The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

Johann Leonhard David Prüger

Father of Georg Melchior Julius Prüger · 1772–1806

Johann Leonhard David Prüger

Confirmed

Father of Georg Melchior Julius Prüger · 1772–1806

Born
5 June 1772, Erkenbrechtshausen
Died
December 1806
Married
Eva Barbara Schmidt
Sources
18

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — his own baptism, both marriages and his burial have now been read from the register images S594S595S592S593

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1772
Born 5 June 1772, Erkenbrechtshausen, baptised the next day at Triensbach, Württemberg, the son of Johann Michael Pröger and Anna Margaretha Raisig S594
Work1796
A master weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen in 1796, 1806 and at his father's death; the 1804 birth register calls him Tüncher Mstr., a master whitewasher, and his son's 1870 burial entry a Maler S595S591S12
Death1806
Died of a fever at Erkenbrechtshausen in December 1806, aged 34; buried 21 December. His son Georg Friedrich was born ten weeks later S593. 🆕 Georg Friedrich became a weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen like his father and married Maria Margaretha Stegmaier at Triensbach on 20 September 1836 Confirmed S738. 🆕 He was dead by September 1864, when their son Georg Friedrich (born 25 December 1838) married Margaretha Barbara Bauer of Gröningen at Triensbach; the register calls the father “† Georg Friedrich Pröger, weaver and cottager” S775. 🆕 That couple's daughter Rosine Barbara Pröger was born at Erkenbrechtshausen on 15 September 1865; she married Georg Friedrich Osterlein at Triensbach on 26 March 1889 and died on 26 October 1952 Confirmed S790. added 27 September 2026. Maria Margaretha married again, to Johann Leonhard Frank, a weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen, and died his widow at Triensbach on 16 May 1887; her burial entry names her parents, Georg Simon Stegmaier and Katharina Batz S776. Both entries carry family register II,343. A second Georg Friedrich Pröger, a living master weaver (register II,344), was at Erkenbrechtshausen in 1864, so the register number is what ties these to ours. added 26 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1796
🆕 First married Anna Maria Busch, November 1796 (banns at Ellrichshausen, wedding at Triensbach). Their first son, Johann Michael Pröger, was born at Erkenbrechtshausen on 15 April 1797 and baptised that day at Triensbach, Georg Melchior Julius's full brother Confirmed S623. She is the mother of Georg Melchior Julius Prüger, born 25 July 1804 S595S591. 🆕 Johann Michael, a day labourer at Großaltdorf, married Anna Barbara Hübner of Großaltdorf (born 27 April 1801) there on 17 June 1829 Confirmed S737S779; the Großaltdorf copy of the entry also names the bride's mother, Anna Catharina (surname unclear, perhaps Frinauer); the index’s 17 January is wrong. Their children, all baptised at Großaltdorf: Margaretha Barbara (20 January 1829–23 January 1831), Johann Georg (1830–1904), Johann Simon (1832), Johann Friedrich (1834–1907) and Barbara (1843) Probable — the baptisms of the three sons are index entries only, their images not yet read S739. 🆕 Two of the daughters' entries have now been read. Margaretha Barbara was born on 20 January 1829, five months before her parents married, and died of convulsions on 23 January 1831, aged two; she was buried on 25 January, the date the index and the tree took for her death Confirmed S788. Barbara was born on 8 January 1843 and baptised on 12 January, the daughter of J. M. Pröger, citizen and day labourer, and Anna Barbara geb. Hübner Confirmed S789. added 27 September 2026 Add to this record →. 🆕 Two of the sons' burial entries have now been read. Johann Georg, an unmarried cottager, died at Kleinaltdorf on 28 February 1904 and was buried at Großaltdorf on 2 March Confirmed S778. Johann Friedrich, a weaver, died at Hausen on 31 May 1907 and was buried at Untersontheim on 2 June Confirmed S777; the index had put his death at Merkelbach. His burial entry gives his birth as 30 September 1834, where the tree has 6 October (perhaps the baptism); the 1834 baptism would settle it. added 26 September 2026. No emigration record is found for him.
Marriage1806
🆕 Married second, as a widower, 4 March 1806 at Triensbach, Eva Barbara Schmidt, daughter of Johann Michael Schmidt, master weaver at Brettenfeld. She was Georg Melchior Julius's stepmother. The index's 2 March is the last reading of the banns S592

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Johann Leonhard David Prüger · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

18 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S12FamilySearch Tree public pages, no login required for deceased persons — William Harry Proeger KC1N-799, Aileane Marie Silva L9GZ-NDP, William Leonard Proeger L7GK-VBK, Queen Anne Proeger LHQW-W1L — ancestors.familysearch.org. User-contributed; event lists are treated as PROBABLE unless separately sourced.
  2. S591Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers — Triensbach, births 1804, p. 9, no. 10: Georg Melchior Julius Proeger, 25 July 1804. Ancestry record 16796853, image 1860313-00512. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Son of Johann Leonhard David, Tüncher Mstr. at Erkenbrechtshausen, and Maria geb. Büschin (Anna Maria Busch); born at Erkenbrechtshausen. This is his birth register, and it names his mother as Anna Maria Busch, not Eva Barbara Schmid. The 1835 marriage index and the 1870 burial name Eva Barbara, his stepmother, who raised him.
  3. S592Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers — Rot am See/Gerabronn, marriages 1806, pp. 128–129, no. 2: Johann Leonhard Pröger and Eva Barbara Schmidt, 4 March 1806. Ancestry record 14580649, image 1528601-00416. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed The groom a master weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen, ein Wittwer (a widower); the bride the single daughter of Johann Michael Schmidt, master weaver at Brettenfeld. Married at Triensbach on 4 March after three banns; the index's 2 March is the last banns.
  4. S593Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers — Triensbach, burials 1806, no. 14: Leonhard Michel David Pröger, December 1806. Ancestry record 16796415, image 1860313-00451. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Of Erkenbrechtshausen, died of hitzige Krankheit (a fever), aged 34; buried 21 December 1806.
  5. S594Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers — Triensbach, baptisms 1772, pp. 90–91, no. 7: Johann Leonhard David Pröger, 5 June 1772. Ancestry record 16794369, image 1860313-00057. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Son of Johann Michael Pröger of Erkenbrechtshausen and Anna Margaretha (surname read Rösig/Rasig); born at noon on 5 June and baptised the next day.
  6. S595Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers — Ellrichshausen, marriages 1796, pp. 187–188, no. 9: Johann Leonhard Pröger and Anna Maria Büschin. Ancestry record 16728664, images 1859439-00674/-00675. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Banns November 1796, wedding at Triensbach. The groom 24, master weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen, the only son of the late Johann Michael Pröger; the bride Anna Maria Büschin, 30, youngest daughter of the late Johann Michael Busch, Halbbauer at a village read as Beu[e]rlbach (uncertain).
  7. S623Triensbach (Württemberg) parish register, Bd. 6, baptisms 1797, pp. 210–211 — Johann Michael Pröger. Image 1860313-00311. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Born 15 April 1797 at 4 a.m. at Erkenbrechtshausen and baptised that day; son of Johann Leonhardt David Pröger, citizen-resident and master weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen, and Anna Maria, née Busch. Godparents Johann Julius Schn[a]r of Erkenbrechtshausen, Johann Michael Schäffer, and Johann Melchior [Kunzig?]. The godfathers' names Julius and Melchior were current in the family before Georg Melchior Julius was named in 1804; that they are the source of his name is only probable.
  8. S737Triensbach marriage register, Bd. 12 p. 8, 1829: Johann Michael Pröger and Anna Barbara Hübner. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers, Ancestry record 16798699, film 1860313, image 00881. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed “Johann Michael Pröger, Taglöhner in Großaltdorf”, son of the late Johann Leonhard David Pröger, weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen, and Anna Maria n. Busch, born 15 April 1797; bride Anna Barbara Hübner of Großaltdorf, born 27 April 1801, daughter of the late Johann Georg Hübner, farmer; married at Großaltdorf “d. 17. Juny 1829”. The Großaltdorf index (record 11997540) gives 17 January; the banns Sundays fit June only.
  9. S738Triensbach marriage register, Bd. 12 pp. 46–47 no. 7, 1836: Georg Friedrich Pröger and Maria Margaretha Stegmaier. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers, Ancestry record 16798771, film 1860313, image 00902. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed “Georg Friedrich Pröger, B. u. Weber in Erkenbrechtshausen”, son of Joh. Leonhard David Pröger and “Eva Barbara geb. Schmidt”, born 27 February 1807; bride Maria Margaretha Stegmaier of the same place, born 10 December 1801, daughter of Georg Simon Stegmaier, weaver; married at Triensbach 20 September 1836.
  10. S739Großaltdorf and Triensbach baptism, marriage and burial index entries, 1828–1907, for the children of Johann Michael and Georg Friedrich Pröger. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers (index). Index only, searched 26 September 2026. Probable The parents’ names and places match on every entry. The baptism images for the sons have not been read. Margaretha Barbara’s burial (S788) and Barbara’s baptism (S789) have been, and correct the index: Margaretha Barbara was born 20 January 1829 and died 23 January 1831. Burials and a marriage have since been read (S775, S777, S778) and correct the index: Johann Friedrich died at Hausen on 31 May 1907, and Johann Georg died on 28 February 1904, the 2 March date being his burial. The Württemberg emigration index has no entry for either brother.
  11. S775Triensbach marriage register, 1864 no. 8: Georg Friedrich Pröger and Margaretha Barbara Bauer, 27 September 1864. Ancestry record 16799012. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Groom Georg Friedrich Pröger, born 25 December 1838 at Erkenbrechtshausen, son of “† Georg Friedrich Pröger, Weber und Köbler” and Maria Margaretha geb. Stegmaier; bride Margaretha Barbara Bauer of Gröningen, daughter of Johann Michael Bauer. Family register II,343. The cross before the father's name means he was dead by September 1864. A second Georg Friedrich Pröger, a living master weaver (family register II,344, wife the late Catharina Barbara Philipp?), appears on the same page; this entry is ours by its register number and the mother's name. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers.
  12. S776Triensbach burial register, 1887 no. 5: Maria Margaretha Frank, born Stegmaier, died 16 May 1887. Ancestry record 16190318. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed “Maria Margr. Frank g. Stegmaier”, a weaver's widow at Triensbach, died 16 May 1887 of dropsy and was buried 19 May, aged 85 years 5 months. Husbands: I. † Georg Friedr. Pröger, weaver; II. † Joh. Leonhard Frank, weaver at Erkenbrechtshausen. Parents: † Gg Simon Stegmaier, weaver, and † Kathrine Batz. Family register II,343. The same register number as the 1864 marriage (S775), which ties the two entries to one family. It gives her birth as 18 December 1801; her 1836 marriage (S738) says 10 December. Both are secondary for the birth and the question is open until her 1801 baptism is read. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers.
  13. S777Untersontheim burial register, 1907 no. 6: Johann Friedrich Pröger, died at Hausen 31 May 1907. Ancestry record 11725277. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Johann Friedrich Pröger, weaver, died at Hausen on 31 May 1907 of acute pneumonia and was buried at Untersontheim on 2 June. Born 30 September 1834 at Großaltdorf, son of Johann Michael Pröger and Anna Barbara Hübner. Wives: 1) the late Anna Maria Probst (reading uncertain), 2) Rosina Crasser (reading uncertain). Corrects the index, which maps his death to Merkelbach. The birth date here (30 September) differs from the tree's 6 October, which may be the baptism; the 1834 Großaltdorf baptism image has not been read. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers.
  14. S778Großaltdorf burial register, 1904 no. 3 (p. 135): Johann Georg Pröger, died at Kleinaltdorf 28 February 1904. Ancestry record 11999376. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Johann Georg Pröger, an unmarried Häusler (cottager), died at Kleinaltdorf on 28 February 1904 and was buried at Großaltdorf on 2 March. Born 24 June 1830 at Großaltdorf, son of Johann Michael Pröger and Anna Barbara Hübner, family register I,80. Corrects the tree and index, which give 2 March, the burial day, as his death. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers.
  15. S779Großaltdorf marriage register, Bd. 7 p. 21, 1829 no. 1: Johann Michael Pröger and Anna Barbara Hübner, 17 June 1829. Ancestry record 911997540. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed The Großaltdorf copy of the marriage in S737: Johann Michael Pröger, born 15 April 1797 at Erkenbrechtshausen, son of the late Johann Leonhard David Pröger and “weil. Anna Maria geb. Busch”; bride Anna Barbara Hübnerin, born 27 April 1801, daughter of the late Johann Georg Hübner, farmer, church-council member and Heiligenpfleger, and Anna Catharina Frinauer (reading uncertain) of Hohnhardt (reading uncertain). A second register for the same wedding, and a second source for his mother Anna Maria Busch (S623). The index's 17 January is wrong here too. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Parish Registers.
  16. S788Großaltdorf burial register, 1831 no. 1: Margaretha Barbara Pröger, died 23 January 1831. Ancestry record 11998179. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Margaretha Barbara, daughter of Johann Michael Pröger and Anna Barbara geb. Hübner, born 20 January 1829, died 23 January 1831 of “stille Gichter” (convulsions), aged 2 years 3 days; buried 25 January 1831. Family register p. 80. Corrects the index and the tree (born 25 January 1828, died 25 January 1831): the tree took the burial date for the death. She was born five months before her parents married on 17 June 1829 (S737). Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1985.
  17. S789Großaltdorf baptism register, 1843 p. 192 no. 1: Barbara Pröger, born 8 January 1843. Ancestry record 11621501. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed Barbara, born 8 January 1843 at half past twelve, baptised 12 January 1843 by Pfarrer Köstlin; parents J. M. Pröger, citizen and day labourer, and Anna Barbara geb. Hübner. Family register p. 80. The sponsors' surnames (Reichert?, Schließmann?) are uncertain readings. Moves Barbara from the S739 index to an image. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1985.
  18. S790Stöckenburg family register, vol. 23 fol. 87b: Georg Friedrich Osterlein and Rosine Barbara Pröger. Ancestry record 4630098. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed The bride is Rosine Barbara Pröger, born at Erkenbrechtshausen on 15 September 1865, daughter of Georg Friedrich Pröger, farmer at Triensbach, and Marg. Barb. geb. Bauer. She married Georg Friedrich Osterlein, innkeeper at Altenmünster and later a farmer, at Triensbach on 26 March 1889, and died on 26 October 1952; buried at Stöckenburg 29 October 1952. Five children are entered. Her parents are the couple married at Triensbach in 1864 (S775). Only the bride's line is used here; her children are not named on this site. Collection: Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables, 1550–1985.

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