Parents of Gertraud
Johann Wilhelm Steinkopf was born 24 November 1638 as calculated from his death record. He was not baptized
in Oppenheim though his parents were married there. In the church records he is initially called Johann Wilhelm, but later
he used only the middle name Wilhelm. He died 31 January 1700, aged 61 years, 2 months, and 6 days and was buried at St. Katharinen.
3. Anna Maria Quintin was baptized at St. Katharinen on 27 June 1641. She died Monday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, 23
January 1713, and was buried at St. Katharinen on 26 January 1713.
They were married on 25 August 1661. Johann Wilhelm Steinkopf is termed a worthy apprentice butcher and a
citizen of Oppenheim. She is termed a virtuous maiden.
Children (surname Steinkopf):
Elias baptized 29 October 1662
Johannes Matthias baptized 1 November 1665
Maria Martha baptized 14 August 1667, the sponsor was her aunt, Martha Steinkopf.
Ęgidius baptized 24 November 1669, sponsor was Ęgidius Quintin, married Anna Dorothea —, died 1714 -
1717, leaving at least two sons. Konfession und Alltag shows his signature on page 138.
Anna Maria baptized 28 January 1672
Gertraud baptized 8 March 1674, sponsor was Gertraud Quintin, married Nicolas Rau and migrated to New York.
Agnes baptized 2 February 1679, sponsor was Agnes, Walther Steinkopf's wife, she in turn sponsored Agnesa
Rau in 1702.
Grandparents
Johann Steinkopf was a butcher, citizen of Oppenheim, and an elder of the St. Katharinen Reformed Church.
Neither his birth nor death dates have been found. He took communion on Easter 1635. He died after 1659 but before the 1670
marriage of his son Johann Jacob. 5. Maria Magdalena — was born about 1622. She married firstly Hans Trager, butcher
at Worms. She was buried at St. Katharinen 29 May 1682, aged 60. If this age is correct, she married, was widowed, and remarried
by the age of 16!
This couple had their banns published on 14 January 1638 at St. Katharinen. In this record the German word
for maiden is crossed out and her status as a widow is noted.
Children (surname Steinkopf):
Johann Wilhelm born 24 November 1638, married Anna Maria Quintin and their descent is continued.
Johann Jacob baptized 9 December 1641
Anna Maria baptized 17 March 1644
Johann Jacob baptized 2 December 1646, married firstly Barbara —, a widow, on 9 June 1670, secondly
another widow on 7 June 1695, died 3 April 1723, butcher and former city councilman of Oppenheim.
Johann Michael baptized 2 July 1648
Martha baptized 16 February 1651, sponsor was Martha, Jost Quintin's wife, he the host at The Swan.
Walther baptized 11 April 1653, married Agnes Seemann 25 April 1676. At the 1680 baptism of a son he was a
butcher and innkeeper at The Rose. At the 1683 baptism of a daughter he is only a butcher. Walther died 30 December 1696,
his age being incorrectly recorded as 34 instead of 43.
Stephan baptized 27 December 1659
Jost Quintin was baptized 9 September 1610 at St. Katharinen. He was the second host at The Swan. Jost and
Christoff Quintin took communion on 7 October 1632 at St. Katharinen. Christoff's relationship is not known. Jost was buried
on 28 June 1657 at St. Katharinen, leaving a pregnant second wife. 7. He married firstly Anna Maria Fauth on 3 June 1633.
She was the daughter of Balthasar Fauth, former host of The Rose. She was baptized on 17 May 1612 at St. Katharinen. She died,
between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning, on 22 May 1644.
He married secondly, on 17 September 1644 Martha, a daughter of the late Johann Webe– (illegible).
Children by first wife (surname Quintin):
Jost baptized 10 September 1634, sponsor was his uncle Jost Fauth
Ęgidius baptized 2 September 1638, see below
Anna Maria baptized 27 June 1641, married Johann Wilhelm Steinkopf 25 August 1661 and their descent is continued.
Children by second wife (surname Quintin):
Johannes baptized 26 December 1645
Gertraut baptized 11 April 1647. She sponsored the baptism of her niece Gertraud Steinkopf on 8 March 1674.
Anna Christina baptized 12 November 1648, married shortly after 16 April 1678 (when their first banns were
published) Johannes Gunther.
Johann Peter baptized 18 August 1650
Anna Margaretha baptized 8 May 1653
Johannes Jost baptized 30 December 1655, the sponsor was Johann Steinkopf, the butcher, buried 27 January
1659.
Johannes Reichhard baptized 7 February 1658, after his father's death. His occupation on his death record
is beer brewer, so apparently the family gave up The Swan and concentrated on brewing. He died 22 September 1712. A son, Johann
Carl Quintin, was a baptismal sponsor in 1706.
Ęgidius Quintin became host at The Rose some time after the death of his uncle, Hans Burkhart Fauth (who died
before 1658) and the tenure of his aunt's second husband, Christian Borkfeldt. Ęgidius married firstly Elisabeth Pfeichman.
Their first banns were published on 14 January 1666. He is termed a host on this record, but the name of the establishment
is not given. But probably The Rose had transitioned from Borkfeldt to Ęgidius by this time.
On 15 October 1678 he married Maria Christina Steinmetzer, daughter of the late surgeon and city councilman
of Zweibrücken, Anthonii Steinmetzer. This marriage lasted only three months as he was buried 31 January 1679. In both of
these records he is termed host of The Rose. In the next year his sister’s brother-in-law, Walther Steinkopf, is mentioned
as the host at The Rose.
Great-grandparents
Hans Steinkopf was a citizen of Oppenheim and butcher. He died before 1638 marriage of his son.
Jost Quintin and Maria — were married in St. Katharinen on 24 October 1609. 13. Maria — was a
native of Raurfurt and the widow of a David —. She died before the second marriage of Jost Quintin in 1622.
Child by first wife (surname Quintin):
Jost baptized 9 September 1610 at St. Katharinen, married Anna Maria Fauth on 3 June 1633 and their descent
is continued.
Balthasar Fangdt was termed a journeyman potter in the record of his first marriage with Anna — (she
of the three husbands, all hosts at The Rose). He died before the 1626 marriage of his widow.
He married thirdly, on 11 January 1619, Anna Maria Mogeler, the daughter of the late Bartholomeus Mogeler.
Again he is noted as host at The Rose. She was buried 24 October 1620. He married fourthly another Anna, marriage record not
found. She married Jacobus Roth from Frankfurt on 16 February 1626. This marriage apparently was annulled and she married
David Meurer, the son of Johannes Georg’ Meurer, on 22 January 1629 in the Franciscan Catholic Church. 15. Anna —, the
widow of Hans Georg Losmeyer, and Balthasar Fangdt were married at St. Katharinen on 10 August 1601. Her former husband was
the church schoolmaster at Schleydel. Anna was buried at St. Katharinen on 22 May 1618.
Children by second wife (surname Fauth):
Anna Maria baptized 9 October 1603
Michael baptized 17 March 1605, appears on the 1632 list of communicants at St. Katharinen.
Hans Burkhart baptized 3 April 1608, see below.
Jost baptized 22 July 1610, baptismal sponsor to his nephew Jost Quintin on 10 September 1634.
Anna Maria baptized 17 May 1612, married Jost Quintin 3 June 1633 and their descent is continued.
Hans Burkhart Fauth married Catharina Meyer, a daughter of Johannes Georg’ Meyer, in the Franciscan Catholic
Church in Oppenheim on 17 June 1630. If the Latinized forms "Meureri" and "Meyreri" refer to the same German name, then he
became a brother-in-law to his stepmother. He appears as Bernhardt [sic!] Fauth, host at The Rose, in the 1632 list of communicants
at St. Katharinen.
On 5 January 1644 his wife Catharina was buried at St. Katharinen. He is termed the Bürgermeister on
this record. He married a second Catharina since his widow of that name married Christian Borkfeldt. Their first banns were
published on 18 April 1658. In this record Hans Burkhart is termed a former city councilman and host of The Rose. His widow
was young enough to be termed a Fräulein.
Great-great-grandparent
Velten Fangdt, a citizen of Koblenz, was the father of Balthasar Fangdt.
The Sources
The story of this family in America is given in Henry Z Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families of New York,
Universal City, 1985, pages 747-749. There we read how family appears in the lists of those fleeing Germany and their subsequent
settlements in New York.
The Oppenheim Protestant church records have been microfilmed. These start in 1567 to 1580 depending on the
type of record. Although these are all identified as the St. Katharinen Reformed Church records, volume 4 actually is the
first book of the St. Sebastian Lutheran Church. And volume 2 has some Catholic Church records from the period of the Spanish
occupation.
The various pastors performed their record keeping function with varying degrees of success and I have been
able to read the records with varying degrees of success. (Corrections are most welcome.) There are some gaps in the records
but none relevant to this study.
St. Katharinen Reform. Gemeinde Kirchenbuch, vol. I, LDS microfilm 1270193 item 4
St. Katharinen Reform. Gemeinde Kirchenbuch, vol. II, LDS microfilms 1270193 item 5 and 1270194 item 1 (also
contains some Catholic Church records)
St. Katharinen Reform. Gemeinde Kirchenbuch, vol. IV, LDS microfilm 1270194 item 3 (actually contains records
from St. Sebastian Lutheran Church)
These records often give the occupations of men. This is the key information for tracing the history of the
taverns. Probate records are not available.
Women are usually mentioned only in connection with a man: they are the daughter, wife, or widow of a man.
Maiden names can only be inferred if she is noted as a daughter of a man.
The St. Katharinen Church was originally built as a three-nave Romanesque basilica in the early 1200s. But
the archbishop of Mainz elevated it to a collegiate church and it was expanded in the Gothic style in the 1300s. In 1333 the
stained glass window called the "Oppenheimer Rose" was funded by city council members. The late-Gothic western choir was built
in 1415-1425. The French destroyed the city and damaged the church in the 1689 plundering and burning of the Palatinate. Subsequently
the city was re-built in the old style and the church repaired. St. Katharinen today is counted as one of the most significant
examples of Gothic architecture along the Rhine.
Two more important sources on the history of the church and the town in general are
Peter Zschunke,Konfession und Alltag in Oppenheim, Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1984
Peter Zschunke, "Die Katharinenkirche im Oppenheim der drei Konfessionen (1685-1822)," St. Katharinen zu
Oppenheim: Lebendige Steine - Spiegel der Geschichte, Verlag der Rheinhessischen Druckwerkstätte, Alzey, 1989
Dr. Zschunke studied the city tax book of 1684 to provide locations of taverns and other businesses at that
time. He touches on all aspects of this small city: the natural setting, the sanitary and fire protection issues, the religious
and political life of the city and the demographics of the population over time.