I am researching my ancestors that came from Bas-Rhin, France, and have come across a brick wall, an Andre Muller, baptized 27 Aug 1730 to an Andre Muller and Marie Specht in Erstein, Bas-Rhin. It appears he moved to Plobsheim, married first Anna Maria Krieg, and then Catherine Spiesser, before dying in 1794 with 7 children. I have found a marriage record for an Andre Muller and Marie Specht, but it is in a nearby commune Westhouse in 1714. I am not very familiar with how frequently inhabitants of France moved between communes in the same department and whether or not an identification can be made between these two couples.
From the baptismal registers of Westhouse and Erstein, it appears as though the Andre Muller and Marie Specht couple in Westhouse have children in 1715, 1718, 1719, 1722 and 1723, whereas the first child for the Erstein couple is 1726 (further issue 1728, 1730, 1733). Leading, but is it dispositive?
I can provide links to the acts if necessary