Johannes Sperr, our ancestor and father-in-law to Samuel Boettcher (b. 1857), was from the village of Rielingshausen, Württemberg, Germany where he was born in 1821. The Sperr family lived here since 1704, when Franz Sperr arrived. Other ancestors of Johannes were in Rielingshausen since 1560. Many of them were vine dressers (Weingartners), as this region was rich in vineyards. Several interesting ancestors include:
~ Conrad Lemp who was the Mayor (Schultheiss) of Rielingshausen in the middle 1500s.
~ Hanns Lienhardten, Burger and local judge of Rielingshausen, 1640's.
One of the most interesting ancestral lines includes the Lauterwasser family:
- Jacob Lauterwasser, was the schoolmaster for Rielingshausen from 1642-1675. Part of his tenure was during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), which heavily impacted the region.
- Jacob's father, Caspar Lauterwasser, was a Burger and local judge for Rielingshausen.
- Caspar's father was Zacharias Lauterwasser, who was in Rielingshausen before 1560.
The following surnames are in Johannes Sperr's ancestry: Geigle, Laitenberger, Seizer, Strecker, Seuffer, Theurer, Orthwein, Leyrer, Kielman, Ganss, Leinhardten, Lauterwass, Lemp, Murr, Eberlin, Schmalzrieden, Stiefel, Golcken, Bauer, Metzger, Dorn, Busch, Gleich, Knorpp, Ringle, Kauter, Ackermann, Ade, Hirsch, Kuemmerlin, Ebinger, Goetz, Treffts, Schocker, Goppolt, Luithardt.See a brief biography of Johannes Sperr here:
Also, the un-official German website for Rielingshausen:
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