The earliest relative in our family seems to be Georg Wurth.  Here's what the document says about him.

Georg Wurth, who married in York in 1758 seems to have lost his mother while still a child, as he could not give information about her name on his marriage license.  His father had already died at that time.  Dundenheim belongs to the parish Johenheim, where church records are kept since 1757.  The banns for the Wurth marriage took place in Keppenheim.  Being an orphan, he probably was working as a farmhand there.  However, he must have had money, otherwise he could not have purchased the large property in Kork, which was in the center of the village.  His death notice at Kork sounded like this:

Early in the morning, at 1:00 AM on Nov. 25, 1795, Georg Wurth, native citizen, fell from the staircase which led from the dancehall of the local tavern, the Eagle, where he had enjoyed dancing.  He fell so badly that he was dead at once.  He was 64 years, 2 months and 20 days old.  His father was Georg Wurth, citizen of Dundenheim;  his mother's name is unknown.

Based on the above story, we would say Georg Wurth was born on September 5, 1731, probably in Dundenheim, where his father was a citizen.  Georg married Elisabetha Köbel, 1758 in Kork,  and he died Nov 25, 1795.  Because the banns took place in Keppenheim, it is probable that Elisabetha Köbel was from there. 

*Numbers denote the generation.

1*--Georg Wurth (1731--1795) and Elisabetha Köbel had four children.

     2-Hahns Georg 1761

     2-Jakob Wurth  born 1 Feb 1775 in Kork and Barbara Heintz had three children. 

• 3- Jakob 1800
• 3- Johannes 1801
• 3- Georg Wurth  born 14 Oct 1807 (married in Hemsbach) and Elisabetha Mangold had two children

• 4- Catharina 1845
• 4- Georg Adam Wurth born 15 Sep1856

Georg Adam Wurth had two wives:  He married Elisabeth Ehret and after she died, he married her sister, Anna Margareta  (born 1 Jan 1884).   He had one child with Elisabeth and three children with Anna Margareta.  She is the  mother of Georg Wurth (born 8 Sep1868), who is the father of our family.  The four children of Georg Adam Wurth (1856) are:

• 5-Anna Wurth (1859) with Elisabeth
• 5-Heinrich Wurth (1864) with Anna Margareta
• 5-Katharina Wurth(1867)
• 5-Georg Wurth (1868)

Georg Wurth (1868) married Anna Thron and they had seven children.  After Georg died, Anna married Adolf Balles and they had a son, Theodor Balles.  The seven children of Georg Wurth (1868) are:

• 6-Rudolf Wurth married Marie Stein
• 6-Gustav Wurth married Barbara Stäckler
• 6-Heinrich (Henry) Wurth married Rose Fekete
• 6- Emma Wurth married Ferdinand Schroeder
• 6-Katharina Wurth married Herman Setzer
• 6-Reinhard Wurth married Margaret Miller
• 6-Anna Wurth married Henry Thron

This information comes from a complete family genealogy dating back to 1758 that has been in our family for years. The document is in German. It also contains a long history of the period dating back to 58 BC in the Rhine Plain. We have translated much of this document and it is available for family members who are registered with our digital library/ resource center.

 Return to top of page