When Johann Conrad Ensminger was born on 29 October 1737, in Diemeringen, Bas-Rhin, France, his father, Conrad Ensminger, was 26 and his mother, Christina Margaretha Greiner, was 19.
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After the battle of Saratoga France realized that America might be worth backing. They formed an alliance with the colonies and sent naval fleets to help with the war.
While Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador to France he negotiated with the French during the war to keep them on the American side. At the same time the Treaty of Paris was established.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
German and Alsatian: probably a habitational name for someone from Ensmingen, a place (or estate) of unknown location and etymology. This surname is most common in Alsace, France.
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