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  1. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 719B,s.49,IGI. Jacob Kern was born in Jun 1620 in Reutlingen [Reutigen], Switzerland.
  2. Friedrich Bossert, Druckerei Joh. Lautenschlaeger, Aus der Geschichte von Schoenau [revised version of the Town History] (http://members.tripod.com/schoenau/public_html/index.html: This website was created on the behalf of ALT SCHOENAU e.V. (Schoenau Historical Society), 1950 (2005)), Chapter 2,p.26. Comments: Kern families were from Reutigen, Bern canton, Switzerland.
  3. Long, Russell, Estimation, 252-D,p.293. Estimated from the birth of their son, Jacob Kern, May 1657.
  4. Norbert KRAMER, "Catherina Kern," e-mail message from (Schoenau, Germany) to Marilyn & George Komechak, 19 Mar 2000. Father of Katherina (Catharina) Kern was Heinrich Kern (*15-12-1690), grandson of Jakob Kern (who was born in Reitingen, Kanton, Bern, Switzerland). Her mother was Maria Veronica Rusch (also a Swiss family), they married in May 1715 in Schoenau. Heinrich Kern owned the farmhouse "Linnebach" (today this part of Schoenau is called "Lindenbach". His son-in-law was Georg Happes according to the church records of Reverend Johann Nikolaus Schmalz of 1741-1750.
  5. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 718BD,s.49,IGI. Jacob Kern was born in Jan 1647 in Reutlingen [Reutigen, Bern canton], Switzerland. His parents were Jacob Kern and his wife Catharina.
  6. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 111W,p.155. Jacob Kern from Reutigen [Bern canton, Switzerland] and Miss Anna Regina Zimmermann, a legitimate daughter, have become engaged and married on the 20th of Apr 1680 in Schoenau. Her father was Peter Zimmermann from Neudorf [now called Altneudorf two miles north of Schoenau].
  7. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 725W,s.52,IGI. Jakob Kern and [Anna] Regina Zimmermann were married on the 20th of Apr 1680 in Reutlingen, Zurich, [Reutigen, Bern] Switzerland. Jakob Kern died in 1731. Jakob Kern's father was Jakob Kern and his mother was Catharina N. Regina Zimmermann's father was Peter Zimmermann.
  8. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 252DB,p.293. Jacob Kern a farmer from the Michelbucher farm and from Reutigen, Bern canton, [Switzerland] at age 74 years and 4 months died on the 18th of Sep and was buried on the 20th of Sep 1731. His parents were Jacob Kern and Catharina [nee unk].
  9. Ibid., 074B,p.91. Christophel Henrich Kern was baptized on the 15th of Dec 1690 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern from Michelbuch [2 miles East of Schoenau] and his wife Regina [Zimmermann]. The witnesses were Mr. Christophel Kern the Parish Pastor at Neckarsteinach and his wife.
  10. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 717BD,s.48,IGI. [Christophel] Heinrich Kern was born on the 15th of Dec 1690 and died in 1755.
  11. Ibid., 730W,s.54,IGI. [Christophel] Henrich Kern and Maria Veronica Rusch were married in May 1715 [1712] in Schoenau, Heidelberg, Baden. Henrich Kern died in 1755 [1767] and Maria Veronica Rusch died in 1768. Her parents were Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea Winnewisser [Winneweser].
  12. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 523DB,p.370. Christophel Henrich Kern from the Michelbucher farm a citizen and resident of the Lindenbach at age 76 years and 7 months died on the 16th and was buried on the 18th of Jul 1767 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern Administrations heir of the Michelbucher farm and his wife [Anna] Regina [Zimmermann].
  13. , Aus der Geschichte von Schoenau [revised version of the Town History], Chapter 2,p.26. Comments: Zimmermann families were from Reutigen, Bern canton, Switzerland.
  14. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 163B, p.212. Anna Catharina Kern [was born on her father's Linnebacher farm one mile south of Schoenau abt the 8th and] was baptized on the 10th of Mar 1720 in Schoenau. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern a citizen and farmer and his wife Veronica [Rusch]. Her godparents were Johann Adam Kratzer from Neudorf [2 miles north of Schoenau] and his wife Anna Catharina. Comments: Godparent: 207-B.
  15. Kern entry, International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library), 163B.
  16. Kirchenbuch 1742-1802: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 532W,p.546. Georg Happes a farmer and member of the Lutheran Religion and Catharina [Kern Lang] a member of the Reformed Religion and widow of Johann Henrich Lang a local master locksmith. The blessed couple were married on the 28th of Dec 1744 in Schoenau. His father was Nicolaus Happes a citizen and resident at Altneudorf [2 miles north of Schoenau]. Her father was Johann [Christophel] Henrich Kern of the Linnebach. Comments: No other place, but here, do I find Christophel Henrich Kern shown as [Johann] Joh. Henrich Kern.
  17. Harrison N. Hoppes, Swiss Roots: A History Of The Happes Family To 1800 (15716 Jones Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878: Dr. Harrison N. Hoppes, 1985), 001SW,p.10.
  18. Adelaide L. Fries, editor, Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, Vol VI [Raleigh, NC: The North Carolina Historical Commission, 1943].
  19. , Aus der Geschichte von Schoenau [revised version of the Town History], Chapter 2,p.26. Comments: Rusch families were from Reutigen, Bern canton, Switzerland.
  20. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 706B,s.43. Henrich Rusch was born May 1650.
  21. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 108W,p.154. [Johann] Henrich Rusch and Ms. Dorothea Winneweser the widow of Hanss Casper have become engaged and married on the 12th of Oct 1675 in Schoenau. Comments: Godparent: 024-B, 028-B, 034-B, 036-B, 044-B, 051-B.
  22. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 726W,s.52,IGI. Henrich Rusch and Dorothea Winnewisser were married on the 12th of Oct 1675 in Schoenau, Heidelberg, Baden. Henrich Rusch died in 1725.
  23. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 176B,p.232. Anna Elisabetha Kern was baptized on the 28th of Oct 1725 in Schoenau. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern a citizen and farmer and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch]. Her godparent was Anna Elisabetha [Casper] Rusch the legitimate daughter of deceased Henrich Rusch a tailor at Neckargemund [5 miles SW of Schoenau and 4 miles east of Heidelberg]. [Actually, Anna Elisabetha Casper Rusch was the stepdaughter of Henrich Rusch. Anna was the daughter of Hanss Casper and Dorothea Winneweser before Dorothea married Henrich Rusch.].
  24. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), s.52. Henrich Rusch and Dorothea Winnewisser were married on the 12th of Oct 1675 in Schoenau, Heidelberg, Baden. Henrich Rusch died in 1725.
  25. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 057B,p.76. [Maria] Veronica Rusch was baptized on the 23rd of Aug 1685 in Schoenau. Her parents were Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. Her godparents were Nicolaus Lampert from Kleingemuend [5 miles SW of Schoenau] and his wife Veronica.
  26. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 705BD,s.43,IGI. Maria Veronica Rusch was born on the 23rd of Aug 1685 in Schoenau and died on the 16th of Feb 1768. Her parents were Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea Winnewisser.
  27. Kirchenbuch 1742-1802: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 524DB,p.370. [Maria] Veronica [Rusch Kern], the wife of [Christophel] Henrich Kern a citizen and resident of the Lindenbach, at age 82 years 5 months, and 23 days died on the 16th and was buried on the 18th of Feb 1768 in Schoenau. Her parents were Henrich Rusch a local citizen and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser].
  28. , Aus der Geschichte von Schoenau [revised version of the Town History], Chapter 2,p.26. Comments: Winneweser families were from Seral, Glarus canton, Switzerland.
  29. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 707BD,s.43,IGI. Dorothea Winnewisser was born in Apr 1654 and died on the 15th of Nov 1737.
  30. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 260D,p.299. Dorothea [Winneweser, Hanss Casper was husband #1] Rusch from Switzerland, the wife of deceased Johann Henrich Rusch, at age 83 years and 6 months died on the 15th and was buried on the 17th of Nov 1737 in Schoenau. Her parents were deceased Paul Winneweser an heir of a small local farm and his wife Margaretha [nee unk].
  31. Ibid., 095D,p.139. Margaretha [nee unk] wife of deceased Paul Winneweser died and was buried on the 3rd of Mar 1685 in Schoenau.
  32. Ibid., 147BD,p.194. [Anna] Maria Elisabetha Kern was baptized on the 3rd of May 1713 in Schoenau. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch]. Her godparent was Eva Elisabetha Koenig, the legitimate daughter of Lorentz Koenig, a citizen and local tanner. [Anna] Maria Elisabetha Kern died on the 3rd of Jan 1743 in Schoenau.
  33. Kirchenbuch 1742-1802: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 506DB,p.332. [Anna] Maria Elisabetha [Kern] Kuhn, the wife of Johann Jacob Kuhn a local citizen, at age 29 years and 8 months from Schoenau died on the 3rd and was buried on the 5th of Jan 1743 in Schoenau. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern a local citizen and heir of the Linnebach and his wife [Maria] Veronica [Rusch].
  34. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 230W,p.278. Johann Jacob Kuhn a cloth maker and Anna Maria Elisabetha Kern both members of the Reformed Religion were married on the 7th of Apr 1733 in Schoenau. His father was deceased Johann Caspar Kuhn a local carpenter. Her father was [Christophel] Henrich Kern a farmer at the Linnebach.
  35. Ibid., 236W,p.282. Johann Nicolaus Kern, a legitimate son and cloth maker, and Anna Felicitas Kuntz, a legitimate daughter, were married on the 18th of Apr 1741 in Schoenau. His father was [Christophel] Henrich Kern a local citizen. Her father was Mr. Johann Friedrich Kuntz the town council assistant.
  36. Ibid., 155B,p.204. Maria Margaretha Kern was baptized the 21st of Nov 1717 in Schoenau. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch]. Her godparents were Barthel Spitzers a farmer at Schoenau and his legitimate wife Maria Margaretha [nee unk].
  37. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 716BD,s.48,IGI. Maria Margaretha Kern was born on the 21st of Nov 1717 in Schoenau. Her parents were Heinrich Kern and his wife Maria Veronica Rusch who died in 1768.
  38. Kirchenbuch 1742-1802: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 520DB,p.359. Maria Margaretha [Kern] Frick from the Lindenbacher farm, the wife of the deceased citizen Leonhard Frick, at age 40 years and 1 month died on the 21st and was buried on the 23rd of Dec 1760 in Schoenau. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern a farmer of the Lindenbach and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch].
  39. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 232W,p.238. Leonhard Frick widower [Anna Dorothea Spickert was wife #1] and Maria Margaretha Kern both were members of the Reformed Religion were married on the 21st of Feb 1735 in Schoenau. His father was Johann Georg Frick a local day laborer. Her father was [Christophel] Henrich Kern a farmer at the Linnebach.
  40. Kirchenbuch 1650-1800: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 728W,s.53,IGI. Leonhardt Frick and Maria Margaretha Kern were married on the 21st of Feb 1735 in Neckarhausen, Schoenau, Heidelberg, Baden. They both died in 1760. His parents were Johann Georg Frick and his wife Anna Maria Krueger. Her parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern and his wife Maria Veronica Rusch.
  41. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 167B,p.223. Johann Ulrich Kern was baptized on the 15 of Nov 1722 in Schoenau. His parents were Christoph[el] Henrich Kern a local citizen and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch]. The witnesses were Johann Ulrich Schnellbach a citizen and fisherman at Ziegelhausen and his wife.
  42. Ibid., 240D,p.284. Johann Ulrich Kern a baker from Rastatt [60 miles south of Heidelberg] died on the 26th and was buried on the 28th of Nov 1723 in Schoenau. His parents were Christophel [Henrich] Kern a local citizen and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch].
  43. Ibid., 187B,p.237. Johann Jacob Henrich Kern was baptized on the 28th of Apr 1728 in Schoenau. His parents were [Christophel] Henrich Kern a citizen and farmer and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch]. His godparent [and grandfather] was Jacob Kern a farmer at the Michelbucher farm.
  44. Kirchenbuch 1742-1802: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 516DB,p.356. [Johann] Jacob Henrich Kern a local farmer at the Lindenbacher farm at age 32 years and 3 days died on the 8th and was buried on the 10th of Apr 1760 in Schoenau. His parents were [Christophel Henrich] Johannes Kern a citizen at the Linnebach and his wife Maria Veronica [Rusch].
  45. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 041B,p.69. Johann Jacob Kern was baptized on the 30th of Jan 1681 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern and his wife [Anna] Regina [Zimmermann]. His godparents were Johannes Reiss and his wife Eva Catharina.
  46. Ibid., 045B,p.71. Maria Regina Catharina Kern was baptized on the 11th of May 1682 in Schoenau. Her parents were Jacob Kern and his wife Anna Regina [Zimmermann]. Her godparents were Hans Jorg Nollert and his wife Maria Catharina.
  47. Ibid., 049B,p.73. Anna Elisabetha Kern was baptized on the 18th of Nov 1683 in Schoenau. Her parents were Jacob Kern and his wife Anna Regina [Zimmermann]. Her godparents were Christophel Wagner of Dachsberg [1 mile SW of Schoenau] and his wife Anna Elisabetha.
  48. Ibid., 056B,p.75. Johannes Kern was baptized on the 22nd of Mar 1685 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern and Anna Regina [Zimmermann]. His godparents were Mr. Johannes Schuh a tanner from lower Schoenau and his wife Anna Barbara.
  49. Kirchenbuch 1742-1802: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 510DB,p.349. Johannes Kern heir of the Michelbucher farm at age 69 years, 10 months, and 21 days died on the 16th and was buried on the 18th of Feb 1755 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern heir of the Michelbucher farm and his wife Anna Regina [Zimmermann].
  50. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 059B,p.77. Anna Magdalena Kern was born on the 13th and baptized on the 22nd of Jun 1685 in Schoenau. Her parents were Jacob Kern and Anna Regina [Zimmermann]. Her godparents were Jacob Knosp and his wife Magdalena.
  51. Ibid., 063B,p.80. Hanss Georg Kern was baptized on the 26th of Aug 1687 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern residing at Bergheim [1 mile west of Heidelberg] and [Anna] Regina [Zimmermann]. The witnesses were Johann Georg Knosp and his wife Ursala Regina [Zimmermann]. [The birth of Regina as reported in the church book instead of Hanss Georg was in error and corrected.].
  52. Ibid., 249D,p.292. Johann Georg Kern a farmer on the Michelbucher farm at age 43 years and 7 months was shot [and killed] by a thief named Wilprets on the 5th of April 1731. He was buried on the 8th of Apr 1731 in Schoenau. His parents were Jacob Kern a farmer at the Michelbucher farm and his wife [Anna] Regina [Zimmermann].
  53. Ibid., 079B,p.111. Twins Johann Jacob and Anna Catharina Kern were baptized on the 2nd May 1695 in Schoenau. Their parents were Jacob Kern from Michelbuch and his wife Anna Regina [Zimmermann]. Their godparents were Jacob Wilhelm from Neckarhausen [4 miles SE of Schoenau] and Magdalena Kern [the wife of Sebastian Krieger]. Also, Daniel Hornick from Neckarsteinach [2 miles SE of Schoenau] and his wife Anna Catharina.
  54. Ibid., 119W,p.158. Anthoni Kern a widower [Anna Maria was his wife #1] and a farmer at the Michelbucher farm and Margaretha [Kuntz] Baumann have become engaged and married on the 24th of Nov 1685 in Schoenau. Margaretha Baumann's deceased husband was Henrich Baumann. Comments: Kern families were from Reutigen, Bern canton, Switzerland. Kunz families were from Reutigen, Bern canton, Switzerland.
  55. Long, Russell, Estimation, 025-B. Comments: Godparent: 025-B with Peter Spickert.
  56. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 241D,p.284. Elisabetha Kern a resident of the Michelbuch, otherwise Reutigen, Bern canton, Switzerland died on the 5th and was buried on the 7th of Dec 1723 in Schoenau. Her parents were Jacob Kern citizen of Reutigen [Bern canton, Switzerland] and Catharina [nee unk].
  57. Ibid., 104W,p.151. Hanss Casper and Dorothea Winneweser were married on the 17th of Sep 1672 in Schoenau.
  58. Ibid., 026B,p.63. Hans Henrich Rusch was baptized on the 23rd of Jul 1676 in Schoenau. His parents were [Johann] Henrich Rusch and Dorothea [Winneweser]. His godparents were Hans Philip Scheid and his wife Anna.
  59. Peter M. Koehler - Ancestors, Peter M. Koehler online [http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=koehler&id=I705339], accessed 4 Jul 2005, 324BW.
  60. Kirchenbuch 1550-1875: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 030B,p.66. Anna Dorothea Rusch was baptized on the 17th of Feb 1678 in Schoenau. Her parents were Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. Her godparents were Hans Philip Scheid and his wife Anna.
  61. Ibid., 035B,p.68. Johannes Henrich Rusch was baptized on the 15th of Feb 1680 in Schoenau. His parents were [Johann] Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. His godparents were Hanss [Johannes] Philip Scheid and his wife Anna [Barbara unk].
  62. Ibid., 046B,p.72. Johannes Philip Rusch was baptized on the 4th of Oct 1682 in Schoenau. His parents were Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. His godparents were Johann Philip Scheid and his wife Anna.
  63. Ibid., 052B,p.74. Agatha Rusch was baptized on the 8th of Sep 1684 in Schoenau. Her parents were Henrich Rusch and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. Her godparents were Johannes Wolpt Lambert from Kleingemuend and his wife Agatha.
  64. Ibid., 092D,p.139. Agatha Rusch a young daughter died and was buried on the 19th of Sep 1684 in Schoenau. Her parents were Henrich Rusch [and his wife Dorothea Casper Winneweser].
  65. Ibid., 067B,p.83. Barbara Rusch was baptized on the 11th of Apr 1688 in Schoenau. Her parents were Henrich Rusch a local farmer and his legitimate wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. Her godparents were Johann Adam Herion a local school teacher and his legitimate wife Barbara.
  66. Ibid., 071B,p.91. Johann Adam Rusch was baptized on the 18th of Sep 1690 in Schoenau. His parents were Henrich Rusch a farmer and his wife Dorothea [Winneweser]. The witnesses were Johann Adam Herion a school worker at Waldmichelbach [the woods of Michelbuch] and his wife Barbara.
  67. Ibid., 109W,p.154. Hans [Johannes] Winneweser and Miss Anna Barbara Broched have become engaged and married on the 6th of Jan 1676 in Schoenau.
  68. Ibid., ,106Wp.153. Jacob Reinhard a lawyer and village mayor and Margaretha Winneweser have become engaged and married on the 7th of May 1675 in Schoenau.
  69. Ibid., 004bB, p.24. Elisabetha was baptized on the 6th of Dec 1663 in Schoenau. Her parents were Paul Winneweser and his wife [Margaretha]. The witnesses were de Pierre Morgan and his wife Elisabetha.
  70. Ibid., 244D,p.286. Elisabetha [Winneweser] Spitzer was the legitimate wife of Barthel Spitzer, a farmer of a small local farm. Elisabetha, who was born and resided in Schoenau, died on the 10th and was buried on the 12th of Nov 1725 in Schoenau. Her parents were deceased Paul Winneweser a farmer of a small farm and his wife Margaretha [nee unk].
  71. Ibid., 114W,p.157. Barthalomaus Spitzer from Neckagemunde and Miss Elisabetha Winneweser, a legitimate daughter, have become engaged and married on the 28th of Oct 1684 in Schoenau. His father was deceased Peter Spitzer a citizen at Neckagemunde. Her father was deceased Paul Winneweser a citizen, a master, and a local farmer.
  72. Kirchenbuch 1741-1981: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Schoenau (Heidelberg), 415B,p.12. Georg Henrich Happes was born on the 23rd and baptized on the 25th of Nov 1747 in Schoenau. His parents were Georg Happes from the Linnebach a member of the Lutheran religion and his wife Catharina [Kern Lang, widow of Johann Henrich Lang] a member of the Reformed Religion.
  73. Hoppes, Swiss Roots: A History Of The Happes Family To 1800, 003SW,p.13.
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