OBERKALBACH, HESSEN, GERMANY Village of My Berthold & Ullrich Ancestors

GENEALOGICAL RECORDS

Oberkalbach Land Holders in 1596 These individuals were serfs under the House of Brandenstein. They worked the land and were allowed to keep part of the crops for their own use. Michel Belz - 5 fields, 5 meadows Marx Boernner - 6 fields, 4 meadows Claus Emerich - 1 field, 2 meadows Endress Emerich - 4 fields, 4 meadows Henn Emerich - mill, 1 meadow Henn Emerich - 4 fields, 5 meadows ....... Emerich, son of Balzer - 7 fields Henn Froelich - 4 fields, 4 meadows Quer Gaertner - 9 fields, 10 meadows Ullerich Gerttner - 11 fields, 8 meadows Veltin Gertner - 4 fields, 5 meadows Quer Heiel - 10 fields, 5 meadows Lorentz Heiel - 4 fields, 4 meadows Endress Herbarth - 7 fields, 4 meadows Fatius Herbarth - 2 fields, 2 meadows Quer Herbarth - --------- Johann Hillebrandt - 7 fields, 7 meadows Enders Hoeman - 5 fields, 5 meadows Kilian Hoeman -  --fields, 1 meadow Michel Huebner - 4 fields, 3 meadows Henn Koehler - 6 fields, 5 meadows Clauss Krausshaar - 4 fields, 6 meadows Ebalt Krausshaar - 7 fields, 6 meadows Henn Krausshaar - 7 fields, 6 meadows Quer Krausshaar - 4 fields, 9 meadows Quer Kraushaar - 2 fields, 1 meadow Claus Kress - 9 fields, 9 meadows Henn Kress - 2 fields, 2 meadows Henn Kress (innkeeper) - 10 fields, 6 meadows Henn Kress (the elder) - 11 fields, 7 meadows Heintz Leupolt - --------- Georg Mueller - 6 fields, 3 meadows Henn Mueller (Quer's son) - 8 fields, 3 meadows Henn Schausen - 4 fields, 1 meadow Claus Scheffer (mayor )- 6 fields, 5 meadows Claus Schneider - 5 fields, 3 meadows Michel Stang - 5 fields, 6 meadows Endress Stauff - 2 fields, 2 meadows Claus Ullerich - 8 fields, 7 meadows Jobst Ullerich - 6 fields, 3 meadows Mathes Voegler - 8 fields, 4 meadows

Male Inhabitants in 1654      In 1654, there were 34 households in Oberkalbach.  Before the 30-Year War, which lasted from 1618 to 1648, there had been 70 households. That gives us an idea of the destructiveness of this long war.  The following is a list of heads of households, as noted in the book Berkwinkel Chronik:          Henn Altbrand     Hans Baus         Klas Boehm     Kaspar Breuninger     Henn Dorn, miller     Joerg Emmrich, councilman     Hans Foeller     Simon Foeller, minstrel     Hans Frischkorn, church elder and juryman     Ulrich Gaertner, forest ranger and minstrel         Andreas Heil     Niclas Hiltmann     Adam Jost     Hans Jost, smith     Peter Koch, smith     Andreas Kraushaar, schoolmaster     Doenges Kraushaar     Klas Kraushaar, councilman     Quirin Kress     Hans Lins     Peter Lins     Adam Ludwig     Klas Ruebsam     Hans Schaefer, mayor     Konrad Scheibner, smith     Henn Schmidt     Klas Schmidt, councilman     Hans Schultess     Hans Ulrich, builder or large farmer, and juryman     Klas Ulrich, councilman     Heinrich Wachsmann, builder     Klas Wehner, wagonmaker     Hans Weininger     Heintz Will

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