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Eva Schwappach¹

Facts and Notes

• Religious Affiliation: Evangelical-Lutheran¹
• Birth: 25 May 1780; Erlau, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO¹
• Baptism: After 25 May 1780; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO; Her godmother was Eva Müller, the unmarried oldest daughter of Johann Müller (a princely citizen of the Margraviate of Brandenburg) and his wife Anna Maria, born Beckin.¹
• Marriage: 5 July 1812; Johann Walter; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO²
• Marriage: 16 May 1813; Johann Walter; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO³
• Death: 16 January 1814; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO; She was 33 years old when she died of typhoid fever. She was the first to die of typhoid fever, which had long been an issue in the neighborhood. Cause of Death: See notes section⁴
• Burial: 18 January 1814; Walsdorf, Bamberg, Bavaria, GermanyBGO⁴

• 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. [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. 368, No. 7. Record for Eva Schwappach., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
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 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.
3. [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
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 17, Bestattungen (Burials) 1808-1846, S. 11, No. 1. Record for Eva Schwappach., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.