Mayr / Betz / Schwinger Family Genealogy

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Descendants of Adam Mayer

1 Georgii Mayr
..+ Walburga (unknown)
......... 2 Adamus Mayr b: in Bertoldsheim, Germany m: May 6, 1794 in Burgheim, Germany d: 1840 in Burgheim
..........…occupation: farmer
............+ Francisca Felber b: 1763 in Burgheim (Bavaria), Germany d: 1842 in Burgheim (house #11)
....................... 3 Maria Elisabetha Mayer b: Nov. 14, 1796 in Burgheim m: April 28, 1829 in Burgheim d: 1865 in Wisconsin
........................... + Sebastian Hirschboeck b: Jan. 16, 1807 in Burgheim d: Sept. 29, 1868 in Barton, Wisconsin
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FAMILY ORIGINS

The Mayr family originated in Bertoldsheim, Bavaria. Today, it is a part of the village of Rennertshofen. The current population is 56 people. It is located on the north bank of the Danube River.

Adam Mayr was a half-farmer. Elisabeth Maier's godparents were Sebastian Lang, halffarmer in Burgheim, and his wife Maria Theresia (p. 184, roll 2). The family was Roman Catholic.

SURNAME ORIGINS

Meyer derives from the Middle High German meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, overseer, or tenant farmer. Originally it denoted a village headman from the Latin maior or "greater" (superior).

The Betz family originated in Burgheim, a small market village in the administrative region Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria, although it is the most southern part of Bayern, so the title is perhaps a misrepresentation). Munich and Ingolstadt are in this administrative region. The sub-region (Kreis) where Burgheim is located is called Neuburg-Schrobenhausen near Swabia and consists of the previously swampy areas between the Danube and Paar Rivers that are called the Donaumoos.
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Descendants of Joseph Betz

1 Joseph Betz b: unknown d: Bef. 1761 in Burgheim
..+ Maria Hilaria (unknown) b: unknown d: Bef. 1761 in Burgheim
........ 2 Maria Victoria Betz b: Sept. 28, 1741 in Burgheim d: Aft. 1797 in Burgheim
..........+ Cosmas Reichl b: Dec. 5, 1734 in Burgheim d: unknown
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FAMILY ORIGINS

The Betz family was Roman Catholic. The surname Betz originates from a pet form of the personal names Berthold or Bernhard. It is south German in origin.

The surname was also spelled Bez, Pez, and Petz. In the 1761 marriage record of Victoria Betz and Cosmas Reichl, Joseph Pez (Bez) is listed as a witness to the marriage. He resided in Wellheim. There is presumably some family relationship between Joseph Betz in Wellheim and Maria Victoria Betz.

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Descendants of Joannes Schwinger

1 Johann Schwinger b: in Burgheim, Germany d: Bef. 1798
.. + Catharina (unknown) b: unknown d: unknown
.......... 2 Maria Anna Schwinger b: unknown m: May 8, 1797 d: unknown
.............+ Josephus Reichl b: March 17, 1764 in Burgheim d: Aft. 1797
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FAMILY ORIGINS

The Schwinger family originated in Burgheim, a small market village in the administrative region Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria, although it is the most southern part of Bayern, so the title is perhaps a misrepresentation). Munich and Ingolstadt are in this administrative region. The sub-region (Kreis) where Burgheim is located is called Neuburg-Schrobenhausen near Swabia and consists of the previously swampy areas between the Danube and Paar Rivers that are called the Donaumoos.

The Schwinger family was Roman Catholic. Joannes Schwinger was a weaver. The godfather of their daughter Maria Anna was Jacob Rueff, shoemaker, and his wife Maria Anna (roll 2, page 60). Maria Anna Schwinger and Joseph Reichl had a son out of wedlock when Andreas was born on Nov. 30, 1795. The birth was later legitimized by the church after the couple wed in 1797.

SURNAME ORIGINS

The surname Schwinger is either an occupational name for someone whose job was to swingle flax (beat the flax with a swingle in order to remove the woody parts of the plant prior to spinning) from Middle German swingen or "to swing" or a habitational name originating from Schwingen (Bavaria) -- a town two hours north of Burgheim in the northern section of the Bayern province.

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