Person:Joseph Engel (1)

Joseph Engel was born circa Oct. 11, 1778 (his death entry said he was 39 years, 2 months, 22 days old), and died on Weidesheim at Kalhausen Jan. 3, 1818. (Kalhausen appears several times in connection with Engels. The tiny village seven miles southwest of Gros-Réderching was the location of Weidesheim, an estate owned by the Roggy family. Weidesheim kept its own records from 1792, with Jacob Roggy as mayor; it was absorbed into Kalhausen in 1811). Joseph first married Magdalena Güngerich n Brandelfing. She was a daughter of Joseph Guingerich and Anne Rubi of Brandelfing farm, and became a stepdaughter to Joseph's uncle Michel Engel. They lived on Brandelfing farm at Gros- Réderching until 1806, then on Weidesheim at Kalhausen. He was the brother of Christian Engel first Mennonite Bishop of Illinois.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Jean Francois Lorentz family tree on Geneanet.com.