Person:Josef Lingg (1)

All information comes from Chuck Lingg - 1999 Josef was married 3 times, 1st wife Clara and they had 3 children, 2nd wife Maria and they had 9 children, 3rd wife Idda and they had 1 child.The Lingg descendants of Haarlem, Netherlands spell his given name 'Josephus'. Other documents show it spelled as 'Josef' or 'Joseph'. In the Haarlem data he has the following word listed after his surname, 'Schoolonderwijzer" (School teacher, or equivalent). Pre-anglicizing, in Swiss documents, his name is 'Josephus Dominicus Franciscus Lingg'.His 1st wife, Clara, having died upon the birth of their 3rd child, left him with 3 offspring, all under the age of 4 1/2 years, this could explain the rather quick (for that day and age), 2nd marriage to Maria Affentranger - he would have needed help in providing care for his children. This could also apply to his 3rd marriage to Idd Thurig (less than 8 months after the death of Anna Maria).'Josephus/Josephi' is the way the name(s), Josef/Joseph would be spelled in the church records. All church records for this era were recorded in 'Latin'. Present day attempts to verify death records, by checking grave markers, is a poor option in Switzerland as grave sites are reused approximately every 25 yrs. Written records have been victim of neglect, fires and wars, down through the years.Dr. med. J. Schurmann (Luzerner Genealogical Researchers, chairman), listed two additional offspring of Joseph Lingg and Anna Maria Affentranger in Grossdietwil. They are:-Joseph Caspar Alois Lingg b December 2, 1802-Joseph Maria Alois Lingg b Feb. 2, 1805Dr. Schurmann makes note that the christian names of their god-fathers were most probably 'Joseph' and/or 'Alois'.