSOR WAS REPLACED]

1876 NUMBER 287 JOHANNES BONSTEIN, CABINET MAKER, LEGITIMATE UNMARRIED SON OF THE CABINETMAKER PAUL BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ELISABETH BORN ZIEGLER, BORN ON DECEMBER 22, 1851, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, IN ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH MARIA NICKEL, LEGITIMATE UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED PLOWFARMER JOHANNES NICKEL AND HIS WIFE ANNA CATHARINA, BORN REICHBERG, BORN ON JANUARY 16, 1854, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, IN ROPPERHAUSEN

BORN DECEMBER 4, 1876, AT NIGHT, 11 PM, PAUL FRIEDERICK BONSTEIN, BAPTIZED IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE ON DECEMBER 24, 1876, ROPPERHAUSEN, PAGE NUMBER 32 & 1213

BORN FEBRUARY 24, 1878 ROPPERHAUSEN, NUMBER 106 & NUMBER 1245, BAPTIZED MARCH 10, 1878 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE JACOB HEINRICH BONSTEIN BORN MARCH 30, 1878 ROPPERHAUSEN, NUMBER 173/4 & NO. 1250,

ANNA CATHARINA BONSTEIN, BAPTIZED IN THE CHURCH ON APRIL 14, 1878 BORN SEPTEMBER 16, 1878 CONRAD BONSTEIN, ROPPERHAUSEN NO. 82 & NO. 1270, BAPTIZED OCTOBER 6, 1878 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE

BORN SEPTEMBER 16, 1878 BAPTIZED OCTOBER 6, IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE CONRAD BONSTEIN, SON OF HEINRICH BONSTEIN, FARMER AND HIS SECOND WIFE WILHELMINE BORN WAGNER, SPONSOR: HEINRICH SIMON, WALL PAINTER IN LENDERSCHEID

BORN OCTOBER 20, 1879 MARTHA ELISABETH BONSTEIN, ROPPERHAUSEN NO. 121 & 1296, BAPTIZED NOVEMBER 1, 1879 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE

BORN MAY 10, 1881 PAUL FRIEDERICH BONSTEIN, ROPPERHAUSEN, NO. 121 & NO. 1339, BAPTIZED MAY 26, 1881 IN THE CHURCH

1881 NO. 320 PAUL SAUER, MILLER AND PLOWFARMER, LEGITIMATE SON OF THE MILLER, JOHANNES SAUER, AND HIS DECEASED SECOND WIFE, WILHELMINE BORN ALBERT, WIDOW WAGNER, 33 YEARS OLD, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN, MARRIED WITH ELISABETH BONSTEIN, ZEWERIN, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF THE PLOWFARMER, JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND CATHERINA BORN MOLLER, 31 � YEARS OLD, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, ROPPERHAUSEN

1882 NO. 327 HEINRICH CONRAD, PLOWFARMER, LEGITIMATE SON OF THE DECEASED PLOWFARMER HEINRICH CONRAD AND ANNA MARGARETHA BORN ROSSMANN, 31 YEARS OLD, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN, MARREID WITH CATHARINA ELISABETH BONSTEIN, LEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF THE PLOWFARMER HEINRICH BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE ANNA ELSIABETH BORN CONRAD 26 YEARS OLD, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH FROM ROPPERHAUSEN

FEBRUARY 15, 1883 WAS BORN HEINRICH GEORGE BONSTEIN, ROPPERHAUSEN NO. 95 & NO. 1387, BAPTIZED MARCH 4, 1883 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE

BORN APRIL 20, 1883 ROPPERHAUSEN NO. 82 & NO. 1340 A SON DIED UNBAPTIZED

BORN ON JANUARY 23, 1888 PAUL FREIDERICH BONSTEIN, BAPTIZED FEBRUARY 5, 1888 IN THE PASTOR�S HOUSE ROPPERHAUSEN NO. 95 & NO. 1513

BORN ON AUGUST 8, 1889 ROPPERHAUSEN, NO. 95 & NO. 1551 ANNA ELISABETH BONSTEIN, BAPTIZED AUGUST 25, 1889 IN THE CHURCH

1891 NO. 371 KARL HEINRICH SCHRODER, WAGGONMAKER, UNMARRIED SON OF THE PLOWFARMER CASPER SCHRODER AND ANNA ELISABETH BORN REICHARDT, 23 YEARS OLD, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, FROM LENDERODE, MARRIED WITH ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED ADAM BONNSTEIN AND KATHARINA ELISABETH BORN STEINBRECHER, 20 YEARS OLD, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN

1892 NO. 375 JOHANNES KONRAD WALDECK CABINETMAKER, UNMARRIED SON OF JUSTUS WALDECK AND MARTHA ELISABETH BORN HAAR, 23 YEARS OLD, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, FROM OBERHERLSA, MARRIED WITH ANNA ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE CABINETMAKER PAUL BONNSTEIN AND MARTHA ELISABETH BORN ZIEGLER 27 YEARS OLD, OF REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN

1903 NO. 430 JOHANNES HEINRICH STENBRECHER, CABINETMAKER, UNMARRIED SON OF THE DECEASED CABINETMAKER PETER STEINBRECHER AND HIS WIDOW ANNA ELISABETH BORN KLOS, 27 YEARS OLD, OF THE REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN MARRIED WITH MARTHA ELISABETH BONNSTEIN, UNMARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE CABINETMAKER, JOHANNES BONNSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARIA, BORN NICKEL, 22 YEARS OLD, OF REFORMED FAITH, FROM ROPPERHAUSEN

1920 NO. 521 FRIEDRICH LANTERBACH, POSTMAN, SON OF THE FARMER KARL LAUTERBACH AND HIS WIFE ANNA, BORN MAI, BORN ON DECEMBER 14, 1889 IN ROPPERHAUSEN, AND BAPTIZED ON DECEMBER 29, 1889 IN ROPPERHAUSEN, OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, RESIDENCE, KASSEL, MARRIED WITH ANNA ELISABETH BONSTEIN, DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED CABINETMAKER JOHANNES BONSTEIN AND HIS WIFE MARIA, BORN NICKEL, SHE WAS BORN AUGUST 8, 1889 IN ROPPERHAUSEN, BAPTIZED THERE ON AUGUST 25, 1889, IS OF EVANGELICAL REFORMED FAITH, RESIDENCE HERE IN ROPPERHAUSEN

THE VOYAGE BY JOHANNES SCHWALM HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

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CHARLES GETTER TRIAL REPORTED BY A MEMBER OF THE EASTON BAR-PUBLISHED IN 1833 PAGE 10

PAGE 31 IS RACHAEL BUNSTEIN AGAIN SAYING: " I HAVE SEEN JULIANA LEITZ TAKE MONEY FOR FORTUNE-TELLING FROM TWO PERSONS: CHARLES GETTER AND SAMUEL HEIL

TRAIL OF CHARLES GETTER FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE

Ref: Lawall/Getter Northampton Co., [02-1307]

THE GETTER MURDER COMPILED BY RICHARD D MINNICH, LIBRARIAN, EASTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. H 3641 M 666g

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