Generations of Luxembourgers in the Mt. Pleasant Community
Generation I ( 3 Families came, 4 surnames (Beyen, Kieffer, Penning, Wagner), 100% Luxers, No Intermarriage between these four surnames in this generation)
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Underline=Born in Luxembourg and came to the Mt. Pleasant community in the United States.
1. Frantz Penning àFather of Peter Penning and Maria Penning-Weber Born in Biwer but did not come to the US
2. Barb Penning-àMother of Anna, Maria Johanna, Elizabeth Schandel
Born in Biwer but did not come to the US
3. Peter Beyen (1C to Anne Beyen)-à Father of Margareta, Big Matt, Little Matt, Suzanna Beyen
Born in Breinert, Biwer and came to the US. Peter’s wife Eva Feydt has died in Luxembourg
4. Anne Beyen (1C to Peter Beyen)-à Mother of Peter Wagner and Barbara Wagner From Flaxweiler and came to the US
5. Nicolas Wagner -à Father of Peter Wagner and Barbara Wagner-Brown (Braun)
From Flaxweiler and came to the US
6. Margareta Beyen -à Married to John Haag and the Mother of Barbara, Elizabeth, Mike, Frank, and Mary Haag
From Breinert, Biwer and neither came to the US
7. Lorenz Kieffer --à Father of Hubert Matt, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Barbara 1, Barbara, Maria, Catherine, and Matt Kieffer
Lorenz and his wife Mary Hess and the above children were born in Breinert, Biwer, Luxembourg and all came to the United States
8. Mary Hess-à Mother of the children above with the exception of Hubert and Barbara1 who married Peter Wagner, who were Lorenz’s children through Mary’s sister Anne who died in Luxembourg before Lorenz and Mary brought their children. Hubert and Barbara also came to the US and settled in the Mt. Pleasant community.
Generation II (25 surnames, 18/25 families (72 %) were Luxer -to-Luxer intermarriages, 50 new individuals. Marriages resulted in 23 new surnames being added to the community ( i.e. Neu, Weber, Funk, Keyser, Mathias, Lucius, Brown, Dahm, Skorali, Schrick, Weishaar, Gottesburen, Erpelding, Weinmann, Haag, Falk, Ruhlman, Weins, Greiner, Leonardi, Corpstein, Schroeder, and Ernzen)
The following new Luxembourger surnames (15) were added: Neu, Funk, Keyser, Mathias, Lucius, Brown, Dahm, Erpelding, Haag,Weins, Greiner, Leonardi, Corpstein, Schroeder, Ernzen)
Luxembourg names from Generation I (4), (Beyen, Wagner, Weber , Kieffer)
Non-Luxembourgers were (6 surnames ):
- Alsace-Lorraine (2)---> Weishaar, Ruhlman
- Germany---> Gottesburen, Weinmann (2)
- Irish---> Schrick (1)
- Polish---> Skorali (1)
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The following give the particulars for the above summaries:
Born in Luxembourg and came to the United States (Italics)
Born outside of Luxembourg and came to the United States.
Underline= married in US (St. Patrick’s Catholic Church)
1. Peter Penning=Agnes Neu---Both came and Married at St. Pats
2. Mary Penning=John Weber---Both came and Married in Wisconsin
3. Anna Schandel=John Funk Both came and Married at St. Pat’s
4. Maria Johanna Schandel=Keyser Both came
5. Elizabeth Schandel=Nicholas Mathias Both came
6. John Weber=Maria Penning (Same as # 2 above) Married in Wisconsin
7. Margaret Beyen=John Lucius Both came and Married at Biwer, Luxembourg
8. Peter Wagner=Barbara Kieffer Married at Flaxweiler, Luxembourg
9. Barbara Wagner= Nicholas Brown Married at St. Pats
10. Matt Kieffer=Catherine Weber Married at St. Pats
11. Elizabeth Kieffer=Matt Beyen Married at St. Pats
12. Elizabeth Kieffer=Barney Dahm
13. Hubert Kieffer=Mary Skorali
14. Barbara Kieffer=Frank Schrick
15. Mary Kieffer=Joseph Weishaar ---Married at St. Benedicts in Atchison, Kansas
16. Catherina Kieffer=Gottesburen
17. Barbara Haag=Peter Erpelding
18. Elizabeth Haag=Matt Dahm
19. Michel Haag=Ida Weinmann
20. Frank Haag=Wilhemena Falk
21. Mary Haag= Al Ruhlmann
22. Nicholas Greiner=Anna Weins
23. Peter Weins= Elizabeth Leonardi
24. Andy Corpstein=Margaret Schroeder
25. John Ernzen=
26. Susanna Beyen= Pat Lyons
27. Little Matt Beyen=Anna Weinmann