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Proposed Change: Michael Greidenweis (I142797) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I142797&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Eight other children of Michael Greidenweis and Maria Sibilla Straub, all of whom were born in Göcklingen, Pfalz, Bayern: Elisabeth Greidenweis, born 07 February 1814. Ulrich Greidenweis, born 24 June 1817. He married Magdalena Gaab. Peter Greidenweis, born 17 August 1819. Georg Jacob Greidenweis, born 30 June 1823. Catharina Greidenweis, born 01 April 1825. Margaretha Greidenweis, born 15 August 1828. Franz (later Frank) Greidenweis, born 01 June 1830. Maria Franziska (later Mary Frances) Greidenweis, born 21 June 1832, died 31 July 1902 Lamourie, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. She married Carl (later Charles) Franz Augustus Afemann (later Afeman) about 1857, probably in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. He was born on 12 August 1828 in Königreich Hannover, died on 14 August 1905 in Lamourie, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. [The Rapides Parish courthouse, with all of its documents, was burned down in the American Civil War in 1864, so no marriage or other records exist prior to this year for that parish.] Dick Geiger
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Maria Franziska "Mary Frances" GREIDENWEIS Afeman
Birth: Jun. 21, 1832
Landau
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death: Jul. 31, 1902
Lamourie
Rapides Parish
Louisiana, USA
Daughter of Michael GREIDENWEIS Jr. and of Maria Sibille STRAUB Greidenweis (both buried with no extant markers in the cemetery of St. Laurentius Catholic Church in Göcklingen bei Landau, Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland) and wife of Carl Franz (later Charles) Augustus AFEMAN (buried in the same plot with her), with whom she had nine children.
In the 1850's, at the time of her immigration to Louisiana, the place of her birth belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
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Article taken from the Louisiana Democrat of 14 December 1887:
The Lotto party given at Mrs. Jacob Geiger's [in Alexandria, Louisiana] on Wednesday evening last, complimentary to Miss Natille Israel [Mrs. Geiger's younger first cousin], of Vidalia, was a most enjoyable affair. The nicest of refreshments were served. The following ladies and gentlemen were present: Misses Cleona Weil, Flora Levin, Mary Aaron, Mrs. Fannie Seiss, Mrs. Rosedale, Misses Sarah and Gertie Rosenthal, Misses Fannie Meyer, Augusta Warshauer, Carrie Weil, Mollie Goodlow, Mrs. Henry Genius, the Misses Phillips and Kramer, Misses Nora Christian, Belle Lewis, Laura Huie, Maggie and Judith Cruikshank, Fannie Afferman [a daughter of Mrs. Afeman], Augusta Weil, Mrs. Afferman [who was a maternal aunt of the hostess' husband], Mrs. Fluck [another daughter of Mrs. Afeman], Miss Esther Hirschman, Misses Mattie and Clara Cruikshank, from Bayou Rapides. -- The following gentlemen were present: Felix and Geo. Bauer, Sam Weil, Nathan Mayer and Sol Mayer, Sydney Schmalinski, Michael Aaron, Thomas Murphy, Peter Irving, Ben Rosenthal, Leon Weinburg, and Rollo Jarreau.
NOTE: The surnames SIESS and AFEMAN are misspelled in the above text.
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Obituary taken from http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/:
(Originally published in the New Orleans Item of 31 July 1902)
MRS. FRANCIS AFEMAN, BAYOU LAMORIE [sic]
Alexandria, La., July 31. ? Mrs. Francis [sic] Afeman, aged sixty-five years, wife of Charles Afeman, died at her residence on Bayou Lamorie [sic], in this parish, at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The deceased was an old resident of this parish and a highly respected lady. Besides her husband she leaves five daughters and two sons. Three of her daughters reside in this city. They are Mrs. A. Fluck, Mrs. J. G. White and Miss Mary Afeman [later the wife of Nicholas Dennis "Nick" O'Shee]. Mrs. George Simpson, another daughter, lives in New Orleans. Her remains will be brought here and interred in the Pineville cemetery to-morrow morning.
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Parents:
Michael Greidenweis (1789 - 1846)
Maria Sibille STRAUB Greidenweis (1790 - 1851)
Spouse:
Carl Franz Augustus Afeman (1828 - 1905)
Burial:
Rapides Cemetery
Pineville
Rapides Parish
Louisiana, USA
Created by: Innominato
Record added: May 31, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 91072605
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1832 - 1902 (70 years)
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