Johan Adam Dracker
Johan Adam Dracker
Name Variations: The family apparently changed the spelling of the family name from Drocker or Dracker to Drauger when they came to Pennsylvania. Around 1800 they switched to Trauger1
Born: May 28, 16834 5 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany5
Died: Feb. 27 1753 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany5
Residences:Darmstadt, (SW Germany)2 3 Bickenbach, Hessen3 4
Education:
Career:
Father: Johan Christian Dracker4
Mother: Ottilia Gussmann4
Siblings:
Wife: Maria Catharina ___4 m. about 1708 in Hessen4 or ~1710 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.5
Children:
- Johann Conrad, b. July 9, 1711 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; d. Feb. 2, 1722 in Bickenbach.5
- Johann Ernst, b. June 12, 1714 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.5
- Johann Jacob, b. May 12, 1717 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; b. Feb. 12, 1771 in Bickenbach,; m. Eva Catharina Schemel.5
- Catharina Elisabeth, b. July 12, 1720 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.5
- Ludwig Wilhelm,3 b. March 243 or April 23, 17245 in Bickenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany;5 d. 17583 in Nockamixon Twp;7
m. Elizabeth Margaret3 Hance4 ch. (two)3 Elizabeth Margaret Hance & Christian Hance4
- Johan Christian (1726-1811)
- Henry2
- Margaret2
Other Details: This person apparently never left Germany.2 3
Sources: I have no original sources for this information. This is really all speculative based on unverified sources and needs more research.
- Even this person's name is in conflict based on the sketchy sources I have. The note (see. fn. 2) says his name is "Henry Drocker"
- A two page written note I found in an old photo album in Sally Scheetz' attic entitled "Trauger Immigration to America." [Page 1] [Page 2] I suspect this document was written by Frank Morris. Henry apparently never left Germany. There may also be more children that did not travel to Pennsylvania with the three listed here that did.
- Trauger Memorial in cemetery at St. Luke's Church (Ferndale, Nockamixon Twp.): Front; Back
- Unconfirmed and uncorroborated research by others on Rootsweb.com
- Information from the web site of another researcher, Greg Derrell Freese. I have no original sources for any of this and have not independently confirmed this research. Mr. Freese appears to be a direct descendent of Johnan Christian's son Christopher Trauger.