Francois Joseph Krumeich I Family Group

Parents Children Vital Statistics Locations Sources Temple
Francois Joseph Krumeich I   B: 14 Sept 1768 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS; VS; BGCA Y
    D: 12 Dec 1831 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS; VS; BGCA NA
    M: 20 Jun 1791 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS; VS; BGCA Y
Marguerite Oberle   B: <1767> Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS Y
    D: Unknown     NA
Francois Joseph Krumeich C: 20 May 1792 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
May be the same person.   D: Unknown     NA
  Franz Joseph Krumeich B: <May 1792>   LDS Y
  D: 23 July 1794 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS NA
Johann Georg Krumeich B: <Nov 1793>   LDS Y
  D: 22 July 1794 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS NA
Maria Anna Krumeich B: 20 Mar 1796 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
  D: Unknown     NA
Francois Joseph Krumeich C: 4 June 1797 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
  D: Unknown     NA
Chretien Krumeich B: <1798> Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS Y
  D: <1861> Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS NA
Margaretha Kruemeich B: 10 Apr 1798 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
  D: 18 Nov 1799 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS NA
Margaretha Krumeich B: 27 Oct 1800 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
  D: Unknown     NA
Franz Joseph Krumeich B: 15 Mar 1802 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
  D: Unknown     NA
Sebastien Krumeich B: 1 May 1804 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS; VS Y
  D: Unknown     NA
  M: 2 Aug 1825 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS; VS; RHAA Y
Francois Xavier Krumeich C: 30 Nov 1806 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS; VS Y
  D: <1871>   LDS NA
Jean Antoine Krumeich B: 8 April 1809 Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France VS Y
  D: Unknown     NA
Elizabeth Krumeich B: <1812> Oberbetschdorf, Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France LDS Y
  D: Unknown     NA

A majority of the Alsatian potters emigrated to Rothenfels during Le Grende Fuite "The Great Escape" in December 1793 (during the French Revolution) and returned between 1796 and 1798. Francois Joseph also fled to Rothenfels in 1798, but appears to have returned before 1800. An internet search yielded some evidence that he built his residence in Oberbetschdorf in 1800. The inscription has been confirmed, though the internet translation from the evidence earlier mentioned is incorrect in some respects (again, I have Victor Schmitter to thank for the correct translation and valuable context: "Vieille rue" translates into old street - there is nothing about a woman; the translation of "potier de gr�s" is stoneware potter - Betschdorf potters work with clay and not with a rock like sandstone that was used to build the Strasbourg cathedral - in French there is only the one word "gr�s" for two different materials - just as in English, the German language has also two words, "Steinzeug" for the pottery and "Sandstein" for the rock). Mr. Schmitter has also provided me with a picture of the residence, which is still standing and apparently in good repair. Francois was also present for the birth of his son, Sebastian, in 1804.

He and his brother, Balthasar, married sisters. Balthasar's wife is Anna Catherina Oberle. He lived in Betschdorf as a potter and an inn-keeper.