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The surname Scheven was also spelled Schevens, Scheben, and Schebens. The family originated in Dorweiler, Germany and was Roman Catholic. The Hochkirchen parish, where Barbara Scheven married Joannes Kayser in 1748, is located on the east bank of the Neffelbach (a tributary of the Erft River). The church stands on a Roman villa destroyed by fire in the 5th century. The church was originally built out of wood in the 9th century. In the 16th Century the church received its present appearance. The masonry is suffused with Roman building materials and the uniformly designed interior was created around 1800 and was restored in the 1950s. The neo-classical style features a gold leaf decoration. The gothic ceiling has been restored and painted. Surnames of those in my direct ancestral line appear in BOLD. 1 Gord Schevens b: Abt. 1680 in unknown d: Aft. 1724 in unknown .. + Catharina Schweins b: Abt. 1680 in unknown d: March 27, 1746 in Dorweiler, Germany ........ 2 Agnes Scheven b: Dec. 23, 1710 in unknown d: unknown ........ 2 Catharina Scheven b: July 25, 1713 in unknown d: unknown ............ + (unknown) Gulich b: unknown d: unknown ........ 2 Elizabeth Scheven b: Jan. 10, 1715/1716 in Dorweiler d: unknown ........ 2 Anna Scheven b: May 15, 1718 in Dorweiler d: unknown ........ 2 Barbara Scheven b: Dec. 4, 1720 in Dorweiler d: Feb. 9, 1785 in Dorweiler ............ + Joannes Kayser b: July 12, 1717 in Irisheim m: July 9, 1748 ............... in St. Viktor's Church, Hochkirchen d: March 13, 1790 in Dorweiler -- Notes on Joannes and Barbara Kaiser: .............Barbara Scheven was baptized on December 4, 1720. Her baptismal sponsors were Wilm. Scheven and Barbara Broichs. -- ..................... 3 Joannes Kaiser b: Abt. 1747 in Dorweiler d: 1763 in Dorweiler ..................... 3 Petrus Kaiser b: 1749 in Dorweiler d: 1762 in Dorweiler ..................... 3 Werner Kaiser b: 1751 in Dorweiler d: Aft. 1795 in Dorweiler ......................... + Anna Katharina Lipp b: 1746 in Dorweiler ............................ m: Feb. 4, 1777 in St. Viktor's Church, Hochkirchen d: 1798 in Dorweiler ..................... 3 Anna Magdalena Kaiser b: 1755 in Dorweiler d: 1762 in Dorweiler ..................... 3 Anna Margaretha Kaiser b: 1761 in Dorweiler d: unknown ..................... 3 Anna Maria Kaiser b: 1762 in Dorweiler d: October 1762 in Dorweiler ..................... 3 Elizabetha Kaiser b: 1764 in Dorweiler d: unknown ......................... + Henry Baum ..................... 3 Anna Gertruda Kaiser b: 1766 in Dorweiler d: 1766 in Dorweiler ..................... 3 Anna Maria Kaiser b: 1768 in Dorweiler d: 1783 in Dorweiler ........ 2 Gertrudis Scheven b: May 17, 1724 in Dorweiler d: Jan. 14, 1797 in Hochkirchen ............ + Heinrich Ohren b: unknown d: unknown |

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