Maria Catharine Gunther

Femaleabout 1664–7 May 1711

Brief Life History of Maria Catharine

When Maria Catharine Gunther was born about 1664, in Weibern, Adenau, Rhineland, Prussia, German Empire, her father, Peter Günther, was 52 and her mother, Anna Maria Mitnacht, was 44. She married Johan Yost Lauck about 1684, in Ohren, Limburg, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 7 May 1711, in West Camp, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

Johan Yost Lauck
1660–1716
Maria Catharine Gunther
1664–1711
Marriage: about 1684
Maria Margaretha Laucs
1686–1766
Maria Catherine Lauck
1700–
Reinhardt Laux Loucks
1700–
Johann Jost Lauck
1688–1704
Hans Jost Peter Lauck
1689–
Johann Peter Laux
1693–
Anna Mariae Lauck
1694–

Sources (2)

  • Marie Catharine Gunter in entry for Johannes Lug, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Maria Catherina Starring - 3 + sources

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1684Ohren, Limburg, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (2)

    1664

    Age 0

    After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York

    1670

    Age 6

    Historic Charleston, founded in 1670, is one of the oldest cities in the whole country.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Gerhard, Fritz, Otto, Rudi, Alphons, Arno, Bernd, Dieter, Ehrhardt, Erwin, Gunther.

    German (mainly Günther): variant of Gunter .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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