Shame about all your hard work, Dave and ciderdrinker.
Maybe we should bear this in mind, for future reference:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=861097.0
(Amongst other similar threads...)
Having been caught out by this poster before with no thanks or even providing extra info to help in the search I am not in the least bit surprised ......
Sad really as you only find out after the fact of searching etc that the little act of thanks is not going to be forthcoming.
Sorry for not for thanking everyone who has participated. Also I bought the subscription for Archion.de
I went all the way to William's Great Grandfather. He was called Nikolaus Müller born around 1730 in Eschwege. He married in 1763 in Bischhausen to Anne Michaelin and a son in the same year named Johann George Müller (William's Grandfather). Anne died in Bischhausen in 1788.
It reads:
Anna, wife of the shepherd [Schafmeister] Nicolaus Müller, born Michaelin [read: Michael] [died] on the 14th [March] at 10’o clock in the night. She was 57 years, 7 months and 4 weeks minus 1 day old.
Here is some information on Shepherds:
Shepherds or shepherds (opilio = shepherd) were closely integrated into the corporate society. Although they were not dependent farmers, they were always dependent on their respective employers. The village community each employed a municipal shepherd, also known as a farmer's shepherd, who looked after the sheep of the individual farmers, while the official shepherd was responsible for the herds of the responsible landlord. The shepherds let their own sheep "run along". Not infrequently they came to unexpected prosperity.
I really need help with this sheperd. Whoever helps I'll thank you as much as I can.
*Bischhausen
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10179001Thanks,
Lucas
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