The River Running
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Catharina Wernz and Franz Walz
Catharina Wernz and Franz Walz appear to have married during the records gap, probably sometime during 1810-1815. Franz was the son of Maria Christina Zapff and Mathias Walz born 22 Jan 1792 and christened in Iggelheim the same day. His family moved to Freinsheim sometime between June 1795 and November 1797.
I don't have any definitive information on Catharina's family, but there's evidence that the marriage was her second and that she may have been some years older than Franz.
Catharina and Franz had three children that I know of, all christened in Freinsheim:
Catharina died and was buried in Freinsheim 26 Oct 1821.
Jacob and Philipp Jacob appear to have been deceased by 08 Jun 1822 when a legal notice was published concerning the auction of the estate of Andreas Reibold, a baker who had lived in Freinsheim. The notice was included in the Intelligenzblatt des Rheinkreises, volume 5. The estate consisted of a two-storey dwelling house located on the Hauptstra&szig;e ("High Street") in Freinsheim, complete with a bakery, barn, yard, stable and "Schoppen" (workshop?), the whole valued at 2,000 florins. Andreas had left four minor children without trades: Katharina, David, Heinrich and Ludwig. They were represented by their guardians, Herren Ludwig Becker, wood merchant, and Johannes Reibold, farmer.
However, besides Herren Becker and Reibold, the auction was also taking place at the instigation of Herrn Franz Adam Walz in the name of his minor "Tochterchen" (little daughter) Sophia. Sophia's co-guardian was Johannes Wernz, a miller living in Erpolzheim. Jacob and Philipp Jacob aren't mentioned, which is why I think they were deceased.
I was able to find marriage records for David and Ludwig Reibold that included the names of both their parents: Andreas Reibold and Catharina Wernz. This couple may be the "Andres" Reibold and Catharina Wernz who married in Hardenburg, 9 km SW of Freinsheim, in 1803. I found two different marriage records, one dated 24 Apr 1803 and one dated 01 May 1803. I would assume that both "Andres" and Catharina were most likely born in or before 1785.
It seems to me that what happened is that Catharina Wernz married Andreas Reibold, perhaps in 1803. They had at least four children (possibly more if some died young) before Andreas died. Catharina then remarried Franz Walz, AKA Franz Adam Walz, sometime during 1810-1815. They had three children - two of whom died young - before Catharina died in 1821.
The legal notice is specific in referring to the house as Andreas' estate - "der Erbmasse des zu Freinsheim verlebten Bäckers Andreas Reibold." Catharina had use of it but she didn't actually inherit it. So I would assume that the proceeds were divided among the four children of her first marriage, with nothing going to Sophia Walz.
married Peter Michel, the son of Catharina Hohl and Michael Michel, in Freinsheim 19 Dec 1839.I don't have any further information on Franz Walz.