Maria Barbara Brand - 1788 to 1851
This week marks the one hundred and seventh anniversary of Maria Barbara Brand's death. Known as Barbara, she died on 28 October 1851 and was buried from St Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in Eltville on 31 October 1851. You can view the transcript HERE. Barbara's the many times great grandmother of the Kempsey and St Marys Gersbach's. She's the mother of John and Anton Gersbach and my great-great-great-grandmother. Immediate family of Maria Barbara Brand Barbara was born on 19 August 1788 - the year Captain Phillip arrived in Sydney Harbour. She was baptised on the following day in Eltville. You can see a transcript of Barbara's baptismal record HERE. Her parents were Anton Brand and Maria Barbara Kaufmann. She was the tenth of their eleven children that I've been able to trace. Six died as infants or children. Family of Anton and Maria Kaufmann at Family Search The old town in Eltville hasn't altered since Barbara lived there. It's dominat