Hans Mertz (Merz) & Descendants

The Merz Family of Gruibingen in the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg

This page was last updated November 01, 2007.

This page is for our Merz ancestors of Gruibingen. Today Gruibingen is located in the Goeppingen district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg (or Wuerttemberg). We can trace the family back to Hans Mertz, born about 1590 in the village of Diegelsberg. Hans Mertz is my 10th great-grandfather. The records prior to that time were lost during the Thirty Years War.

Our Merz ancestors were peasants, brick makers, pipe makers and weavers.

Three of the children of Hans' 5th great-granddaughter Johanna Merz immigrated to the United States. The information on this page is for the German branch of the family. For information on the immigrants and their descendants, click on the link above to return to the main Speiser & Merz family page.

Genealogy Report on the Merz family of Germany (pdf format). This report includes more information than below including occupations and the spouses' parents' names.

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I owe much thanks to Martin Koepple in Plochingen in Germany for researching and translating the archives of Gruibingen. He was able to answer a lot of questions about the immigrants from this family, and clarify the family relationships I knew existed but was not sure how the Merz, Straub, Habann, and Boerschel families were related.

Descendants of Hans Mertz (Merz)

 

1 Hans Mertz b: Abt. 1590 Diegelsberg, Uhingen, near Goeppingen, Baden-Württemberg d: Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
........... 2 Anna Merz b: 27 December 1617
........... 2 Hans Merz b: 22 March 1619 d: Bef. 1622 Gruibingen
........... 2 Hans Merz b: 14 September 1622 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 10 June 1681 Gruibingen
............... +Barbara m: Bef. 1644 b: Abt. 1626 d: 08 October 1684 Gruibingen
......................... 3 Apollonia Merz b: 09 October 1644 d: 13 October 1644 Gruibingen
......................... 3 Christina Merz b: 28 September 1647 d: Bef. 1653 Gruibingen
......................... 3 Hans Jacob Merz b: 04 December 1650 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 11 March 1701 Gruibingen
............................. +Anna Kauderer m: 1676 b: 03 March 1652 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 11 December 1703 Gruibingen
....................................... 4 Hans Jerg Merz b: 26 March 1679 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 18 February 1749 Gruibingen
........................................... +Anna Barbara Leyrer m: 15 November 1697 b: Abt. 1675 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: Gruibingen
..................................................... 5 Anna Magdalena Merz b: 04 August 1699
..................................................... 5 Hans Jacob Merz b: 26 December 1700 d: 03 December 1751
..................................................... 5 Catharina Merz b: 04 December 1702
..................................................... 5 Ursula Merz b: 10 February 1705
..................................................... 5 Michael Merz b: 17 November 1706 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 01 September 1753 Gruibingen
......................................................... +Anna Barbara Moll m: 26 November 1733 b: 10 January 1710 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
................................................................... 6 Johann Georg Merz b: 25 March 1735 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 17 April 1794 Gruibingen
....................................................................... +Margaretha Bög m: 02 February 1768 b: 22 June 1727 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 20 April 1802 Gruibingen
................................................................................. 7 Michael Merz b: 27 July 1768 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 10 December 1819 Gruibingen
..................................................................................... +Catharina Bransteff m: 21 June 1791 b: 20 March 1768 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 04 March 1832 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Anna Margaretha Merz b: 14 January 1792 Gruibingen d: 06 June 1811 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Johann Georg Merz b: 31 December 1792 Gruibingen
.................................................................................................. +Margaretha Gölz m: 09 February 1820 b: 24 May 1790 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
.............................................................................................. 8 Anna Maria Merz b: 01 August 1794 Gruibingen d: 11 September 1794 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Andreas Merz b: 24 September 1795 Gruibingen
.................................................................................................. +Anna Catharina Straub m: 11 January 1825 b: 20 May 1799 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
.............................................................................................. 8 Veit Merz b: 31 January 1797 Gruibingen d: 01 April 1798 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Jacob Merz b: 05 July 1798 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Michael Merz b: 05 October 1799 Gruibingen d: 08 November 1799 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Anna Maria Merz b: 17 December 1800 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Johann Michael Merz b: 12 February 1802 Gruibingen d: 23 May 1802 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Johanna Merz b: 11 August 1803 Gruibingen d: 28 December 1805 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Johann Michael Merz b: 16 October 1804 Gruibingen d: 18 May 1807 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Anna Barbara Merz b: 24 August 1806 Gruibingen d: 10 September 1806 Gruibingen
.............................................................................................. 8 Anna Catharina Merz b: 16 July 1808 Gruibingen
.................................................................................................. +Johann Georg Moll m: 23 January 1844
.............................................................................................. 8 Anna Barbara Merz b: 17 April 1810 Gruibingen
.................................................................................................. +Michael Neuffer m: 30 July 1844 b: 11 May 1815 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
.............................................................................................. 8 Johanna Merz b: 01 October 1812 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg d: 15 July 1881 Gruibingen
............................................................................................................ 9 Anna Barbara "Babette" Merz b: 05 December 1833 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 25 March 1895 Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
................................................................................................................ +Karl Habann
............................................................................................................ *2nd Husband of Anna Barbara "Babette" Merz:
................................................................................................................ +unknown
............................................................................................................ *3rd Husband of Anna Barbara "Babette" Merz:
................................................................................................................ +Johannes Markus Spangler b: 12 October 1835 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
............................................................................................................ *4th Husband of Anna Barbara "Babette" Merz:
................................................................................................................ +Eduard Johannes "John" Straub m: 15 November 1869 b: 25 February 1842 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 05 February 1927 Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
............................................................................................................ 9 Catharina Merz b: 31 December 1839 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 18 September 1843 Gruibingen
............................................................................................................ 9 Jakob Friedrich Merz b: 16 February 1842 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 04 July 1842 Gruibingen
.................................................................................................. +Johannes Börschl m: 18 October 1842 b: 27 November 1799 Jebenhausen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 06 September 1880 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg
............................................................................................................ 9 Margaretha "Margaret" Börschl b: 26 August 1843 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: Bet. 1904 - 1910
............................................................................................................ 9 Wilhelmina Elisabetha "Elizabeth" Börschl b: 25 September 1844 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 16 October 1921 Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
............................................................................................................ 9 Johannes Börschl b: 16 July 1846 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 18 January 1901 Gruibingen
................................................................................................................ +Christine Elisabeth Zanker m: 24 February 1881 b: 01 May 1844 Gruibingen d: 05 May 1917 Gruibingen
............................................................................................................ 9 Maria Catharina Börschl b: 20 April 1851 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 09 November 1851 Gruibingen
............................................................................................................ 9 Georg Ludwig Börschl b: 06 May 1852 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 16 May 1852 Gruibingen
............................................................................................................ 9 Maria Carolina Börschl b: 12 June 1855 Gruibingen, Goeppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d: 19 September 1855 Gruibingen
................................................................... 6 Johannes Merz b: 10 April 1737 Gruibingen d: 20 December 1738 Gruibingen
................................................................... 6 Elisabetha Merz b: 13 June 1739 Gruibingen
................................................................... 6 Anna Maria Merz b: 16 March 1742 Gruibingen
................................................................... 6 Christina Merz b: 16 March 1742 Gruibingen
................................................................... 6 Anna Maria Merz b: 12 November 1744 Gruibingen
..................................................... 5 Anna Merz b: 13 May 1709
..................................................... 5 Hans Christoph Merz b: 29 August 1714
....................................... 4 Hans Jacob Merz b: 02 April 1684 Gruibingen d: Bef. 1692 Gruibingen
....................................... 4 Jacob Merz b: 06 March 1692
....................................... 4 Anna Merz b: 24 July 1694
......................... 3 Hans Merz b: 06 August 1651 d: 30 August 1695 Gruibingen
......................... 3 Christina Merz b: 12 April 1653 Gruibingen
............................. +Georg Moll
......................... 3 Christoph Merz b: 11 December 1654 d: Bef. 1656 Gruibingen
......................... 3 Christoph Merz b: 10 March 1656 d: Bef. 1660 Gruibingen
......................... 3 Apollonia Merz b: 20 April 1657 d: 09 March 1722 Gruibingen
............................. +Sebastian Brandsteff
......................... 3 Christoph Merz b: 25 February 1660 d: 02 May 1724 Gruibingen
............................. +Anna Niederreutter m: 13 June 1682
......................... 3 Anna Merz b: 14 July 1663 d: 16 January 1729 Gruibingen
............................. +Ulrich Moll
........... 2 Peter Merz b: 08 September 1626 d: 20 June 1700 Gruibingen
............... +Margaretha m: Bef. 1646
........... 2 Jerg Merz b: 15 January 1631
............... +Maria m: Bef. 1654
........... 2 Michael Merz b: 23 September 1634

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