Johann Nikolaus Gerlach

Brief Life History of Johann Nikolaus

When Johann Nikolaus Gerlach was born on 22 May 1766, in Konken, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Johann Nickel Gerlach, was 43 and his mother, Karolina Susanne Elizabeth Faus, was 11. He married Maria Katharina Maus on 9 December 1787, in Mittelbach, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 14 January 1816, in Konken, Kusel, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Johann Nikolaus Gerlach
1766–1816
Maria Katharina Maus
1770–1842
Marriage: 9 December 1787
Johann Nikolaus Gerlach
1789–1789
Georg Jakob Gerlach
1792–
Heinrich Jacob Gerlach
1793–1838
Maria Margaretha Gerlach
1796–
Johann Adam Gerlach
1798–1877
Johann Nickel Gerlach
1800–1850
Christian Theobald Gerlach
1802–
Catharina Gerlach
1804–1818
Marie Elisabet Gerlach
1806–
Daniel Gerlach
1807–1888
Johann Ludwig Gerlach
1809–
Anna Carolina Gerlach
1812–1891

Sources (27)

  • Joh. Nickel Gerlach, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Zivilstandsregister - Marriage - Original Document #1
  • Legacy NFS Source: Johann Nikolaus Gerlach - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: death: 14 January 1816; Konken, Pfalz, Bayern Lande, Germany

World Events (2)

1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig

On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.

1814

The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Dieter, Juergen, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Horst, Klaus, Alois, Eberhard, Franz, Frederich.

German and Dutch: from the personal name Gerlach, composed of the ancient Germanic elements gēr, gār ‘spear’ + lach, a cognate of Old High German leich ‘sport, play’. Compare Garlick , Garlock , and Carlock .

History: One of the first American Gerlachs was the Palatine German Johann (John) Christian Gerlach, who arrived in the Hudson River Pitch, NY, in 1710. His surname was respelled to Garlick, Garlock, and Carlock.

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

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