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Johann Walter¹

Facts and Notes

• Religious Affiliation: Evangelical-Lutheran²
• Birth: 9 June 1779; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO²
• Baptism: 10 June 1779; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO; His godfather was Johann Arzberger, a relative who provided "local protection" and was a master of the nail-smith trade in Walsdorf.²
• Marriage: 6 July 1802; Catharina Barbara Kühhorn; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO³
• Marriage: 5 July 1812; Eva Schwappach; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO⁴
• Marriage: 16 May 1813; Eva Schwappach; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO¹
• Occupation: Before 1814; Weaver^1,5
• Death: 20 January 1814; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO; He was 34 years old. Cause of Death: See notes section⁶
• Burial: 21 January 1814; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO⁶

• Note: Napoleon’s retreat from Russia brought a new threat to Bavaria: an epidemic of typhus that ravaged the region from 1813 to 1814. Among its victims were Johann Walter and Eva Schwappach. The couple lived in Walsdorf, west of Bamberg, with their eight-month-old daughter Barbara and Johann’s son from a previous marriage. Johann and Eva both contracted typhus in January 1814, and both died as a result; Eva died on the 16th at the age of 33, and Walter four days later, at 34. They were both laid to rest at the local Evangelical-Lutheran church in Walsdorf.
  
  They left behind at least two children: Barbara, who was only eight months old, and Bartholomäus Walter—Johann’s son from his first marriage—who was four. Although we don’t know who cared for them after their parents died, they were most likely taken in by extended family or members of the local community, which was the most common arrangement in small rural villages like Waldorf in the early 19th century. The local church would also have played a significant role in ensuring their welfare and helping to secure suitable guardianship.

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Marianne Bauer

Citations

1. [S806] Professional Research, Dr. Josef Urban (Director, Archiv des Erzbistums Bamberg), Family Research, 11 Sep 1996, Hired by Marianne Reyes (Salinas, CA 93906) to research her Bauer ancestors
2. [S791] Church Records, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche (State Archives of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church) in Nuremberg, Bavaria: Pfarrarchiv (Parrish Archive) Walsdorf, Kirchenbuch (Church Book), Volume 6, Taufen (Baptisms) 1729-1802, S. 361. Record for Johann Walter., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
3. [S791] Church Records, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche (State Archives of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church) in Nuremberg, Bavaria: Pfarrarchiv (Parrish Archive) Walsdorf, Kirchenbuch (Church Book), Volume 14, Trauungen (Weddings) 1729-1802, S. 812, No. 5. Record for Johann Walter and Catharina Barbara Kühhorn., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
4. [S791] Church Records, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche (State Archives of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church) in Nuremberg, Bavaria: Pfarrarchiv (Parrish Archive) Walsdorf, Kirchenbuch (Church Book), Volume 14, Trauungen (Weddings) 1808-1859, S. 3. Record for Johann Walter and Eva Schwappach., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
5. [S806] Professional Research, Edgar Hubrick (Genealogist, Forchheim, Germany), July 2020.
6. [S791] Church Records, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche (State Archives of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church) in Nuremberg, Bavaria: Pfarrarchiv (Parrish Archive) Walsdorf, Kirchenbuch (Church Book), Volume 17, Bestattungen (Burials) 1808-1846, S. 11, No. 3. Record for Johann Walter., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.