Anna Barbe Ackerman (bef. 1697 - aft. 1742)

Born before 30 May 1697 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Wife of Josephus Waguespack — married 23 Jul 1720 in Alsace-Lorraine, France

Wife of Hans Jacob Touchet — married 1742 in St. Charles, Louisiana, New France

Descendants

Died after 9 Jan 1742 after age 44 in Louisiana, New France [uncertain]

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Biography

Anna Barbe Ackerman

"..it is certain that Joseph Waguespack and Anna Barbara Ackermann were the progenitors of the Waguespack family in Louisiana." -- Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.^[1]

The registers of Beinheim do not begin until 1679; however, the name, Ackerman, was found as early as 1680. In that year, the burial of Maria, wife of Michaelis Ackerman, citizen of Meinheim, was recorded on January 14, 1680.^[2] During the following year, on December 17, 1681, Michael Ackermann was buried at Beinheim.^[2]

The registers also contain the marriages of several Ackermanns. On April 19, 1680, widower Michael Ackerman married Maria Abwenden, of Beinheim. Five years later, Mathias Ackermann, son of Michaelis Ackermann, citizen of Beinheim, married Barbara Deuselhaus(in), or Roschwoeg. Roeschwoog is the correct spelling according to Robichaux. Another child of Michael Ackermann, Catharina Ackermann, married on March 20, 1688 to Michael Weber of Leutenheim.^[2]

Of the above couples, Michael Ackerman^[3] and Maria Abwenden are of interest to Louisiana researchers.

Their children:

1. Anna Maria Ackermann was baptized September 8, 1689. The godparents were Joannes Klee and Anna Maria Beker(in).^[2]
2. Joannes Michael Acker was baptized on July 30, 1694. The godparents were Joannes Klee and Anna Maria Mayerin. Joannes Michael Acker married January 21, 1715 to Anna Maria Munischir(in), daughter of Andrea Munischer and Christina Heldebrand(in), of Batzendorff near Hagenau.^[2]
3. Anna Barbara Ackermann was baptized on May 30, 1697. The godparents were Henrich Klee and Anna Ursula Stuper(in).^[2]

In the summer of 1720, Anna Barbara Ackerman left Beinheim for Phalsbourg as part of a group of recruits for Louisiana, whom Mr. Dourner, Commissioner, conducted. Before her departure for Louisiana, she married Joseph Waguespack. Although the ship of departure has not been found, Robichaux states that it is certain that Joseph Waguespack and Anna Barbara Ackermann were the progenitors of the Waguespack family in Louisiana.

Anna Barbara Ackermann married on July 23, 1720, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France to Joseph Waguespack, son of Jean Waguespach and deceased Margueritte, native of Augenem, near Fort Louis, diocese of Strasbourg.^[4]

A daughter, Margueritta, was buried at age 2 on 27 Oct. 1739 in the St. Charles Borromeo Church cemetery.^[5]

Joseph Waguespack died and Marie Barbe Ackerman married Hantz Jacob Touchet, a native of Prague. (Hans Jakob or Jean Jacques TOUCHET OR TUCEK b: ABT 1720 in Prague, Boehemen Koenigreiche, Austria-Czecheslovkia) on 9 January 1742 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Charles, Louisiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., German Coast Families, European Origins and Settlement in Colonial Louisiana, (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications 1997) pp. 81-84;

   ACKERMANs in Louisiana

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Robichaux cites Beinheim, Bas-Rhin, France (Catholic Church, FHL Microfilm No. 0733808, pp. 57-58, 79, 86.
3. ↑ footnote#279 in Robichaux's book: "The occupation of Michaelis Ackermann was cow herder. This fact was mentioned in the text of the marriage at Beinheim on January 12, 1711 of Nicolaus Naas to Anna Catharina Ackermann, daughter of Mathai Ackermann, of Roeschwoog. Michaelis Ackerman was a witness to this marriage."
4. ↑ footnote in Robichaux book: Catholic Church, FHL Microfilm No. 1331670, p. 93).
5. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Vol. 1, p. 260;

   Text: WAGUENSBACH, Marguerittan, 2 yrs of age, interred on 27 Oct. 1739 (SCB, B1, 4)

6. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, here, Vol. 1, pp.1 & 252;
   • Ackerman, Barbe, native of Benem, Province of Baden, Dioces of Strasbourg, widow of Joseph Wagenspach, m. Hantz Joseph Toutcheck [@Tutcheck], Jan. 9, 1742 (SCB, B1, 14)
   • TUTZEK [TOUTCHECK, TUTCHECK, TUTSCHECK], Hantz Jacob (Wenseslaus & Dorothea Omitted), native of Prague in Bohemia, m. 9 Jan. 1742, Barbe ACKERMAN, native of Benem [Beinheim?], Province of Baden, Diocese of Strasbourg, widow of Joseph WAGENSPACH. Wit: Bernhart ANDONIN [ANTOINE]; Gaspard HECKEL; Leopold BYFER [PHEFFER]; FOLTZ; Mathias FRIDERICK (SCB, B1, 14)