The German death record
for Johann Georg Wehner, father of Nicholas and Lorenz Wehner, founders of the Wehners
of Southeast Missouri, is shown here. Though a partial transcription of the record
is available on Ancestry (to those with a World Explorer Membership), I wanted
to see a translation of the full document. Unfortunately, the handwriting is so
poor that it was far beyond my capability. The document has now been translated
from Old German to English by an expert (Katherine
Schober, SK Translations). The full transcription shows the following new or
changed information.
1. Johann was born in
Dietershan. (The name is consistently mispelled "Ditershan" throughout the German record.)
2. He died in Dietershan,
rather than in Marbach, the location given by Ancestry. Marbach is where the
death was recorded.
3. His son Valentin, a farmer
residing in Dietershan, was the informant.
4. As expected, he was retired
and was a Catholic.
5. Most interesting is that Johann
had a second marriage, to Anna Katharina Ritz (the handwritten last name is
unclear and not certain).
Here is the full English
translation:
