Johann Theobold "Diebold" SCHMIDT Jr

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• Notes. Great-grandson of Georg Klotz.
Grandson of Wendel Schmidt, and Barbara Klotz Schmidt.
Son of Diebold ( Johann Theobald ), and Margareta Schmidt.

Johann Theobald "Diebold" was born ca. 1633, in the little village of Wingen, Alsace, during the time of the devastating Thirty Year War, during which the population of Alsace, suffered unspeakable horrors and hardships.
By the end of this terrible war in 1648, there were very few people left alive in the small community of Wingen.
By 1662 there were only three surviving families recorded in the Wingen church book.
Around 1658/9 Johann Theobald married Anna Maria with whom he had five children between the years 1659 and 1667.
Hans Paulus, born 4.9.1659
Hans Jacob, born 1.5.1661
Hans Georg, born 12.3.1663, who married Anna Maria in 1686. Both were the parents of Johann Heinrich Schmidt (John Henry Schmidt, memorial 73864167).
Anna Ursula, born 31.5.1665 (died young)
Hans Peter, born 7.4. 1667, died 1686.

In the Wingen Parish Register Johann Theobald is listed as 'Gemeindsmann und Buerger', also as 'Wuerth', which means that he was a full citizen and independent landowner.
The old German word 'Wuerth' could have two meanings, either referring to a farmer or an innkeeper.
Johann Theobald and Anna Maria's children grew up and those who lived into adulthood, started families of their own.
Johann Theobald's first wife, Anna Maria died in 1694.

On the 11th of January 1695, now aged around 62, Johann Theobald remarried.
His second wife was a young widow, named Anna Maria Deckenberger.
Her maiden name was Schleber, and she was originally from the tiny village of Mattstall, close to Lembach.
As Anna Maria was 34 years old when she married Johann Theobald, there was an almost 30 year age difference between the two of them.
Even so, they had three children together.
The first one, Anna Barbara, was born in 1696. ( married Johann Peter Frey in Wingen, in 1716. They emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1733.)
Johann Theobald and Anna Maria's second child , Anna Ursula, was born on March 22, 1699, and christened in the Wingen Church on March 26, 1699.
Their last child, a son named Johann Peter, was born on March 3, 1701, and christened in the old village church on March 8, 1701.
By this time, Johann Theobald was around 68 years old.
He died a year later, on New Year's Eve 1702, and was laid to rest in the Wingen graveyard on the 2nd of January 1703.

Memorial photos:
1. Marriage record, Johann Theobald and Anna Maria Deckenberger.
2. Death record Johann Theobald Schmidt, Wingen Parish Register, Archives Bas Rhin.

Note: Birth date is approximate, as entries in the Wingen Church Book start in 1648.

Johann married Anna Maria Schleber, daughter of Hans Michael Schlaeber and Unknown, in Wingen, Bas-Rhin, France. (Anna Maria Schleber was born on 23 Sep 1661 in Mattstall, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France and died on 10 Apr 1722 in Wingen, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.)

Johann next married Anna Maria Schleber, daughter of Hans Michael Schlaeber and Unknown. (Anna Maria Schleber was born on 23 Sep 1661 in Mattstall, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France and died on 10 Apr 1722 in Wingen, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.)