Marguerithe was born on 19 October 1670 in Neckarau, a suburb of Mannheim in present day Germany. At the time of her birth Mannheim was part of the County Palatine on the Rhine. Her mother and father were Henri Phillippes and Marguerithe Weinkraus. She was baptized four days later on the 23rd of October. Her baptism record reads:
Henri Philippe, who lives in this town, and Marguerithe Weinkraus, have made baptise their daughter Marguerithe on October 23. She was born on the 19th of the same month. She has as godfather Jean Moreau, and as godmother Marguerithe le Paffe, widow of Henri Philippe.[1]
Margaretha was marred in Neckarau on 11 February 1698 to Hans Valentin Ranck. Together the couple had six children:[2]
i. Anna Barbara RANCK, b. 19 Nov 1699, Neckarau, Pfalz (later: Mannheim, Baden; then Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany)
ii. John Michael RANCK, b. 28 Oct 1701, Neckarau, Pfalz (later: Mannheim, Baden; then Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany), d. 28 Jul 1778 (Age 76 years)
iii. John Philip RANCK, b. 31 Jan 1704, Neckarau, Pfalz (later: Mannheim, Baden; then Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) d. 1783 (Age 78 years)
iv. Rosine Catharina RANCK, b. 4 Feb 1706, Neckarau, Pfalz (later: Mannheim, Baden; then Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany), d. 14 Jan 1713, Neckarau, Pfalz, aged 6 years
v. Susanna Margaretha RANCK, b. 29 Oct 1707, Neckarau, Pfalz (later: Mannheim, Baden; then Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany), d. 20 Jan 1767, New Holland, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, aged 59 years
vi. Johann Valentine RANCK, b. 15 Jun 1710, Neckarau, Pfalz (later: Mannheim, Baden; then Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany), d. 26 Dec 1712, aged 2 years
The date of Margaretha's death and the location of her burial have not been determined.
Sources
↑ 1670 birth of Anna Marguerithe: Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 [database on-line]. Original data: Mikrofilm Sammlung. Originale: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1502-1985. Accessed 9 October 2019 by SJ Baty at Ancestry. Ancestry shared record. Note: this record is indexed to Mannheim and also indexed to Drakenburg u Magdeburg, Hannover, Saxony. The index is identical in both records except for the location of the parish. Mannheim is the correct location; the image can only be found at the Magdeburg URL. Ancestry shared record with available image (Magdeburg URL). The index records:
Westman, Katie Mildred Pobst Hallock, and Lucille Elizabeth Richardson McMillan. Nine roads from Cloverdale: the life story of the nine children of Charles Elisha Pobst, 1842-1929, and Maria Elizabeth Moomaw, 1843-1904. (Baltimore Gateway Press ; Poquoson, VA, 1988).
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However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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