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Maria Anna Büchel

Maria Anna Büchel

1806 - Yes, date unknown

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1828-1828

Antonia Merkel
B:	31 Mar 1828
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	3 Apr 1828
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1896-1896

Martin Merkel
B:	9 Nov 1896
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	25 Nov 1896
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Heinrich Merkel

1898-Yes, date unknown

Heinrich Merkel
B:	30 Jul 1898
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1899-Yes, date unknown

Rosa Schneider
B:	25 Aug 1899
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	20 Oct 1924
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1901-1965

Wilhelm Merkel
B:	25 Jan 1901
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	8 Jul 1965

1905-1970

Cacilia Meyer
B:	5 Feb 1905
M:	1930
	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
D:	26 Feb 1970

Franz Xaver Huber

1932-1932

Franz Xaver Huber
B:	14 Apr 1932
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	14 Apr 1932
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Anna Barbara Huber

1904-Yes, date unknown

Rosa Merkel
B:	27 Aug 1904
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Franz Xaver Huber

1901-Yes, date unknown

Franz Xaver Huber
B:	25 Nov 1901
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	22 Nov 1926
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1907-Yes, date unknown

Hilda Merkel
B:	18 Apr 1907
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1939-1939

Karl Merkel
B:	28 Mar 1939
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	28 Mar 1939
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1908-Yes, date unknown

Karl Merkel
B:	4 Jun 1908
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Johanna Oesterle

1914-

Johanna Oesterle
B:	31 Oct 1914
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	21 May 1938
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Maria Anna Merkel

Bernhard Merkel

1909-Yes, date unknown

Bernhard Merkel
B:	24 Sep 1909
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Carolina Unknown

1911-

Carolina Unknown
B:	27 Oct 1911
	Germany
M:	1935
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Maria Anna Merkel

1913-

Maria Anna Merkel
B:	1 Feb 1913
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Franz Karl Merkel

1863-1932

Franz Karl Merkel
B:	24 Feb 1863
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	16 Nov 1932
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1871-1928

Ana Walter
B:	9 Jul 1871
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	28 Jan 1896
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	18 Oct 1928
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Brigitta Merkel

1865-Yes, date unknown

Brigitta Merkel
B:	6 Oct 1865
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Bernhard Merkel

1894-1917

Bernhard Merkel
B:	30 Jul 1894
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	8 Apr 1917
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Elizabeth Merkel

1897-Yes, date unknown

Elizabeth Merkel
B:	29 Dec 1897
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Gregor Joseph Merkel

Maria Anna Merkel

Johannes Merkel

1900-Yes, date unknown

Johannes Merkel
B:	26 Feb 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1897-Yes, date unknown

Paula Merkel
B:	14 Jul 1897
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	17 Jan 1927
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1902-Yes, date unknown

Unknown Merkel
B:	22 Feb 1902
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Rosalia Theresia Zoller

1903-Yes, date unknown

Louisa Merkel
B:	31 Dec 1903
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1902-Yes, date unknown

Herman Zoller
B:	30 Mar 1902
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	14 Jan 1929
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1906-1906

Hilda Merkel
B:	31 May 1906
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	31 Jul 1906
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1867-1950

Konrad Merkel
B:	24 Feb 1867
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	19 May 1950
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Theresia Oesterle

1870-1906

Theresia Oesterle
B:	29 Oct 1870
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	13 Nov 1893
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	1 Jul 1906
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Bernard Joseph Jacob

Martha Genofeva Jacob

1907-Yes, date unknown

Klara Merkel
B:	16 Jul 1907
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1903-1952

Joseph Jacob
B:	15 Mar 1903
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	29 Sep 1930
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	25 Feb 1952
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Maria Anna Merkel

1910-

Maria Anna Merkel
B:	22 Dec 1910
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1912-

Oskar Merkel
B:	12 Apr 1912
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1878-1937

Sophia Leppert
B:	5 Oct 1878
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	25 Sep 1906
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	6 Jan 1937
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Johannes Merkel

1869-1869

Johannes Merkel
B:	12 Jun 1869
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	12 Jul 1869
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1871-Yes, date unknown

Rosine Merkel
B:	3 Apr 1871
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Maria Ana Merkel

1873-Yes, date unknown

Maria Ana Merkel
B:	10 Jan 1873
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Maria Magdalena Leuchtner

1900-Yes, date unknown

Maria Magdalena Leuchtner
B:	30 Dec 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1895-Yes, date unknown

Karl Zoller
B:	24 Jan 1895
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	23 Nov 1925
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Unknown Leuchtner

Trugard Leuchtner

Erwin Herman Leuchtner

Elma Brigitta Leuchtner

Johanna Hilda Leuchtner

Johann Leuchtner

1902-Yes, date unknown

Johann Leuchtner
B:	3 Jun 1902
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Hildegard Gress

1902-Yes, date unknown

Hildegard Gress
B:	25 Sep 1902
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	24 Nov 1927
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1904-1923

Anna Leuchtner
B:	31 Mar 1904
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	13 Oct 1923
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Horst August Leuchtner

Wolfgang Leuchtner

1906-Yes, date unknown

Emil Leuchtner
B:	22 Jun 1906
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Mathilda Anna Schillinger

1906-Yes, date unknown

Mathilda Anna Schillinger
B:	11 Jul 1906
	Germany
M:	20 Feb 1933
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Stephania Leuchtner

1907-1939

Stephania Leuchtner
B:	7 Nov 1907
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	20 May 1939
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1910-Yes, date unknown

Rosa Leuchtner
B:	7 Apr 1910
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1913-1944

Karl Leuchtner
B:	6 Apr 1913
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	1944
	Germany

Hilda Leuchtner

1916-

Hilda Leuchtner
B:	9 Apr 1916
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Adelaide Merkel

1875-Yes, date unknown

Adelaide Merkel
B:	12 Dec 1875
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Wilhelm Leuchtner

1875-1946

Wilhelm Leuchtner
B:	3 Jun 1875
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	12 Feb 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	16 Mar 1946
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1829-1891

Joannes Merkel
B:	19 May 1829
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	5 Jul 1891
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Francisca Bernard

1838-1917

Francisca Bernard
B:	29 Aug 1838
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	20 May 1862
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	24 Oct 1917
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1832-1832

Joseph Merkel
B:	18 Mar 1832
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	3 Apr 1832
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1858-1909

Leopold Heiz
B:	15 Oct 1858
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	21 Oct 1909
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1859-Yes, date unknown

Katharina Heiz
B:	10 Nov 1859
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Magdalena Schneider

1889-Yes, date unknown

Magdalena Schneider
B:	19 Feb 1889
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Ottilia Schneider

1890-Yes, date unknown

Ottilia Schneider
B:	14 Feb 1890
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Christian Jacob

1890-Yes, date unknown

Christian Jacob
B:	16 Dec 1890
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	22 Nov 1920
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Philip Schneider

1894-Yes, date unknown

Philip Schneider
B:	18 May 1894
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Johann Schneider

1897-1897

Johann Schneider
B:	8 Jun 1897
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	1897
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Euphrosina Heiz

1862-Yes, date unknown

Euphrosina Heiz
B:	18 Feb 1862
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1860-1919

Carl Schneider
B:	1 Nov 1860
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	1 May 1888
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	16 Feb 1919
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Magdalena Jacob

1924-1925

Magdalena Jacob
B:	28 Jan 1924
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	22 Mar 1925
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1925-1926

Martin Jacob
B:	19 Jun 1925
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	28 Apr 1926
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1892-1947

Wilhelm Jacob
B:	9 Feb 1892
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	15 Jan 1947
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1893-Yes, date unknown

Anna Gress
B:	3 Dec 1893
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	23 Sep 1919
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1893-1893

Anna Jacob
B:	13 Feb 1893
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	18 Aug 1893
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1894-1894

Joseph Jacob
B:	14 Sep 1894
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	2 Oct 1894
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1896-1896

Philip Jacob
B:	25 May 1896
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	16 Jun 1896
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1897-1897

Maria Jacob
B:	9 Aug 1897
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	27 Aug 1897
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1898-Yes, date unknown

Sophia Jacob
B:	31 Dec 1898
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1900-1900

Unknown Jacob
B:	16 Apr 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	23 Jul 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1865-1900

Marlina Heiz
B:	28 Jan 1865
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	17 Nov 1900
	Germany

1857-1939

Martin Jacob
B:	12 Nov 1857
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	Nov 1890
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	17 Sep 1939
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Anna Maria Heiz

1867-1938

Anna Maria Heiz
B:	31 May 1867
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	22 Feb 1938
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Michael Oesterle

1865-Yes, date unknown

Michael Oesterle
B:	26 Sep 1865
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	12 Feb 1895
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1869-1934

Johanna Heiz
B:	14 Aug 1869
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	28 Nov 1934
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1871-Yes, date unknown

Wilhelm Heiz
B:	1 Jun 1871
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1872-Yes, date unknown

Unknown Heiz
B:	1872
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1877-1877

Infant Heiz
B:	4 Jul 1877
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	4 Jul 1877
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Magdalena Merkel

1833-1907

Magdalena Merkel
B:	17 Jul 1833
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	22 Nov 1907
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1832-1908

Philipp Heiz
B:	1 May 1832
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	11 Jan 1858
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	18 Jul 1908
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1867-1867

Martha Merkel
B:	8 Aug 1867
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	22 Sep 1867
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Maria Magdalena Merkel

1868-Yes, date unknown

Maria Magdalena Merkel
B:	21 Jul 1868
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Maria Helena Schmidt

1900-Yes, date unknown

Rosa Merkel
B:	23 Jun 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Franz Xaver Schmidt

1900-Yes, date unknown

Franz Xaver Schmidt
B:	28 Dec 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	23 Jan 1923
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Edelbrand Elisabeth Schneider

Reinhold Schneider

Elsa Maria Merkel

George Schneider

Friedrich Merkel

1901-Yes, date unknown

Franz Merkel
B:	12 Sep 1901
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Antonia Unknown

1903-Yes, date unknown

Antonia Unknown
B:	23 Jul 1903
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	16 Oct 1926
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1903-1930

Johann Merkel
B:	21 Nov 1903
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	17 Feb 1930
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1906-Yes, date unknown

Maria Paula B.
B:	25 Apr 1906
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	6 Feb 1928
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Anna Maria Merkel

1904-1908

Anna Maria Merkel
B:	24 Jan 1904
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	13 Feb 1908
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1870-1936

Joseph Merkel
B:	22 Aug 1870
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	30 May 1936
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1869-1907

Maria Heiz
B:	3 Dec 1869
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	4 May 1899
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	22 Jun 1907
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1872-1872

Wilhelm Merkel
B:	1 Jun 1872
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	18 Jun 1872
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Anastasia Merkel

1836-1886

Anastasia Merkel
B:	4 Apr 1836
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	19 Sep 1886
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1839-1872

Joseph Merkel
B:	12 Mar 1839
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	15 Oct 1866
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	23 Jul 1872
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Brigitta Merkel

1867-1942

Brigitta Merkel
B:	1 Oct 1867
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	23 Mar 1942
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1895-Yes, date unknown

Wilhelm Jacob
B:	18 Apr 1895
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1898-1917

Adolf Jacob
B:	20 Sep 1898
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	6 Aug 1917
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1901-1944

Brigitta Jacob
B:	11 Oct 1901
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	24 Apr 1944
	Germany

Ernst Josef Merkel

Gunter Franz Merkel

1904-Yes, date unknown

P. Jacob
B:	25 Oct 1904
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1900-Yes, date unknown

Franz Merkel
B:	22 Nov 1900
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	17 Sep 1928
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1869-1950

Anna Merkel
B:	23 Aug 1869
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	13 May 1950
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1868-1938

Bernhard Jacob
B:	2 May 1868
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	25 Jun 1894
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	11 Feb 1938
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1870-1931

Rosina Merkel
B:	31 Jul 1870
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	24 Mar 1931
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1870-Yes, date unknown

Joseph Walter
B:	29 Jan 1870
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	25 Nov 1895
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1871-1950

Ludwig Merkel
B:	3 Sep 1871
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	8 Mar 1950
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1873-1873

Unknown Merkel
B:	6 Jan 1873
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	26 Jul 1873
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Anastasia Merkel

1874-1952

Anastasia Merkel
B:	10 Apr 1874
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	1952
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1909-Yes, date unknown

Klara Merkel
B:	25 Oct 1909
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Carolina Merkel

1911-

Carolina Merkel
B:	24 Jan 1911
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Brigitta Merkel

1912-

Brigitta Merkel
B:	2 Nov 1912
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1914-

Frieda Merkel
B:	9 Jul 1914
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Franz Josef Merkel

1926-1947

Edmund Merkel
B:	8 Jan 1926
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	30 Apr 1947
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1877-1940

Franz Merkel
B:	14 Jan 1877
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	28 Nov 1940
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Maria Magdalena Zoller

1881-Yes, date unknown

Maria Magdalena Zoller
B:	9 Jul 1881
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	23 Nov 1908
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

1879-1945

Maria Merkel
B:	20 Mar 1879
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	24 May 1945
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1881-1953

Karl Merkel
B:	6 Sep 1881
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	20 Jul 1953
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1838-1910

Ludvig Merkel
B:	1838
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	1910
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1841-1913

Carolina Peter
B:	14 Mar 1841
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	26 Nov 1866
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	23 Mar 1913
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1841-1841

Ignatz Merkel
B:	1 Feb 1841
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	10 Feb 1841
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1842-1842

Ignatz Merkel
B:	31 Jan 1842
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	1 Feb 1842
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

1843-1921

Simon Merkel
B:	9 Feb 1843
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	29 Apr 1921
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

Parents

1764-1821

Veronica Zoller

1777-1817

Maria Anna Büchel

1806-Yes, date unknown

Maria Anna Büchel
B:	1 Aug 1806
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	Yes, date unknown

Benedict Merkel

1803-1847

Benedict Merkel
B:	21 Mar 1803
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
M:	6 Nov 1826
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany
D:	8 May 1847
	Iffezheim, Baden, Germany

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