Louisa Kirchner - 1841 look-up please.

[undautri]

hi
im new to this site but want to post here as i too am researching Louisa as she is my great great grandmother
she married Samuel Parker in 1848 in Swansea - her father is shown as Benjamin Kirchner
in 1881 she married Thomas hill - this record shows her as being born in Ireland in 1833 and her fathers name as Benjamin Kischener
this convinces me that it is her fathers name and not her brother
there is a story in the family told to me by both my mother , aunt and grandfather that there is a family link to lord Kitchener......my great aunt had in her possession letters written by Kitchener to her mother (Louisas daughter)
these were destroyed unfortunately
the story is that a Kitchener ran off with a gardener and was therefore disowned by the family
 Louisa was just 16 when she married Samuel Parker - a head gardener.
also my great grandmother told all her children not to waste time trying to get an inheritance when Kitchener died but a few years later my great uncle came into money from somewhere and built a house and opened a shop in the village
so lots of coincidences and mysteries there.
i dont know where Louisa was in 1841 but she was just 7 at the time
ive got a lovely photograph of Louisa (known by the family as granny Hill)if anyone wants a copy of it or wants me to post it on here let me know
kath

Hi Kath
No idea where this group of Kirchener originated.  Could be Prussia or one of the countries under their rule.   Would be interesting to know.  No idea where the ones in the US came from but believe they were on the 3rd ship out of Amsterdam (supposedly came from one of the Dutchies which later became Germany.  They arrived in the US between 1709 - 1765.  My own family the "Albright" (Albrecht) arrived in 1709/10.  Made a stab at finding them in Europe but so far no luck.  Good luck finding more about your relatives.

thank you very much for responding so quickly
im still stuck researching wales and england and ireland ....looks like prussia will be my next search area then
x kath

[ScouseBoy]

Unless I am getting confused,   Kirchner   sounds to me like a common German second name?

[Lauraine]

Am sure it is a common Germanic name.  If you want to look it up go to the following:

https://www.houseofnames.com/kirchner-family-crest

It is an old name & at one time long before I became interested in Genealogy, there was a family in my home town called "Kirchner" who were Jewish.  There are no Jews in my family so when I came across the name was surprised.  Apparently people years ago adopted names from the places they stayed & this name came from the "cherry" or Kirche.

[undautri]

fascinating - thank you for your in put x kath