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My Maternal 9th. Great German Grandfather, Daniel Francken

 

Name: Daniel Francken 

Born: about 1600 in Rheinberg, Mors, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany 

Married: before 1641 in Rheinberg, Mors, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany to Unknown 

Children: (1) Adolphus Francken 

Died: 23 Feb. 1677 in Frankfurt, Am Main, Hessen, Nassau, Prussia, Germany Buried: 1677 in Frankfurt, Am Main, Hessen, Nassau, Prussia, Germany

Note: Rheinberg is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 kilometres north of Moers and 15 km south of Wesel. It comprises the municipal districts of Rheinberg, Borth, Budberg, and Orsoy. source: Wikipedia

Note: Frankfurt was a major city of the Holy Roman Empire, being the seat of imperial elections since 885 and the city for imperial coronations from 1562 (previously in Free Imperial City of Aachen) until 1792. Frankfurt was declared an Imperial Free City (Reichsstadt) in 1372, making the city an entity of Imperial immediacy, meaning immediately subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor and not to a regional ruler or a local nobleman. Wikipedia

My Maternal 6th. Great German Grandmother, Ferdinanda Bock (Francken)

 

Randerath, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany

Name: Ferdinanda Bock, daughter of Franciscus Wilhelmus Bock and Maria Govertz 

Birth: 1700 in Randerath, Geilenkirchen, Rhein, Prussia, Germany 

Christening: 12 July 1700 Katholisch, Randerath, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany 

Married: 6 April 1723 in Randerath, Geilenkirchen, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany to Leonardus Francken

Children: (8) 

Joannes Wilhelmus Francken 1724–Deceased • MHG3-H52​​ 

Maria Elizabeth Francken 1726–1790 • LVS1-RTZ 

Catharina Elisabeth Francken 1730–Deceased • MN3P-X7X​​ 

Johann Peter Francken 1733–Deceased • MHG3-QZT​​ 

Johann Franz Wilhelm Francken 1734–Deceased • MHGS-22F 

Maria Agnes Francken 1737–Deceased • MN3G-CT5 

Helena Catharina Francken 1738–Deceased • MN3P-CXZ​​ 

Johann Leonard Francken 1740–Deceased • MHGS-17Z 

Death: 2 May 1786 in Randerath, Geilenkirchen, Rhein, Prussia, Germany 

Burial: 1786 in Randerath, Geilenkirchen, Rhein, Prussia, Germany

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