#483 Tilmann Knepper

Tilmann was born Abt 1627 in Germany. He died 3 Apr 1706 in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The family appear to have been centered in vicinity of Dornsiepen in southeast Solingen. During his lifetime, Solingen was in the Duchy of Berg, a state in the Holy Roman Empire. You can see Solingen in section cD of this 1696 map of the duchy. Berg was part of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Imperial Circle. An Imperial Circle was a grouping of territories of the Empire for purposes of common defense and organization within the Imperial Court.

Some list Tilmann's parents as Johann Peter Knepper (1600-1671) and Ada Marie Bertram (1600-1671). Johann's father is said also to be Johann Peter Knepper (b. 1575 in Dornsiepen). Ada's mother and father are listed as being English and French, respectively. I've seen this in a number of genealogy collation sites but with no documentation or source information recorded.

Tilmann married #484 Christina Bogel.

Marriage notes

They married Abt 1656 in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

 

Christina was born Abt 1627 in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She died 19 Feb 1713 in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Children of this relationship:

#482MiHans Peter Knepper(1658–17 Oct 1725)
#616FiiCatharina Knepper(2 Feb 1662–28 Mar 1737)
#617MiiiWilhelm Knepper(1668–15 Oct 1727)
#618FivMargaretha Knepper(27 Aug 1673–)

Bill Terrill, Descendants of Tilman Knepper and Christina Boegel, (unpublished, 30 Jun 2009). Ref. as [Terrill].

Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].

S. Sanson, Le Duché de Berg, color map, copy in Wikipedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Duche_de_Berg.jpg.


Line Generation: 1

Relationship: Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather