Our Seger Ancestors in Friesenheim Germany

The sources of the following information are;
* The Ortssippenbuch of Friesenheim, Baden, Germany
* The Friesenheim Katholic church registers
* The Friesenheim civil registers.

GENERATION ONE
Our first documented Seger ancestor was Adam Seger. He was born 1674 in Friesenheim, Baden Germany. On 27 Jul 1705 he married Anna “Margaretha” Berni, daughter of Klaus Berni and Maria Schuh. Margaretha was born 23 Feb 1682 in Friesenheim. Seven children were born to Adam and Margaretha;
• Matthäus, born 21 Sep 1705 – died ?
• Anna Maria, born 24 Feb 1707 - died 10 Oct 1713
• Johann Georg, born 5 May 1710 - died 27 Oct 1748
• Anna Maria, born 23 Feb 1714 - died ??
• Franz Joseph, born 19 Mar 1717 – died ??
• Maria Katharina, born 15 Jan 1720 - died ??
• Philipp Jacob, born 27 Dec 1722 - died ??
• Christophorus, born 1724 - died 4 May 1725

Margaretha died 8 Jan 1730.

On 16 Apr 1731, Adam married Katharina Baumann, daughter of Matthias Baumann and Anna Maria Gänßle. Katharina was born 3 Feb 1690 at Oberweier, Baden, Germany. Her family was from Oberweier. Adam and Katharina were married at Friesenheim. Three children were born to Adam and Katharina;
• Katharina, born 18 Jan 1732 - died13 Mar 1789
• Johann Michael, born 9 Oct 1734 - died 3 Jun 1806 (**see generation two)
• Maria Rosa, born 24 Aug 1737 - died 18 Mar 1740.

Adam died after 1737 and Katharina died 30 Dec 1762 at Oberweier, Baden, Germany.

GENERATION TWO
Johann Michael Seeger, son of Adam Seger and Katharina Baumann was born 9 Oct 1734 at Friesenheim and died 3 Jun 1806 at Oberweier. On 3 Feb 1765 Johann married Magdalena Fischbach, daughter of Benedict Fischbach and Anna Maria Kramer, at Oberweier, Baden, Germany. Magdalena was born 3 Aug 1746 at Heilgenzell, Baden, Germany and died 26 Dec 1822 at Oberweier. Johann and Magdalena were the parents of 9 children:
• Franz “Joseph”, born 26 Nov 1765 - died 25 Jan 1833 (**see generation three)
• Maria Anna, born 3 Aug 1767 died - 25 Apr 1833
• Georg Johann, born 25 Apr 1770 - died 14 Feb 1798
• Johann, born 2 Jan 1773 - died 20 Mar 1839
• Theresia, born 3 Sep 1776 - died 12 Oct 1819
• Katherine, born 24 Nov 1778 – died 20 Oct 1781
• Magdalena, born 22 Apr 1782 - died 20 Oct 1782
• Casper, born 6 Jan 1784 - died 18 Oct 1805
• Magdalena, born 4 Jan 1786 - died 20 May 1853

All of the children were born at Oberweier, Baden, Germany.

GENERATION THREE
Franz “Josef” Seeger, son of Johann Michael Seger and Magdalena Fischbach, was born 26 Nov 1765 at Oberweier. On 1 Jul 1793 he married Maria “Eleanora” Heitzmann, daughter of Matthias Heitzmann and Barbara Schultz, at Friesenheim. Eleanora was born 17 Feb 1774 at Freisenheim and died 8 Jan 1833 at Friesenheim.

Joseph and Eleonora had seven children;
• Maria Anna, born 13 Mar 1796 died ??
• Leopold, born 18 Sep 1798 - died after 1864) (**Emigrated to America)
• Magdalena, born 19 Dec 1800 - died14 Jan 1804
• Lorenz, born 18 Oct 1803 - died 29 Mar 1815
• Magdalena, born 24 May 1806 - died 28 Nov 1891 (**Emigrated to America)
• Josef, born 29 Mar 1808 - Died 29 Sep 1877 (**Emigrated to America)
• Egidius "Egidi", born 1 Sep 1810 - died 24 Jan 1879

All of the children were born at Friesenheim, Baden, Germany

GENERATION FOUR - Our Ancestors to America
Three of the children of Joseph and Eleanora immigrated to the United States.

Josef immigrated to the United States in ca 1842 and settled at Chicago. He married Margaretha Blasius and they had 6 children, all born in Chicago.

Magdalena married Christian Braun, son of Anton Johann Braun and Maria Anna Ernst, on 5 Jun 1833 at Steinbach, Baden, Germany. They had seven children. The first four were born at Steinbach and three were born at Gross Point, Cook County, Illinois. This family immigrated to the United States ca 1844.

Leopold married Eleanora Glaser, daughter of Franz “Antonius” Glaser and Juliana NUß, on 11 Apr 1825 at Freisenheim, Baden, Germany. Leopold and Eleanora were the parents of eight children. Only two, Donatus and Bernard, lived past infancy. Donatus immigrated to the United States in 1852. He settled in Chicago, near his uncle Josef, where he married and had several children. In 1864 he returned to Germany and escorted his parents and his nephew, Joseph F. Seger, to his home at Chicago. Joseph was aged 9 when he immigrated.

In the 1880's Leopold Albert Seger, Sophia Seger and Anna Maria Seger each immigrated to America. They were children of Bernard, nephew and neices of Donat, brother and half-sisters of Joseph F. Seger.