Gabriel Family Genealogy

The Gabriel family was Roman Catholic and lived in the region now known as Alsace-Lorraine in France. The line begins with Sebastian Andreas Gabriel, but there are disputes as to when he was born. Many of the dates and generational connections seem to be in question.

Descriptions of the towns of ancestors in the line follow. Scheibenhard is located in the province of Alsace in the region of Bas Rhin. It had a 1792 population of 651 persons; the current population is around 500. Lauterbourg is located in the province of Alsace in the region of Bas Rhin. The town population in 1792 was 1,964. It has a present-day population of 2,372. Salmbach is located in the province of Alsace in the region of Bas Rhin. It had a population of 1,040 citizens in 1792. Its present population is under 500.

The surname Gabriel is derived from the Hebrew personal name Gavriel, meaning "God has given me strength." The surname Schmaltz is derived from the Middle High German smalz meaning tallow, grease, or fat--and hence a metonymic occupational name for a chandler (candlemaker). The surname Hoffmann was a status name for a steward on a farm or estate and is derived from the German hoff, meaning manorfarm or courtyard + mann meaning man. Originally, this was a status name for a farmer who owned his own land (as opposed to holding it by rent or feudal obligation), but the name soon came to denote the manager or steward of a manor farm. No information on the origins of the surname Boelles is available.

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Surnames of those in my direct ancestral line appear in BOLD.


Descendants of Sebastian Gabriel

1 André Gabriel b: Oct. 6, 1680 in Scheibenhard m: Aug. 13, 1703 d: 1734 in Scheibenhard
..+ Elisabeth Hoffmann b: 1692 in Salmbach d: April 12, 1753 in Scheibenhard
........ 2 Sébastien André Gabriel b: Abt. 1703 in Scheibenhard d: Jan. 16, 1737 in Scheibenhard
.............+ Anne Barbe Schmaltz b: Sept. 5, 1711 in Lauterbourg, France m: June 1, 1730 d: Nov. 2, 1737 in Scheibenhard
.................... 3 Marie Eve Gabriel b: Aug. 1, 1723 in Scheibenhard d: July 31, 1787
......................+ Jean Boehles b: unknown d: Jan. 6, 1787 in Scheibenhard, France
............................... 4 Régine Boehles b: Nov. 12, 1748 in Scheibenhard d: June 28, 1824 in Scheibenhard
.................................. + Sebastien Fischer b: 1746 in Scheibenhard m: June 17, 1771 d: 1802 in Scheibenhard
............................................. 5 Jean Michel Fischer b: 1772 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
............................................. 5 Jacques Fischer b: 1773 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
............................................. 5 Jean Fischer b: May 11, 1775 in Scheibenhard d: Nov. 2, 1826 in Scheibenhard
................................................ + Maria Elisabeth Hemberger b: 1784 m: July 1, 1805 d: unkown
............................................. 5 Francois Fischer b: 1777 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
............................................. 5 Maria Eva Fischer b: Jan. 26, 1780 d: Aug. 27, 1819
................................................ + Jean Vogel b: 1872 m: Jan. 10, 1802 d: unknown
............................................. 5 Maria Juliana Fischer b: May 3, 1782 d: June 1, 1833
................................................ + Pierre Schiffmacher b: unknown d: unknown
............................................. 5 Jean Martin Fischer b: 1784 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
............................................. 5 Regine Fischer b: 1787 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
............................................. 5 Pierre Michel Fischer b: Dec. 15, 1792 d: Feb. 23, 1871
................................................ + Anna Maria Boehm b: 1800 m: Nov. 2, 1825 d: 1871
........................................................ 6 Therese Fischer b: 1840 d: unknown
............................... 4 Peter Michael Boehles b: Sept. 27, 1750 d: unknown
.................................. + Sybille Schmaltz b: unknown b: Aug. 27, 1787 d: unknown
............................................. 5 Joseph Boehles b: Sept. 20, 1790 d: unknown
................................................ + Catherine Maushard b: unknown m: Oct. 19, 1800 d: unknown
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............................... 4 Maria Barbara Boehles b. Sept. 22, 1752 d. Dec. 29, 1800 in Riedseltz
............................... 4 Melchior Boehles b. January 17, 1755 in Scheibenhard, France d: unknown
............................... 4 Petrus Antonius Boehles b. August 22, 1757 in Scheibenhard, France d: unknown
............................... 4 Marie Eve Boehles b. Abt. 1759 in Scheibenhard m. Bef. 1789
.................................. d. November 29, 1836 in Riedseltz, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France
.................................. + François Louis Braa b. Nov. 1, 1761 in Bergen Neuborg, Allemagne
...................................... d: April 23, 1836 in Riedseltz, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France
............................................. 5 Marguerite Braa b: March 15, 1789 in Riedseltz d: Jan. 1, 1856 in Riedseltz
................................................ + Pierre Kolb b: 1777-1789 in Riedseltz, Alsace, France
..................................................... m: May 4, 1809 in Riedseltz d: unknown
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............................................. 5 Reine Braa b: 1791 in Riedseltz d: April 30, 1859 in Riedseltz
............................................. 5 Regina Louisa Braa b. May 20, 1792 in Neubourg, Alsace, France
................................................. d: April 30, 1859 in Riedseltz, Alsace, France
................................................ + Peter Schmitt b: Abt. 1792 m: June 20, 1813 d. unknown
........................................................ 6 Barbara Braa b: Nov. 22, 1894 in Riedseltz d: Nov. 24, 1818 in Riedseltz
........................................................ 6 Maria Cerecencia Braa b: July 21, 1797 in Siegen, Alsace, France
.......................................................... + Joseph Lux m. Jan. 16, 1818 in Riedseltz, France
............................................. 5 Johann Braa b. Jan. 10, 1799 in Riedseltz d. unknown
............................................. 5 Maria Eva Braa b. May 28, 1800 in Riedseltz d. Bef. 1803
............................................. 5 Maria Eva Braa b. Jan. 19, 1803 in Riedseltz d. Sept. 24, 1881 in Riedseltz
................................................ + Françoise Ignatz Lustig m. July 10, 1827 in Riedseltz
........................................................ 6 Jacques Lustig b: Sept. 14, 1831 d: Jan. 17, 1912
.......................................................... + Madeleine Stephan b: 1832 d: 1906
................................................................. 7 Anna Maria Lustig b: Nov. 28, 1858 d: Dec. 16, 1858
................................................................. 7 Jacques Lustig b: Oct. 28, 1859 d: Nov. 1, 1925
...................................................................+ Elisabeth Biehn b: 1870 m: April 24, 1899 d: 1929
................................................................. 7 Joseph Lustig b: Jan. 27, 1862 d: Feb. 19, 1921
...................................................................+ Louise Schmidt b: 1863 m: July 19, 1889 in Selestat d: 1941
................................................................. 7 Francois Lustig b: July 16, 1864 d: March 4, 1954
...................................................................+ Josephine Forner b: 1868 m: Oct. 28, 1889 d: 1907
................................................................. 7 Sebastien Lustig b: Oct. 16, 1865 d: April 1, 1943
...................................................................+ Catherine Starck b: 1875 m: May 28, 1900 d: unknown
................................................................. 7 Alois Lustig b: June 28, 1868 d: March 3, 1934 in Altenstadt
...................................................................+ Catherine Wesner b: 1863 m> Sept. 27, 1897 d: 1957
................................................................. 7 Madeleine Lustig b: June 28, 1868 d: Jan. 18, 1869
................................................................. 7 Maria Eva Lustig b: Dec. 13, 1870 d: May 9, 1954
................................................................. 7 Elisabeth Lustig b: Feb. 11, 1872 d: Oct. 27, 1947
...................................................................+ Alois Heintz b: 1867 m: May 13, 1899 d: unknown
................................................................. 7 Madeleine Lustig b: Jan. 6, 1876 d: unknown
...................................................................+ Jean Sturner b: unknown m: Sept. 30, 1920 d: unknown
................................................................. 7 Michel Lustig b: Dec. 5, 1878 in Riedseltz d: unknown
........................................................ 6 Marie Eve Lustig b: April 13, 1833 in Riedseltz d: Jan. 20, 1910 in Riedseltz
.......................................................... + Joseph Eichenlaub b: 1828 m: Oct. 5, 1855 d: 1902
.................................................................. 7 Sebastien Eichenlaub b: Jan. 3, 1858 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Francois Joseph Eichenlaub b: Nov. 12, 1861 d: Jan. 22, 1866
.................................................................. 7 Marie Catherine Eichenlaub b: Dec. 11, 1866 d: March 22, 1951 in Haguenau
.................................................................. 7 Joseph Eichenlaub b: June 20, 1873 d: Jan. 14, 1949
...................................................................+ Josephine Schmitt b: 1855 d: May 22, 1912 d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Francois Antoine Eichenlaub b: Nov. 30, 1876 d: March 20, 1914
........................................................ 6 Ignatz Lustig b: Dec. 12, 1834 in Riedseltz d: Dec. 21, 1834 in Riedseltz
........................................................ 6 Elizabeth Lustig b: Jan. 11, 1836 in Riedeltz d: Nov. 16, 1893 in Riedseltz
.......................................................... + Joseph Bersch b: 1835 m: Sept. 18, 1860 in Riedeltz
........................................................ 6 Barbe Lustig b: Apr. 5, 1838 in Riedseltz d: July 30, 1911 in Riedseltz
.......................................................... + Jacques Huebsch b: in Riedseltz d: in Riedseltz
.................................................................. 7 Joseph Huebsch b: 1866 d: unknown
........................................................ 6 Marie Anne Lustig b: 1839 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.......................................................... + Bernard Fechter b: 1835 in Oberroedern m: Feb. 26, 1863 d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Marie Fechter b: 1865 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Bernard Fechter b: 1866 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Madeleine Fechter b: 1867 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Odilia Fechter b: 1868 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Alois Fechter b: 1873 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Agatha Fechter b: 1876 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Lorenz Fechter b: 1877 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Catherine Fechter b: 1879 in Oberroedern d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Xavier Fechter b: 1880 in Oberroedern d: unknown
........................................................ 6 Odilia Lustig b: 1842 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.......................................................... + Jean Heintz b: unknown in Salmbach d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Elisabeth Heintz b: 1865 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Odilia Heintz b: 1866 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Jean Phillippe Heintz b: 1868 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Marie Madeleine Heintz b: 1869 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Francois Joseph Heintz b: 1871 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Charles Albert Heintz b: 1872 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Celestine Heintz b: 1875 in Riedseltz d: unknown
.................................................................. 7 Charles Ablert Heintz b: 1876 in Riedseltz d: unknown
............................... 4 Maria Catharina Boehles b. April 21, 1763 in Scheibenhard, France d: unknown
........ 2 André Gabriel b: Nov. 6, 1704 d: Sept. 5, 1795
.............+ Marguerite Staat b: 1715 m: March 1, 1734 d: Jan. 6, 1786
.................... 3 Maria Anna Gabriel b: July 2, 1836 m: Jan. 17, 1763 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
......................+ Jean Michel Grunsteiner b: 1841 d: unknown
............................... 4 Maria Madeleine Grunsteiner b: April 30, 1880 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
..................................+ Jean Schiffmacher b: Oct. 4, 1765 in Scheibenhard d: Nov. 16, 1839 in Scheibenhard
............................................. 5 Catherine Schiffmacher b: unknown d: unknown
............................................. 5 Antoine Schiffmacher b: unknown d: unknown
............................................. 5 François Schiffmacher b: unknown d: unknown
............................................. 5 Marie Anne Schiffmacher b: unknown d: unknown
.................... 3 Andreas Gabriel b: July 2, 1836 d: unknown
......................+ Sibilla Reich b: Jan. 13, 1844 in Scheibenhard m: Jan. 7, 1872 d: unknown
............................... 4 Joseph Gabriel b: 1872 d: Dec. 17, 1953 in Scheibenhard
..................................+ Anne Marie Kleng b: 1873 m: Jan. 13, 1903 d: 1936
............................................. 5 Andreas Gabriel b: Nov. 24, 1916 d: unknown
................................................+ Magdalena Schmitt b: Aug. 9, 1921 m: Nov. 16, 1945 d: unknown
........................................................ 6 Peter Andreas Gabriel b: Aug. 7, 1948 d: unknown
........................................................ 6 Katharina Gabriel b: Jan. 18, 1851 d: 1920 in Scheibenhard, France
.................... 3 Susanne Gabriel b: July 28, 1837 in Scheibenhard
......................+ Grégoire Schiffmacher b: June 5, 1840 m: Oct. 22, 1870 d: Jan. 8, 1911
............................... 4 Jean Melchior Schiffmacher b: Oct. 24, 1870 d: April 25, 1924
........ 2 Johan Michael Gabriel b: 1708 d: unknown
........ 2 Johan Sebastian Gabriel b: 1710 d: unknown
........ 2 Appolonia Gabriel b: Nov. 27, 1717 in Scheibenhard d: Oct. 12, 1794 in Scheibenhard
.............+ Christophe Schmaltz b: Abt. 1713 d: Feb. 4, 1777 in Scheibenhard
.................... 3 Barbe Gabriel b: 1735 d: Jan. 22, 1802 in Scheibenhard
......................+ Jean Materne Carl b: Feb. 2, 1730 m: Jan. 17, 1763 in Scheibenhard d: March 17, 1800
............................... 4 Jean Carl b: Dec. 5, 1763 in Scheibenhard d: Bef. 1767 in Scheibenhard
............................... 4 Jean Carl b: Jan. 3, 1767 in Scheibenhard d: Oct. 13, 1794 in Scheibenhard
..................................+ Marie Madeleine Gabriel b: 1769 in Scheibenhard m: June 6, 1791 d: Feb. 10, 1839
............................................. 5 Sébastien Carl b: Jan. 3, 1792 d: Nov. 2, 1859
............................................. 5 Jean Carl b: 1796 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
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.................... 3 Jean Michel Schmaltz b: Oct. 17, 1739 in Scheibenhard d: June 13, 1791 in Scheibenhard
.................... 3 Marguerite Schmaltz b: Dec. 6, 1741 in Scheibenhard d: July 3, 1743 in Scheibenhard
.................... 3 Marie Elisabeth Schmaltz b: in Scheibenhard d: unknown
.................... 3 Marguerite Schmaltz b: June 28, 1747 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
.................... 3 Mathias Schmaltz d: Feb. 24, 1750 in Scheibenhard d: May 8, 1816 in Scheibenhard
.................... 3 Marie Apolonia Schmaltz b: July 6, 1754 in Scheibenhard d: Dec. 10, 1800 in Scheibenard
......................+ Jean Adam Vogel b: unknown d: 1826
............................... 4 Jean Vogel b: Abt. 1782 in Scheibenhard d: unknown
..................................+ Maria Eva Fischer b: Jan. 26, 1780 m: Jan. 10, 1802 d: Aug. 27, 1819 in Scheibenhard
.................... 3 Jean Jacques Schmaltz b: Sept. 12, 1760 in Scheibenhard d: unknown


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