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Johann Friedrich Maier was born Nov 8, 1779 in Bissingen, Wurttemberg, Germany. His parents were Cyriakus Maierand Rosina Schempp.  from Bissingen an der Teck church records, births 1779 on page 320

A Maier Genealogy was written in the 1930's while a family member was living in Germany. All of this information came from that document. However, I also have a copy of the church records of Bissingen microfilmed by the LDS library. The handwriting is in old German and the spelling varies but the detail matches what had been discovered in the 1930s. The data was further confirmed by the new CD put out by the LDS, Vital Records of Western European chruch Records.

Johann Friedrich married Maria Barbara Kaufmann on June 7 1812 in Bissingen, Wurttemberg, Germany.  This was a farm community.  People lived in the village.  Their barns were next to their houses, but the fields and orchards surrounded the village.  They were not usually contiguous.  That way they wouldn't loose everything if diaster hit one area and missed others.

Johann Friedrich Maier and Maria Barbara had twelve known children, all born in Bissingen.
1. Johann Christian born Aug 4, 1813 and died in 3 weeks.
2. Johann Christian born Aug.1, 1814 and also died in 3 weeks.
3. Anna Catharina born Dec 11, 1815 married Johannes Golz,she died June 28, 1892.
4. Johann Christian born April 10, 1819 married Barbara Gienger.
5. Regina born Nov 8, 1821 and died in 2 weeks.
6. Regina born Oct 31 1822 and died in 3 weeks.
7. Barbara born July 17, 1824. She lived to 1909 but never married.
8. Cyriakus born Oct 2, 1827 and died within the month.
9. Rosina born Oct 15, 1828 and died in 3 weeks.
10. Johannes born Aug. 17, 1830 married Katharina Diehl. He died April 29, 1905
11. Regina born May 12, 1834 and died in Sept of that same year.
12. Regina born Jan 6, 1836 married John Daniel Kurtz on April 21, 1857 in Wilmington Delaware USA She died April 25th 1872.

What a sad record to write. Of 12 children, 7 died in infancy.

Johann Friedrich died Nov.8, 1862. It was his 83 birthday. His wife Maria Barbara died just a few weeks later, on Dec. 29, 1862.

In the area around Stuttgart, there are 3 towns that could fit the name "Bissingen". They are Bissingen, Bisingen, and Bissingen an der Teck. After a careful study of the 1930's document we determined it is Bissingen an der Teck. This village is south east of Stuttgart.

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