Robert Venter's Family Genealogy
My six Ancestral Lines.
Introduction:
These pages contain the results of my more than twenty years of genealogy research. They trace the ancestral lines of my six ancestors who immigrated from Europe. Each originated from a different locality as indicated below. The Family Origins map shows these specicfic locations.
- Johann Venter, my paternal grandfather, was born in the town of Roth, just outside of Meisenheim, located in the present-day state of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. The location of Roth can be found on this map or you can see an aerial view.
- Elisabeth Weinig, my paternal grandmother, was born in the town of Westheim (b Hußfurt), located near the Main River in northern Bavaria.
- Jean Baptiste Deutsch, my mother's paternal grandfather, was born in Sarrebourg, in the Lorraine region of France.
- Marie Madeleine Boell, my mother's paternal grandmother, was born in Schiltigheim, a suburb of Strasbourg, France.
- August Johann Weigold, my mother's maternal grandfather, was born in Auerbach, now a section of Bensheim, in the state of Hessen, Germany.
- Margaretha Liebermann, my mother's maternal grandmother, was born in Untersiemau, a small town just south of Coburg, located in the northern part of the state of Bavaria, Germany.
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