He was born about 1580 in Schwaigern, Heilbronn, Duchy of Wurttemberg, Holy Roman Empire (German) (now Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), son of Georg and Anna Barbara Willert. He died there 19 August 1623, and was buried in the churchyard of (known then as) St. Anne and St. John the Baptizer in Schwaigern. Georg is sometimes spelled 'Jorg' or in English, 'Jerg'. In Schwaigern on 3 April 1605 he married Anna, widow of Michael Bickel, whose maiden name is unknown. Georg and Anna were parents of five known children: Anna (died an infant), Anna, Margaretha, Johann Georg, and Martinus. (Children believed to be in order of birth.)
Data provided per records located by a late Bumgardner cousin during visits to Schwaigern and my research.
This family endured - or in most cases did not survive - the horrors of the Thirty Year War. While there was no fighting, there was looting and murder by soldiers in the town. It was repeatedly visited by different armies demanding or simply taking what they wanted. In addition the Plague came in 1627.
At the end of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) there were only five people left in Schwaigern and no graves of common people existed according to the wife of the Pfarrer interviewed on May 1, 1991, at Schwaigern. [Not sure of interviewer, and question "only five people left," as a number of families continued there {with perhaps a short stay from there}, but the loss was great. Perhaps she was referring to only our Willheits. From what I was told and have read, all the grave markers in the churchyard were destroyed by the armies.]
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Data provided per records located by a late Bumgardner cousin during visits to Schwaigern and my research.
This family endured - or in most cases did not survive - the horrors of the Thirty Year War. While there was no fighting, there was looting and murder by soldiers in the town. It was repeatedly visited by different armies demanding or simply taking what they wanted. In addition the Plague came in 1627.
At the end of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) there were only five people left in Schwaigern and no graves of common people existed according to the wife of the Pfarrer interviewed on May 1, 1991, at Schwaigern. [Not sure of interviewer, and question "only five people left," as a number of families continued there {with perhaps a short stay from there}, but the loss was great. Perhaps she was referring to only our Willheits. From what I was told and have read, all the grave markers in the churchyard were destroyed by the armies.]
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He was born about 1580 in Schwaigern, Heilbronn, Duchy of Wurttemberg, Holy Roman Empire (German) (now Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), son of Georg and Anna Barbara Willert. He died there 19 August 1623, and was buried in the churchyard of (known then as) St. Anne and St. John the Baptizer in Schwaigern. Georg is sometimes spelled 'Jorg' or in English, 'Jerg'. In Schwaigern on 3 April 1605 he married Anna, widow of Michael Bickel, whose maiden name is unknown. Georg and Anna were parents of five known children: Anna (died an infant), Anna, Margaretha, Johann Georg, and Martinus. (Children believed to be in order of birth.)
Data provided per records located by a late Bumgardner cousin during visits to Schwaigern and my research.
This family endured - or in most cases did not survive - the horrors of the Thirty Year War. While there was no fighting, there was looting and murder by soldiers in the town. It was repeatedly visited by different armies demanding or simply taking what they wanted. In addition the Plague came in 1627.
At the end of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) there were only five people left in Schwaigern and no graves of common people existed according to the wife of the Pfarrer interviewed on May 1, 1991, at Schwaigern. [Not sure of interviewer, and question "only five people left," as a number of families continued there {with perhaps a short stay from there}, but the loss was great. Perhaps she was referring to only our Willheits. From what I was told and have read, all the grave markers in the churchyard were destroyed by the armies.]
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Data provided per records located by a late Bumgardner cousin during visits to Schwaigern and my research.
This family endured - or in most cases did not survive - the horrors of the Thirty Year War. While there was no fighting, there was looting and murder by soldiers in the town. It was repeatedly visited by different armies demanding or simply taking what they wanted. In addition the Plague came in 1627.
At the end of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) there were only five people left in Schwaigern and no graves of common people existed according to the wife of the Pfarrer interviewed on May 1, 1991, at Schwaigern. [Not sure of interviewer, and question "only five people left," as a number of families continued there {with perhaps a short stay from there}, but the loss was great. Perhaps she was referring to only our Willheits. From what I was told and have read, all the grave markers in the churchyard were destroyed by the armies.]
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