Kerp Family Genealogy

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Descendants of Johan Kerp

1 Joannes Kerp
..+ Anna Gertrude Esser b: April, 1690 in Binsfeld, Germany m: June 18, 1716 in Binsfeld, Germany d: Aft. 1736
......... 2 Anna Catharina Kerp b: March, 1717 in Binsfeld, Germany d: Aft. 1751
............+ Joseph Dalbender
...................... 3 Antonius Dalbender b: Jan., 1751 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
......... 2 Margaretha Kerp b: July, 1719 in Binsfeld, Germany d: Aft. 1762
............+ Arnold Esser
...................... 3 Anna Catharina Esser b: May, 1744 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
...................... 3 Anna Gertrude Esser b: Nov., 1748 in Binsfeld d: Bef. 1755
...................... 3 Sibilla Esser b: Sept., 1753 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
...................... 3 Anna Gertrude Esser b: Oct., 1755 in Binsfeld d: Bef. 1758
...................... 3 Anna Gertrude Esser b: March, 1758 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
...................... 3 Maria Agnes Esser b: Sept., 1760 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
...................... 3 Phillippus Esser b: Sept., 1762 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
......... 2 Maria Kerp b: Jan., 1722 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
......... 2 Joseph Jacobus Kerp b: July, 1724 in Binsfeld d: 1733 in Binsfeld, Germany
......... 2 Maria Catharina Kerp b: Jan., 1728 in Binsfeld m: Jan. 16, 1752 in Binsfeld d: Aft. 1771
............+ Everhardus Esch
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......... 2 Antonius Kerp b: April, 1732 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown
......... 2 Christianus Kerp b: July, 1736 in Binsfeld, Germany d: unknown

FAMILY ORIGINS

The Kerp family resided in Nordrhein-Westphalen, Germany. The family was Roman Catholic.

NÖRVENICH, BINSFELD, and ROMMELSHEIM

Dorweiler is a hamlet within Nörvenich which is embedded between the Erft and the Neffelbach, tributaries of the Rhine River. It's population is around 200. As with most villages in the area, agriculture has always been the main occupation of residents. Since ancient times there were small and medium-sized farms that were farmed in traditional ways.

Binsfeld is a part of the municipality Nörvenich in the district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia. The population in 1885 was just 629 and the current population is 950. It is the western-most district of the municipality and adjacent to the city of Düren.

Until 1969, Rommelsheim and Binsfeld were originally part of the same municipality. A small river called the Ellebach flows through the village of Rommelsheim. The population is around 550.

SURNAME ORIGINS

It is unclear what the surname Kerp means. It may be a variant of the locality Kerpen. There were several different places called Kerpen and there was also a Knight family called von Kerpen.

The surname Esser is an occupational name for a wheelwright or cartmaker from the Middle Low German asse or "axle" + the agent suffix er.

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