Maria Jung

Born: circa 1720
(possibly) Niederhofen, Duchy of Lorraine

Died: after 1760
(probably) Bliesen, Schaumburg District, France
coat of arms of Bliesen

Maria's parentage and place of origin are unknown, although her maiden name was Hans.

Maria married Sebastian Jung on 2 July 1743 in Bliesen. The coat of arms of the village is shown here.

Between 1744 and 1760, Sebastian and Maria had nine children:

  1. Nicolaus (20 May 1744 - 7 Mar 1782)
    He married Eva Recktenwald (1754 -1811)
  2. Mathias (18 Jun 1746 - 10 Jan 1825)
    He married A. Elisabetha Schnur (1751- 1808)
    He remarried to Elisabeth(a) Dörr (b. 1778)
  3. Joh. Adam (9 Apr 1748 - 3 Feb 1773)
  4. Johannes (b. 16 May 1750)
  5. Petrus (15 Jan 1752 - 11 Apr 1780)
    He married Anna Margaretha Altmann (b. ca 1746)
  6. Catharina (b. 18 Dec 1753)
  7. Gertrudis (b. 20 Dec 1755)
  8. Wendelinus (20 Nov 1758 - 17 Feb 1829)
    He married Barbara Glauber (b. 26 Aug 1752)
    A grandson, Sebastian John Jung (1825-1901), emigrated in 1857/58 and lived in Chicago, where he married Maria Anna Dexler (1843-1915).
  9. Casparus (b. 23 Oct 1760)

Their children were born in Niederhofen, so the family lived there during that period.